nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Brunswick Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌnz.wɪk/ 1. Synonym of Braunschweig: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 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: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A suburb of Melbourne, Australia. 20. An inner city area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8596). 21. A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, which includes Brunswick Village.
Word: Brunswick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌnz.wɪk/ 1. A Brunswick gown.
Word: gardenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden. Pronunciation: /ɡɑɹˈdinjə/, /ɡɑːˈdiːnjə/ 1. Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers. 2. The flower of these plants. Example: The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women. This is so particularly in the case of lilies of the valley, gardenia, frangipani, and henna. Example: Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.
Word: Gardenia Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Belize District, Belize.
Word: gasworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas English works English gasworks From gas + works. 1. A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution). Example: Meronyms: gasholder, gasometer, gas line, gasline, pipeline 2. A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution). 3. A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution). Labels: historical 4. A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
Word: gelignite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛlɪɡ.naɪt/ 1. An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Three small gelignite bombs, with pocket watch timing devices, were concealed in packets small enough to fit through the slot of the standard cast-iron post box, the cylindrical bright red colored boxes so common throughout London.
Word: geneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English geochemistry From geo- + chemistry. 1. The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: geologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English geological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English geologically From geological + -ly. 1. As part of a geologic process. Labels: not-comparable 2. Concerning geology. Labels: not-comparable Example: The El Dorado-Searchlight area is geologically a north-south trending orogenous zone, paralleled on the east by the valley of the Colorado, and by an alluvial valley on the west.
Word: geomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English magnetic English geomagnetic From geo- + magnetic. 1. Of or pertaining to geomagnetism. Labels: not-comparable Example: One of the earliest (and biggest) space weather events on record occurred in September 1859, when a massive solar eruption crashed into the Earth's magnetosphere, triggering a geomagnetic storm that lasted for days.
Word: geometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English geometric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English geometrically From geometric + -ally. 1. In a geometric manner. Example: Vistas in San Francisco—a city whose real estate development platted out land geometrically and gridded over a series of hills—offer vertical, stunning viewscapes of architecture and the Bay, natural and built environments. 2. Concerning geometrics. Example: We give a sharp lower bound for the number of geometrically distinct contractible periodic orbits of dynamically convex Reeb flows on prequantizations of symplectic manifolds that are not aspherical.
Word: geophysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English physical English geophysical From geo- + physical. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒiː.əʊˈfɪz.ɪk.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to geophysics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geocentrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English geocentric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English geocentrically From geocentric + -ally. 1. in a geocentric manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: geophysicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós)der. Latin physicusder. Middle English phisik English physic English physics 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 physicist English geophysicist From geo- + physicist. 1. A physicist who specializes in geophysics. Example: Yevgeny K. Fedorov, one of the Soviet Union's leading geophysicists, died Wednesday, Tass, the official press agency, reported today. He was 71 years old. Example: “The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating,” said Prof Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania in the US.
Word: geopolitics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + politics, calque of Swedish geopolitik, coined in 1900 by Rudolf Kjellén. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒlɪtɪks/, /dʒi.əˈpɒlɪtɪks/, /ˌdʒioʊˈpɑlətɪks/ 1. The study of the effects of geography (especially economic geography) on politics and international relations, usually referring to countries and relations between them. Labels: uncountable Example: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. Example: More than just a corporate juggernaut, Nvidia also has become an instrument of statecraft, operating at the nexus of advanced technology, diplomacy, and geopolitics.
Word: bagatelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella. Pronunciation: /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ 1. A trifle; an insubstantial thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sir C. Oh! dear madam, don't ask me, it's a very foolish song—a mere bagatelle. Char. Oh! Sir Callaghan, I will admit of no excuse. Example: […] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […] 2. A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One afternoon in 1920. a young pianist sat down in a shuttered room in the capital of defeated Germany and played a Bagatelle by Beethoven. 3. A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only. Labels: uncountable Example: For some time they did nothing save box, but at last they went down to the bagatelle room, and played bagatelle for a bit. They marked this advance in civilization by prodding holes in the ceiling with the bagatelle cues, which gave the ceiling the appearance of a cloth target after a Gatling gun had been shooting at it. 4. Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins. Labels: uncountable
Word: bagatelle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella. Pronunciation: /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ 1. To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Admittedly Mané’s strike did rebound off a post as the ball bagatelled around the home area. It was characteristically cleared before Roberto Firmino could redirect the fall out beyond Henderson. 2. To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle. Labels: rare, transitive Example: That Saddam Hussein announced his intentions to destroy Israel a long time ago was either ignored or bagatelled. “We just didn't have time to address the threat to Israel,” explained Brigitte Erler on the eve of a large peace demonstration in Bonn.
