nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: busying Part of Speech: noun 1. busyness; making oneself busy with something Example: All of you have some business or other to do in the world. Are not your thoughts, and talkings, and busyings, and anxieties, and cares, altogether about the business you have to do? Example: And as other dreams come from the multitude of business, so from such like busyings of the mind, we shall pray but dreamingly and distemperedly.
Word: briefings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːfɪŋz/ 1. plural of briefing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somewhere along the line Part of Speech: adv 1. At some point in a process or in a series of events; at some unspecified or unknown time; eventually. Labels: idiomatic Example: [I]t was only a question of time, after all, when the forgery would be discovered. […] "Somewhere along the line that check has been stolen and raised to twenty-five thousand dollars," he remarked. Example: "I think it is quite obvious," he said, "that the current atomic-arms race can not go on forever. Somewhere along the line […] we will have acquired all the weapons we would possibly need."
Word: dankish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dank Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English dankish From dank + -ish. 1. Somewhat dank. Example: The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.
Word: dareful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dare + -ful. 1. Full of daring or defiance; adventurous.
Word: debile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French débile (“weak”), from Latin dēbilis. Pronunciation: /dɛˈbiːl/ 1. Weak; feeble. Labels: obsolete Example: So, then, it was no surprise to the ranchhold when the buckboard spun to the door, and Raidler took up his debile protégé like a handful of rags and set him down upon the gallery. 2. Having debilism. Labels: historical Example: Being a little debile and unclear of mind he did not realize the risks he was running by passing all his nights in the same bed as the daughter, while he himself was suffering continually from a dammed-up sexual drive. Example: Cretins are debile, hard of hearing, and small in stature.
Word: debile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French débile (“weak”), from Latin dēbilis. Pronunciation: /dɛˈbiːl/ 1. A person with debilism. Labels: historical Example: A very important group of the mentally abnormal, the oligophrenes, who — according to the degree of lack of intelligence — are called idiots, imbeciles, or debiles, are inter alia also predisposed to misbehaviour because they lack the ability to understand what to do in a situation demanding action. Example: As a rule debiles act on normalpsychologic^([sic]) inducements and their criminality is determined by social influences, which they are not apt to assimilate without conflicts. Therefore idiots are always irresponsible, but debiles are as a rule responsible.
Word: ANS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of autonomic nervous system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: deathsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death + -s- + -man. 1. An executioner; a headsman or hangman. Labels: obsolete
Word: deathsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deathsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decay + -er. 1. That which causes decay.
Word: defunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Latin dēfūnctiō (“execution, performance, death”), from dēfungor (“to finish, perform, die”). Pronunciation: /dəˈfʌŋkʃən/ 1. Death. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Until four hundred one-and-twenty years / After defunction of King Pharamond […]
Word: despiteful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From despite + -ful. 1. Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate. Labels: archaic Example: The Londoners seeing that they could get no vantage against the duke, who was without their reach, to bewreak their anger they took his arms, which in most despiteful wise they hanged up in the open places of the city in sign of reproach, as for a traitor; […]
Word: debranch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English branch English debranch From de- + branch. Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹɑːntʃ/ 1. To remove the branches from. Labels: transitive 2. To tear off.
Word: disjoin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”). Equivalent to dis- + join. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/ 1. To separate; to disunite. Labels: transitive Example: That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Example: Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. 2. To become separated. Labels: intransitive
Word: dissentious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dissent + -ious. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛn.ʃi.əs/, /dɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/ 1. Marked by dissensions; contentious 2. dissenting
Word: tourne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of torn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: coulée Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coulee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coulés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coulé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coulées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coulée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foulant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any material that causes fouling
Word: réchauffé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French réchauffé (“reheated”). 1. A dish of food that has been reheated. 2. Something made up from old material; a rehash. Labels: figuratively Example: F. W. H. Myers It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies.
