nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anacoluthon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin anacolūthon, from Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon, “without sequence, anomalous [of inflections or grammatical constructions]”), from ἀ(ν)- (a(n)-, “un-”) + ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “following”). Compare English non sequitur, from an analogous Latin phrase, denoting a different but related concept. Pronunciation: /ænəkəˈluːθɒn/ 1. A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause. Example: Another species of anacoluthon is when, after the sentence is begun with a participle, the construction passes over into a finite verb, where we should naturally expect the participial construction to be continued. 2. Intentional use of such a structure. Labels: rhetoric Example: Anacoluthon, though a grammatical defect, is a rhetorical beauty, if naturally produced or imitated; as, "If thou art he—but oh! how fallen!"
Word: anacrusis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via New Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis, “pushing up”), from ἀνακρούω (anakroúō, “I push up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + κρούω (kroúō, “I strike”). Pronunciation: /anəˈkɹuːsɪs/ 1. An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse. 2. An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase. Example: Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.
Word: anagogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin anagōgē, from Ancient Greek ἀναγωγή (anagōgḗ, “religious or ecstatic elevation, mystical feeling”), from ἀνάγειν (anágein, “lift up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + ἄγειν (ágein, “to lead”). Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ə.ɡɒ.d͡ʒi/, /ˈæn.ə.ɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/, /æn.əˈɡɒd͡.ʒi/, /æn.əˈɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/ 1. The spiritual or mystical interpretation of a word or passage beyond the literal, allegorical or moral sense. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stuffer fragment Part of Speech: noun 1. A section of DNA contained within the genome of lambda vector that is replaced by the DNA to be cloned.
Word: stuffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stuff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌfɚ/, /ˈstʌfə/ 1. One who, or that which, stuffs. Example: a cushion-stuffer 2. A taxidermist. 3. Something which is stuffed into an enclosure, especially an advertising circular included with other mail. 4. One who conceals a package of illegal drugs by swallowing them.
Word: anastomosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastómōsis), from ἀναστομόω (anastomóō, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”). Pronunciation: /ənæstəˈməʊsɪs/ 1. A cross-connection between two blood vessels. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An interconnection between any two channels, passages or vessels. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: (...) our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords sold us all, seed, breed and generation, for a penny pippin. Example: A dark purple fluid appeared to pulse in the tortuous anastomoses of channels which lay under the surface. 3. The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The insertion of one word within another, as in "underdarkneath" (James Joyce). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: go-cart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Old English gān Middle English gon English go Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart English go-cart From go + cart. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊˌkɑɹt/ 1. A small, open-wheeled vehicle for racing: Example: Beep-beep. Here comes Joey on his go-cart. That makes five bunnies. Example: The Nut Farm is far away, but Benny says he will drive us if we can help him put the tires on his go-cart. 2. A small, open-wheeled vehicle for racing: 3. A framework moving on casters, designed to support children as they learn to walk; a baby walker. Labels: dated
Word: go-cart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Old English gān Middle English gon English go Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart English go-cart From go + cart. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊˌkɑɹt/ 1. Alternative form of go-kart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eggy bread Part of Speech: noun 1. Bread that has been dipped in an egg mixture and fried; French toast. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: anfractuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus (“bend, curve”). Pronunciation: /ænˈfɹæktʃʊəs/ 1. sinuous, twisty, winding. Example: So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence. Example: 1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that they should not pour out all the Seed contained in them, in one act of Copulation, but might retain it for several. They have no Communication one with another, not even in their very opening into the Urethra. 2. craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven. Example: Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.
Word: anhelation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anhélation, or directly from its etymon Latin anhēlātiō (“shortness of breath, gasping, panting, puffing”) (compare Late Latin anhēlātiō (“desire; eager pursuit”)), from anhēlātus (“exhaled”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Anhēlātus is the perfect passive participle of anhēlō (“to breathe out, exhale; to draw breath with difficulty, gasp, pant, puff”). Pronunciation: /ænhɪˈleɪʃn̩/, /ˌænhəˈleɪʃən/ 1. Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble. 2. Mental or spiritual agitation. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, uncountable 3. Followed by after or for: eager desire; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]ruſt not upon that rule, that men buy cheapeſt at the end of the market, that heaven may be had for a breath at laſt, vvhen they that hear it cannot tel vvhether it be a ſigh or a gaſp, a religious breathing and anhelation after the next life, or natural breathing out, and exhalation of this; but find a ſpiritual good husbandry in that other rule, that the prime of the market is to be had at firſt: […]
Word: antrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der. Latin antrumubor. English antrum From Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɹəm/ 1. A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses. Example: He could feel his eyes filling their sockets. The front of his face, his nose and antrum, were congested. He breathed the sweet night air deeply and focused his senses and his wits. Example: In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).
