nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slumgullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but said to derive from slime and Scots gullion (“swamp; cesspool”). Attested from the late nineteenth century in reference to a watery beverage (see quotation below). Compare Irish góilín (“a creek; a small inlet”). Pronunciation: /slʌmˈɡʌljən/ 1. A stew of meat and vegetables. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Say...if anybody cares, this vat of slumgullion is as ready as it will ever be.” 2. A beverage made watery, such as weak coffee or tea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then he poured for us a beverage which he called “Slumgullion,” and it is hard to think he was not inspired when he named it. It really pretended to be tea, but there was too much dish-rag, and sand, and old bacon-rind in it to deceive the intelligent traveler. 3. A reddish muddy deposit in mining sluices. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A waste product or byproduct from processing whales or fish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is another substance, and a very singular one, which turns up in the course of this business [of preparing sperm whale], but which I feel it to be very puzzling adequately to describe. It is called slobgollion[…] It is an ineffably oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a prolonged squeezing, and subsequent decanting. Example: The “slumgullion” and “lipperings” or “dreenings” of the blubber—consisting of a mixture of the blood which issues from the fat-lean and the salt water and oil which flows from the blubber while the men are handling it as they hoist it aboard ship, stow it away, and prepare it for the try-pots—though discarded in the palmy days of whaling, are now carefully husbanded and amalgamated.
Word: snoof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of sniff or snuff; or perhaps a blend of snort + sniff. 1. To sniff around, usually in the search for food.
Word: snoof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably coined by Galsworthy (see quotations). 1. Having lost the sense of smell. Labels: humorous, nonstandard Example: Luckily, they're all ‘snoof’." "What?" said Michael […]. "It's a portmanteau syllable for 'Got no sense of smell to speak of.' And wanted, too. One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'—why not ‘snoof’?" Example: […] it means when a person lacks his sense of smell. I'm glad I'm not snoof.
Word: ticky tacky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ticky-tacky (“shoddy construction material; tar paper”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tolling agreement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tolling (“charging a fee”) + agreement. 1. An agreement by a toller with an owner of raw materials to process the raw material for a specified fee ("toll") into a product with the raw material and the product remaining the property of the provider of the raw material. E.g. converting fuel into electricity at a certain price. Example: In the mining industry, the owner of semi-processed material might enter into a tolling agreement with a smelter or refiner to turn his semi-processed product into metal 2. An agreement to deliver a specified amount of raw material per period through a particular processing facility. Example: Tolling agreement: An agreement to put a specified amount of raw material per period through a particular processing facility. For example, an agreement to process a specified amount of alumina into aluminum at a particular aluminum plant.
Word: tolling agreement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tolling + agreement. 1. An agreement that has the effect of tolling or suspending the course of a fixed period of time, as a statute of limitations.
Word: tomentose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin tōmentōsus of like application, from tōmentum + -ōsus. 1. covered in (often matted) hair.
Word: trunking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trunk + -ing. 1. All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But long-distance trunking, of course, is the cream of the road haulier's job as well as the railway's; hence the anguish. 3. A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 4. Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 5. A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trunking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trunk + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of trunk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: va-va-voom Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The first documented use of the phrase is on the April 21, 1949 episode of The Morey Amsterdam Show. Art Carney portrays "Newton the waiter" in a sketch and uses the phrase. He later recorded a song entitled "Va Va Va Voom" (1954). It was popularized a year later by car mechanic Nick in the Hollywood classic Kiss Me Deadly (1955), which helped the catchphrase to be remembered and reused many decades later in advertisements and pop songs. 1. Expressing that something is lively, sexy, passionate, or exciting. Labels: slang
Word: va-va-voom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The first documented use of the phrase is on the April 21, 1949 episode of The Morey Amsterdam Show. Art Carney portrays "Newton the waiter" in a sketch and uses the phrase. He later recorded a song entitled "Va Va Va Voom" (1954). It was popularized a year later by car mechanic Nick in the Hollywood classic Kiss Me Deadly (1955), which helped the catchphrase to be remembered and reused many decades later in advertisements and pop songs. 1. Lively excitement or sexuality. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: guide dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A dog that is trained to be of assistance to a visually impaired or hearing-impaired person and is thus able to guide them.
Word: mother superior Part of Speech: noun 1. A nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess.
Word: reintroduced Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a plant or animal, introduced again.
