nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: manipulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from manipulation. Pronunciation: /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/, /məˈnɪp.jə.leɪt/ 1. To move, arrange or operate something using the hands Labels: transitive 2. To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something Labels: transitive Example: manipulate data Example: The software can manipulate images easily. 3. To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose Labels: transitive 4. To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use Labels: transitive Example: cleverly manipulate Example: She knew how to manipulate people to get her way. 5. To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments. Labels: dated, intransitive
Word: tinta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tinta. Doublet of tint. 1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. Tinta roriz; tempranillo. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Tinta barroca; a grape variety used in the production of Portuguese port wine. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Tinta Francesa; cabernet franc. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Tinta miúda; a lesser-known grape variety that is used in blends of some Portuguese wines. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tent wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:tent wine.
Word: hundert Part of Speech: noun 1. hundred Labels: UK, regional
Word: linnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnɪt/ 1. A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. Example: ⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away. Example: I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring […] 2. A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America. Labels: US
Word: Ratte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ratte (“kind of potato”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: from time to time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll find out your man, / And he shall signify from time to time / Every good hap to you that chances here. Example: On these red embers Hatteraick from time to time threw a handful of twigs. 2. In whatever status exists at various times. Example: This is another way of saying that the terms of the individual contracts are in part to be found in the agreed collective agreements as they exist from time to time […] 3. Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly. Labels: obsolete Example: So was she trayned vp from time to time, / In all chast vertue, and true bounti-hed / Till to her dew perfection she was ripened.
Word: Linnean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Linne + -ean, with Linne in turn being from Swedish Linné. 1. Alternative form of Linnaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: naturalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista. 1. A natural philosopher; a scientist. Labels: obsolete Example: It has also been asserted, by some naturalists, that men do not attain their full growth and strength till thirty; but that women arrive at maturity by twenty. 2. A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. 3. An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals. Example: I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist. Example: The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it. 4. A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.
Word: naturalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista. 1. Synonym of naturalistic. Example: Trinity received “Birds of America” in 1900 as a gift from Dr. Gordon Russell, a physician and alumnus who was a collector of ornithological and naturalist art. Example: Its author – Henry Handel Richardson was the nom de plume of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson – had indeed read, and on occasion translated, these great European writers and they provided the naturalist style and intellectual inquiry resonant in all her fiction. […] The honesty and authorial detachment that is so remarkable in her work – she is one of the least obtrusive, least judgmental of all the great naturalist writers – seems to come from a distance, almost as though the particularly acute insight of the adult writer could only be seen through the filter of childhood experience.
Word: firebug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English bug English firebug From fire + bug. 1. Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae. 2. A pyromaniac or arsonist. Labels: slang Example: But the firebug allegedly ran back inside yelling before he finally took off. Example: In the video, she can be heard explaining to the firebugs that she has been working with victims of the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate.
Word: softspoken Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of soft-spoken. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In fact, this educator, lawyer, editor, composer, author, poet, and diplomat [James Weldon Johnson] would become a sturdy fulcrum for black America's transition in 1916 from the softspoken conformity and accommodation of the Booker T. Washington era to a vigorous militant idealism that targeted no less than full equality.
Word: Schild Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schild. 1. A surname from German.
Word: striped shield bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A shield bug with black and red stripes, Graphosoma lineatum.
Word: at once Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English at ones, equivalent to at + once. Pronunciation: /ət ˈwʌns/ 1. At the same time; simultaneously; together. Labels: not-comparable Example: Can you pat your head and rub your belly at once? He tried to eat four cookies at once. Example: The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. 2. Immediately; now; right away. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tell the doctor to come at once. She is having a baby. Example: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda. 3. In one group; together. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And they all atonce begane to make excuſe. The fyrſt ſayd vnto him: I have bought a ferme / and I muſt nedes goo and ſe it / I praye the have me excuſed. Example: Now if it ſo be that it woulde happely be thought not a thyng metely to be aduentured to ſet all on a fluſhe at ones, and daſhe raſhelye out holye ſcrypture in euerye lewde felowes teeth: […]
Word: cleanshaven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clean + shaven. 1. Alternative spelling of clean-shaven. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He preferred being cleanshaven, but he grew a beard for warmth during winter .