Word: geosyncline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from geosynclinal. Pronunciation: /dʒiːəʊˈsɪŋklʌɪn/ 1. A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates. Labels: dated Example: Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.
Word: geothermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English thermic English geothermic From geo- + thermic. 1. geothermal
Word: gerontological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Indo-European *ǵérh₂onts Proto-Hellenic *géronts Ancient Greek γέροντος (gérontos)der. English geronto- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English gerontology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English gerontological From gerontology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to gerontology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gerontologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Indo-European *ǵérh₂onts Proto-Hellenic *géronts Ancient Greek γέροντος (gérontos)der. English geronto- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English gerontology 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 gerontologist From gerontology + -ist. 1. A physician who specializes in gerontology
Word: gladiola Part of Speech: noun 1. Gladiolus. Labels: US
Word: gladioli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gladiolus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glassblower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glass + blower. 1. A person skilled in the art of glassblowing. Example: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
Word: glassblowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glass + blowing. 1. The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it. Labels: uncountable
Word: grammatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grammatical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English grammatically From grammatical + -ly. 1. In a grammatical manner. 2. Concerning grammar. Example: For example, once the child is able to parse (i.e. grammatically analyse) an adult utterance such as Help Daddy and knows that it contains a verb phrase comprising the head verb help and its complement Daddy, then (on the assumption that the language faculty specifies that all heads of a given type behave uniformly with regard to whether they are positioned before or after their complements), the child will automatically know that all verbs in English are canonically (i.e. normally) positioned before their complements.
Word: granitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English granite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English granitic From granite + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing granite. Example: Castles and houses […] sat on top of mountains and granitic outcroppings.
Word: guardhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guard + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdˌhaʊs/ 1. A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc. 2. Synonym of military prison.
Word: gunboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnˌboʊt/ 1. Any of the various types of small armed vessels. Example: Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar. Example: Knock knock. It's the United States. With huge boats (with guns); gunboats.
Word: gunboat diplomacy Part of Speech: noun 1. The pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: The British and French, who had sought to make policy by reviving 19th century gunboat diplomacy, had temporarily lost their credentials for world statesmanship. Example: China has ratcheted up its standard gunboat diplomacy—the repeated warnings that it would use force if necessary to unite the island and mainland—more than a month before Taiwanese voters go to the polls.
Word: look alike Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a similar visual appearance. Labels: intransitive
Word: incentivise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From incentive + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of incentivize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The boss will incentivise the workforce by offering bonuses. Example: Overall, he felt the Plan will provide better responsibility regarding the day-to-day operation of the railway but asked how the forthcoming Great British Railways can be incentivised to put passengers first.
Word: incentivises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incentivise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The boss incentivises the workforce by offering bonuses.
Word: incentivised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of incentivise Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The boss incentivised the workforce by offering bonuses.
Word: incentivising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incentivise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The boss is incentivising the workforce by offering bonuses.
Word: act out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌækt ˈaʊ̯t/ 1. To perform something specific. Labels: transitive Example: What was acted out in the American and French Revolutions had been thought out beforehand in the writings of Locke and Rousseau, the scenarists for the drama of modern politics. 2. To perform something specific. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Despite already being aware, he will be acting out the pretence of a surprise. 3. To perform something specific. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I've wanted to do this for so long, but I never thought I could act it out. 4. To express internal feelings or thoughts. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I know you're angry, but you can't act out and break dishes like that. 5. To express internal feelings or thoughts. Labels: ambitransitive Example: When her jaw was wired shut, she had acted out what she needed. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out. Example: She's a street performer, so she acts out on Ninth Street.
Word: acts out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of act out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acted out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of act out Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Despite already being aware, he acted out the pretence of a surprise.
Word: acted out Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of acted-out. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: acting out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of act out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Despite already being aware, he is acting out the pretence of a surprise.
Word: air-freight Part of Speech: verb 1. To ship cargo by the use of aircraft. Example: Because of their urgency the agent will air-freight the parts. Example: It was the river up which the chinook and sockeye and silver and humpy and dog salmon migrated to lay their eggs and dies or to be tangled in set nets and air-freighted to Anchorage, there to be cleaned and frozen and shipped to restaurants and supermarkets half a world away.
Word: air-freights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of air-freight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Because of their urgency, the agent air-freights the parts.
Word: air-freighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of air-freight Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Because of their urgency, the agent air-freighted the parts.
Word: air-freighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of air-freight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Because of their urgency, the agent is air-freighting the parts.
