nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: asymmetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + symmetrical. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/ 1. Not symmetrical. 2. Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites. Example: Question six is asymmetrical: "Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?"
Word: inextricable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbəl/, /ˌɪnɛkˈstrɪkəbəl/, /ɪnˈɛkstrɪkəbəl/ 1. Impossible to untie or disentangle. Labels: not-comparable Example: And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism. 2. Impossible to solve. Labels: not-comparable 3. Impossible from which to escape. Labels: not-comparable
Word: satiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/ 1. To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy. Labels: transitive Example: Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge. 2. To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety. Labels: transitive
Word: satiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/ 1. Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied. Labels: rare Example: A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares, To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde, That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood: Example: Our generals now, retir'd to their estates, Hang their old trophies o'er the garden gates; In life's cool evening satiate of applause
Word: Clyde Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”). Pronunciation: /klʌɪd/, /klaɪd/ 1. A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A village in northern Alberta, Canada. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. A small town in Otago, New Zealand. Labels: uncountable, usually 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 17. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 19. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 20. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 21. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 22. A number of places in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 23. A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland). Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).
Word: Severn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Severne, from Old English Sæfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā (compare Welsh Hafren), perhaps from *samaros (“summer fallow”). Doublet of Sabrina. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv.ə(ɹ)n/, /ˈsev.ən/, /ˈsɛv.ɚn/ 1. A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel. Example: There twice a day the Severn fills, ⁠The salt sea-water passes by, ⁠And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills. 2. A long river in northern Ontario which flows into Hudson Bay. 3. A short river in central Ontario which flows into Lake Huron. 4. A number of other rivers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. 5. A township in Ontario, Canada, created in 1994 on the amalgamation of several smaller communities. 6. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. 7. A small town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. 8. A surname.
Word: seventh heaven Part of Speech: noun 1. The empyrean, the outermost of the heavenly spheres; a dwelling of the angels. Labels: Judaism, uncountable 2. A state of great joy and satisfaction. Labels: figuratively, uncountable
Word: Shannon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Sionainn. Pronunciation: /ˈʃænən/ 1. The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean. 2. A town in County Clare, Ireland, at the mouth of that river, and its nearby international airport. 3. A sea area, to the west of Ireland, centred on the estuary of this river. 4. A small town in Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand. 5. A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia. 6. A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Shanahan, anglicised from Ó Seanaigh (“descendant of a person named Old”). 7. A unisex given name transferred from the surname or place name (from the river); first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland. Example: Captain Samuel Shannon is frequently mentioned in the public records, and he had something more than a local reputation. He must have been very popular, as the name "Shannon" as a Christian name is so common throughout the valley as to be noticeable. Example: Everything in my life is okay except I have this terrible problem with my sister Shannon. I'm spelling her name the way most people would. She spells it Sionna ever since the priest told us that's the real Irish way to spell it. It's the name of a river and a goddess. Shanny doesn't think she's a river. She's really Shannon Marie.
Word: acquiry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acquire Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English acquiry From acquire + -y. 1. acquirement Labels: obsolete Example: ca.1670,No art requireth more hard study and pain toward the acquiry of it than contentment. Isaac Barrow, Sermons, III, 62.
Word: unsuitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English suitable English unsuitable From un- + suitable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/, /ʌnˈsjuːtəbəl/ 1. Not suitable. Example: The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation. Example: It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.
Word: naps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naps Part of Speech: noun 1. kinky or curly hair Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: The short “naps” of the average Sister do not sway in the wind as that of a blonde.
Word: naps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bothered Part of Speech: adj 1. Annoyed; irritated. 2. Caring about something; discomposed. Example: I'm not bothered if he chooses to ignore our anniversary. It's his problem.
Word: bothered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bother Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Volga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Во́лга (Vólga). Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊlɡə/, /ˈvɒlɡə/, /ˈvɑːlɡə/ 1. A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.
Word: Volga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Во́лга (Vólga). Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊlɡə/, /ˈvɒlɡə/, /ˈvɑːlɡə/ 1. Any of several automobiles of the same brand manufactured by GAZ in the Soviet Union and Russia.
Word: Chevrel phase Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of molybdenum chalcogenide compounds, of general formula MₓMo₆X₈ (where M = a metal and X = a chalcogen), that have superconducting properties.