Word: kablooie Part of Speech: intj Etymology: ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash. Pronunciation: /kəˈbluːi/ 1. A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash. Labels: colloquial Example: to go kablooie Example: it went kablooie
Word: kablooey Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of kablooie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial Example: REICH: Poetry, literature, stuff like that? / GARCIA: All that, all of that, and on all levels. That was like a continuing thing, but then along came LSD and that was the end of that whole world. The whole world just went kablooey.
Word: confidant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Italic *feiðō Latin fīdō Latin cōnfīdō Latin cōnfīdentem Italian confidentebor. French confidentbor. English confidant Borrowed from French confident. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/, /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/, /ˈkɒn.fɪˌdænt/ 1. A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend. Example: Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […] Example: One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, — a power we lived to evade, — we had no confidants save ourselves.
Word: pinesap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pine + sap. 1. A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers. 2. Alternative spelling of pine sap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tannenbaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Tannenbaum (“fir tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈtænənˌbaʊ̯m/ 1. Christmas tree. Example: Oh, Tannenbaum, oh, Tannenbaum, how lovely are thy branches. Example: Local newspapers covered the story of how Santa Claus had helped the Tannenbaum.
Word: clinician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French clinicien, equivalent to clinic + -ian. Pronunciation: /klɪˈnɪʃən/ 1. Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice). 2. Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators. Labels: US
Word: Beutel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Beutel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Beutler Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: shield bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various shield-shaped true bugs of the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
Word: rarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rare + -ity, borrowed from Middle French rarité, from Latin rāritās; compare French rareté. See also rare. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛəɹəti/, /ˈɹɛːɹətɪj/, /ˈɹeɹəti/, /ˈɹɛɹəti/, /ˈɹeːɹəti/ 1. A measure of the scarcity of an object. 2. Thinness; the property of having low density Example: Only the increasing rarity bothered him, and he thought that perhaps it was this which had turned the heads of other travellers and excited those absurd tales of night-gaunts whereby they explained the loss of such climbers as fell from these perilous paths. 3. A rare object. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
Word: patellar ligament Part of Speech: noun 1. a ligament joining the patella to the tibia
Word: pine weevil Part of Speech: noun 1. A weevil, of species Hylobius abietis, that can cause damage on young spruce seedlings.
Word: weevil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-, from *(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”), said to be from the woven appearance of a weevil’s larval case, + *-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix); see also wave and weave. Compare Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”); Middle Low German wevel; Old High German wibil, wipil (modern German Wiebel (“beetle; chafer”)); Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle; weevil”); Old Norse vifill, as in tordyfill (“dung beetle, scarab”) (whence Dutch tortwevel; Icelandic tordýfill, Norwegian tordivel, Old English tordwifel, Swedish tordyvel); dialectal Russian ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”). Pronunciation: /ˈwiːv(ə)l/, /ˈwiːvɪl/ 1. Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip. 2. Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea. 3. Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum). 4. A loathsome person. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so. Example: Have you tried doing it yourself? It's not easy. I was hoping to illustrate this article with some self-created buzzwords for leftwingers to use. The first one I came up with was "molehill mountaineer", a pejorative term to describe the sort of perpetually furious rightwing weevil who spends their life calculatedly conflating issues such as the "Ground Zero mosque" into gigantic media crapgasms.
Word: snout beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. A weevil; specifically, a true weevil ("beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae")
Word: oom-pah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music. Doublet of humppa. 1. A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments. Labels: uncountable 2. A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence. Labels: uncountable Example: An oom-pah bassline: {\clef bass<<{\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"muted trumpet"\repeat unfold4{c8r g,r
Word: flying squirrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree: 2. Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree:
Word: molarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From molar + -ity in the chemistry usage. 1. the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution
Word: Segel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Segal. 1. A surname from Hebrew.