Word: bidi Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌdaɪ/ 1. Clipping of bidirectional. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: bidi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beedi (“Indian cigarette”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The watchman is sharing a bidi and a chai with his friend down the road.
Word: under the influence Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Elliptical, since the agent (any intoxicating substance) is implicit because it is understood in context. 1. While intoxicated or inebriated, in any degree from mildly impaired to stupefied, by a mind-altering substance, typically alcohol; thus, especially, drunk. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was arrested for driving under the influence. Example: He was fired for showing up under the influence.
Word: under the influence Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Elliptical, since the agent (any intoxicating substance) is implicit because it is understood in context. 1. Intoxicated or inebriated, in any degree from mildly impaired to stupefied, by a mind-altering substance, typically alcohol; thus, especially, drunk. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was arrested for driving while under the influence. Example: He was fired for showing up when he was under the influence.
Word: influenceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin īnfluōder. Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence 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 influenceable From influence + -able. 1. Capable of being influenced. Example: If 25 per cent of the commercial holiday nights by UK domestic visitors are directly influenceable by national, regional and local tourist boards […] Example: Once the WIG was established, they had to determine the lead measures that were both predictive of fewer accidents and influenceable by the team.
Word: influencer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin īnfluōder. Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence 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 influencer From influence + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/, /-ˌɛnsə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who or a thing which influences. 2. A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging with social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign. Example: By now you have probably heard of influencers, that group of internet-famous people who have more than a million social media followers and can make big money by plugging various brands. And you may have even heard of microinfluencers, who do the same thing for a still sizable but somewhat smaller social media audience — from the tens to low hundreds of thousands. Example: The idea of an influencer economy or streaming economy might have caused eyes to roll just a couple years ago, but the reality is that this segment of the economy is growing fast. More importantly, it is the part of the economy (and type of engagement) that is most appealing to the increasingly important millennial and Gen-Z cohorts.
Word: influencive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin īnfluōder. Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English influencive From influence + -ive. 1. influential Labels: rare
Word: indigo bunting Part of Speech: noun 1. A blue bunting of North America (Passerina cyanea).
Word: influent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin influent-, the present participle stem of īnfluere. 1. A stream which flows into another stream or a lake. 2. Fluids flowing in. 3. An organism having an important effect on a plant or animal community.
Word: influent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin influent-, the present participle stem of īnfluere. 1. Flowing in. 2. Exercising astral influence. 3. Having an important effect on a plant or animal community.
Word: monochorionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English chorionic English monochorionic From mono- + chorionic. 1. Sharing one foetal membrane, or chorion. Typically used of identical twins.
Word: adjectives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adjective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adjectives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adjective Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Enya Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛnjə/ 1. A female given name from Irish; the phoneticised form of the Irish Eithne.
Word: unify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ̯/, [ˈjʊu̯nɪfaɪ̯], /ˈjuːnəfaɪ̯/, [ˈjʊu̯nəfaɪ̯] 1. Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine. Labels: transitive 2. Become one. Labels: intransitive Example: Ultimately, all frequencies unify into an unmoving state of zero frequency or vacuum. In other words, all seven sound vibrations or notes unify into silence; all thought frequencies (positive and negative) unify into no-thought or no-mind; and all seven colors of the rainbow unify into pure space that appears dark when it is invisible and as light when it is visible.