Word: réchauffés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of réchauffé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microbio Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of microbiology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: flottant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of flotant. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: […] gules; second, Azure, a sinister hand a paumee, couped, in pale, argent; third, Or, a galley, sails furled, oars in action, sable, flags flottant, gules; fourth, Argent, out of a mount in base, an oak-tree, vert[…] Example: […] with tassels flottant upwards or; […]
Word: effectless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English effect Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English effectless From effect + -less. 1. Having no effect or advantage. Example: In In a Year of Thirteen Moons the transsexual Elvira makes every attempt to negate her/his will and render her/his-self effectless.
Word: embracement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English embracement, enbracement, from Old French embrassement; equivalent to embrace + -ment. 1. Synonym of embrace, variously Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kinde wordes, and mutuall talke, makes our greefe greater. Therefore with dum imbracement let vs part, Example: What was that but a kinde, tender, and fatherly farwell which he tooke of his children? representing the last adiewes, and parting imbracements [translating embrassemens], which at our death we give unto our dearest issues? 2. Synonym of embrace, variously Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The question of flies—using that, to a woodsman, eminently connotive word in its wide embracement of mosquitoes, sand-flies, deer-flies, black flies, and midges—is one much mooted in the craft. 3. Synonym of embrace, variously Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: […] what Destiny has ordered I am resolved with an adventerous Resolution to subscribe to, and with a contented imbracement enjoy it. Example: His embracement of Popery beginning to make a noise, he decoyed several of the most eminent Protestant clergymen in France to give assurances of the contrary. 4. Synonym of embrace, variously Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: […] the Sun […] of himself, ever shineth and seeth all things, if his Beams be not stopt with a Cloud or some other thick imbracement […] Example: The Heath itself when they came to it was a white wilderness within the embracement of black rocks and mountains.
Word: empoison Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English empoisounen, impoisounen, from Old French empoisoner, equivalent to em- + poison. 1. To poison. Example: And therfore who someuer dyned or feested syre Gawayne wold comynly purueye for good fruyte for hym / and soo dyd the quene for to please sir Gawayne / she lete purueye for hym al maner of fruyte /[…]/ and this Pyonel hated syre Gawayne[…]for pure enuy & hate sir Pyonel enpoysond certayn appels for to enpoysonne sir Gawayn Example: She, with sweet words and false enticing smiles, / Infused love among the dainties set, / And with empoison'd cups our souls beguiles, / And made each knight himself and God forget.
Word: encave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English cave English encave From en- + cave. 1. To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. Labels: transitive
Word: ripes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ripe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ripes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ripe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ripons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ripon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytokeratin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- English keratin English cytokeratin From cyto- + keratin. 1. Any of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
Word: intracytoplasmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English cytoplasmic English intracytoplasmic From intra- + cytoplasmic. 1. Located in the cytoplasm of a cell Labels: not-comparable
Word: cessant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛsənt/ 1. Dormant, inactive. Labels: obsolete Example: […] God hath been pleaſed, by a civil death, to contrive a juſtifiable intermiſsion of my ſecular Duties, and by ſuch a vvay, as renders even this ceſſant ſtate in ſome ſort active, and diſcharging my Obligations: […]
Word: roule Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of roll. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: roule Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of roll. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: roules Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roule Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: roules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Milagros Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Spanish milagros (“miracles”) 1. A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
Word: crown princess Part of Speech: noun 1. The heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. 2. The wife of a crown prince.
Word: codons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of codon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crown princesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crown princess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nappa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of napa (Chinese cabbage or napa leather) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bloques Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bloque Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Agia Napa Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.əˌnæp.ə/ 1. A coastal resort in eastern Cyprus.
Word: renverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French renverser. Equivalent to re- + inverse. Pronunciation: /ɹɪnˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. Obsolete form of reverse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: whose shield he bears renverst
Word: renverse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French renverser. Equivalent to re- + inverse. Pronunciation: /ɹɪnˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. Backwards, contourné, facing the opposite direction (sinister/dexter) than usual. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Samuel Coggan. Lisbon, May 19, 1712; letter to David Jeffries de Co. Round seal, a lion rampant renversé. Example: The arms [on the 1790 Gelderland duit] may be thus blazoned: Party per pale, 1. azure, a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules, 2. or, a lion rampant renverse sable, armed and langued as before.
