nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: PAN Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of primary account number. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of personal area network. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of polyacrylonitrile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of phenylacetonitrile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: mid-air Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree 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-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English mid-air From mid- + air. 1. The middle of the air, as while in flight. Labels: uncountable Example: The dog ran, jumped, and caught the ball in mid-air. Example: The 44-metre landslip north of Hook left track hanging in mid-air as the clay embankment collapsed beneath it.
Word: save face Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See lose face. 1. To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face.
Word: give face Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First used in the late 19th century (most likely in the colonial Hong Kong), a calque of dialectal Cantonese 畀面 (bei2 min2). 1. To honor; to pay respect. Labels: idiomatic Example: We gave face to one another. Example: While she gave face to the director, his subordinates, and her colleagues, she had no face left to herself.
Word: give face Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare give head. 1. To perform cunnilingus. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Boys gave face, girls gave head. Example: Frank had pushed her pants down to reveal her pink pussy and was giving her face. She was in ecstasy.
Word: give face Part of Speech: verb 1. To confront. Example: He has been shot twice before, once when he was sixteen, that was some serious shit, sort of giving face to some dude, and the mother pulled out a.38 and boom, just like it was but a little more downtalk.
Word: rea Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rei. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ableism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From able + -ism, modelled on racism, sexism, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/, [-zm̩] 1. Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities. Labels: uncountable Example: [from late 20th c.] Example: Ableism is your ability to find reasons to push us aside to keeps us in cages, leave our struggles out of the history pages … pretend we never existed. Ableism is when you say I'm the only disabled friend you've ever had. Ableism is when you say that and still don't understand why we feel invisible. Ableism is when you think I don't have a disability because you can't see it. 2. An instance of ableism. Labels: countable Example: Developing guidelines around which ableisms and favoritisms of abilities are ethical , e.g. which form and shape of competitiveness might be ethical and which might not, can be a useful tool for the governance of S&T. Example: And, as a media and communication PhD, I know this is because the English language itself is a media so biased, with ableisms so deeply built in, that roads (which seem to lead away from ableisms) in fact, lead directly back into them.
Word: scrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scrippe, an aphetism of Old French escrepe (“purse, alms-bag”), a variant of escharpe, from Old Norse skreppa. Cognate with Danish skreppe (“scrip”), Norwegian skreppa (“bag”). Doublet of scarf. Pronunciation: /skɹɪp/ 1. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Depositing his scrip in the outhouse the cowherd glanced around. Example: A night promising fair, scented, the moon in her third quarter, nightingales in the wood, WS, in worn cloak against the morning’s chill, empty scrip and purse, taking the road. — 2. Small change. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: In reading it in 1899, I am afraid that the readers of a hard, money generation may not know that "scrip" was in the sixties the name for small change.
Word: scrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from a conflation of script and scrap. Pronunciation: /skɹɪp/ 1. A scrap of paper. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each unit of scrip you buy entitles you to one acre of the choicest land in North America. Example: According to the act, the beneficiary states could not locate the land; they were obliged to sell scrip to individuals, entitling them to choose lands as yet unlocated. 3. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His actions provide a blueprint for crisis control that merits attention today. All these fiscal achievements removed most of the need for local scrip, accounting for the very few issues found in this section of the catalog. Example: The issue and availability of true factional notes by the United States government, such as 10-cent and 25-cent notes, etc., did not eliminate the need for locally issued small scrip until the spring of 1863. 4. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A grievance that was both economic and psychological was the practice, common in some mills, especially prior to 1890, of paying in scrip that had to be redeemed for goods at a company store. Example: He even forces Tim to give up his lessons at the WIDOW SMACK'S COTTAGE, so that he can earn a little in scrip from the TREE SAWMILL.
Word: scrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of subscription receipt. Pronunciation: /skɹɪp/ 1. A share certificate.