Word: International Auxiliary Language Association Part of Speech: name 1. An association founded in 1924 to study the establishment of an international auxiliary language. In 1951, IALA presented Interlingua to the public by publishing the Interlingua-English Dictionary and Interlingua Grammar. Abbreviated IALA.
Word: IALA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Auxiliary Language Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Association of Lighthouse Authorities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Latino Sine Flexione Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Latino sine Flexione. Labels: alt-of
Word: anaesthetise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus. Example: But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.
Word: anaesthetises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of anaesthetise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Because of the seriousness of the injury, the doctor anaesthetises the area before treatment.
Word: anaesthetised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of anaesthetise Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Because of the seriousness of the injury, the doctor anaesthetised the area before treatment.
Word: anaesthetising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of anaesthetise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Because of the seriousness of the injury the doctor is anaesthetising the area before treatment.
Word: interlinguistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua 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 linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English linguistics English interlinguistics From inter- + linguistics. 1. The study of international communication, focused especially on planned international auxiliary languages and having e.g. Esperanto and Interlingua as a chief applied product. Labels: uncountable Example: In linguistics, such a language, which does not directly stem from forgotten prehistory or is not the result of the evolution of one language into another over generations, but goes back to a conscious act of language planning, is called a planned language[…]. Outside interlinguistics, the field of their study, such systems are also referred to as “artificial languages”, “constructed languages”, “international auxiliary languages (IALs)”, “universal languages”, or “conlangs”.
Word: allegorise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British spelling of allegorize.
Word: allegorises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of allegorise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For his explanation he allegorises the problem.
Word: allegorised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of allegorise Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For his explanation he allegorised the problem.
Word: allegorising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of allegorise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For his explanation he is allegorising the problem.
Word: allegorising Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of making an allegory.
Word: bodge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). Compare botch. More at boot. Perhaps from boggle. Perhaps from botch (“patch, or a measurement of capacity equivalent to half a peck”). There is a hypothesis that bodges, defined as rough sacks of corn, closely resembled packages of finished goods the bodgers carried when they left the forest or workshop. Another hypothesis (dating from 1879) is that bodger was a corruption of badger, as similarly to the behaviour of a badger, the bodger dwelt in the woods and seldom emerged until evenings. Other hypotheses include German Böttcher (“cooper (profession)”), a trade that uses similar tools), and similar Scandinavian words, such the Danish bødker. These words have similar origins to butt, as in water butt (“rain barrel”). Or possibly it may have been a derogatory term used by workers in furniture factories, referring to the men who worked in the woods that produced the “incomplete” chair parts. The factory workers would then take the output of that "bodged job" and turn it into a finished product. The Oxford English Dictionary Supplement of 1972 has two definitions for bodger. One is a local dialect word from Buckinghamshire, for a chair leg turner. The other is Australian slang for bad workmanship. The etymology of the bodger and botcher (poor workmanship) are well recorded from Shakespeare onwards, and now the two terms are synonymous. Pronunciation: /bɒdʒ/, /bɑdʒ/ 1. To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: We bodged again; as I have seen a swan Example: All the actions of his life are like so many things bodged in without any natural cadence or connexion at all. 2. To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger. Example: His father, grandfather and countless generations before him had obtained a living from chair bodging in the solitude of the beech glades. Example: "Bodging is more a curiosity than a valid craft these days," says Don. "But experience in low-tech woodworking is also a good way for the beginner to start getting a feel for turning without having to make a huge investment in a modern lathe."
Word: bodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). Compare botch. More at boot. Perhaps from boggle. Perhaps from botch (“patch, or a measurement of capacity equivalent to half a peck”). There is a hypothesis that bodges, defined as rough sacks of corn, closely resembled packages of finished goods the bodgers carried when they left the forest or workshop. Another hypothesis (dating from 1879) is that bodger was a corruption of badger, as similarly to the behaviour of a badger, the bodger dwelt in the woods and seldom emerged until evenings. Other hypotheses include German Böttcher (“cooper (profession)”), a trade that uses similar tools), and similar Scandinavian words, such the Danish bødker. These words have similar origins to butt, as in water butt (“rain barrel”). Or possibly it may have been a derogatory term used by workers in furniture factories, referring to the men who worked in the woods that produced the “incomplete” chair parts. The factory workers would then take the output of that "bodged job" and turn it into a finished product. The Oxford English Dictionary Supplement of 1972 has two definitions for bodger. One is a local dialect word from Buckinghamshire, for a chair leg turner. The other is Australian slang for bad workmanship. The etymology of the bodger and botcher (poor workmanship) are well recorded from Shakespeare onwards, and now the two terms are synonymous. Pronunciation: /bɒdʒ/, /bɑdʒ/ 1. A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair. Example: The simple tool above provides a low-tech bodge to help people locate missing friends and family in Christchurch following today's terrible earthquake.