Word: reintroduced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reintroduce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reintroduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English introduce English reintroduce From re- + introduce. 1. To introduce again. Labels: transitive Example: Cheap mid-week return tickets were reintroduced by British Railways on May 7, to encourage holiday travel during the week rather than at weekends. Example: Pretend it never happened. The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they’ve reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors?
Word: hydrogeological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English geological English hydrogeological From hydro- + geological. 1. Of or pertaining to hydrogeology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bladelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English bladelet From blade + -let. 1. A small stone blade with one sharp and one blunt edge
Word: Aterian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Atlas mountains; especially to a style of Paleolithic stone tool from this region. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Iberomaurusian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ibero- + Maurusian. 1. Of or pertaining to a population of early humans that occupied the Mediterranean littoral from Morocco to Tunisia 22,000 to 9,000 years ago Labels: not-comparable
Word: middy Part of Speech: noun 1. A midshipman. Labels: slang 2. A measure of 285 ml (10 fl oz) of beer; a pot. Labels: Australia 3. Short for middy blouse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Capsian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French capsien, from Latin Capsianus, from Capsa (“Gafsa”) + -ianus (“-ian”). 1. of or pertaining to a Paleolithic culture of North Africa (named after primary findings there, in the now southern Tunisian oasis Gafsa) and southern Europe Labels: not-comparable
Word: obstructed Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: obstructed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of obstruct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excavator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From excavate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/, /ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɚ/ 1. A person who excavates. Example: the excavators of an ancient Egyptian tomb 2. A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc. 3. A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
Word: exciter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English excite Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English exciter From excite + -er. 1. One who or that which excites. Example: It imparts a sweetness to the breath, is a valuable medicine in all nervous complaints, and is esteemed as a prolonger of life and an exciter of venery. 2. The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter. 3. An audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and the addition of subtle harmonic distortion.
Word: executrices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪˌsiːz/, /ɛɡ-/, /-sɪz/, /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪˌsiz/ 1. plural of executrice Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of executrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exegeses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛksɪˈdʒiːˌsiːz/, /ɛksɪˈd͡ʒiˌsiːz/ 1. plural of exegesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pano- + -cracy. 1. Rule by all. Labels: uncountable 2. The principle that everyone has the right to participate in the making of decisions that affect them and no one has the right to assume someone else's authority for the decisions they make. Labels: uncountable
Word: exiguity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French exiguite, from Late Latin exiguitas. See exiguous. Pronunciation: /ɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti/, /ɪɡ-/, /ɛɡziˈɡjuiti/ 1. The quality of being meagre or scanty. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing. Example: Of the nature of Mr. Knott himself Watt remained in particular ignorance. Of the many excellent reasons for this, two seemed to Watt to merit mention: on the one hand the exiguity of the material propounded to his senses, and on the other the decay of these.
Word: exorcize Part of Speech: verb 1. US spelling of exorcise. Labels: US, alt-of Example: There was a house in the village which had a poltergeist, one of those very mischievous influences which cause so much trouble. I volunteered to exorcize it. We have an official form of exorcism in the Church, you know, so I thought that I was well-armed.
Word: expansionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expansion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English expansionism From expansion + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspænʃənɪzəm/ 1. The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: European colonialism exported its domestic, counter-revolutionary Inquisition around the world, starting with Portuguese expansionism around 1500 C.E.
Word: expansionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English expansion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expansionist From expansion + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspæn.ʃən.ɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to expansionism. Example: Unlike passenger demand forecasts in England, that have resulted in the removal of 20% of service capacity in the May 2022 timetable, Welsh Ministers acting through the TfW agency are continuing an expansionist agenda for rail services under their control. Example: Lindberg says that current phenomena are reminiscent of the 1930s, right before the expansionist ambitions of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sparked a world war.
Word: expansionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expansion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expansionist From expansion + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspæn.ʃən.ɪst/ 1. An advocate of expansionism. Example: Mr. Miller argues convincingly that a majority of Americans shared the romantic nationalism of such expansionists as Theodore Roosevelt and Sen. Albert Beveridge and participated vicariously in their dreams of martial glory and expanding markets.
Word: expatiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expatiate + -ion; see also -ation. 1. An act of expatiating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: expatiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of expatiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Surely the time passed in expatiating on the reverend Doctor's faults was rather profitably passed than otherwise.