Word: renverses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of renverse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: terminant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin terminans, present participle of terminare. 1. terminal; terminating Labels: obsolete
Word: terminant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin terminans, present participle of terminare. 1. termination; ending Labels: obsolete Example: neither of both are of like terminant , either by good orthography or in naturall sound , therfore such rime is strained
Word: progresser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From progress + -er. 1. Alternative form of progressor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brisés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brisé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hausses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hausse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triplons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triplon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lap + -er. 1. One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue. Example: ...that recipient of the favors and caresses of the hearthstone, that lapper of milk from the national saucer, the cat. Example: The pupils of the modern school discover in [the lion] but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood. 2. Something (especially a race) that has a stated number of laps. Labels: in-compounds Example: […] Richard Petty Private Collection outran Buck Baker's '62 Chrysler to win the 200-lapper. One week later, Jim Paschal finished second to race winner Junior. 3. A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front. Example: June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home. 4. One who wraps or folds. 5. A mechanism that overlaps material to make it thicker; a lapping cylinder or lapping machine. 6. A headsail that overlaps the mast.
Word: lapper Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a gentle splashing sound, as the sound of flowing water. Example: There was mockery of our foolhardy enterprise in the soft whispering sough of the water, as I heard it lapper beneath the ferry-boat that lay ready to cross to the other side.
Word: ruine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ruin. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul […]
Word: malaxes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of malax Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: biomolecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular English biomolecular From bio- + molecular. 1. Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules) Labels: not-comparable Example: Selye (1957, 1973), for instance, revealed that measurable biomolecular changes took place in the body provoked by environmental conditions such as cold temperatures or excessive and prolonged exercise. Example: Do you remember learning about cell diagrams in high school biology? The cell wall, the organelles, the nucleus. The real picture is turning out to be much more complicated, and interesting, than we were taught. Cells are filled with teensy, phase-shifting blobs that often contain protein and RNA, and in the past several years they’ve taken over cellular biology. In our cover story on page 22, science writer Philip Ball dives into the world of these specks, known as biomolecular condensates, which play astounding roles in cellular functioning across all domains of life.
Word: sporulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sporulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sporulating Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing spores
Word: sporulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sporule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sporulate From sporule + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To produce spores. Labels: intransitive Example: She was also their science teacher and had taught them about slime molds in biology class, about how the singular organisms came together to form a multicellular body in order to sporulate and reproduce, before breaking apart again. 2. To convert into spores. Labels: transitive Example: A part of the protoplasm is not sporulated but forms a capillitium.
Word: sporulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sporul(e) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sporulate From sporul(e) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. That produces spores Labels: not-comparable
Word: chylomicron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chylo- (“juice”) + micron (“small”). 1. A microscopic globule of lipoprotein, found in blood and lymph, that is associated with the digestion of fats.
Word: retirant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retire + -ant. 1. One who has retired from work; a retiree.
Word: bouches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bouche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bouchée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bouchée (“mouthful”). 1. A small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served as an hors d'oeuvre.
Word: bouchées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bouchée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pop a cap in someone's ass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cap (“bullet”). 1. To shoot someone with a gun. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you heard it, that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Example: The older teen was coming from "Tilt," the second floor arcade, when the shooter confronted him, threatened to "pop a cap in (his) ass," and, after the victim assumed what eyewitnesses say was a fighting stance, apparently did.
Word: Rügen Part of Speech: name 1. An island of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, located in the Baltic Sea; the largest island of Germany.