Word: bodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /bɒdʒ/, /bɑdʒ/ 1. The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge. Labels: historical 2. A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart. Labels: East, England, South
Word: bodge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /bɒdʒ/, /bɑdʒ/ 1. Insane, off the rails. Labels: Northern-Ireland, slang
Word: bodges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bodge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Because of the lack of proper tools, he always bodges the repair work.
Word: bodged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɒdʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bodge Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past Example: Lacking proper tools, he bodged the repair.
Word: bodging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bodge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Because of the lack of proper tools he is bodging the repair.
Word: bodging Part of Speech: noun 1. Traditional craft of turning wood for chair legs, braces, etc. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: co-educate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English educate English co-educate From co- + educate. 1. To educate children of both sexes together. Example: Fiercely academic and successful, these schools, arguably, had resisted the 'egalitarian' impulse to co-educate and were providing a space where girls could aspire to be doctors, mathematicians and politicians.
Word: co-educates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of co-educate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: co-educated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of co-educate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: co-educating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of co-educate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: look-alike Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lookalike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coarsen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From coarse + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/ 1. To make (more) coarse. Labels: transitive Example: 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua," http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100131h.html She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine. Example: […] as the years went by, democracy and its wide audiences tended to broaden and coarsen humor. 2. To become (more) coarse. Labels: intransitive Example: He was intolerable now except under the influence of liquor, and as he seemed to decay and coarsen under her eyes, Gloria's soul and body shrank away from him […] Example: […] though her skin had coarsened in the last ten years, the dark red of her cheeks and lips was as vivid as ever.
Word: coarsened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of coarsen Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Because the wool was of poor quality, it coarsened the fabric.
Word: coarsening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coarsen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Because the wool is poor quality it is coarsening the fabric.
Word: coarsening Part of Speech: noun 1. The process or the result of becoming coarse
Word: coarsens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coarsen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Because the wool is of poor quality, it coarsens the fabric.
Word: synaesthete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English aesthete English synaesthete From syn- + aesthete. 1. A person who experiences synaesthesia.
Word: came across Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come across Labels: form-of, past Example: In the meadow he came across a rare flower.
Word: coming across Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come across Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: commentate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.mənˌteɪt/ 1. To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event. Labels: intransitive Example: For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.
Word: commentates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commentate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For the radio audience he commentates on the match.
Word: commentated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of commentate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For the radio audience he commentated on the match.
Word: commentating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of commentate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For the radio audience he is commentating on the match.
Word: concuss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”). Pronunciation: /kənˈkʌs/, /ˈkɒn.kʌs/, /kənˈkʊs/, /ˈkɒn.kʊs/ 1. To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact. Labels: transitive Example: The blow will concuss him. 2. To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. Example: The opposite principle , or rather the opposite practice of intrusion , is the reverse of this : it consists in concussing the Presbytery to ordain , and in concussing the people to receive.
Word: concusses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of concuss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The blow concusses him.
Word: concussed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of concuss Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The blow concussed him.
Word: concussed Part of Speech: adj 1. Knocked out; temporarily confused or unconscious due to a blow to the head. Example: But, for whatever combination of reasons - and, to be fair, he'd been blasted in the face by shrapnel, was probably badly concussed, and, indeed, would actually remember nothing from the battle after he'd been hit when he was later debriefed - aside from two destroyers left behind to help Hiei, the rest of the Japanese forces withdrew north just before 0300 in the morning.
Word: concussing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of concuss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The effects of the blow are concussing him.
Word: helminthic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἕλμῐνς (hélmĭns)der. English helminth Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English helminthic From helminth + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to worms; used especially of parasitic worms. Labels: not-comparable 2. Causing the expulsion of intestinal worms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: helminthic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἕλμῐνς (hélmĭns)der. English helminth Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English helminthic From helminth + -ic. 1. Any medicine that expels intestinal worms.
Word: synesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -esthesia English synesthesia From syn- + -esthesia. 1. Alternative spelling of synaesthesia. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: […] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […] Example: Because of this, SSDs are one of the first technologies to meaningfully demonstrate just what synesthesia – or at least one kind of it – might feel like to those who have never had it.
Word: bug-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having bulging or protruding eyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: like riding a bike Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /laɪk ˈɹaɪdɪŋ ə baɪk/ 1. Said of a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.