Word: black-arched moth Part of Speech: noun 1. A black-and-white moth of species Lymantria monacha.
Word: nun moth Part of Speech: noun 1. The black arched moth.
Word: Schlitz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlitz. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Schlitz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlitz. 1. A beer from the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Labels: informal Example: When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer. (1960s slogan) Example: I'd like a Schlitz, please.
Word: solenodon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /soʊˈliːnəˌdɑn/ 1. Any of the family Solenodontidae of small nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals, with a long snout and venomous saliva.
Word: brain coral Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae. Example: The hundred yards of coral took him a quarter of an hour. When he got through and rested on a round lump of brain-coral under the shelter of a last niggerhead, he was glad that nothing but a hundred yards of grey-white water lay in front of him.
Word: denoising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + noise + -ing. 1. The extraction of a signal from a mixture of signal and noise. Labels: uncountable
Word: denoising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of denoise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Keim Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קײַם (kaym), a name from Hebrew קיים (“existing, enduring, tough”). * As a German surname, from the noun Keim (“sprout, shoot”). Sometimes also a pet form of Joachim. Compare Kaim. 1. A surname.
Word: neurological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * neurology + -ical Pronunciation: /nɝəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to neurology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hagridden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hag + ridden. 1. Tormented by witches, demons, or evil spirits. Example: Two months afterwards he was reported fit for duty, but, in spite of the fact that he was urgently needed to help an undermanned Commission stagger through a deficit, he preferred to die; vowing at the last that he was hag-ridden. 2. Tormented, harassed or worried. Example: So Sir Walter Scott, hag-ridden by debt, if he finished a novel in the morning began another in the afternoon, because, as he explained, it was less difficult to keep the machine running than to start it again after a rest. 3. Overburdened by fear or dread. Example: a man hagridden by the future, haunted by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth
Word: substantiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From substantial + -ity, from Latin substantialitas. 1. The state of being substantial; substantialness. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The extent to which something is substantial. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: confidante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French confidente. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ 1. A female confidant. Example: Dany’s descent into madness is coming, of that there’s no doubt, especially given that the episode ends with the execution of her confidante Missandei. 2. A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats. Example: Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings. 3. Nonstandard spelling of confidant (male). Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: To Major Smiley, as his friend, his adviser, and his confidante, Adolphus Fitzopal had opened his heart […] Example: Henry Wilberforce was one of his few confidantes, certainly the one of longest standing, now that Bowden and Froude were gone and Rogers declined to correspond with him.
Word: airtime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + time. 1. The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Can you get me some airtime for my latest single? 2. The duration spent talking during a conversation. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Let them know you’re looking to create a loosely held balance of air time and want to hear from everyone. Example: And all sorts of people who have traditionally been excluded are now being let in and given a voice, and they're pushing you out and reducing your airtime, and threatening your privilege, […] 3. The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The period of freefall after jumping. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grandiose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso. Pronunciation: /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/, /ˈɡɹæn.di.əʊs/, /ɡɹæn.diˈoʊs/, /ˈɡɹæn.di.oʊs/ 1. Large and impressive in size, scope or extent. Example: Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties. 2. Pompous or pretentious. Example: There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985. 3. magnificent or spectacular.
Word: bastion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæsti.ən/, /ˈbastɪjən/, /ˈbæst͡ʃən/, /ˈbɛsti.ən/, /ˈbaste.ən/ 1. A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification. Example: […] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia. 2. A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel. 3. A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle. Labels: figuratively Example: a bastion of hope Example: the bastion of democracy 4. Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form. Example: […] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast, ⁠And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire. Example: It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.