Word: scrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of prescription. Pronunciation: /skɹɪp/ 1. A medical prescription. Labels: informal
Word: scumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌmbəl/, /ˈskʊmbəl/ 1. An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌmbəl/, /ˈskʊmbəl/ 1. To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller. Example: manure [...] dead leaves [...] and the odd unstomachable meal thrown or vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean—all got scumbled together, eventually, by the knives of the seasons, to an impasto, feet thick, of unbelievable topsoil in which anything could grow Example: I want you to scumble the bottom third with sap green. 2. To apply a painted pattern to the finish of a piece of furniture to simulate the woodgrain of another timber, as for example to give pine an appearance of oak. Example: scumbled pine
Word: endangered species Part of Speech: noun 1. A species which is in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or a significant portion of its range. Example: The federal government has added five more birds to the endangered species list. Example: This project involves construction of a railway crossing for wild hazel dormice on the Furness line (Lancashire), in a bid to save the endangered species from extinction, and it will be the first of its kind on the railway. 2. A class or kind whose continued existence is threatened. Example: Since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, the division of labor has brought forth specialization in the workforce and university curriculums. The endangered species of polymaths is facing extinction.
Word: scutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre. Pronunciation: /skʌt͡ʃ/ 1. To beat or whip; to drub. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete 2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. Example: 2005, John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, and Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition), section 32.10 “Processing Fiber Flax”, the title of subsection 32.10.3 “Scutching”. Example: His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients.
Word: scutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre. Pronunciation: /skʌt͡ʃ/ 1. A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions. Labels: countable 2. The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp. Labels: uncountable Example: the labourers went peacefully about their usual employments, some driving teams of ponderous horses at the plough, others burning scutch and brambles, the rubbish of field and forest. 3. A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks. Labels: countable
Word: scutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish. 1. A tuft or clump of grass.
Word: scutch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skutch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots sey (“armhole, cut of beef”), from Middle Scots say, possibly from Old Norse segi, sigi (“chunk, bite”), from Proto-Germanic *segô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /saɪ/ 1. An armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking. Example: on the seat lay folded a pair of blue cotton pants creased at the groin, their short fly zippered open, and over them a white underbrief, the sinus of its pouch humped between elliptical scyes.
Word: sejunct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sēiūnctus, past participle of sēiungō (“separate”); from sē (“without”) + iungō (“to join”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈd͡ʒʌŋkt/ 1. Separate; separated. Labels: rare Example: ‘Nay, not so far – [...] not so far, he saith, do I pronounce the gods to be sejunct and alienate from us, as to think that not even our prayers can reach them.’ Example: Now that mechanical science has realised his ancient dreams of flight and sejunct communication, he is the advance guard of the psychologist on the watch for new emotions, new vibrations sensible to faculties as yet ill understood.
Word: sans serif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sans + serif. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn(z)ˈsɛɹɪf/, /ˌsɑ̃ ˈsɛɹɪf/ 1. A typeface in which the characters do not have serifs.
Word: sans serif Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sans + serif. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn(z)ˈsɛɹɪf/, /ˌsɑ̃ ˈsɛɹɪf/ 1. Of a typeface, without serifs. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you have some sans-serif fonts on your computer, you can play this game, too.
Word: endanger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/, /ɪnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/, /ɛnˈdeɪndʒə/ 1. To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to. Labels: transitive Example: I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not Example: All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. 2. To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.
Word: sele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sēliz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *sālī Old English sǣl Middle English sel English sele Inherited from Middle English sel (“fortune, bliss; a unit of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly. Pronunciation: /siːl/ 1. Happiness, fortune. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 2. The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 3. Greeting, salutation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, […] Example: When the morning was come […] so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, […]
Word: bure Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.
Word: semy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmi/ 1. Alternative form of semé. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: bountiful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bounty + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊntɪfəl/, /ˈbaʊntəfəl/, [ˈbaʊ̯n(ɾ)əfəɫ], /ˈbaʊntɪfʌl/ 1. Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample. Example: They enjoyed a wet summer and a bountiful harvest. Example: The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Word: septentrional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky. Pronunciation: /sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/ 1. Pertaining to the north; northern. Labels: literary, rare Example: Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist. Example: Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.