Word: expatiating Part of Speech: noun 1. expatiation Example: […] we can scarcely open, a book in which the habits and manners of animals are treated of, without meeting with numerous, fervent, and eloquent expatiatings on their sagacity […]
Word: expatriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French expatriation, or from expatriate + -ion. 1. Voluntary migration from one's native land to another. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Forced expulsion of from one's native land to another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: death march Part of Speech: noun 1. A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey. Example: the Bataan Death March 2. A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail. 3. Synonym of dead march (“mournful music for a funeral etc.”). Example: Jacob Scheele was led to the gallows as a band played a death march.
Word: exiguousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exiguous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English exiguousness From exiguous + -ness. 1. The quality of being meagre or scanty. Labels: uncountable
Word: expediter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expedite + -er. 1. A person who expedites. 2. Employee charged with tasks related to the purchase of materials (place orders, receive shipments, examine deliveries, check correctness of invoices) and other clerical duties.
Word: experimenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English experiment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English experimenter From experiment + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛn.tə/, /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛn.tə/, /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛn.tɚ/, /ɪkˈspeɹ.ɪ.men.tə/, /ɪkˈspeɹ.ə.men.tə/ 1. A person who experiments. Example: In the request-only condition, the experimenter said simply 'Excuse me, I have 5 (20) copies. May I use the xerox machine?' In the placebic information condition, this was followed by the phrase 'because I need to make copies'. In the real information condition, the reason offered in support was 'because I am in a rush'. Example: In reliable environments, waiting to eat a second marshmallow is likely to be beneficial. However, in environments in which rewards are uncertain, such as when experimenters are unreliable, eating the single marshmallow right away may be beneficial. Thus, impulsivity can be understood as an adaptive response to the contingencies present in an unstable environment rather than a moral failure in which animalistic drives overwhelm human rationality.
Word: expositor Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who expounds; a commentator.
Word: expounder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English expounder, expounere, expowner, expownere; equivalent to expound + -er. 1. A person who expounds or explains
Word: expressionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English expression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expressionist From expression + -ist. 1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism. Example: “It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”
Word: expressionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expressionist From expression + -ist. 1. A painter who paints in this style.
Word: vort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish וואָרט (vort, “word”). Doublet of word. Pronunciation: /vɔɹt/ 1. A short Torah lesson, thought, or insightful saying, often shared at a wedding, gathering, or celebration. Labels: Judaism Example: He confuses his personal feelings with Halachic methodology, Rebbishe vertlach with Halachic rulings, and so is not at all compelling. 2. An engagement party in Orthodox Jewish communities. Labels: Judaism, broadly
Word: vores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kickable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English kick Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English kickable From kick + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪkəbəl/ 1. Capable or deserving of being kicked. Example: The home side were showing adventure, running from deep in their own half and booting a kickable penalty to touch. Example: I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, […] fitter to be kickt, if ſhee vvere of a kickable ſubſtance, than either honoured or humoured. 2. Incurring kicking. Example: Insolence of office is pre-eminently kickable. Who ever went into a public office, and was treated, as he is very apt to be, with the most offensive hauteur by some saucy, well-paid official, without feeling the desire to kick him rising strong within him? […] Petty tyranny is also eminently kickable. Example: The first serious outbreak and renewal of hostilites ^([sic]) occurred when Dolly—who was now out of the doctor's hands—one morning sent his footman off at a moment's notice, for gross impertinence of the severest kickable kind.
Word: thermochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English thermochemistry From thermo- + chemistry. 1. The study of the thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Labels: physical, uncountable
Word: Brendan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of the name of Irish saints, Irish Bréanainn (via Latin Brendanus), from Old Irish Brénainn, from Old Welsh breenhin (“prince, king”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) preeminent, outstanding”), a diminutive of *brigantī (“high, exalted”). Doublet of Brian. 1. A male given name from Irish. Example: That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.
Word: thermocouple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English couple English thermocouple From thermo- + couple. 1. A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)
Word: thermomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English magnetic English thermomagnetic From thermo- + magnetic. 1. Of or pertaining to any of several phenomena occurring when an electrical conductor or semiconductor is placed in a temperature gradient and a magnetic field. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thermoregulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English regulation English thermoregulation From thermo- + regulation. 1. The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment. Labels: uncountable Example: Since vasodilatation is a side effect of diuretics but also occurs in thermoregulation, diuretics should be reduced in meteoropathic individuals to prevent extremely dangerous situations [38, 39]. Example: . “If you’re allocating all of the blood and all the glucose to parts of your brain that are focused on thermoregulation, it seems like it’s very plausible that you just wouldn’t have enough left for some of these kind of higher cognitive functions,” Dr. Meidenbauer said.