Word: unification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either: * from unify + -ification (suffix forming nouns denoting acts or processes whereby subjects become something else); or * borrowed from French unification; or * borrowed from Italian unificazione. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ˌjunəfəˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of unifying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The route between Melbourne and Albury is one of the first scheduled, under the great Australian gauge unification scheme, for conversion to 4 ft. 8½ in., and this will permit through running between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Example: Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation. 2. The state of being unified. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Chinese domination in Manchuria was revived after the unification of China by the Sui Dynasty in a.d. 590, though this could not be called entirely complete because the Kaokouli kingdom could not be subjugated. Example: On November 15 our Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Soviet ambassador Petrov of this decision. At the same time I sent a message to President Harry S. Truman, pointing out that Soviet Russia's treaty violations and bad faith in Manchuria not only were detrimental to China's territorial integrity and unification, but also constituted a serious threat to peace and order in East Asia, and that the only way to prevent any further deterioration of the situation would be for China and the United States to take positive and coordinated actions. 3. An algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For any two terms or formulas without quantifiers X and Y, the following holds. (i) The unification algorithm UNIF#95;1, applied to X, Y, terminates after a finite number of steps. (ii) #92;#123;X,Y#92;#125; is unifiable iff UNIF#95;1 so indicates upon termination. Moreover, the substitution σ then available as output is a most general unifier of #92;#123;X,Y#92;#125;.
Word: unifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unify + -er. 1. Agent noun of unify; one who unifies. Labels: agent, form-of Example: According to the by-laws, the center's purpose is "to be a unifier for organizations and individuals in greater Boston's lesbian and gay community... [and to] assist in the provision of health, education, religious, social, cultural and recreational services to the community."
Word: unific Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /juːˈnɪf.ɪk/ 1. Producing unity; combining separate things into a single whole.
Word: unifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English unify 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 unifiable From unify + -able. 1. Able to be united or unified.
Word: all-or-nothing Part of Speech: adj 1. Being or relating to a situation where a dichotomy (a binary state) pertains: either of two poles is instantiated, with no intermediate state (e.g., a mixture or syncretism) being possible or being permitted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: black-and-white, dichotomous, all-or-none 2. Being or relating to a situation where a dichotomy (a binary state) pertains: either of two poles is instantiated, with no intermediate state (e.g., a mixture or syncretism) being possible or being permitted. Labels: not-comparable Example: A crewed moonshot is an all-or-nothing affair: either they get to the moon and back alive, or they don't.
Word: unificationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unification 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 unificationist From unification + -ist. 1. A supporter of unification. 2. Alternative form of Unificationist (“Unification Church”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unificationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English unification 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 unificationist From unification + -ist. 1. Pertaining to unification. Labels: not-comparable 2. Alternative form of Unificationist (“Unification Church”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unificatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to unify.
Word: all up with Part of Speech: prep 1. Over for, finished for. Example: It's all up with him: he's bankrupt and has lost his family.
Word: polylinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English linker English polylinker From poly- + linker. 1. A short sequence of DNA containing several restriction enzyme recognition sites that is contained in cloning vectors
Word: at all Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: [ætˈoːɫ], [əˈɾoːɫ], [əˈtʰoːɫ], [æˈɾɔɫ], [əˈɾɔɫ] 1. Indicating degree, quantity or frequency greater than zero: to the slightest degree, in any way, at any time or in any circumstance. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: You mustn't speak to her at all. Example: Can you see anyone at all?
Word: primary producer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or organization producing basic agricultural commodities, such as a farmer or cattle producer. 2. An autotrophic organism producing complex organic matter, using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
Word: jillaroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Jill (female given name, colloquial counterpart to Jack) + jackaroo. 1. A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo. Labels: Australia Example: 2001, Vivienne Cleven, Bitin′ Back, author biography, title page, She left school at thirteen-years-of-age to work with her father as a jillaroo: building fences, mustering cattle, and working at various jobs on stations throughout Queensland and New South Wales. Example: You can also train to become a jillaroo through apprenticeship schemes at technical colleges (such as TAFE in New South Wales) or by attending a private jackeroo and jillaroo school.
Word: storm in a tea-kettle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of storm in a teacup: synonym of tempest in a teapot. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1887, Henry Theophilus Finck, Romantic Love and Personal Beauty http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=OCLC05256148&id=iUX9lud1mrwC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&sig=Hz9EJd0U5Z51aRkXejYI8HqTITw But this momentary ebullition of feeling is but a storm in a tea-kettle compared to the ferocity of a jealous lover seeking to devour his rival. Example: Altogether this was rather a storm in a tea-kettle.