Word: sequela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla (“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”), from sequor (“to follow; to come or go after, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ēla (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Doublet of sequel. The plural form is a learned borrowing from Latin sequēlae. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkwiːlə/, /-ˈkwɛ-/, /sɪˈkwɛlə/, /-ˈkwi-/, /sɪˈkwiːliː/ 1. Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it. Example: Complications: haematoma formation is a dangerous sequela of this operation, and careful drainage with polythene tubing was carried out. Example: ‘Ay, ay,’ said Stephen testily, ‘it is showy enough to look at, no doubt, but these are only the superficial sequelae. There is no essential lesion.’ 2. That which follows; a consequence, an effect. Labels: broadly, formal Example: Initially he dosed himself [with opium] to quell neuralgia associated with 'gout' and nervous shooting pains in the limb and head, unable to bear the agonies these complaints produced on what Humphry Davy would call his 'excessive sensibility'. Self-dosing brought emotional and physical sequelae of its own. 3. People who adhere to the opinions or teachings of another; followers. Labels: broadly, formal, rare
Word: serape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mexican Spanish serape. Pronunciation: /sɛˈɹɑːpeɪ/ 1. A type of blanket worn as a cloak, especially by Spanish-Americans, or used as a saddle blanket. Example: R. C. Gorman's painting depicts a tall woman wrapped in a serape in Joanie's beloved Southwest, standing in a canyon at night. Example: Could be, said John Grady. He took off his hat and lay back and pulled the serape over him.
Word: Alnitak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic النِطَاق (an-niṭāq, “the girdle”). 1. A triple star in the constellation of Orion; Zeta (ζ) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
Word: Alderamin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الذِّرَاع الْيَمِين (aḏ-ḏirāʕ al-yamīn, “the right arm”), from ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ, “arm”) + يَمِين (yamīn, “right”). 1. A star in the constellation of Cepheus.
Word: Algenib Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الجَانِب (al-jānib) "the side". 1. A β Cephei variable subgiant, visible as a third-magnitude blue-white star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus. Example: [γ, 3, white, erroneously placed by Tycho in Pisces marks the extreme tip of the Horse's wing, so that its name Algenib has been considered as derived from Al Janāh, the Wing, but it probably is from Al Janb, the Side. It has sometimes been written Algemo.] 2. Synonym of Mirfak (the star α Persei).
Word: apollonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. From German apollinisch (“Apollonian”). Pronunciation: /æpəˈləʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Clear, harmonious, and restrained.
Word: dionysian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German dionysisch (“Dionysian”). Coined by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. 1. Wild, irrational, undisciplined, orgiastic. Example: He said he loved making movies like Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash,” in which his charismatic, obstreperous character, Harry Hawkes, a music producer described by the Italian director as “a pagan fawn,” does a Dionysian dance to the Rolling Stones song “Emotional Rescue.”
Word: Algol Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الْغُول (al-ḡūl, “the ghoul”). 1. An eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Perseus; Beta (β) Persei. It represents the eye of Medusa, whose head is being held by Perseus.
Word: Algol Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of ALGOL. Labels: alt-of Example: He was the defiant homesteader, the crusty senior member of a research team who understood Algol and Fortran but couldn't read the secrets of his own heart. Example: Algol, on the other hand, introduced the notion of block structure, in which the programmer could group lists of statements, effectively creating one instruction out of a list of instructions.
Word: ALGOL Part of Speech: name Etymology: Devised as an acronym of algorithmic language. Pronunciation: /ˈælɡɒl/, /-ɡɔːl/ 1. An influential early high-level programming language designed for solving mathematical and scientific problems. Example: Later, ALGOL was used as the basis of JOVIAL, MAD, NELIAC, and ALGO. In 1960, a division occurred based on unresolved disagreements and ALGOL 60 was born. 2. A family of programming languages derived from ALGOL 58.
Word: high-level Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From high + level. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ ˈlɛv.əl/ 1. Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation. Example: It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London. 2. Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization. 3. Consisting of such people. Example: high-level conference Example: Within 22 minutes of the high-level decision at 1.38 a.m. on the Sunday morning to withdraw the electric trains, a special control had been established at Glasgow North headquarters to organise the return to steam working. 4. Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions. 5. A summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details. Example: "To begin, a need or want is simply a broad definition of the overall requirements: the high-level description, the 30,000-foot view, and so on, of the problem without identifying any specifics." https://www.google.com/books/edition/Additive_Manufacturing_Handbook/H1kkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT92 6. At (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.