Word: bastion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæsti.ən/, /ˈbastɪjən/, /ˈbæst͡ʃən/, /ˈbɛsti.ən/, /ˈbaste.ən/ 1. To furnish with a bastion. Labels: transitive
Word: plop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap. Pronunciation: /plɒp/, /plɑp/ 1. A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. Labels: countable Example: He heard the plops of rain on the roof. 2. Excrement. Labels: UK, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: plop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap. Pronunciation: /plɒp/, /plɑp/ 1. To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. Example: Stooping, she picked up another pebble, sounded out the word again, and tossed it into the shallow water near the path, where it plopped into the water, sending out circles from where it fell. 2. To land heavily or loosely. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV. Example: As the sun plops into the Pacific off Venice Beach, California, the four of us are sitting in a rented car at the corner of Rose and Main. 3. To defecate. Labels: UK
Word: plop Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap. Pronunciation: /plɒp/, /plɑp/ 1. Indicating the sound of something plopping. Example: "[A]fter a bit the old ship went down all on a sudden with a lurch to starboard---plop. The suck in was something awful."
Word: vitiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vitiare (“to spoil, damage”). 1. A reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1810, George Wilson, M.D., F.R.D.E. Ch. II. General Sketch of Cavendish's Scientific Researches and Discoveries, in The Life of the Honᵇˡᵉ Henry Cavendish, p. 39. […] air was universally reputed to be a simple or elementary body. It was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston […] being more or less phlogisticated, according to the degree of its power to support respiration and combustion. Example: Lincoln once reprimanded a young army officer for indulging in a violent controversy with an associate. "No man who is resolved to make the most of himself," said Lincoln, "can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitiation of his temper and the loss of self-control. 2. Moral corruption. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An abolition or abrogation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: god-king Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From god + king. 1. A statesman who holds all the state's powers and has religious significance to his constituency. 2. A king who is of divine descent. Labels: literally 3. A monarch who is also a god. Labels: literally 4. A tyrannical maintainer of a collaborative project. Labels: derogatory
Word: bilirubinuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bilirubin Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron) Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor. New Latin -ūriabor. English -uria English bilirubinuria From bilirubin + -uria. 1. the presence of bilirubin in the urine; often a symptom of liver disease Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: liver function test Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several biochemical blood assays designed to give information on the state of a patient's liver; include total protein, albumin, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin
Word: god king Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of god-king. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: molar concentration Part of Speech: noun 1. the molarity of a solution
Word: molality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English molal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English molality From molal + -ity. 1. the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: molal concentration Part of Speech: noun 1. the molality of a solution
Word: serie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French série. 1. series Labels: obsolete
Word: au naturel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results). Pronunciation: /əʊ næt͡ʃʊˈɹɛl/, /-tjʊ-/, /ˌoʊ ˌnætəˈɹɛl/, [-ɾə-], /-t͡ʃə-/ 1. In a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is my au naturel look. How do you like it? Example: [A]t his age, people of his country have odd prejudices. He may not make up; and he might feel a little offended. To say the truth, I think it is au naturel. There is a grey tint under the eye, which I don't think that any modern colours could have produced—perfectly Ludovico, perfectly. If he do make up, I should like very much to know where he gets his colour: […] 2. In a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural. Labels: not-comparable Example: She prefers to keep her private parts au naturel. Example: "There's nary a pubic hair in sight in most porn," wrote Cindy Gallop in Make Love Not Porn, "which puts a whole lot of grooming pressure on women and is actually rather depressing for those men who like women au naturel." 3. Of food: prepared or served raw or very simply cooked. Labels: not-comparable Example: [F]ew of the French travellers who have lately visited our Isle appear to have been much gratified with their trip. They in general speak with great contempt of our national partiality for roast beef and potatoes "au naturel." 4. Of a person: in a state of not wearing clothes; in the nude, naked. Labels: humorous, not-comparable, sometimes Example: Bella was au naturel for that photo session. Example: And now here is Loola—Loola without the least pretension to education or good breeding, Loola au naturel with a musky redolence which, on second thought, has something really rather fascinating about it.