Word: thermotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English therapy English thermotherapy From thermo- + therapy. 1. The use of heat to treat disease Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thorianite Part of Speech: noun 1. A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (ThO₂) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: didymium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin”) + -ium. 1. A mixture of praseodymium and neodymium once thought to be an element (symbol Di). Labels: uncountable
Word: thorite Part of Speech: noun 1. A radioactive mineral, composed mostly of thorium silicate (ThSiO₄), along with silicates of uranium and the rare earths. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bevelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bevel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bevelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bevel, especially at an edge Labels: not-comparable
Word: bevelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bevel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bevelling Part of Speech: noun 1. A bevel, a bevelled facet.
Word: fictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resinify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)bor. Latin rēsīnader. Old French résinebor. Middle English resyn English resin Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English resinify From resin + -ify. Pronunciation: /ɹɛˈzɪnəfaɪ/ 1. To convert into a resin. Labels: transitive Example: Jon resinified the chemical adhesive by mixing its two components. 2. To become resinous. Labels: intransitive Example: Exposed to the elements, over time the oil had resinified.
Word: loonie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin. Pronunciation: /ˈluːni/ 1. The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987. Labels: Canada, informal 2. The dollar as the Canadian unit of currency. Labels: Canada, broadly, informal Example: The loonie continued to rise against the greenback today. 3. Alternative form of loony. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: expressionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English expression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expressionist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English expressionistic From expressionist + -ic. 1. Expressionist.
Word: extempore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/, /ɪkˈstɛmpəɹi/ 1. Carried out with no preparation. Example: Sheets, tablecloths, white gowns, and pocket-handkerchiefs were instantly in demand, and every one, as has been seen, entered, con amore, into the extempore entertainment of Pandemonic Revels.
Word: extempore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/, /ɪkˈstɛmpəɹi/ 1. Without preparation; extemporaneously.
Word: extempore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/, /ɪkˈstɛmpəɹi/ 1. Something improvised.
Word: extendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English extend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English extendable From extend + -able. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɛndəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being extended. Example: The extendable boom of the arm is designed to reach out 10 feet and have a lateral range of 120 degrees.
Word: extendible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English extend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English extendible From extend + -ible. 1. Liable to be taken by a writ of extent. 2. Alternative spelling of extendable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: externalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English external Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English externalize From external + -ize. 1. To make something external or objective. 2. To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody. 3. To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project. 4. To direct to others, as costs or benefits. Example: Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development. Example: Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.
Word: externals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of external Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extinguisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extinguish + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/, /ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, extinguishes something. 2. One who, or that which, extinguishes something. Labels: historical
Word: TEM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of transmission electron microscope. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of transmission electron microscopy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: section 8 Part of Speech: noun 1. Federally subsidized housing for low-income families and individuals, formally known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable 2. Discharge from the United States military for reason of being mentally unfit for service. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: By the time got out of the service I was tuly ^([sic]) a broken man. The constant threat of the stockade or a section eight (undesireable discharge for being gay) drove me to the verge of insanity. 3. Discharge from the United States military for reason of being mentally unfit for service. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: acies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin aciēsbor. English acies Borrowed from Latin aciēs (“edge, sharpness”). 1. The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object. Labels: obsolete Example: 1658: And therefore providence hath arched and paved the great house of the world, with colours of mediocrity, that is, blew and green, above and below the sight, moderately terminating the acies of the eye. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 204) 2. The edge or angle of certain stems. Labels: obsolete
Word: cul de sac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cul-de-sac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kee Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kiː/ 1. Alternative form of kye (“cow”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: the western lass that tends the kee
Word: retouched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retouch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retouch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French retoucher. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtʌtʃ/ 1. To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws. Labels: transitive Example: For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; Add every grace, which time alone can grant; To future ages ſhall your fame convey, And give more beauties than he takes away. 2. To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured. Labels: transitive 3. To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
Word: retouch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French retoucher. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːtʌtʃ/ 1. The act of retouching.
