nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: graybody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gray + body. 1. A body that radiates energy having a blackbody distribution reduced by a constant factor.
Word: respectability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English respect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr 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 respectability From respect + -ability. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The quality of being respectable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off. Example: Though he knew it not, the subtle spirit of vagabondage had taken possession of his soul, and even of his hat, which seemed suddenly to have lost its original respectability, and acquired an air of dissoluteness. 2. The class of respectable people. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: moderately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly. 1. In a moderate manner. Example: During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately. 2. To a moderate extent or degree. Example: They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses. Example: All in all, Harris staked out a moderately center-left position, not too different from President Biden’s original Build Back Better agenda, which he was able to implement only in part because in an evenly divided Senate, Joe Manchin had an effective veto.
Word: passably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English passable Middle English -ly English -ly English passably From passable + -ly. 1. In a passable fashion; moderately; adequately. Example: The night air was passably cool and he strolled through the town at a measured pace, killing time till bedtime.
Word: blackbody Part of Speech: noun 1. a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
Word: tolerablish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tolerable Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English tolerablish From tolerable + -ish. 1. Somewhat tolerable. Labels: archaic, colloquial, not-comparable Example: There was a good many there, and some on 'em learned to read very well, and some couldn't learn nohow. I got on tolerablish. Example: ‘Ay, ma'am, Betty do fight it out tolerablish,’ was the reply to this compliment.
Word: black body Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blackbody. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, body.
Word: metastability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English stability English metastability From meta- + stability. 1. An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Soloman's belief that love is necessarily paradoxical issues from his attempt to define it as what Sartre would call a dialectical metastability. Love must therefore be not a "state of the union but a never ending conflict of pushing away and pulling together."
Word: ground proximity warning system Part of Speech: noun 1. A device which warns a pilot that their aircraft may be in danger of collision with the ground.
Word: GPWS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ground proximity warning system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ground state Part of Speech: noun 1. The stationary state of lowest energy of a particle or system of particles.
Word: excited state Part of Speech: noun 1. any state of a particle or system of particles that has a higher energy than that of its ground state
Word: mumpsimus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Malapropism of Latin sumpsimus, form of sūmō (“to take”), from a story of an old monk who misrecited the Eucharist with quod in ōre mumpsimus instead of quod in ōre sumpsimus “which we have taken into the mouth”, and stubbornly continued using the incorrect form even after being corrected. Attested 1530 in The Practice of Prelates by William Tyndale, variously attributed to Richard Pace (1517) or Desiderius Erasmus. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌmpsɪməs/ 1. A person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong; an ignorant and bigoted opponent of reform. 2. An obvious error that is obstinately repeated despite correction.
Word: group velocity Part of Speech: noun 1. the propagation velocity of the envelope of a modulated travelling wave, which is considered as the propagation velocity of information or energy contained in it.
Word: bearable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English berable, equivalent to bear + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/ 1. Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable. Labels: not-comparable 2. Able to be borne or carried; portable. Labels: not-comparable Example: A joint cause is neither necessary nor sufficient for an effect—for example, any one of six pallbearers is a joint cause of carrying a coffin bearable by four.
Word: endurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English endurable From endure + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/, /ɪnˈdɝ.ɪ.bəl/ 1. Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable. Example: A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only endurable, but delicious. Example: As his bodily strength increased, and his health, considerably impaired by inward suffering, improved, the trouble of his soul became more endurable—and in some measure to endure is to conquer and destroy. 2. Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable. Example: […] the agriculturist would outlive the struggle, and his property be as fixed and endurable as the oaks which were planted by his ancestors. Example: Albert E. Brum was born into one of Petawawa’s founding families who eventually established one of the area’s most endurable businesses.
Word: passable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French passable, equivalent to pass + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsəbəl/ 1. That may be passed or traversed. 2. Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory. Example: The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Example: AIs are no longer just producing passable five-paragraph essays. Now they’re excelling at the SAT, “earning” a score of 1410. 3. able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging. Example: The idea of something, or someone, being unusual and sexual is intoxicating. I concluded that if I ever met a very passable transsexual and we were attracted to one another, I'd go bisexual and pursue the relationship.
Word: passableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English passable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English passableness From passable + -ness. 1. The state of being passable. Labels: uncountable
Word: endurably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English endurable Middle English -ly English -ly English endurably From endurable + -ly. 1. In an endurable or tolerable manner.