Word: au naturel Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results). Pronunciation: /əʊ næt͡ʃʊˈɹɛl/, /-tjʊ-/, /ˌoʊ ˌnætəˈɹɛl/, [-ɾə-], /-t͡ʃə-/ 1. In a natural state; without any artificial change; naturally; also, in a way to appear natural. Labels: not-comparable Example: Well, few of us are blessed with flawless complexions such as yours, so if you want to go au naturel, that's fine by me. Example: Why did some women eschew makeup? It seemed to be a recent trend for her. Had her religious fiancé requested she go au naturel? 2. In a natural state; without any artificial change; naturally; also, in a way to appear natural. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of the preparation or serving of food: in a raw or very simply cooked manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Our chef insists on preparing this cut au naturel. 4. Of the action of a person: in a naked manner; without clothes; in the nude, nakedly. Labels: humorous, not-comparable, sometimes Example: Bella loved posing au naturel for the artist.
Word: normality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From normal + -ity, perhaps modelled on French normalité. Pronunciation: /nɔːˈmæl.ɪ.ti/, /nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ti/, [nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ɾi], /noːˈmæl.ə.ti/ 1. The state of being normal or usual; normalcy. Labels: uncountable Example: Jessie was going to wear pants to school, but her brother persuaded her to wear shorts to preserve normality. 2. The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution. Labels: countable
Word: criminalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From criminal + -ization or criminalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And of course, s/m players who participate in breath play will also be more vulnerable to criminalization under such a new law. 2. The act of turning someone into a criminal by making their activities illegal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: criminalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From criminal + -isation or criminalise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: “It is clear from our review that criminalisation of sex work normalises violence and reinforces gender, racial, economic and other inequalities.
Word: GTMO Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (Guantanamo Bay): Abbreviation of Guantanamo. 1. Guantanamo Bay, the US naval base in the place of that name in Cuba.
Word: Guantanamo Bay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Guantanamo + bay. Borrowed from Spanish Guantánamo, from Taíno, literally "land between rivers." Pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑnˈtɑːnɑmoʊ ˈbeɪ/ 1. A bay in Southeast Cuba. 2. A US naval base in South-East Cuba.
Word: genders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gender Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: homologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French homologue. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos). By surface analysis, homo- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/, /ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/, /ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/ 1. Alternative spelling of homolog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: DNA polymerase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme that assists DNA replication. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polymerase chain reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample; used in genetic fingerprinting etc.
Word: molar solution Part of Speech: noun 1. a solution that contains one mole of solute per litre
Word: gram equivalent Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of a substance, in grams, that is numerically equivalent to its equivalent weight.
Word: equivalent weight Part of Speech: noun 1. The atomic weight of an element or radical divided by its valence; the molecular weight of a compound divided by its combining power in a specific reaction. Example: In the proportion d : p :: 1 : v, as applied to any liquid or solid species, p does not represent its real equivalent weight, but the weight of the normal species which, by its condensation, gives rise to the liquid or solid. Example: The equivalent weight of an element or compound is that weight equivalent in reactive power to one atomic weight of hydrogen.
Word: molecular weight Part of Speech: noun 1. The sum of the atomic weights of every atom in a molecule. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: molecular mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The mass of an individual molecule of an element or compound.
Word: air time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of airtime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: ultratelluric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + telluric. 1. Coming from outside the Earth; extraterrestrial. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] among the Records stolen from the Gods were certain tablets of ultratelluric stone […]
Word: orogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orogénie, from Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain, high ground”) + γενεια (geneia, “creation, birth, making”). By surface analysis, oro- + -geny. Pronunciation: /ɒˈɹɒdʒɪni/, /əˈɹɒdʒɪni/ 1. The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: taphrogeny Example: The effects of Acadian orogeny are concentrated in central Newfoundland, decreasing in intensity to the east and west (Williams, this volume).
Word: perverted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pervert + -ed. 1. Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct. 2. Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex. Labels: derogatory, sometimes 3. Misrepresented, altered or distorted. 4. Reversed in chirality; flipped. Labels: obsolete Example: The reflection of an object in a mirror image is a perverted image of the object. Example: The right hand may be considered the perverted image of the left.