Word: algorithmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic ال (al-) Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-) Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-) Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der. Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š) Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor. Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism ▲ English arithmo-influ. English algorithm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English algorithmic From algorithm + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌælɡəˈɹɪðmɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or being an algorithm. Labels: not-comparable Example: In an age when the charts have become an algorithmic spaghetti of streaming plays, radio and downloads, the purest way of measuring who is up and who is down in pop might be the Billboard Social 50, a sub-chart that measures reach across social networks.
Word: Alkaid Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic القَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش (“the leader of the girls at the bier”), from قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”) + بَنَات (banāt) plural of بِنْت (bint, “girl”) + نَعْش (naʕš, “bier”). With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear). Doublet of alcaide and caid. 1. A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.
Word: Holmes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From holme, variant of holm (“islet”). Pronunciation: /hoʊmz/, /hoʊlmz/, /həʊmz/, /həʊlmz/ 1. A northern English surname from Middle English, variant of Holme. Example: Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims. 2. A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald. 3. A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald. 4. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare 5. A hamlet in Tarleton parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4319). 6. A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192). 7. A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States:
Word: mills Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɪlz/ 1. plural of mill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mills Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Alphard Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الفَرْد (al-fard, “the solitary one”). 1. An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae.
Word: disaffected Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English affect English disaffect Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English disaffected From disaffect + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈfɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disaffect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disaffected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English affect English disaffect Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English disaffected From disaffect + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈfɛktɪd/ 1. Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect. Example: Near-synonyms: malcontent, resentful, disloyal, rebellious, vengeful Example: The main reason for this state of affairs is probably that, for the exceptionally able man who accepts the present order of society, a multitude of other avenues to influence and power are open, while to the disaffected and dissatisfied an intellectual career is the most promising path to both influence and the power to contribute to the achievement of his ideals. 2. Affected with disease. Labels: obsolete
Word: Alpheratz Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic سُرَّةُ الْفَرَس (surratu l-faras, “the horse's navel”) (referring to Pegasus), from سُرَّة (surra, “navel”) + فَرَس (faras, “horse, steed”). Not related to alpha. Pronunciation: /ælˈfɪəræts/ 1. A spectroscopic binary, visible as a second-magnitude blue-white star marking the head of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus), one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus. Example: In the head of Andromeda, there is a star of the second magnitude called Alpheratz and is one of those which form the square of Pegasus[…]. Alpheratz is on an imaginary line drawn from the north-easternmost star in the square of the Great Bear, through the north polar star, and distant from the latter about 61 degrees. Example: [Alpheratz, Alpherat, and Sirrah are from the Arabians' Al Surrat al Faras, the Horse's Navel, as this star formerly was associated with Pegasus, whence it was transferred to the Woman's hair; and some one has strangely called it Umbilicus Andromedae. But in all late Arabian astronomy taken from Ptolemy it was described as Al Rās al Mar'ah al Musalsalah, the Head of the Woman in Chains.]
Word: Alshain Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic اَلشَّاهِين (aš-šāhīn, “the falcon”), from Persian شاهین (šâhin, “falcon / pointer of a scale”). 1. Beta Aquilae, a star in the constellation Aquila
Word: Deneb Kaitos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْكَيْتُوس (ḏanab al-kaytūs, “Cetus's tail”), from ذنب (“tail”) + an Arabization of Cetus. 1. The brightest star in the constellation Cetus.
Word: Diphda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الضِفْدَع الثَانِي (aḍ-ḍifdaʕ aṯ-ṯānī, “the second frog”), from ضِفْدَع (ḍifdaʕ, “frog”) + ثَانٍ (ṯānin, “second”). 1. The brightest star in the constellation of Cetus.
Word: Charlton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Carlton. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ)ltən/ 1. A number of places in England: 2. A number of places in England: 3. A number of places in England: 4. A number of places in England: 5. A number of places in England: 6. A number of places in England: 7. A number of places in England: 8. A number of places in England: 9. A number of places in England: 10. A number of places in England: 11. A number of places in England: 12. A number of places in England: 13. A number of places in England: 14. A number of places in England: 15. A number of places in England: 16. A number of places in England: 17. A number of places in England: 18. A community in Charlton and Dack municipality, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. 19. A place in the United States: 20. A place in the United States: 21. A place in the United States: 22. A rural locality in Gore district, Southland, New Zealand. 23. A place in Australia: 24. A place in Australia: 25. A place in Australia: 26. A surname from Old English derived from the English place name.