Word: chalco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”). Despite the appearance in English of a possible relation of chalco- to chalk, and any plausible semantic and cognate connections between limestones and ores in ancient times, the terms are not related by any known cognation. Note also the hard ch sound (/k/) in chalco- and words generated therefrom, which differs from the soft ch sound in chalk. Pronunciation: /ˈkælkoʊ/ 1. Copper; relatedly, also bronze or brass. Labels: morpheme 2. Ore. Labels: morpheme
Word: chalcogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalco- (“ore”) + -gen (“forming”). Pronunciation: /ˈkælkəd͡ʒən/ 1. Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
Word: chalcogenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chalcogen Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English chalcogenide From chalcogen + -ide. 1. Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.
Word: electropositive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English positive English electropositive From electro- + positive. 1. having a positive electric charge Labels: not-comparable 2. tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond Labels: not-comparable
Word: electropositive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English positive English electropositive From electro- + positive. 1. A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. Labels: dated
Word: electronegative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English negative English electronegative From electro- + negative. 1. having a negative electric charge Labels: not-comparable 2. tending to attract electrons to form a chemical bond Labels: not-comparable
Word: gaja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/ 1. The sacred name for the elephant Labels: Hinduism 2. A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant” 3. A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
Word: avionic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /eɪ.viˈɒn.ɪk/ 1. of, or relating to avionics (aviation electronics) Labels: not-comparable
Word: Unabomber Part of Speech: name Etymology: From University and Airline Bomber, a name assigned by the FBI. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnəbɒmər/ 1. Ted Kaczynski, the perpetrator of mail bomb attacks in America between 1978 and 1994, so named by the media. Example: Based on the Unabomber’s manifesto, the smash movie of twenty thirty-four will be Barbarians in the Gates, the autobiographical return-to-nature philosophy of Bill Gates, Jr. Starring Oscar-winner, actor Cody Gifford. Example: As a piece of writing, the rambling and often contradictory manifesto has the pathos of the Unabomber manifesto but lacks the ideological coherency.
Word: UNPROFOR Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of United Nations Protection Force, a multinational peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslavia in 1992 to 1995; superseded by IFOR. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical Example: A UN peacekeeping force, UNPROFOR, now protects and feeds the besieged population.
Word: upgradability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English upgrade 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 upgradability From upgrade + -ability. 1. Capability of being improved in functionality by the addition or replacement of components. Labels: uncountable
Word: upload Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + load. Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈləʊd/, /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, /əpˈloʊd/, /ˌʊpˈləʊd/, [ˌʊpˈloːd] 1. To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: You will have to convert your photograph to a jpg format if you wish to upload it. 2. To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a higher level of government. Labels: Canada Example: Our government will not be uploading the DVP or Gardiner Expressway and will not be imposing any new tolls on any roads in Ontario.
Word: upload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + load. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌləʊd/, /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, /ˈʊplˌəʊd/, [ˈʊpˌloːd] ~ [ˈʊpˌlɔʊd], /ˈɐpˌləʉd/ 1. Such a file transfer.
Word: usability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From usable + -ity or use + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːzəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The state or condition of being usable. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The template was repiloted by the same four surgeons and recovery ward nurses to see if opinions and the usability of the template had improved, with the eventual aim of computerising the template. Example: The ability to learn how to use a system (learnability) is also a major subcharacteristic of usability.
Word: hearsay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪəseɪ/, /ˈhɪɹˌseɪ/, /ˈhɪəsæɪ/ 1. Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: based on hearsay Example: The story turned out to be nothing but hearsay. 2. Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: dismiss hearsay Example: The judge ruled the testimony as mere hearsay. 3. An out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted (or the in-court testimony which recites such a statement), which is normally inadmissible (because it is not subject to cross-examination) unless it falls under one of a number of exceptions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: veal crate Part of Speech: noun 1. a partitioned area with restricted light and space in which a calf is reared for slaughter
Word: veejay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video + deejay; from vee and jay for V and J in video and jockey. 1. Someone who presents a television programme of videos; a video jockey.
Word: veejay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From video + deejay; from vee and jay for V and J in video and jockey. 1. To work as a video jockey; to present videos.
Word: veejay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare vajay, va-jay-jay. 1. Vagina, vulva. Labels: informal Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:veejay.