Word: attires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of attire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: farnesoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From farnesol + -oid. 1. Of or relating to farnesol or its derivatives, especially to the metabolically active farnesyl pyrophosphate Labels: not-comparable
Word: farnesol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Farnese + -ol. Ultimately, from Farnese acacia, its original plant source. 1. A sesquiterpene alcohol that is present in many essential oils and is involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sphingomyelinase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sphingomyelin Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English sphingomyelinase From sphingomyelin + -ase. 1. Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin
Word: phosphodiester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English di- English ester English diester English phosphodiester From phospho- + diester. 1. any of many biologically active compounds in which two alcohols form ester bonds with phosphate 2. any phospholipid, such as lecithin, that has two ester groups
Word: poché Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French poché. Pronunciation: /pɔˈʃe(ɪ)/ 1. Areas of an architectural plan or section that are filled in, often by cross-hatching or solid black, to show wall thicknesses, floor thicknesses and all other solid areas that intersect the plane of the section cut. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: poché Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French poché. Pronunciation: /pɔˈʃe(ɪ)/ 1. To fill (areas of an architectural plan or section) in this manner. Labels: transitive
Word: pochés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poché Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jeans Part of Speech: name 1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
Word: encyclopedist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos) Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek παιδεύω (paideúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)bor. New Latin encyclopaedīalbor. English encyclopedia 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 encyclopedist From encyclopedia + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.dɪst/ 1. A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot. 2. An author of, or contributor to, an encyclopedia. Example: The root of the mallow in goat's milk excites the sexual urge, according to Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist of the first century A.D.
Word: colles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Backstein Part of Speech: noun 1. A German cheese similar to Limburger cheese, produced in a brick shape. Labels: uncountable
Word: mend one's pace Part of Speech: verb 1. To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust one's speed to match that of a companion. Labels: dated Example: The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere near by, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there.
Word: notelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English note 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 notelet From note + -let. 1. A brief letter or note; a billet. 2. A notecard; a small folded sheet of notepaper, often with a decorative design on the front, intended for a short letter or note. Labels: UK
Word: consommes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consomme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consommés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consommé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Athene Part of Speech: name 1. Athena Labels: Greek
Word: souffles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of souffle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: souffles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of souffle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: linha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese linha (“line”), from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of line, linea, and ligne. 1. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm. Labels: historical
Word: soufflés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soufflé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soufflés Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of soufflé Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: durions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of durion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultra-Orthodox Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + Orthodox. 1. Very strictly observant; Haredi; being either Hasidic or Litvish (Misnagdic). Labels: not-comparable
Word: sarcomere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sarco- (“flesh”) + -mere (“component”), from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx) and μέρος (méros). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑː.kəʊˌmɪə/, /ˈsɑː.kəˌmɪə/, /ˈsɑɹ.koʊˌmɪɹ/, /ˈsɑɹ.kəˌmɪɹ/ 1. The contractile unit of the myofibril of a striated muscle. Example: 1997, Kenneth Axen, Kathleen Vermitsky Axen, The Princeton Review Physiology Coloring Workbook, Princeton Review Publishing, Random House, page 51, The sarcomere determines the amount of overlap between the actin and myosin filaments and thus, the number of cross-bridges that participate in a given contraction. Since each cross bridge contributes to the contraction, sarcomeres generate their maximal force when their contraction employs the maximal number of cross-bridges between the actin and myosin filaments. Example: Specific proteins are responsible for the bands and zones within each sarcomere.
Word: intracoronary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English coronary English intracoronary From intra- + coronary. 1. Into or within the coronary artery or the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intramyocardial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English myocardial English intramyocardial From intra- + myocardial. 1. Into or within the myocardium Labels: not-comparable
Word: trabeculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der. Proto-Italic *trabs Latin trabs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin trabēculalbor. English trabecula Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English trabeculation From trabecula + -ation. 1. The formation of trabeculae
Word: trabecula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der. Proto-Italic *trabs Latin trabs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin trabēculalbor. English trabecula Learned borrowing from Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”). Pronunciation: /trəˈbɛkjʊlə/ 1. A small supporting beam. 2. A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone. 3. A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place. 4. Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects. 5. One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached. 6. A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.