Word: Denebokab Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْعُقَاب (ḏanab al-ʕuqāb, “the eagle's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + عُقَاب (ʕuqāb, “eagle”). 1. Eta Aquilae, a supergiant star in the constellation of Aquila.
Word: mamma mia Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian mamma mia. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌmə ˈmiːə/, /ˌmɑmə ˈmiə/ 1. A mild expression of surprise, supposedly used by Italians.
Word: mama mia Part of Speech: intj 1. Misspelling of mamma mia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Denebola Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”). 1. Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.
Word: supinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin supīnō (“turn up, turn over”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.pəˌneɪt/, /ˈsjuː.pəˌneɪt/ 1. To twist the forearm so as to turn the palm of the hand backwards if the forearm is pointing up, upwards if the forearm is horizontal, or forwards if the arm is pointing down; to twist the forearm by contracting the biceps brachii; to twist the right forearm clockwise or the left forearm counterclockwise. Labels: transitive 2. To twist the foot so the weight is on the outer edge. Labels: transitive 3. To lie back into a supine position.
Word: chaparral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar. Pronunciation: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/, /ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/, /ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/, [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl], [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl] 1. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed. Example: Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine 2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scandals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scandal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limerent Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪməɹənt/ 1. In a state of limerence. 2. In love, Infatuated. Labels: broadly 3. Related by limerence. Example: limerent object Example: limerent experience
Word: contrecoup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French contrecoup, from contre (Latin contra) + coup a blow. 1. A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck. Example: These injuries, known as contrecoup injuries, appear on the opposite side of the brain from the point of impact because the brain is flung against its own protective (or in this case not-so-protective) casing.
Word: whites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /(h)waɪts/ 1. plural of white Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /(h)waɪts/ 1. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm. 2. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. Labels: plural, plural-only 4. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. Labels: US, plural, plural-only 5. Linen, especially laundry, that is white. Labels: plural, plural-only 6. leukorrhea. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: whites Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /(h)waɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of white Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Dschubba Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic اَلْجَبْهَة (al-jabha, “the forehead”). 1. A star in the constellation Scorpio.
Word: isotone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reinterpretation of the p in isotope as standing for proton, leading to a replacement with the letter n for neutron. Coined by German physicist Kurt Guggenheimer in 1934. 1. Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.
Word: isotone Part of Speech: adj 1. monotone nondecreasing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dubhe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Arabic phrase اَلْظَهْرُ اَلْدُبِّ اَلْأَكْبَر (al-ẓahru l-dubbi l-ʔakbar, “the back of the great bear [i.e. Ursa Major]”), from ظَهْر (ẓahr, “back”) + دُبّ (dubb, “bear”) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “great”). 1. A multiple star in the constellation of Ursa Major and part of the Plough; Alpha (α) Ursae Majoris.
Word: kumbaya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gullah. Apparently a corruption of the English phrase “come by here” in a spiritual song. Pronunciation: /ˌkum.baɪˈjɑ/, /ˌkum.bɑˈjɑ/, /ˈkʌm.baː.jə/ 1. Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm, as referring to the folk song. Example: Dr. Hoffman told me the word kumbaya was originally an African American spiritual, a song that was also a prayer asking for divine intervention, asking for help in dire times, and that then the hippies in the sixties took it and sang it to mean unity amid protest, and then it got played out and became a stand-in for corniness about togetherness.
Word: isotope dilution Part of Speech: noun 1. Any technique that involves the addition to a sample of an isotopically labelled compound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isotopic dilution Part of Speech: noun 1. any technique that involves the addition to a sample of an isotopically labelled compound
Word: isotope shift Part of Speech: noun 1. a small difference in the transition energies of isotopes that corresponds to a given spectral line transition
Word: spectral line Part of Speech: noun 1. a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule
Word: energy level Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the discrete stable energies that a quantum mechanical system (such as the electrons of an atom) can have. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see energy, level. Example: My energy levels have dropped since I stopped exercising.
Word: Elnath Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic النَّطْح (an-naṭḥ, “the butting [one]”). Pronunciation: /ɛlˈnæθ/ 1. The second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.