Word: VJ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of video jockey. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of video journalist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VJ Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of veejay. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: VJ Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Vijay. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deejay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of the abbreviation DJ. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːdʒeɪ/ 1. A disc jockey. Example: Sasa, a deejay who owned a mobile disco, took him on for lifting and handling.
Word: deejay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of the abbreviation DJ. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːdʒeɪ/ 1. To perform as a disc jockey. Example: Isaac soon found out that deejaying was a trade that attracted transient, laid-back but arrogant people. 2. To play music as a disc jockey.
Word: velvet divorce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally with reference to the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, by analogy with the Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) of 1989. 1. A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
Word: Velvet Revolution Part of Speech: noun 1. Any non-violent political revolution, especially the events in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce.
Word: Pericles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Periclēs, from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês, “far-famed”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪkliːz/ 1. An Ancient Greek politician. Labels: historical 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly historical usage
Word: sharpshooter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze. 1. A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman. 2. A proconiine (type of leafhopper). 3. A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
Word: Limpopo Part of Speech: name Etymology: . The province was named after the river. 1. A river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. Example: Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner. 2. A province of South Africa which was originally part of Transvaal.
Word: aileron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axis Latin *axla Latin āla Old French aile Middle French aisle French aile French -er- Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Frankishinflu. Old French -on Middle French -on French -on French -eron French aileronbor. English aileron Borrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (“wing”), also refers to the extremities of a bird's wings used to control their flight. It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪləɹɒn/, /ˈeɪləɹɑn/ 1. The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns. 2. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
Word: Mekong Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. 19th c., from Thai แม่โขง (mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong, literally “Mother river”), contracted form of แม่น้ำโขง (mɛ̂ɛ-náam-kǒong). Pronunciation: /ˈmikɔŋ/, /mɛˈkɔːŋ/ 1. a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, into the South China Sea Example: The Mekong River’s lower basin is vast, encompassing parts of Myanmar and Thailand, virtually all of Laos and Cambodia and parts of southern Vietnam, where, after a 3,000-mile journey across five national borders, the mother of rivers divaricates into a complex delta network and drains into the South China Sea. Tonle Sap Lake sits roughly in the middle of this lush expanse. On a map, it appears as a crooked blue finger extending from the Mekong near Phnom Penh. But it is more often described as Cambodia’s heart, both for its rhythmic flood pulse and the sustaining role it plays in the country’s economy and food supply. Example: The Mekong is one of the largest rivers in the world, beginning in China and flowing through Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Nearly 70 million people in Asia are dependent on its waters for fishing or to irrigate their rice fields.
Word: ski wax Part of Speech: noun 1. A material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards, in order to improve their gliding and gripping properties. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reformacioun, reformation, from Middle French reformation and Latin refōrmātiō, refōrmātiōnis (“reform, change”), from refōrmō (“transform, reshape”), from re- + fōrmō (“shape, form”). By surface analysis, reform + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛf.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹɛf.əɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ 1. An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] olde men long nusled in corruption, scorning them that would seeke reformation […] Example: And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off. 2. Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All sorts of legal instruments may be reformed by equity, when the errors, which have been committed in the execution of them, are mutual mistakes or a mistake of one party combined with the fraud of the other. Thus, reformation has been decreed of all kinds of deeds of conveyance, including leases, mortgages, deeds of trust, marriage and family settlements. Likewise, bonds of all kinds, policies of insurance, assignments or release of mortgages, executory contracts for the sale of lands, the indorsement of a note, agreements for the establishment of a highway, military orders. So may, also, judgments and other records be corrected or be reformed.
Word: reformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a variant of Etymology 1. In later use also independently from re- + formation, after re-form. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːfɔːˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌɹifɔɹˈmeɪʃən/ 1. Alternative form of re-formation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rubicon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Rubicō, Rubicōn (“the Rubicon”), possibly from rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō (“to be red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), an allusion to the colour of the river caused by mud deposits. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/, /-k(ə)n/, /ˈɹubəˌkɑn/ 1. A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war. Labels: historical 2. The same river in the present day, identified with a river previously named Fiumicino. 3. A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: Rubicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Rubicō, Rubicōn (“the Rubicon”), possibly from rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō (“to be red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), an allusion to the colour of the river caused by mud deposits. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/, /-k(ə)n/, /ˈɹubəˌkɑn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of rubicon (“a limit that when exceeded, or an action that when taken, cannot be reversed; especially in bezique and piquet: a score which, if not achieved by a losing player, increases the player's penalty”). Labels: alt-of Example: Fortunately for England ſhe is yet on the peaceable ſide of the Rubicon; but as the flames once kindled are not alway eaſily extinguiſhed, the hopes of peace are not ſo clear as before the late myſterious diſpute began. Example: But, my hearers, there are Rubicons to be passed in our religious and moral course, as well as in our temporal—occasions in the experience of our hearts, which extend their influence so far into the future, that it mainly depends on the decision we then make, and the purposes we then form, whether we shall at last be saved or lost for ever.