Word: endurableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endurable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English endurableness From endurable + -ness. 1. The state of being endurable; endurability. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: endurability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr 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 endurability From endure + -ability. 1. The state or quality of being endurable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bearableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bearable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bearableness From bearable + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being bearable. Labels: uncountable
Word: bearably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bearable Middle English -ly English -ly English bearably From bearable + -ly. 1. In a bearable manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: adequately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus 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 aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English adequately From adequate + -ly. 1. In an adequate manner. 2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily. Example: A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights. 3. Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
Word: satisfactorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English satisfactory Middle English -ly English -ly English satisfactorily From satisfactory + -ly. Pronunciation: /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹɪli/ 1. In a satisfactory manner, in a manner adequate to requirements. Example: This is a task which has not yet been satisfactorily performed and which will have to be achieved before this particular impulse toward socialism can be removed.
Word: tolerableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tolerable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tolerableness From tolerable + -ness. 1. The state of being tolerable. Labels: uncountable
Word: tolerability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tolerate 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 tolerability From tolerate + -ability. 1. The quality or state of being tolerable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: allowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer, equivalent to allow + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ 1. Appropriate; acceptable. 2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable. 3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something. 4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate. Example: And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […] Example: New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day. 5. Praiseworthy. Labels: obsolete
Word: allowable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer, equivalent to allow + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ 1. A permitted amount or activity.
Word: allowably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English allowable Middle English -ly English -ly English allowably From allowable + -ly. 1. In an allowable manner.
Word: allowableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English allowable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English allowableness From allowable + -ness. 1. The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness. Labels: uncountable
Word: intellectually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intellectual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intellectually From intellectual + -ly. 1. In an intellectual manner. Example: And just because the intellectuals are mostly intellectually honest it is inevitable that they should follow their own convictions whenever they have discretion and that they should give a corresponding slant to everything that passes through their hand. Example: Nevertheless intellectually, ideologically and politically he identified with industrialists whom he, just like Smith, saw as the usherers of progress.
Word: reported Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔɹtɪd/, /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪd/, /ɹəˈpoːtəd/, /ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹtɪd/, /ɹɪˈpoətɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of report Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: macilent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin macilentus (“lean, thin, meagre”), from Latin maciēs (“leanness; poverty”), from Latin macer (“meager; poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with English emaciate and meagre. Pronunciation: /ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/ 1. Lean; thin; emaciated Example: It ought not to be doubted but that there will yet be a time of so copious an effusion of the Holy Spirit, as will invigorate it afresh and make it spring up, out of its macilent withered state, into its primitive liveliness and beauty.
Word: fabulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fābulōsusder. Middle English fabulous English fabulous Middle English -ly English -ly English fabulously From fabulous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfæb.jʊ.ləs.li/, /ˈfæb.jʊ.lɪs.li/ 1. In a fabulous manner. Example: That girl is fabulously beautiful. 2. In a fabulous manner. Example: Near-synonyms: mythically, legendarily, parabolically, apocryphally Example: Burying its head in the sand is fabulously attributed to the ostrich.
Word: fabulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fābulōsusder. Middle English fabulous English fabulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fabulousness From fabulous + -ness. 1. The state of being fabulous or fictitious; fabulosity. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The state of being fabulous or wonderful. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: macrobiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -biotic English macrobiotic From macro- + -biotic. 1. Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself. Example: You let somebody move in with you, you make all these little compromises to smooth things along, and the next thing you know, you're on some macrobiotic diet, you're listening to Joni Mitchell! 2. Long-lived.
Word: macrobiotics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English biotics English macrobiotics From macro- + biotics. Pronunciation: /ˌmækɹoʊˌbaɪˈɑtəks/, /ˌmæk.ɹəʊˈbaɪ.ɒt.ɪks/ 1. The art or science of prolonging life, of living a long life. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of a macrobiotic diet. Labels: uncountable
Word: fabulosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fabulositas. 1. Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character. Labels: uncountable 2. A fabulous thing; a fable. Labels: countable, obsolete
Word: macrocephalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + -cephalous. 1. Having a large head. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fabricable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From late Latin fabricabilis. 1. Able to be shaped into a finished product.
Word: fictitiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Latin fictus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin fictīciusbor. English fictitious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fictitiousness From fictitious + -ness. 1. The state of being fictitious. Labels: uncountable
Word: fabricability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being fabricable. Labels: uncountable
Word: macrocosmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English macrocosm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English macrocosmic From macrocosm + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the macrocosm (universe).