Word: lustrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lustre Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English lustrous From lustre + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌ.stɹəs/ 1. Having a glow or lustre. Example: Why it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clearstores toward the south north are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction? Example: There was not a cloud on the sky, save a few light vapours that congregated near the moon; but even they were lustrous with her presence. 2. As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
Word: shi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of shibire. Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, the person who also coined "shibire". 1. Abbreviation of shibire. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: shi Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ʃaɪ/ 1. Alternative form of sie (gender-neutral pronoun). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare, slang Example: The mother was Chakat Goldfur and the sire was Garrek Redfox (foxtaur) so she has the same red fur but cougar-like markings. Of course shi’s still only a cub yet, but if shi grows up to look anything like the your Jaguar-Vixen, shi’s going to be a heartbreaker! Example: > Unlike most Furry Hermaphrodites I've seen, Clash is fairly > androgynous. Shi is remarkable in hir modesty. > > But shi IS rather naughty, as you can see.
Word: shi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + -h. Pronunciation: /ʃɪ(ː)/ 1. Apocopic form of shit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, apocopic, uncountable
Word: shi Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From shit + -h. Pronunciation: /ʃɪ(ː)/ 1. Apocopic form of shit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, apocopic
Word: switches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈswɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/ 1. plural of switch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: switches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈswɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of switch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gardener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gardener, either calqued or loaned from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French gardinier. See garden, and compare German Gärtner (“gardener”), which is equivalent to a derivative of the German cognate to English garden, Garten (“garden”), + -er. Displaced native Old English wyrtweard (effectively "wortward"). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/, /ˈɡɑɹd.nɚ/, /ˈɡɑːd.n̩.ə/, /ˈɡɑːd.nə/ 1. One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden. Example: "Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and to plant virtue." — St. Catherine of Siena Example: At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook. 2. A coachman who drives badly. Labels: derogatory, obsolete, slang Example: Get on, gardener! Get on, you slow and clumsy coachman. The allusion is to a man who is both gardener and coachman.
Word: cultivates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cultivate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”). Pronunciation: /ˈθʌd/ 1. The sound of a dull impact. Example: These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole. Example: Ramos had locked Salah’s right arm and turned him, judo-style, as they lost balance going for the same ball. Television replays hardened the suspicion it was a calculated move on Ramos’s part and, when Salah landed with a hell of a thud, the damage was considerable. 2. A hard, dull impact. Example: Sinclair told the B.A.R. [Bay Area Reporter] he felt the thud of the pistol on his left cheek about a 100 feet from his car, […] 3. A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area. Example: Pillowcase whippings offer the look and feel of a flagellatio scene’s atmosphere, mood, and psychology while involving only very mild amounts of pain. (A pillowcase is almost all “thud” and very little “sting” in the sensations it creates.) Example: It still wasn’t what I’d call painful but as he swung his arm and the strands of the flogger hit me together it felt like a solid thud rather than a number of different tails stinging me.
Word: thud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”). Pronunciation: /ˈθʌd/ 1. To make the sound of a dull impact. Labels: intransitive Example: At the same instant two arrows thudded into the carcass of the deer over which he knelt, passing but a few inches from his head. Example: […] while the tears streamed from his eyes, and his tail waved and thudded in perfect time on the sanded floor. But for the said thudding of the tail, I would have stopped, fancying the poor animal's nerves had been set on edge.
Word: avaz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Persian آواز. 1. An unmetered vocal section of a mode in Persian music.
Word: let sleeping dogs lie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attestations exist from the 1820s and 1830s. Earlier ones may be discoverable with better corpus searches. The metaphor is self-evident and is typical of folk wisdom. To choose to pass by a sleeping dog without stirring it is comparable to letting a hornets' nest or beehive be, not poking a bear, and so on. 1. To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: let it be, leave it be, let things be, leave things be, let it alone, leave it alone, let things alone, leave things alone; let bygones be bygones, let nature take its course Example: Eventually, they decided it would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the matter any further.
Word: blocked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /blɑkt/, /blɒkt/ 1. Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded. Example: This road is blocked, so we must find another route. Example: Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain. 2. Unable to move owing to an obstruction. Example: The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway. 3. Banned or barred from connecting or logging on. Labels: numeral, usually Example: Blocked users will be unable to access their accounts indefinitely. Example: The phone will reject calls from blocked numbers. 4. Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions. Example: All of this user's accounts are now blocked. 5. Drunk. Labels: Ireland, slang Example: McKenna was found to be heavily intoxicated, and after caution he swore and replied: "I'm blocked." 6. With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words. Example: In practice, setters of most normal blocked grids in daily or Sunday newspapers in both Britain and the US do not have to concern themselves with grid construction. Example: Listener endgames have included […] shading every instance of the letters N - Z in the completed grid to reveal a' normal' blocked crossword hidden in the one just solved
Word: blocked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blɑkt/, /blɒkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of block Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quasihemidemisemiquaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quaver English semiquaver English demisemiquaver English hemidemisemiquaver English quasihemidemisemiquaver From quasi- + hemidemisemiquaver. 1. A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note. Example: Telemann's ‘Gulliver’ suite for two violins includes a Lilliputian chaconne in quasihemidemisemiquavers and a Brobdignanian^([sic]) gigue in semibreves.