Word: mineralized Part of Speech: adj 1. Converted to, or impregnated with minerals; petrified.
Word: mineralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mineralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mineralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English mineral 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 mineralize From mineral + -ize. 1. To convert to a mineral; to petrify. Labels: transitive Example: in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves 2. To impregnate with minerals. Labels: transitive Example: mineralized water 3. To mineralogize; to collect and study minerals. Labels: intransitive Example: He was a senior when he asked Barnes if he ever went "mineralizing," referred admiringly to Bowdoin's Professor Cleaveland, and expressed a wish to "give a good knock about the rocks in Maine."
Word: gelatinase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū 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 gelāre Italian gelareder. Italian gelatinabor. French gélatinebor. English gelatin Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English gelatinase From gelatin + -ase. 1. Any of several proteolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of gelatin.
Word: thermoreversible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English reversible English thermoreversible From thermo- + reversible. 1. Whose properties or action can be reversed by heating
Word: sarcomeres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarcomere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Melodie Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from English, of rather rare usage, variant of Melody.
Word: psychopharmaceutical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English pharmaceutical English psychopharmaceutical From psycho- + pharmaceutical. 1. Any drug used to treat a psychosis or similar disorder Example: Using clinical diagnostic tools, we found that around 40% of incels had moderate-to-severe levels of depression, and a similar percentage had moderate-to-severe levels of anxiety. For context, presenting with these levels of symptoms would usually lead to an offer of psychopharmaceutical intervention from a primary healthcare provider (e.g. a GP).
Word: divis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychopedagogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English pedagogy English psychopedagogy From psycho- + pedagogy. 1. The psychology of education Labels: uncountable
Word: milligramme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of milligram. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Besides, do you think that the man who heart-throbbed to the tune of Romeo and Juliet, of Rosalind and Orlatido, and of Florizel and Perdita would care a banana-skin what became of his loose parts after three centuries if it would help me to win Sabina Craddock? No, sir; there wasn't a milligramme of gall in old man Shakespeare's constitution.
Word: howto Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of how-to. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: night soil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: At least notionally because such soil was removed at night by nightmen, and because chamberpots were needed especially at night (when one, in one's nightgown, might be less disposed to leave the house for the outhouse); but the general taboo around human excrement encourages euphemism, and any word in the allusive range of the night–dark–black–bad archetypes might serve as well as another for the purpose; thus, compare blackwater. 1. Human faeces. Labels: archaic, euphemistic, uncountable Example: There, the night soil along with the community refuse is filled in trenches for composting and subsequent use in agriculture. Example: The flow of nitrogen from night-soil in rural China is valuable, whereas human excrement in an urban center is a pollution problem.
Word: piacular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Early 17th century, from French piaculaire, from Latin piacularis, derived from piaculum, from piō (“to appease, purify, expiate”) +-culum (instrumental suffix). 1. Requiring atonement or reparation: wicked, sinful, bad. Example: And while we think it ſo piaculous, to go beyond the Ancients; we muſt neceſſarily come ſhort of genuine Antiquity, Truth; unleſs we ſuppoſe them to have reach'd perfection of Knowlege in ſpight of their own acknowledgments of Ignorance. 2. Expiatory; serving to atone. Example: The piacular sacrifice arose from the need of atoning for bloodshed within the kinship group ; properly speaking, the culprit himself should suffer : should he be unknown or beyond the reach of vengeance, a substitute had to be found[…] Example: The distinction between clean and unclean beasts and birds was made, a distinction which has its principal significance in reference to a piacular offering. Not any and everything may be offered as an atonement, but only that which is [clean].