Word: macrodactyl Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a former group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. Labels: obsolete
Word: macrodactylous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having long toes. 2. long (of a toe) Example: macrodactylous digit Example: macrodactylous toe
Word: macrodiagonal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English diagonal English macrodiagonal From macro- + diagonal. 1. The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. Labels: archaic
Word: macrodome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English dome English macrodome From macro- + dome. 1. A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal
Word: macrodont Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macr- + -odont. 1. Having large teeth. 2. Large Example: macrodont molar
Word: macroglossia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -glossia English macroglossia From macro- + -glossia. 1. Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue; an excessively large tongue. Labels: uncountable
Word: macrognathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + -gnathic. 1. Long-jawed. Example: macrognathic fish Example: macrognathic skulls
Word: macrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -logy. 1. verbose meaningless talk Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: macrometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -meter. 1. An instrument for determining the size or distance of remote terrestrial objects by means of two reflectors mounted on a common sextant. Labels: historical
Word: macropetalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English petalous English macropetalous From macro- + petalous. 1. Having long or large petals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: macrophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English phyllous English macrophyllous From macro- + phyllous. 1. Having long or large leaves.
Word: macropinacoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English pinacoid English macropinacoid From macro- + pinacoid. 1. One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.
Word: macropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -pod, after Latin Macropodidae. Compare micropod. 1. A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.
Word: macropodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -podal English macropodal From macro- + -podal. 1. Having long or large feet 2. Having a long stem.
Word: bunnyhug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bunny hug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: propagation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French propagation, from Old French propagacion, from Latin propagatio. Morphologically propagate + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɹɒpəˈɡeɪʃən/, /pɹɑpəˈɡeɪʃən/ 1. The multiplication or natural increase in a population. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: plant propagation 2. The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The farmer specialized in the propagation of rare orchids. 3. The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Radio propagation varies with atmospheric conditions. 5. The elongation part of transcription. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wave packet Part of Speech: noun 1. a collection of waves, travelling together 2. a probability wave
Word: fricassee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌsi/, /fɹɪ.kəˈsiː/, /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌseɪ/ 1. Meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy. Example: I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust.
Word: fricassee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌsi/, /fɹɪ.kəˈsiː/, /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌseɪ/ 1. To cook meat or poultry in this manner. Labels: transitive Example: Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]
Word: autocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From autocrat + -ic, equivalent to auto- + -cratic. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəˈkɹætɪk/, /ˌɑtoʊˈkɹætɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. Example: In recent years, the prime minister has become increasingly autocratic. Example: Within democracies, nationalist leaders with autocratic impulses – from outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil to presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen in France – have seen defeats in recent months. 2. Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat. Labels: derogatory Example: Despite his lack of actual authority, his autocratic demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues. Example: Donna became autocratic the day Daniel born, and she realized she had absolute power over another human being.
Word: autocratical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αὐτοκρᾰτής (autokrătḗs)der. French autocratebor. English autocrat Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English autocratical From autocrat + -ical. 1. autocratic
Word: autofecundation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + fecundation. 1. Synonym of self-fertilization. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: autogamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + -gamous. 1. self-fertilizing Labels: not-comparable Example: autogamous fertilization Example: autogamous species
Word: autogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -gamy. 1. Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Sologamy, marriage to oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macropodous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -podous English macropodous From macro- + -podous. 1. Having long or large legs, feet, or fins. 2. (of a leaf) Having a long stalk. 3. (of a plant embryo) Having a large hypocotyl. 4. (of a plant embryo) Having a large radicle. Labels: obsolete
Word: macroprism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)bor. Late Latin prismalbor. English prism English macroprism From macro- + prism. 1. A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.
Word: macropterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + -pterous. Pronunciation: /məˈkraptərəs/ 1. Having long wings or fins; especially used in zoological or entomological contexts to describe animals (often insects) that possess well‑developed wings.
Word: macroscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English macroscopic From macro- + -scopic. 1. Visible to the unassisted eye. Labels: not-comparable Example: The direct, evident, and macroscopic effects of freezing on foods are the phase transition of liquid components, which crystallize and solidify. 2. Having an appreciable mass. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...it appears to be a small step from (1) and (2) to the identification of a sufficiently large mass with a macroscopic mass and, by analogy, to the consideration as macroscopic any system having sufficiently large quantum numbers associated with it...
Word: macroscopical Part of Speech: adj 1. macroscopic Labels: not-comparable
Word: macrosporangium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English sporangium English macrosporangium From macro- + sporangium. 1. A megasporangium; sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores.