Word: end-scrapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of end-scraper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end-scraper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of endscraper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: endscraper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From end + scraper. 1. A small, rounded flint tool used to scrape hides; sometimes fitted to a bone handle.
Word: geometrics Part of Speech: noun 1. A design made from geometric figures Labels: uncountable 2. The geometric characteristics of something Labels: uncountable
Word: Epipaleolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + Paleolithic. 1. Mesolithic
Word: Epipaleolithic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + Paleolithic. 1. The Mesolithic period Labels: uncountable
Word: aceramic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English ceramic English aceramic From a- + ceramic. 1. Having no pottery or other ceramicware items. Labels: not-comparable Example: At Çatal Hüyük we can actually study the transition from an aceramic Neolithic with baskets and wooden vessels to a ceramic Neolithic with the first pottery.
Word: inorganic carbon Part of Speech: noun 1. Carbon that is not present as organic compounds; principally carbonate minerals
Word: bifacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English bifacial From bi- + facial. 1. Having two faces or opposing surfaces. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having two sharp cutting edges. Labels: not-comparable
Word: erosional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From erosion + -al. 1. Pertaining to erosion. Labels: not-comparable Example: When the island finally reaches close to sea-level there will no longer be sufficient elevation to produce the rainfall that drives the erosional machine.
Word: interstadial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English stadial English interstadial From inter- + stadial. 1. Between developmental stages. Labels: not-comparable Example: the interstadial transmission of disease 2. Of or pertaining to a temporary period of thaw in the middle of an ice age. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interstadial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English stadial English interstadial From inter- + stadial. 1. Such a period.
Word: foliates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foliate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: foliates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foliate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foliated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a structure of thin layers. Labels: not-comparable 2. Decorated with foliage. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song melody. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foliated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foliate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cherimoya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛɹɪˈmɔɪ.ə/, /t͡ʃeɹɪˈmoɪ.ə/ 1. A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America. 2. A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree. Example: To some it tastes like a pina colada without rum; to others, a cross between a strawberry and a pineapple. For natives of the Caribbean the cherimoya is a fruit that can be plucked from backyard trees for nothing. Example: Mark Twain called the cherimoya "deliciousness itself," though others have described this heart-shaped, fist-sized fruit with pale-green leathery skin as "reptilian," like a "fossil artichoke" or "the finial for a giant four-poster bed."
Word: instanter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin īnstanter (“immediately”), originally “vehemently” in Classical Latin. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstæntɚ/, /ɪnˈstæntə/, /ɪnˈstantə/ 1. immediately; instantly; without delay. Labels: not-comparable Example: "They're another reason why I've got to get my girl and start instanter. Example: They lifted him onto the deck where he lay in his wet seersucker suit and his lemoncolored socks, leering walleyed up at the workers with the hook in his face like some gross water homunculus taken in trolling that the light of God's day had stricken dead instanter.
Word: tanged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tæŋd/ 1. simple past and past participle of tang Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tanged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tæŋd/ 1. Having a tang (projecting part of an object for securing it). Example: Sandars identifies two varieties, tanged and tangless. The blades with tangs or short “necks,” where the handles are attached with two rivets, seem to be more common in LM III Crete.
Word: pedunculated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pedunculate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pedunculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin pedunculātus. 1. Having a peduncle or stalk Example: a pedunculate flower Example: A lobster has a pedunculate eye.
Word: pedunculate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin pedunculātus. 1. Such a flower
Word: redcedar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of red cedar. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: interglacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial. 1. Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages). Labels: not-comparable Example: Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.
Word: interglacial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial. 1. The relatively warm period between glacial periods. Example: The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.
Word: reevaluation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English evaluation English reevaluation From re- + evaluation. 1. A second or subsequent evaluation or rating
Word: sleep schedule Part of Speech: noun 1. A pattern of sleeping and waking; especially a regular pattern of sleeping and waking designed to promote health.
Word: whitecedar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of white cedar. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: Acheulean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French acheuléen, from Saint-Acheul, a suburb of Amiens where the first tools from this period were found. Pronunciation: /əˈ(t)ʃuːlɪən/ 1. Of or pertaining to a lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes. Labels: not-comparable Example: Assuming that language ability extends back to the hominids, we see a slow process of cultural development over millions of years, and then in the Acheulean period of Homo erectus, about three hundred thousand years ago, we find the first engraved tool. Example: When early modern humans – the ones who would eventually become us – started to move out of Africa something over a hundred thousand years ago, Acheulean tools were the technology of choice.