Word: transpersonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Middle English personal English personal English transpersonal From trans- + personal. 1. That transcends the personal or individual
Word: evolutive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating evolution or development; evolutionary
Word: morning-land Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morning + land, translating German Morgenland, Luther's translation of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “(sun-)rising”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.nɪŋ.land/, /ˈmɔɹ.nɪŋ.lænd/ 1. The Orient; the East. Labels: dated, poetic Example: Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids. […] Far in Morning Land I wandered / Where the summers never cease, / And Romance's golden waters / Ever run and murmur peace. Example: Still the old leaven remains behind: here, as elsewhere in the “Morning-land,” you cannot hold your own without employing the voie de fait.
Word: breaching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of breach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breaching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is breached. Example: breachings of decorum
Word: brakemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brakeman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of broach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: broaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of broach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: broaching Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of machining in which a tool (either rotating or nonrotating) moves through a linear toolpath to cut internal shapes that have corners. Labels: uncountable
Word: bobcats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bobcat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullshits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bullshit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bullshitted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bullshit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brutalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From brutal + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːt(ə)lʌɪz/ 1. To inflict brutal violence on. Labels: transitive 2. To make brutal, cruel or harsh. Labels: transitive 3. To live or behave like a brute. Labels: dated, intransitive
Word: brutalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brutalise Labels: UK, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brutalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brutalise Labels: UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brutalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brutalise Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: butterflying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of butterfly Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: butterflied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of butterfly Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: butterfly net Part of Speech: noun 1. A small net with attached handle used to collect butterflies and other insect species. Example: He spends his days flitting through the woods with his shot-gun and his butterfly-net, and his evenings in mounting the many specimens he has acquired.
Word: butterfly nets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterfly net Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulldozes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bulldoze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bulldozed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bulldoze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: -ies Part of Speech: suffix 1. Variant of -es for the plural forms of nouns ending in a consonant + y; equivalent to (dropped y) + (-i- + -es). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: country, countries; party, parties; colloquy, colloquies; wy, wies. 2. Used to form the third person singular in the present indicative of verbs ending in a consonant + y. Labels: morpheme Example: objectify, objectifies; parry, parries. 3. Alternative form of -sies. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme 4. Plural of -ie. Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural
Word: briars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of briar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bifurcates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bifurcate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bifurcating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bifurcate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bifurcating Part of Speech: adj 1. dividing or forking into two Labels: not-comparable
Word: death's head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of death's-head. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: singlicate Part of Speech: noun 1. An assay performed singularly, as opposed to replicated assays (e.g. assays performed in duplicate or triplicate). Example: Most conventional immunoassays, especially those performed using automated equipment, have reached a level of reliability such that singlicate analysis is now the normal practice.
Word: tea pad Part of Speech: noun 1. A hash-bar; a place to buy or smoke marijuana. Labels: US, obsolete, slang Example: Took my public-school training in three jails and a plenty of pool-rooms, went to college in a gang of tea-pads, earned my Ph.D. in more creep joints and speakeasies and dancehalls than the law allows.
Word: creep joint Part of Speech: noun 1. A brothel or other disreputable or low-class place, especially where patrons are robbed. Labels: US, slang Example: Took my public-school training in three jails and a plenty of pool-rooms, went to college in a gang of tea-pads, earned my Ph.D. in more creep joints and speakeasies and dancehalls than the law allows. 2. A gambling game which moves to a different location every night. Labels: US, slang
Word: close one's eyes and think of England Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Supposedly derived from the journal of Alice Marion Mills in 1912, Lady Hillingdon, now lost. Later apocryphally connected to Lucy Baldwin, wife of Prime Minister Baldwin, and Queen Victoria or described as advice given to Victorian era brides-to-be. First popularized by the translation in 1955 of Pierre Daninos's Les Carnets du Major Thompson (1954), a French satire on upper class British culture. 1. To accept one's duty patriotically, particularly (idiomatic, euphemistic) to endure sex (sexual activity) under a concept of sex as solely a marital and reproductive duty. Example: I am happy now that Charles calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I now endure but two calls a week and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs and think of England. Example: ...when the test comes, when the United Kingdom gets into trouble again, and when the King calls upon his loyal subjects all over the world, the Canadian knows at a still deeper level of his being that he will undoubtably do as he has always done before. He will close his eyes and think of England.