Word: macrospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English spore English macrospore From macro- + spore. 1. One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
Word: macrosporic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English macrospore Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English macrosporic From macrospore + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to macrospores. Labels: not-comparable Example: macrosporic fungus Example: macrosporic massulae
Word: macrozoospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English spore English zoospore English macrozoospore From macro- + zoospore. 1. A large motile spore having four cilia; found in certain green algae such as those in genus Ulothrix
Word: mactation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mactātiō, from mactō (“to sacrifice, slaughter”). 1. The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: mactra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum.
Word: maculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmækjʊleɪt/ 1. To spot; to stain; to blur. Example: they wolde nat maculate the honour of their people with suche a reproche Example: There was a fresh smell in the air. Sidewalks began to be maculated with spreading areas of dryness 2. past participle of maculate Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: That the honour of verteous gentil men, be nocht maculat vitht the vice ande inciuilite of vicius pretendit gentil men.
Word: maculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmækjʊleɪt/, /ˈmækjʊlət/, /ˈmækjələt/ 1. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched. Labels: archaic, poetic 2. Defiled, impure. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: [Les Misérables is] about the struggle of a mistreated man as he rises to the top, along with a mortal conflict between this maculate virtuous man and an immaculate pursuing demon.
Word: maculated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of maculate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: maculated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having spots or blotches. Example: 1891, Ambrose Bierce, “Chickamauga” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E.L.G. Steele, p. 48, [The light] fell upon their faces, touching their whiteness with a ruddy tinge, accentuating the stains with which so many of them were freaked and maculated. Example: She lifts the pen from the maculated blotter.
Word: maculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English macule English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English maculation From macule + -ate + -ion. 1. The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I speak not ‘be thou true,’ as fearing thee, For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there’s no maculation in thy heart: Example: 1891, Ambrose Bierce, “A Holy Terror” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, p. 218, He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay. 2. A pattern of spots. Labels: uncountable Example: Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion. Example: 1990, Mason E. Hale, A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae), Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 195, [This lichen] species […] is recognized by […] more or less distinct maculation on the upper surface, and pale brown lower surface.
Word: maculatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing a spot, stain or damage Labels: dated
Word: macule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English macule, from Middle French macule and its etymon Classical Latin macula. Doublet of macchia, macula and, with a suffix, maquis. 1. A spot. 2. A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing.
Word: macule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English macule, from Middle French macule and its etymon Classical Latin macula. Doublet of macchia, macula and, with a suffix, maquis. 1. To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type.
Word: Rutgers Part of Speech: name Etymology: Dutch patronymic surname from the given name Rutger, the same as Roger and Rodgarus. Pronunciation: /ˈrʌtɡərz/ 1. An American surname from Dutch. 2. Ellipsis of Rutgers University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Similarly, Rutgers professor Brittney Cooper, who was caught on video in a violent and racist rant against white Americans as the blowback to Critical Race Theory was intensifying in 2021, said that she believes “white people are committed to being villains in the aggregate.”¹⁶ Cooper went on to pointedly outline her preferred approach to dealing with white Americans, which is to “take these motherf****s out.”¹⁷
Word: maculose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Classical Latin maculōsus. By surface analysis, macul(a) + -ose. 1. Having spots on the surface; spotted
Word: colander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English colyndore, coloundour, colonur, variants of Middle English culdor, culdore, culatre, ultimately from Latin cōlātōrium, from Latin cōlum. Cognates include Italian colino and Spanish colador. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑləndɚ/, /ˈkɔləndɚ/ 1. A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta. Example: An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."
Word: madderwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From madder + wort. 1. Rubia tinctorum (common madder). 2. Any plant of the same family (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Word: maddish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English maddish From mad + -ish. 1. Somewhat mad. Example: 1642, Thomas Morton, The Presentment of a Schismaticke, London: R. Whitaker & S. Brown, p. 6, I have reserved for the last place a Character which maketh his case most desperate, called by Auusten maddish obstinacy […] Example: 1815, Charles Lamb, letter to William Wordsworth dated 28 April, 1815, in The Letters of Charles Lamb, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1905, Volume 4, p. 39, Excuse this maddish letter: I am too tired to write in forma.