Word: riba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban). 1. interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law. Labels: uncountable
Word: generic name Part of Speech: noun 1. The first word in a binominal name, which identifies the genus of the lifeform considered. Example: Holonyms: species name (the binomial unit), binominal name, binomial name Example: Its generic name is Staphylococcus, but you may know it better by the common name staph. 2. A nonproprietary name given to a drug that is used to identify it irrespective of trademark. Example: Its generic name is rosuvastatin, but you may know it better by the proprietary name Crestor. Example: Seconal is the commercial name of the barbiturate quinalbarbitone. Its generic name is secobarbital. 3. A similar nonproprietary name for any other product or service, denoting any member of the category. Example: Its generic name is flying disc, but you may know it better by the proprietary name Frisbee. The generic name frisbee (lowercase) is used informally but not officially or legally.
Word: aposiopesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “be silent”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + σιωπάω (siōpáō, “to be silent”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpəsaɪəˈpiːsɪs/ 1. An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—). Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: —"My ſiſter, mayhap," quoth my uncle Toby, "does not chooſe to let a man come ſo near her ****" Make this daſh—'tis an Apoſiopeſis.—Take the daſh away, and write Backſide,—'tis Bawdy. Example: Aposiopesis leaves imperfect sense; And, sometimes, such a pause speaks eloquence.
Word: appetence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1600, from French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from appetere (“to seek after”). Doublet of appetite. Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ɪ.təns/ 1. The state or action of desiring or craving. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]hat fair femal Troop […] / Bred onely and completed to the taſte / Of luſtful appetence, to ſing, to dance, / To dreſs, and troule the Tongue, and roule the Eye. Example: The days passed quickly; I could see that the professor was all quivering with suppressed excitement, and I could scarce credit the eager appetence of his glance as we left the old manor house behind us, and began our journey.
Word: aprosopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă). Pronunciation: /æpɹəˈsəʊpɪə/ 1. having an underdeveloped face, or having no face
Word: archon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)kən/ 1. A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. Example: Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth. 2. A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings. 3. A ruler, head of state or other leader. Example: But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock. 4. A supernatural ruler of the cosmos. Example: Their claim to totality is like the cry of the archon Ialdabaoth that he was the Lord of the Universe and that there was nothing beyond him.
Word: argillaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin argillaceus, from argilla (“clay”), from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”). Pronunciation: /ɑːd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/, /ɑɹd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/ 1. Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey. Example: […] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind. Example: The gleam of the land is in its rocks, the fine-grained argillaceous rocks, here, not purple or grey, but green of living stone.
Word: assafoetida Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of asafoetida. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafœtida.
Word: assegai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, and later in the forms that have become most common borrowed from Afrikaans assegaai, from colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”). Pronunciation: /ˈæsəɡaɪ/ 1. A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa. Example: But now the Moormen, stalking o'er the strand / to guard the wat'ery stores the strangers need; / this, targe on arm and assegai in hand, / that, with his bended bow, and venom'd reed[.] Example: My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton. 2. The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais. Example: In the clearing, built around the base of an assegai tree, stood a hut, plastered in cow dung.
Word: assegai Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, and later in the forms that have become most common borrowed from Afrikaans assegaai, from colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”). Pronunciation: /ˈæsəɡaɪ/ 1. To spear with an assegai.
Word: ataraxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French ataraxie, from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía, “impassiveness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + ταράσσω (tarássō, “I disturb”). Doublet of ataraxia. Pronunciation: /ˈatəɹaksi/ 1. Ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively[…]. Example: Youth all around prancing, vociferating, mocking; callow and alien youth, having to be looked after and studied and taught, as though nothing but it mattered, term after term—and now, all of a sudden, in mid-term, peace, ataraxy, a profound and leisured stillness. 2. State of psychological calm and tranquility, absence of discomfort, or metabolical inactivity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ataraxy can be produced by ataractics, drugs that have a calming or quieting effect.