Word: perverted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pervert + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of pervert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Glagolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin glagoliticus, from Old Church Slavonic глаголица (glagolica), from глаголъ (glagolŭ, “word, speech”), Glagolitic spelling ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica). Pronunciation: /ˌɡlæɡəʊˈlɪtɪk/, /ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Of or written with the Glagolitic alphabet. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Slavic, and Illyric language has two alphabets. The first is called Glagolitic…, and in our times, is only used in the sacred books. 2. Denoting Slavic Roman Catholic rites in Dalmatia. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the case of mixed marriages between a Glagolitic and Latin Catholic, the children follow the rite of the father; but there is an exception in favour of the eldest daughter of a Glagolitic family.
Word: Glagolitic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin glagoliticus, from Old Church Slavonic глаголица (glagolica), from глаголъ (glagolŭ, “word, speech”), Glagolitic spelling ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica). Pronunciation: /ˌɡlæɡəʊˈlɪtɪk/, /ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, designed around 862–863 by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavic.
Word: first blood Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins. Labels: uncountable 2. The first damage or reverse inflicted on an opponent in a conflict. Labels: uncountable Example: Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought. Example: Rambo - They drew first blood, not me. Trautman - Look Johnny, let me come in and get you the hell out of there! Rambo - They drew first blood... Trautman - Rambo, are you still reading me? Covey leader to Raven! Rambo! Acknowledge! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083944/quotes 3. The first score in a competition. Labels: uncountable
Word: -ome Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Only partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊm/, /ˌoʊm/, /ˌəʉm/, /ˌɐʉm/, /ˌom/ 1. A mass of something. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ome Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from mitome, reinforced by chromosome. Early examples include biome (1916) and genome, from German Genom (1920). Some association with genetics due to occurrence in chromosome and genome. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊm/, /ˌoʊm/, /ˌəʉm/, /ˌɐʉm/, /ˌom/ 1. The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual. Labels: morpheme
Word: scatomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scato- + -mancy. 1. divination by the examination of feces, especially of an animal Labels: uncountable
Word: sejant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French séant, present participle of seoir (“to sit”). Doublet of sedent. Pronunciation: /ˈsi.dʒənt/ 1. Seated, sitting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Lord willing and the creek don't rise Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Statements of the form "God/Lord willing and (some other condition being met)" are ancient extensions of simple acceptance of God's will in phrases like God willing and Lord willing. "Creek" originated as a reference to creeks flooding and preventing travel, but is sometimes re-interpreted as a reference to the Creek tribe. 1. Barring unforeseen circumstances. Labels: US, idiomatic, informal Example: Near-synonym: hopefully (sentence adverbial sense) Example: Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have that new barn finished in time for the harvest.
Word: indisputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilis Latin indisputābilislbor. English indisputable Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis. By surface analysis, in- + disputable. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/, /ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/ 1. Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true Example: Nay, if he be of a proud humour, […] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth.
Word: inferior court Part of Speech: noun 1. Any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher one.
Word: insectophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English insect Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English insectophobia From insect + -o- + -phobia. 1. An abnormal fear of insects. Labels: uncountable Example: Remembering her insectophobia I did not point out the amazing line of ants ferrying leaves up the wall.
Word: inferiority Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically inferior + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being inferior. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An inferior value or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An inferior power. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The quality of being a competitive disadvantage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: limitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English limit Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English limitless From limit + -less. 1. Without limits in extent, size, or quantity. Example: The Penguin can also fairly be described as an HBO gangster drama whose antihero is a brutal but troubled mid-level Mafioso with limitless ambition and debilitating maternal issues. Example: After millenniums of austerity and poverty, the age of limitless “superabundance” was at hand.
Word: paco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish paco. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkəʊ/ 1. An alpaca. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Ratcliffe has sometimes found them to contain arsenic in an oxidized state, combined with ferric oxide, and once he met with a paco ore mainly composed of antimony ochre.