Word: pneumococci Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumococcus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blustered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bluster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brags Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹæɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: boringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English boren Middle English -ynge Middle English boryng English boring Middle English -ly English -ly English boringly From boring + -ly. 1. In a boring manner. Example: The professor droned on boringly, putting his class to sleep. Example: "I understand most of them are most boringly moral in their private lives.
Word: pound sand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of 19th-century origin. Used as an example both of an activity so simple that almost anyone could do it and of an activity so pointless that only a fool would do it. 1. To engage in a simple, useless activity that anyone would reasonably know how to perform. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: "Bishop McKillup lives there. He's got only three wives, and they three all put together don’t know enough to pound sand with a mallet, with a receipt on the handle." For which striking symbol of imbecility I should have given Jake a good deal of credit, if I had not heard him using it several times before as a regular stock expression 2. To engage in a futile activity. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: […] Without men on the ground, we'll be pounding sand." Example: He told Shelton we needed to "unleash holy hell." “We're not just going to pound sand,” he added. 3. To go away; get lost; go to hell; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, slang Example: All you do is complain. Why don't you go pound sand up your ass and stop bothering the line staff. Example: "The price to us was going to be $3 million, and we had four months to pay before the Licensing 6.0 deadline. We told Microsoft to go pound sand."
Word: motherferyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of motherfucker. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðəfəjə/ 1. Motherfucker. Labels: US, slang Example: And it was in Pontiac that I dug that Jim Crow man in person, a motherferyer that would cut your throat for looking.
Word: repossesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repossess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repossessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repossess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: piss up a rope Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in futile or impossible activity. Labels: slang, vulgar 2. Used as an abrupt dismissal. Labels: imperative, slang, vulgar Example: You can't park here; I'm saving this spot for my friend. Go piss up a rope.
Word: repossessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repossess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: invar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of invariable. 1. An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Six Counties Part of Speech: name 1. The six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. Labels: Ireland, informal
Word: STB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of straight to base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 2008, original SWIM will do an A/B and STB next week on the same bark and post yields.
Word: STB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of set top box, a video signal converter for televisions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: canhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From can + house. Pronunciation: /ˈkanhaʊs/ 1. A brothel. Labels: US, slang Example: The Roamer Inn was like a model of all the canhouses I ever saw around Chicago, the granddaddy of them all.
Word: A/B Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of acid-base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: A/B Part of Speech: verb 1. To compare two pairs of headphones or earphones by switching between one and the other. Example: Any queries about how it compares to LCD-4, Utopia, 1266/Diana, Susvara et cetera would have to be answered by someone with more experience A-Bing those headphones. Example: I briefly tried to use the same set of pads with both however that didn't work out very well from a practical standpoint. Too much time was lost between swapping pads for A/Bing.
Word: breast pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used by a lactating woman to extract milk from her breasts (typically for short-term storage).
Word: slow up Part of Speech: verb 1. To slow; to slow down; to decelerate. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: She has been intto prison ministry work for several years and has never slowed up, but intensified her love. Example: Roscoe slowed up at the town limit.
Word: Ha Part of Speech: noun 1. An ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Ha Part of Speech: name 1. The dialect of Rwanda-Rundi spoken by this group.
Word: Ha Part of Speech: name 1. A god of the deserts to the west of Egypt, associated with the underworld (duat) and pictured as a man wearing the symbol for desert hills on his head. Labels: Egyptian
Word: guidant Part of Speech: adj 1. guiding; providing guide Labels: not-comparable
Word: colores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colore Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of color Labels: archaic, form-of, plural, rare
Word: colorons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coloron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosciutti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosciutto Labels: form-of, plural