Word: atomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of atomi, the plural of atomus (“hypothetical particle posited as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter; mote of dust in a sunbeam”) treated as a singular form. Atomus is derived from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”, adjective), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having an opposite sense) + τομ- (tom-) (stem of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of action or result). Doublet of atom. Pronunciation: /ˈætəmi/, [-ɾə-] 1. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck. Example: Thou tellſt me there is murder in mine eye, / 'Tis pretty ſure, and very probable, / That eyes, that are the frailſt and ſofteſt things, / VVho ſhut their covvard gates on atomyes, / Should be called tyrants, butchers, murtherers. Example: […] Hunger. It was prevalent everywhere. […] Hunger was shred into atomies in every farthing porringer of husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil. 2. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck. Example: [T]hicker then in ſunne are Atomies, / Flew bullets, fier, and ſlaughtered dead mens cries. Example: Atomie. A mote flying in the ſunne. 3. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck. Labels: archaic Example: Spayne then enamour'd with the Romane trull, / Calls all her forces, more then Atomies, / And tells Ill-fortunes ſtorie to the full; […] Example: It is as eaſie to count Atomies as to reſolue the propoſitions of a Louer: […] 4. A very small being; a mite. Labels: dialectal, figuratively Example: O then I ſee Queene Mab hath bin vvith you: She is the Fairies mid-vvife, and ſhe comes in ſhape no bigger thẽ [then; i.e., than] an Agot ſtone, on the forefinger of an Alderman, dravvne vvith a teeme of little ottamie, ouer mens noſes as they lie aſleep: […] Example: Was there a "delicate atomy" of minute dimensions and pale complexion, he forthwith strutted a hardy Highlander.
Word: atomy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From atom + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’). Pronunciation: /ˈætəmi/, [-ɾə-] 1. Made up of tiny particles. Example: Things that flit in the sky or creep / In the atomy dust, or swarm in the deep, […] 2. Resembling a tiny particle; atomlike. Example: Hour after hour we slopped along, by the roaring torrent, and under noble Lesser Alps which were clothed in rich velvety green all the way up and had little atomy Swiss homes perched upon grassy benches along their mist-dimmed heights. Example: Imagination can not paint a history with as many unturned leaves, with the print of the Creator fresh in fadeless colors, as that of the atomy speck, hurled through space, which we mortals call the world!— […]
Word: atomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rebracketing of anatomy (“skeleton”) as an atomy; compare notomy. Pronunciation: /ˈætəmi/, [-ɾə-] 1. A skeleton. Labels: archaic Example: Poor Brother Tom had an Accident this time Tvvelve-month, and ſo clever a made Fellovv he vvas, that I could not ſave him from thoſe fleaing Raſcals the Surgeons; and novv, poor Man, he is among the Otamys at Surgeon's Hall. Example: From this cavern (vvhen heaven ſhall be pleaſed to diſcover them) my bones, together vvith thoſe of my honeſt friend Dapple, vvill be taken up ſmooth, and vvhite, and bare as an atomy; […] 2. A person who is very emaciated or thin; a skeleton. Labels: UK, dialectal, figuratively Example: Hoſt[ess, i.e., Mistress Quickly]. I [aye] come, you ſtarude blood-hound. / VVhoore [Doll Tearsheet]. Goodman death, goodman bones. / Hoſt. Thou Atomy, thou. / VVhoore. Come you thinne thing, come you raſcall. Example: VVhy, my Lord, ſhe vvas handſome in her Timne; but ſhe cannot eat her Cake, and have her Cake: I hear ſhe's grovvn a mere Otomy. 3. Chiefly in the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870): a thing which is very slender and weak. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: [T]he contents of his plate chest, consisting of two withered atomies of teaspoons, and an obsolete pair of knock-knee'd sugar tongs; […] Example: They mounted up and up, through the musty smell of an old close house, little used, to a large garret bed-room. Meagre and spare, like all the other rooms, it was even uglier and grimmer than the rest, by being the place of banishment for the worn out furniture. Its moveables were […] a bedstead with four bare atomies of posts, each terminating in a spike, as if for the dismal accommodation of lodgers who might prefer to impale themselves.