Word: prominence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒ.mɪ.nəns/, /ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns/ 1. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.” Example: In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956. 2. Relative importance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ain Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ayin (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ain Part of Speech: det Etymology: From (Scots) Middle English aȝen. Pronunciation: /eːn/ 1. Own; belonging to one. Labels: Scotland Example: Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair, Combing down his yellow hair, He's my ain for evermair, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.
Word: Ain Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Ain. 1. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Bourg-en-Bresse (INSEE code 01). 2. A river in the Jura and Ain departments, in eastern France, flowing from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River.
Word: vision thing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First said by George H. W. Bush in 1987 regarding his prospective presidency. 1. A political view that encompasses the longer-term as distinct from short-term objectives.
Word: voice mail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voicemail. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: voicemail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From voice + mail, genericized trademark. 1. A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: voice mailbox, voicemailbox 2. An individual message on such a system. Labels: broadly, countable
Word: voicemail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From voice + mail, genericized trademark. 1. To leave a message on voicemail.
Word: voxel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of volumetric + pixel. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒk.səl/, /ˈvɑk.səl/, /ˈvɔk.səl/ 1. The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data.
Word: warehouse club Part of Speech: noun 1. A large retail store holding a wide selection of goods for sale at discounted prices to members of the club. 2. The club itself.
Word: boat trip Part of Speech: noun 1. A trip made by boat or ship.
Word: grandparents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandparent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grandparents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grandparent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fitness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fit + -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪt.nəs/ 1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman. Example: That's chiefly why they're coming; I want you to meet them here and then tell me frankly what you think of their fitness for whatever we decide on doing. 2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish. 3. An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable, usually
Word: domesticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English domestic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English domesticity From domestic + -ity. 1. Life at home; homelife. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment. 2. Domestic chores; housework. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors. 3. Affection for the home and its comforts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Duncan's lovelife may be divided between an earlier period of promiscuity and a later period of domesticity. Example: As we have seen, Browning renovates her life-after-divorce by framing her domesticity in increasingly autoerotic terms. With her sensuous boudoir, lust for furniture, love affair with houses, and espousal of baked goods, hers is an appetitive domesticity geared to self-pleasure.
Word: frogmarch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From frog + march. Originated c. 1871, from the resemblance of the target to a splayed-out frog. 1. To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner. Labels: transitive Example: Maybe it happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when no one could work and soldiers frog-marched curfew-breakers through the township streets like criminals. 2. To force a person forward against their will. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house. 3. To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb. Labels: dated, transitive 4. To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner. Labels: transitive
Word: frogmarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frog + march. Originated c. 1871, from the resemblance of the target to a splayed-out frog. 1. The process of frogmarching a person. Labels: transitive
Word: hlaford Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English hlāford. Doublet of lord and laird. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)lɑːvəd/, /ˈ(h)lafɔːd/, /ˈ(h)lɑvɚd/, /ˈ(h)læfɔɹd/ 1. An Anglo-Saxon lord. Example: The King was considered as the hlaford of the nation; and in consequence of that supposition, the security given to inferior hlafords against their particular retainers was in his case extended to all his subjects. Example: The Eorls constituted the nobility of the land, and were subdivided into two orders, the Hlafords or land-owners, and the Sithcundmen, who were nobles by birth, but less wealthy than the hlafords. To this class, too, belonged the Thanes, who originally were those to whom land was granted, as a feudal tenure; this title, however, in due time became equivalent to Earl, the King’s thane ranking with the hlafords, and the lesser thane with the sithcundmen.