Word: Madecassee Part of Speech: adj 1. Madagascan Labels: archaic
Word: Madecassee Part of Speech: noun 1. Madagascan Labels: archaic
Word: Madecassee Part of Speech: name 1. Madagascan Labels: archaic
Word: madefy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French madéfier, borrowed from Latin madefaciō. 1. To make wet or moist. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: madge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology at magpie for a related discussion. Pronunciation: /mæd͡ʒ/ 1. The barn owl. Labels: archaic 2. The magpie. Labels: archaic
Word: madhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mad + house. Pronunciation: /ˈmædˌhaʊs/ 1. A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum. Labels: obsolete Example: The palace, the night-cellar, the jail, the madhouse: the chambers of birth and death, of health and sickness, the rigid face of the corpse and the calm sleep of the child: midnight was upon them all. Example: The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in. 2. A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: This taut, soldierly, professional story is something of a stranger among American novels about war making. Angry civilians have writ ten most of the best fiction on the subject, from “Three Soldiers” through “Catch‐22,” to make the point (with a good deal of literary overkill) that wars are mass insanity and that armies are madhouses.
Word: Madia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Madia. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: madid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin madidus. 1. Wet; moist. Labels: dated, formal Example: Many a dampened face and madid eye did justice to departed merit.
Word: madjoun Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of majoun. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: madly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English madly, madli, medliche, equivalent to mad + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmædli/ 1. In a mad manner Example: I'm madly in love with you. Example: But his cries were heard, as he madly grappled with the knives which stabbed him. 2. In a mad manner Example: Diane screamed madly down the phone to the prank caller. 3. In a mad manner Example: In a way the better procedures you have I think, bizarrely and madly it actually serves to increase rather than decrease the problem
Word: madnep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mad + variant of neep. 1. The masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium). Labels: obsolete
Word: madrague Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French madrague. 1. A large fish pound used for the capture of tuna in the Mediterranean, now a forbidden practice in places.
Word: madrepore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French madrépore, from Italian madrepora (from madre (“mother”)), from Latin mater + poro (“pore”), from Latin porus. Pronunciation: /ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria. Example: The beauty of the madrepores and corallines, of which the finest specimens are found in the recesses of the Bay of Tappanuli, is not to be surpassed in any country. Example: The rocks of Gonye are reddish gray sandstone, nearly horizontal, and perforated by madrepores, the holes showing the course of the insect in different directions. 2. Any stony coral. Labels: archaic Example: This bay is approached from the choir by the first marble step which is in Frosterley, a marble with beautiful madrepores of light colour on a dark ground.
Word: madreporic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English madrepore Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English madreporic From madrepore + -ic. 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, the madrepores (corals of the genus Madrepora). Labels: not-comparable Example: madreporic island Example: madreporic tube
Word: madreporiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English madrepore English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English madreporiform From madrepore + -iform. 1. Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure. Labels: not-comparable Example: madreporiform form Example: madreporiform plate
Word: madreporite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From madrepore + -ite; the echinoderm sense is in reference to how it resembles the coral. Pronunciation: /ˌmædɹəˈpɔɹaɪt/ 1. A calcareous opening in the body of echinoderms which connects the water vascular system to the environment. 2. A fossil stony coral, or a deposit composed of the same. Labels: archaic Example: a similar Madreporite deposite is noticed a few feet above the coal seam Example: Whether madreporite occurs naturally in Spain, I do not know
Word: azotemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă)der. New Latinder. English -emia English azotemia From azote + -emia. Pronunciation: /ˌæzəʊˈtiːmɪə/, /ˌæzoʊˈtimiə/ 1. The accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: madrigalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English madrigal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English madrigalist From madrigal + -ist. 1. A composer of madrigals. Example: The 'Prince of Venosa' referred to in the letter to Albani is the famous archlutist and madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo, and 'Stella' is Gesualdo's protégé, Scipione Stella, who […] Example: A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption. 2. A singer or interpreter of madrigals.
Word: estivation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aestivation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.
Word: IDF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of inverse document frequency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A finer point to observe is that the sample implementation provided in Example 7-4 adjusts the IDF score by adding a value of 1.0 to the logarithm calculation, for the purposes of illustration and because we're dealing with a trivial document set. Example: The idea behind inverse document frequency (IDF) is that all words in the corpus are not equally important.
Word: IDF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Iceland Defense Force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Irish Defence Forces. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Israel Defense Forces. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Firearms were taken from IDF personnel and passengers disabled at least one by removing the ammunition from it. Example: The IDF spokesperson provided no comment on whether it had halted the practice, or the reported use of white phosphorus in Gaza, a densely populated area and home to more than 2 million people.
Word: preparatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English preparatori, from Late Latin praeparatorius. By surface analysis, prepare + -atory. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛp(ə)ɹətɔɹi/, /pɹɪˈpɛɹ-/, /pɹɪˈpæɹ-/, /ˈpɹɛp(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/, /pɹɪˈpɛəɹ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative. Labels: not-comparable Example: I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location. Example: A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.
Word: parodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parodies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parody Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person