Word: non-existant Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of nonexistent. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Enif Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) (i.e. of Pegasus). 1. A type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus. Example: [Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]
Word: att Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lao ອັດ (ʼat). 1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.
Word: att Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of at. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Eltanin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Arabic رَأْس اَلتِّنِّين (raʔs at-tinnīn, “the dragon’s head”), from رَأْس (raʔs, “head”) + تِنِّين (tinnīn, “dragon”). 1. An orange giant star, the brightest in the constellation of Draco.
Word: digenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + -genesis. Pronunciation: /daɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ 1. The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: desu Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese です (desu, “be”), the polite form of the Japanese copula, found most often at the end of a sentence. Know Your Meme attributes its spread to 4chan memes of the Rozen Maiden character Suiseiseki who ends every sentence with desu (see also キャラ語尾). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsuː/ 1. Used at the end of a sentence as an assertive particle. Labels: humorous, slang Example: this desu Example: My contribution desu.
Word: Fomalhaut Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic فَمُ الْحُوت (famu l-ḥūt, literally “the fish mouth”). 1. The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.
Word: digenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From digenesis + -ic, from di- (“two”) + genesis. Pronunciation: /dʌɪ.dʒɪˈnɛt.ɪk/, /daɪ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to a subclass (Digenea) of trematode worms in which sexual reproduction as an internal parasite of a vertebrate alternates with asexual reproduction in a mollusk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Algiedi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic اَلْجَدْي (al-jady, “the kid-goat”). 1. Alpha Capricorni, a double star in the constellation of Capricorn.
Word: disgorged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disgorge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Kochab Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab, “star”). 1. β Ursae Minoris, the second-brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, formerly a dual North Star with Pherkad from about 1000 BC to about AD 300.
Word: modus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊdəs/ 1. The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance. Labels: obsolete 2. A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc. 3. A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi. Example: To make a good and sufficient modus, the following rules must be observed Example: When, instead either of a certain portion of the produce of land, or of the price of a certain portion, a certain sum of money is to be paid in full compensation for all tax or tythe; the tax becomes, in this case, exactly of the same nature with the land tax of England. It neither rises nor falls with the rent of the land. It neither encourages nor discourages improvement. The tythe in the greater part of those parishes which pay what is called a modus, in lieu of all other tythe is a tax of this kind. During the Mahometan government of Bengal, instead of the payment in kind of the fifth part of the produce, a modus, and, it is said, a very moderate one, was established in the greater part of the districts or zemindaries of the country. Some of the servants of the East India company, under pretence of restoring the public revenue to its proper value, have, in some provinces, exchanged this modus for a payment in kind. Under their management, this change is likely both to discourage cultivation, and to give new opportunities for abuse in the collection of the public revenue, which has fallen very much below what it was said to have been when it first fell under the management of the company. The servants of the company may, perhaps, have profited by the change, but at the expense, it is probable, both of their masters and of the country.
Word: Mirfak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic مِرْفَق (mirfaq, “elbow”). 1. Alpha Persei, a yellow supergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.
Word: Menkar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Arabic مَنْخَر (manḵar, “nostril (i.e. of the whale)”). 1. Alpha Ceti, a red giant star in the constellation of Cetus
Word: akathisia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek κάθισις (káthisis, “sitting”) + -ia. See also κᾰθῐ́ζω (kăthĭ́zō, “to sit down”). Pronunciation: /æ.kəˈθɪ.si.ə/ 1. A sensation of restlessness characterized by an inability to sit still/down or remain motionless/seated, arising from a subjective need or desire to move, often coinciding with the sensation of twitching of muscles, often as a side effect of psychiatric medications. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Haskowic first described this condition last November and applied the term "Akathisia" to it. The subject can seat himself and remain seated a few minutes, but then the contortions begin, and unless he gets up he suffers actual torture. Example: Central Nervous System Effects: Neuromuscular (extrapyramidal) reactions: These are usually dosage-related and may be of three forms: (1) pseudoparkinsonism, (2) akathisia (motor restlessness), and (3) dystonias.