Word: prognosticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Medieval Latin prognosticareder. English prognosticate From Medieval Latin prognosticare; see prognostic for more. Pronunciation: /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/ 1. To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill. Labels: transitive Example: Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead. Example: But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive, And constant stars in them I read such art As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive, If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert'; Or else of thee this I prognosticate: 'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.' 2. To presage, betoken. Labels: transitive Example: The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.
Word: tiding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (“news, tidings”), both connected to Old English tīdan (“to befall; happen”). Though it is sometimes assumed that the form in -ind/-end is original and later assimilated to -ing, the cognates Dutch tijding and German Zeitung point to inheritance from Proto-West Germanic *tīdungō. By surface analysis, tide (“time”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪdɪŋ/ 1. News; new information. Labels: archaic, literary, plural-normally Example: For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales; What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales, What ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis? And all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis. Example: […] Adoniiah sayde vnto him, Come in, for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
Word: tiding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (“news, tidings”), both connected to Old English tīdan (“to befall; happen”). Though it is sometimes assumed that the form in -ind/-end is original and later assimilated to -ing, the cognates Dutch tijding and German Zeitung point to inheritance from Proto-West Germanic *tīdungō. By surface analysis, tide (“time”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blood test Part of Speech: noun 1. A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick. Example: HIV-positive persons may test falsely on the standard syphilis blood tests because they may not be able to mount the "normal" immunological response required of such tests. 2. An analysis of blood performed on two subjects to determine whether they are biologically related, such as a paternity test.
Word: blood test Part of Speech: verb 1. To administer or conduct a blood test (on someone). Labels: transitive, uncommon
Word: blood sample Part of Speech: noun 1. A sample of blood.
Word: water birth Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of childbirth in which the mother is supported in a birthing pool so that the child is delivered into the warm water.
Word: birthing pool Part of Speech: noun 1. A specially designed pool, filled with warm water, in which water births take place.
Word: culminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1647; borrowed from Medieval Latin culminātus, perfect passive participle of culminō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin culmen (“peak, highest point”, oblique stem culmin-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), older form columen (“top, summit”), from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from a Proto-Indo-European base *kol-, *kelH- (“to project, rise; peak, summit, top”), whence also English hill and holm. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt/, /ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt/, /ˈkal.mɪ.næɪt/ 1. Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude. Labels: intransitive 2. To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc. Labels: intransitive Example: As when his beams at noon / Culminate from the equator. Example: The type of Cycads culminated in the Mesozoic 3. To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order. Example: The class will culminate with a rigorous examination. 4. To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible. Labels: US Example: Approaching from the south on foot, elements of the CG battalion were first to come into contact and their attack culminated because the rate and accuracy of the VC small arms fire. The CG battalions attempted two assaults to penetrate[…] Example: As a result, the attack culminated the first day without additional artillery support. The towns of Eclisfontaine and Epinonville were not held on the first day as originally directed in the Corps plan. 5. To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of. Labels: transitive Example: I would like to know if there are any true moralists who would like to correspond with someone who just instinctively feels there's something wrong somewhere in this unbenevolent world and wants to save it by culminating love and eradicating the captive emotions of the self (Ego). Example: The announcement by Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott in Canberra culminated more than a fortnight of intensive political horse-trading.
Word: culminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1846; by surface analysis, Latin culmen (oblique stem culmin-) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), see Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlmɪnət/, /ˈkəlmənət/ 1. Relating to the culmen. Labels: not-comparable 2. Growing upward, as opposed to lateral growth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wazzock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from wiseacre, influenced by pillock, or possibly wazz + -ock. First attested in the 1984 novel When the Martians Land in Huddersfield by Mike Harding. Harding (born 1944) later claimed that he "used it when I was a kid,” it being “fairly common in the north, in Lancashire and Yorkshire”, and suggested that the term came from the instrument used to fling a monarch's excrement out the window. Pronunciation: /ˈwazək/ 1. A stupid or annoying person. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, UK, derogatory, slang Example: I turn, as I must, to Mr Trump. His comments about Muslims are wrong. His policy to close borders, if he is elected as President, is bonkers. If he met one or two of my constituents in one of the many excellent pubs in my constituency, they may well tell him that he is a wazzock for dealing with the issue in that way.