Word: aul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ау́л (aúl), from West (Kypchak) Turkic awul, awïl; compare Karachay-Balkar ауул (awul), Bashkir ауыл (awıl), Kazakh ауыл (auyl) and Turkish ağıl. Pronunciation: /aʊl/ 1. A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals. Example: His sorrel face, his long narrow eyes and dusty boots, where he goes on his travels and what really transpires inside the lonely hide tents Out There, among the auls, out in that wind, these are mysteries they don’t care to enter or touch. Example: Bitter fighting took place for Gimry, the home both of Khadzhi-Murat and Shamil. A highway ran along here, which permitted us to bring up artillery and to subject the aul to preliminary bombardment. We did not fire at any specific target, but if even half of our thirteen hundred shells had landed there, there would have been only a heap of ruins in place of the aul.
Word: aul Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əʊl/ 1. Alternative form of auld. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aul Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɔːl/ 1. Obsolete spelling of awl. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul […]
Word: auol Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑː.ʊl/ 1. Alternative form of aul (“village encampment”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snowcapped Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of snow-capped. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I had simply rounded a corner and smacked into […] a stretch of snowcapped Rockies so intricately cragged and utterly enormous that every time I rediscovered them, I had to slow down and gawp at their impassive beauty.
Word: Auster Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwss? Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros Proto-Italic *austeros Latin austerbor. English Auster Borrowed from Latin auster. Pronunciation: /ˈɒstə/, /ˈɔːstə/, /ˈɑstəɹ/, /ˈɔstəɹ/ 1. The god of the south wind. Labels: Roman Example: For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing. 2. The south wind, especially when personified. Labels: poetic Example: Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening Example: ‘My homeland too,’ Aetius grinned. ‘I was born under the Auster.’
Word: autochthon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτόχθων (autókhthōn, “indigenous”), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth, soil”). Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒkθ(ə)n/, /ɔːˈtɒkθɒn/, /ɔˈtɑkθ(ə)n/, /ɔˈtɑkˌθɑn/, /ɑˈtɑkθ(ə)n/ 1. The earliest inhabitant of an area; an indigenous person. Labels: formal Example: The Foreigner by his Intercourse with an Autocthon has an Autocthon Progeny. Wherever a type is found in the population of a country, there it is still found in spite of innumerable crossings; […] Example: This fact points to the great sensitivity on the part of these refugees for the autochthon’s opinion and attitude concerning them. […] Diagram 7 which tells us something of the way in which the refugee experiences the relationship between himself and the autochthon, leaves no doubt of the refugees’ feeling of inferiority. 2. A large mass of rock in the place of its original formation, rooted to its basement (foundation rock) as opposed to an allochthon or nappe which has shifted from the place of formation; an autochthonous rock formation. Example: These rocks are lithically identical with the Normanskill in the allochthon but differ from the correlative Hortonville or Walloomsac Slates […] of the autochthon. […] In the light of Warthin's findings and the absence of evidence to the contrary, the pelitic rocks that geometrically overlie the Cambrian and Ordovician carbonate rocks in the Pine Plains (E10) area (Knopf, 1962) are included in the autochthon. Example: The Mesozoic rock units in the Békés-Doboz trough appear to correlate to similar age rock units of the Bihor autochthon in the Apuseni Mountains of Romania rather than to rock units of the Codru nappe system. Rock units of the Bihor autochthon differ from rock units of the Codru nappe system in 3 main aspects: […] 3. A term referring to mortals and immortals who have sprung, fully-formed, from the soil, rocks and trees. Mythical characters, such as Erichthonius (a son of Hephaestus and Gaia, and raised by Athena), and Cecrops I, are two most well-known examples.
Word: spaniel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spaynol, from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”). Pronunciation: /ˈspænjəl/, /ˈspænəl/ 1. Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game. 2. A cringing, fawning person. Example: Pro[theus].[…]Yet (Spaniel-like) the more ſhe ſpurnes my loue, / The more it growes, and fawneth on her ſtill;
Word: spaniel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spaynol, from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”). Pronunciation: /ˈspænjəl/, /ˈspænəl/ 1. To follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel. Labels: intransitive Example: Antony: Do we shake hands.—All come to this!—The hearts / That spaniel'd me at heels, to whom I gave / Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets Example: J. Sedgewick (1840), Timon, but not of Athens, page 200: “Always spanielling at the heels of power, the mitred Dignitaries displayed, from first to last, the most rancorous hostility against her.”