Word: Acheulean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French acheuléen, from Saint-Acheul, a suburb of Amiens where the first tools from this period were found. Pronunciation: /əˈ(t)ʃuːlɪən/ 1. A lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
Word: pluvial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French pluvial, from Middle French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis (“pertaining to rain”). Pronunciation: /ˈplu.vi.əl/, /ˈpluː.vi.əl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain. 2. Occurring through the action of rain.
Word: pluvial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pluvial, from Middle French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis (“pertaining to rain”). Pronunciation: /ˈplu.vi.əl/, /ˈpluː.vi.əl/ 1. a rainy period
Word: Cyrenaica Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Cȳrenaica, from Ancient Greek Κῡρηναϊκή (Kūrēnaïkḗ), from Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κός (Kūrēnăĭ̈kós, “Cyrenean, adj.”) + -ή (-ḗ, “-a: forming feminine nouns”), from Κῡρηναῖος (Kūrēnaîos, “Cyrenean, n.”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē, “Cyrene”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming demonyms”). Equivalent to Cyrenaic + -a. Pronunciation: /saɪɹəˈneɪ.ɪkə/ 1. A geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya.
Word: white cedar Part of Speech: noun 1. In family Cupressaceae (gymnosperms) 2. In family Cupressaceae (gymnosperms) 3. In family Cupressaceae (gymnosperms) 4. Among angiosperms: 5. Among angiosperms:
Word: slopewash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slope + wash. 1. The transportation of rock and soil down a slope by rain; the material so transported
Word: crown green Part of Speech: noun 1. The playing area used in crown green bowls; normally about 40 yards square that rises to a "crown" in the middle about 1 foot above the edges
Word: epimerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epimer + -ization. 1. The process of forming an epimer by changing one asymmetric centre in a compound that has more than one Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: asymmetric centre Part of Speech: noun 1. An atom having a spatial arrangement of ligands which is not superposable on its mirror image Labels: physical
Word: nut-grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nutgrass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nutgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nut + grass. 1. Any perennial sedge of species Cyperus esculentus or Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
Word: green manure Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fairly green (fresh and wet) plant matter that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility; especially, a cover crop that is plowed in. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There are, broadly speaking, two classes of green manures, viz.:—Leguminous and others.
Word: club-rush Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of club rush. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: green wax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English grene wax. 1. An estreat from the Exchequer, delivered to a sheriff, sealed upon green wax, in 15th-century England. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: greenweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + weed. 1. Any of several plants, of the genus Genista, related to broom
Word: calendric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English calendric From calendar + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a calendar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sengreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English singrene, from Old English singrēne (“evergreen; houseleek”), from Proto-West Germanic *singrōnijā (“evergreen, houseleek”), from Proto-Germanic *singrōniz (literally “ever-green”). Cognate with Dutch zenegroen, German Singrün. 1. The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), a common plant of Europe.
Word: tenuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tenuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tenuousness From tenuous + -ness. 1. The quality of being tenuous. Labels: uncountable
Word: outwash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + wash. Compare Middle English outwashen (“to wash out; rinse”). 1. The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unidentifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English identify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English identifiable English unidentifiable From un- + identifiable. 1. Difficult, if not impossible, to identify or name
Word: presolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English solar English presolar From pre- + solar. 1. older than the solar system
Word: collaborator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French collaborateur. Pronunciation: /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/, /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/ 1. A person who works with others towards a common goal. 2. A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.
Word: toehold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toe + hold. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊhəʊld/ 1. A foothold small enough to support just the toe. 2. Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold. Labels: broadly Example: Were Herat to fall to the Persians, this would give the Russians a crucial and dangerous toe-hold in western Afghanistan. Example: The tiny old houses and flats of this once impoverished quarter had mostly been refurbished into toeholds for young Atlantans from all around the Anglosphere, poor in equity but rich in expectations, who had come to the great city to incubate their careers. 3. A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
Word: get a load of Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening. Labels: slang, transitive Example: One night Bernette happened to get a load of Peggy doing a rumba with Jackie. Example: Get a load of the "eyesome femininity" at the International Casino, as the Times put it.
Word: trencher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A plate on which food is served or cut. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […] 2. Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches. 3. A machine for digging trenches. Example: The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.