Word: weight training Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of physical exercise using weights to increase the strength and size of muscles by using exercises specific for each muscle group. Labels: uncountable
Word: weight-train Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from weight training. 1. To take part in weight training Labels: intransitive
Word: West Lothian question Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Enoch Powell MP in 1977 after series of similar questions originally raised by Tam Dalyell, MP for West Lothian. 1. The anomaly whereby Scottish MPs can vote on issues affecting England, but English MPs cannot vote on Scottish issues. Labels: UK
Word: wolf dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A dog trained to hunt wolves. Example: One grisly old wolf-dog alone, with the liberty of an indulged favourite, had planted himself close by the chair of state, and occasionally ventured to solicit notice by putting his large hairy head upon his master’s knee, or pushing his nose into his hand. Example: Bayan was a dog, a tall gray wolf-dog. He could jump over the table with a single bound. 2. A hybrid between a wolf and a dog. Example: At the man’s heels trotted a dog, a big native husky, the proper wolf-dog, grey-coated and without any visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf. Example: That night the starved wolf dogs gorged themselves till they could not rise from the snow.
Word: wolfdog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wolf dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: workgroup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + group. Pronunciation: /ˈwəːkɡɹuːp/ 1. A group of workers engaged in a series of collaborative tasks who usually work together. 2. A computer network created for use by such groups. Example: When you set up a network, Windows creates a workgroup and gives it a name automatically[…]
Word: keep the wolf from the door Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The original saying may have been keep the wolf from the gate, which dates from at least 1470. By the 1500s the saying had become keep the wolf from the door, with the current meaning that it bears: see, for example, the 1645 quotation. There is a suggestion that the phrase may have originated from French or German phrases. Compare the French manger comme un loup (“eat like a wolf”), and the German Wolfsmagen (literally “wolf’s stomach”) means “a keen appetite”. 1. To ward off poverty or hunger. Labels: idiomatic Example: They didn't earn much, but it was enough to keep the wolf from the door. Example: I'll grab a sandwich to keep the wolf from the door until dinner time. 2. To delay sexual ejaculation. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Example: Do you mind if I talk? It helps me keep the wolf from the door, so to speak. Jill, what do you think of the pedestrianization of Norwich city centre? Example: I find it useful to look at a picture of Mo Mowlam at the change hands point, it helps to ‘keep the wolf from the door’ so to speak.
Word: work shadowing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of accompanying and observing someone at work in order to train or to obtain insight. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bogdan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ, a calque of Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore”, literally “gift of God”). 1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Word: arch enemy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of archenemy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stick and carrot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carrot and stick. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, especially
Word: FURPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of functionality, usability, reliability, performance, supportability; used to help remember the major requirements of software. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, mnemonic, uncountable
Word: write once Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a type of storage technology in which data, once written, cannot be erased or modified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: yardie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Yardie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yardie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard + -ie. 1. A yard of ale. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
Word: mapping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæpɪŋ/ 1. The process of making maps. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of locating genes on a chromosome. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. conversion of data types between incompatible type systems. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mapping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmæpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of map Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disclaim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disclaimen, from Anglo-Norman disclaimer, from Old French desclamer (French déclamer), des- + clamer. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkleɪm/ 1. To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for Labels: transitive Example: He calls the Gods to witness their offence, / Disclaims the War, asserts his Innocence. Example: He disclaims the authority of Jesus. 2. To deny (e.g. claim); to refuse. Labels: transitive Example: The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. 3. (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Labels: intransitive, transitive 4. To make a caveat or admission. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I disclaim that there will be a lot of inside humor. If you don't read a.r.s often, or are a newbie, you won't get some of the gags. Example: I have to disclaim conflicts of interest. I am a licensed securities person in the United States and that means that there are some things that I cannot do.
Word: disclaims Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkleɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disclaim Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disclaimed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disclaim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disclaiming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disclaim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: search box Part of Speech: noun 1. A text box for the input of text to be searched for in a database, on the Internet, etc.
Word: videos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of video Labels: form-of, plural
Word: videos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of video Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brodie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bro or broski, shortening of brother. Pronunciation: /bɹoʊdi/, /bɹəʊdi/ 1. A close male friend, or a man deserving of respect; a bro. Labels: Internet
Word: brodie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹoʊdi/, /bɹəʊdi/ 1. Alternative spelling of brody (“automobile stunt”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare 2. Alternative spelling of Brodie (“a suicidal leap, or risky chance taken”). Labels: alt-of, alternative