Word: Horologium Part of Speech: name Etymology: See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name. 1. Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon. Labels: historical 3. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado. 4. Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches. Labels: alt-of
Word: horologium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin horologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). In reference to Eastern Orthodoxy, via its Byzantine Greek development. See menologium. Doublet of horologe. Pronunciation: /hɔɹəˈloʊd͡ʒiəm/, /hɔɹəˈloʊɡiəm/, /hɒɹəˈləʊd͡ʒɪəm/, /hɒɹəˈləʊɡɪəm/ 1. Synonym of chronometer or clock, a timekeeping device. Labels: archaic, historical 2. Synonym of astronomical clock. Labels: uncommon 3. Synonym of horologion, the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.
Word: gangling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig. 1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful. Example: A gangling teenager.
Word: gangling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gang Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English gangling From gang + -ling. 1. A member of a gang. Labels: nonce-word, nonstandard Example: "Well, we'll meet in New York and you can see what's left of me! Bon voyage" the ganglings smirked & just beyond Grand, bang into not — da.
Word: Mintaka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “belt”). 1. A multiple star in the constellation of Orion; Delta (δ) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
Word: thrombin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thromb- + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɒmbɪn/ 1. An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: picaroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish picarón, from pícaro (“rogue”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/ 1. A pirate or picaro. 2. A pirate ship. 3. A rogue.
Word: picaroon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish picarón, from pícaro (“rogue”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/ 1. To behave as a pirate. Labels: intransitive
Word: picaroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French piqueron, from pique (“pike”) + -oon Pronunciation: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/ 1. A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging and fishing to snag, move and hold.
Word: Phecda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic فَخِذ (faḵiḏ, “thigh”). 1. Gamma Ursae Majoris, a star in the constellation of Ursa Major.
Word: jaked Part of Speech: adj 1. drunk, intoxicated Labels: slang
Word: jaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burlin' Part of Speech: adj 1. drunk, intoxicated Labels: Scotland
Word: Ras Algethi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Arabic رَأْس اَلْجَاثِي (raʔs al-jāṯī, “the kneeler's head”), from رَأْس (raʔs, “head”) and الجَاثِي (al-jāṯī, “the kneeler, Hercules”). 1. Alpha Herculis, the brightest star in the constellation of Hercules
Word: emotive Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊtɪv/, /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/ 1. Of or relating to emotion. 2. Appealing to the emotions. Example: He was the kind of man to whom some human object for pouring out his heart upon—were it emotive or were it choleric—was almost a necessity. 3. Expressing an emotion.
Word: emotive Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊtɪv/, /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/ 1. A word or construct that expresses an emotion.
Word: xenocentricism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English xenocentric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English xenocentricism From xenocentric + -ism. 1. The belief that the products, styles, or ideas of another society are better than those of one's own culture. Labels: uncountable
Word: epiphenomenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon English epiphenomenon From epi- (prefix meaning ‘above, on, over; in addition to’) + phenomenon. Phenomenon is derived from Late Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing that appears in one’s view; appearance; phenomenon”), a noun use of the neuter singular form of φαινόμενος (phainómenos), the present middle or passive participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear; to reveal, show, uncover; to expound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to glow with light, to shine”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪfəˈnɒmɪnən/, /-fɪ-/, /ˌɛpəfəˈnɑməˌnɑn/, /-nən/, /ˌɛpɪfəˈnɒmɪnə/ 1. An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence. Example: Yet I would suggest that philosophical and even medical curiosity are only epiphenomenons of another condition that brought deafness to cultural attention. Example: [R]esource conservation is an epiphenomenon of warfare: a no-man's land between two warring tribes becomes a wildlife refuge because hunters do not visit the area for fear of becoming casualties in the war. 2. A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system. Example: It is a necessary corollary of the view here advanced that in instinct as such consciousness is a mere epiphenomenon—a by-product, with no bearing whatever on the performance of the activity in so far as it is instinctive. Example: According to this hypothesis, mind is a ‘collateral product’ of the physical, an ‘epiphænomenon’ accompanying, but never causally affecting, the physical series of phænomena. 3. A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease. Example: EPIPHÆNOMENA, […] Signs in Diſeaſes which appear afterwards. Example: The appetite commonly remains little impaired, but it is conjoined with the fear of taking food. The tongue is generally clean, and the taste natural; a contrary state the author considers and denominates an epiphenomenon.
Word: separates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of separate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: separates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of separate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person