Word: pagi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pagus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pagi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hindi [Term?] 1. A native tracker; a person employed to track thieves by their footprints etc. Labels: India, historical
Word: popolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian pōpolo from Proto-Polynesian *polo; cognate with Māori poroporo and pōporo (Solanum aviculare), Tongan polo (“Solanum nigrum”) and Tuvaluan 'opolo (“capsicum”). Skin color meaning comes from analogy to the color of its berries. 1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum). Labels: Hawaii, countable, uncountable Example: The only lack of Kalelealuaka and his comrades was animal food (literally fish) but they supplied its place as well as they could with such herbs as the tender leaves of the popolo, which they cooked like spinach, and with inamona made from the roasted nuts of the kukui tree. Example: Popolo is a branching green herb with a tendency to being woody at the base. This annual grows one to three feet high on cultivated land and is regarded as a common weed. 2. A black person. Labels: Hawaii, countable, pejorative, slang, sometimes Example: Well, I'm a Hawaiian, but my father was a black-assed popolo—a Portuguese from Bravas, Cabo Verde Islands, who changed his name. Example: When he gets to third, Fe'ao is excited. He sees Curaçao's thir baseman, Denjerick Virginie, starting at him as he slaps his hands together. "What you looking at, popolo?" he barks.
Word: gymno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”). 1. naked Labels: morpheme
Word: cold short Part of Speech: adj 1. Of metal: brittle at low temperatures.
Word: lentes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lentēs, plural of lēns. 1. plural of lens Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: After many vaine attempts to measure the circles made by coloured rays alone I at last thought of casting colours vpon a white paper, either by a speculum or immediatly by a Prisme which turned about its axis might make all yᵉ colours succed on yᵉ same pt of the paper; Or by casting integrated light on a paper wᶜʰ might bee varyed into all colours successively by stopping yᵉ rest. Then I laid the lentes so that they wanted 3 or 4 rings depth of touching. Example: Afterwards he ſhews how to make a Microſcope or Teleſcope of any two (or more) given ſpecula or lentes, or of a ſpeculum and lens, which ſhall magnifie in any given ratio, and be fitted to any given Eye: Where alſo all the poſſible Combinations of ſpecula and lentes are univerſally coſidered, and the way of reckoning the Power of Catoptrical or Dioptrical or Cata-dioptrical Machines is explained; with the way how to make a ſingle Lens, which ſhall produce the forementioned effects.[…]I applied ſome of theſe lentes to a hole in a darkned Room, and found they rendred the Images of Objects with but an indifferent diſtinctneſs.[…]I have tried what would be the ſucceſs of Combining Portions of Water by the help of Braſs Rings, and plain pieces of Glaſs, to give them their true Figure and requiſite apertures, and inſerted them at the ends of Tubes of ſevearl lengths; and find, that tho’ theſe natural lentes may ſerve as Eye Glaſſes, yet when uſed as Object ones either to Teliſcopes or double Miſcroſcopes: their Effects will not compenſate the trouble there is in uſing them.
Word: reticent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/ 1. Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. Example: She's rather reticent on the subject of her finances. Example: They are slow and reticent, and are like a dull good horse which lets every nag pass him, but with whip and spur will run down every racer in the field. 2. Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive). Labels: proscribed Example: He is reticent to travel so much. Example: While many uncomfortable components of the Holocaust have been analyzed in minute detail, the rape of Jewish women during this era persists as a subject that scholars and victims alike are reticent to explore.
Word: yard sale Part of Speech: noun 1. A sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises. Labels: US 2. The state of a skier, snowboarder, skateboarder, cyclist, etc. and their equipment after a severe crash, laid out across the ground like items in a yard sale. Example: Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring. Example: No yard sales on my watch! 3. A notable fall during a sports activity, such as trail running. Labels: broadly
Word: tag sale Part of Speech: noun 1. A retail sale in which items included in the sale are tagged with a coloured tag. Labels: in-compounds 2. A domestic sale of second-hand items; a garage sale or yard sale. Labels: New-England, US Example: All of a sudden, my legs went to work on their own, sweeping me into my living room and leaving me at the mahogany bookshelf Iʼd purchased from a tag sale shortly after moving to Catskill.
Word: pipe cleaner Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pipe, cleaner.