Word: freezing level Part of Speech: noun 1. The altitude at which the temperature of the atmosphere is 0°C at a specific location
Word: snow level Part of Speech: noun 1. The depth of snow accumulated on the ground. Example: An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported. 2. The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which precipitation falls as snow. Labels: US, Western Example: The snow level, or altitude in the atmosphere where snow melts to rain, is an important variable for hydrometeorological prediction in mountainous watersheds; yet, there is no operational performance measure associated with snow-level forecasts in the United States. Example: Snow levels Sunday and Monday are expected to hover about 6,000 feet before dropping to 5,000 feet midweek.
Word: unit operation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any simple step in a multi-step chemical engineering process; examples include distillation, evaporation, mixing, filtration, crystallization etc.
Word: wettability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wet Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English wettability From wet + -ability. 1. The ability of a solid surface to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in contact with it such that it spreads over the surface and wets it. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: harebell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English harebelle, equivalent to hare + bell. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛəˌbɛl/, /ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/ 1. A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers. Example: How Snow-drops cold, and blue-eyed Harebells blend / Their tender tears, as o'er the stream they bend […]. Example: Her most striking feature, then as now, was her eyes: both large and expressive, but while one was the brown of a fresh hazelnut, the other was pale bluey-violet, the colour of harebells. 2. foxglove Example: I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles.
Word: humidor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From humid, modeled after cuspidor (“spittoon”). Pronunciation: /ˈhjumɪdɔɹ/ 1. A container designed to keep its contents at a constant humidity; especially such a box for storing cigars. Example: Don't just toss them in the humidor; you need to progressively re-humidify them. You're definitely going to want a thermometer to put inside your humidor, as well as a hygrometer […]
Word: MOTO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of mail order / telephone order, used in reference to types of credit card purchases. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: scratchiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scratchy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English scratchiness From scratchy + -ness. 1. The property of feeling scratchy. Labels: uncountable Example: The scratchiness of this wool sweater is supposed to wear off, but I don't think it ever will. Example: N’Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.
Word: scourer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊɹə/, /ˈskaʊɹəɹ/ 1. A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware. Example: A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side. 2. Agent noun of scour; a person who scours. Labels: agent, form-of 3. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. Labels: obsolete Example: in those days of highwaymen and scourers
Word: scrabbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrabble + -er. 1. One who scrabbles. Example: In Hammett's writings, the social is constructed as a vast Hobbesian landscape of grim functionaries and desperate scrabblers[…]
Word: scriptwriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-der.? Proto-Germanic *wrītaną Proto-West Germanic *wrītan Old English wrītan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English wrītere Middle English writer English writer English scriptwriter From script + writer. 1. A person who writes scripts.
Word: scurvily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scurvy Middle English -ly English -ly English scurvily From scurvy + -ly. 1. In a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way. Example: If the crops turned out ill next year, the people laid the failure at the door of the ghosts, who fancied themselves scurvily treated and had taken their revenge by trampling down the corn.
Word: scrupulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scrupulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English scrupulousness From scrupulous + -ness. 1. The property of being scrupulous. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being scrupulous. Labels: countable
Word: scrounger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrounge + -er. 1. One who scrounges. Example: You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for. Example: For a mad two hours, artists, critics, hangers-on, insiders, befuddled outsiders and outright scroungers mingle, collide, preen, dish, fawn, toady, snub and, as a last resort, take a fleeting glance at the art on the wall.
Word: scurrilously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scurrilous Middle English -ly English -ly English scurrilously From scurrilous + -ly. 1. In a scurrilous manner.
Word: scurrilousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scurrilous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English scurrilousness From scurrilous + -ness. 1. The property of being scurrilous. Labels: uncountable
Word: illo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of illustration with -o. 1. An illustration. Labels: informal Example: We will also begin paying for art work: about $20 to $35 for a full-page illo, and others in proportion. Example: 2008, Vibe (November 2008): "Idol Worship" by Keith Murphy […] this 188-page photo/illo tome is a gorgeously provocative companion piece for music heads consumed with the classic and the current.
Word: theming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of theme Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: theming Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of a theme. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: farse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin farsa. Doublet of farce. Pronunciation: /fɑː(ɹ)s/ 1. A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
Word: farse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French farsir. Doublet of farce. Pronunciation: /fɑː(ɹ)s/ 1. To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy). Labels: transitive Example: There is also evidence of glossing (or farsing) the texts of the Epistles read in the masses of the Christmas Octave.
Word: tumescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”). Pronunciation: /tuˈmɛsənt/, /tjuˈmɛsənt/ 1. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue. 2. Inflated or overblown. Example: I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.