nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stigma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark of slavery or disgrace”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”). Closely related to stigme, and distantly related to stick. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪɡmə/ 1. An indication of infamy or disgrace. Example: But to have as an enforced dining companion a man who was probably a Papist, certainly a rake, and bore the stigma of cowardice, was anathema. 2. An indication of infamy or disgrace. Labels: historical 3. An indication of infamy or disgrace. Labels: figuratively Example: Yet, because of the stigma around nursing home placement, it is hard to find advocates from among the natural advocacy groups the families. You don't see families organized around long-term care as you do around specific diseases. Example: Hence, the stigma attached to mental disorders in general forms the basis of the stigma towards women with mental health problems. […] 4. An indication of infamy or disgrace. 5. An indication of infamy or disgrace. Labels: figuratively, poetic, rare Example: Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply? 6. A scar or birthmark. 7. The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination. Example: Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds. Example: Now you see just how the stamen gets its lusty dust onto the stigma / And why this frenzied chlorophyllous orgy starts in spring is no enigma! 8. A visible sign or characteristic of a disease. 9. Synonym of pterostigma.
Word: stigma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Byzantine Greek στίγμα (stígma), likely coined by analogy with σίγμα (sígma). 1. A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau: Ϛ / ϛ.
Word: stigmata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”). Nominative plural: στίγματα (stígmata). Pronunciation: /stɪɡˈmɑːtə/, /ˈstɪɡmətə/ 1. plural of stigma Labels: form-of, plural Example: I've had notions, negative each one, images of what it is to seem black: to look black, to talk black, to walk black, to dress black; need I list the stigmata any further. Example: Kidnapped Africans en route to the Americas were cursorily examined by the ship's surgeons in an attempt to cut losses by immediately jettisoning those with such stigmata as Winterbottom's sign, a swelling of the lymph nodes found in those who harbored trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness.
Word: stigmatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στίγμα (stígma) + -ίζω (-ízō). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ 1. To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata. Labels: transitive Example: We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor. Example: Helen Hardacre, in her study of discourses stigmatizing women who have had abortions, argues that there has been a marked rise in media interest in women's sexuality since the 1970s.
Word: scatological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological. 1. Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung. Labels: formal Example: The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies. 2. Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities. Example: His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends. Example: Notwithstanding that episode, this film is refreshingly low on scatological gags and other gross-out humor, preferring all-purpose bad jokes to bathroom ones.
Word: BOHICA Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Suggesting anal rape. Compare screwed, fucked. 1. Acronym of bend over, here it comes again, used colloquially to indicate that an adverse situation is about to repeat itself, and that acquiescence is the wisest or only course of action. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: viscosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French viscosité, from Old French viscosité, from Medieval Latin viscositas; analysable as viscous + -ity. Pronunciation: /vɪsˈkɑsɪti/, /vɪsˈkɒsɪti/ 1. The state of being viscous. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: thickness 2. A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow. Labels: countable Example: The microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds). Example: Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to characterize aquafaba composition before and after ultrafiltration through membranes with different molecular weight cut offs (MWCOs of 3, 10, or 50 kDa). 3. A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters. Labels: uncountable
Word: viscous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪs.kəs/ 1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity). Example: […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew. 2. Of or pertaining to viscosity. Example: viscous coefficient
Word: viscose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪskəʊs/ 1. A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous) 2. A fabric made from this material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk. Example: Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.
Word: joyful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From joy + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪfl̩/ 1. Feeling or causing joy. Example: The children were joyful on the first day of summer break. Example: Her joyful smile lit up the room.
Word: vivacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) + -acious, from vīvere (“to live”). Pronunciation: /vaɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/, /vəˈveɪ.ʃəs/, /vɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Lively and animated; full of life and energy. Example: Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense of a common name, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense of a common tribal stock, without any sense of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood. Example: She made reasonable progress, entertained for me a vivacious, though perhaps not very profound, affection; and by her simplicity, gay prattle, and efforts to please, inspired me, in return, with a degree of attachment sufficient to make us both content in each other's society. 2. Long-lived. Labels: obsolete Example: Hitherto the English bishops had been vivacious almost to wonder. For, necessarily presumed of good years before entering on their office, in the first of queen Elizabeth it was much that but five died for the first twenty years of her reign. 3. Difficult to kill. Labels: rare
Word: hopeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English hopeful From hope + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊpfl̩/, /ˈhoʊpfl̩/ 1. feeling hope Example: I have been very hopeful. Example: I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease. 2. inspiring hope Example: It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again. Example: The night was further proof that the Democratic Party’s cruel summer had given way to a more hopeful election season.
Word: hopeful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English hopeful From hope + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊpfl̩/, /ˈhoʊpfl̩/ 1. Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. Example: Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week. Example: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and several other Republican presidential hopefuls spent Tuesday in New Hampshire, while Mike Pence, the former vice president, was in Iowa.
Word: interstice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English interstice, from Old French interstice or directly from Latin interstitium (“a space between, gap, interval”), ultimately from intersistere (“to stand in between, to stop in the middle”), from inter- + sistere (“to stand, to stop”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.stɪs/, /ɪnˈtɚ.stəs/ 1. A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal. Example: 1887, Osborne Reynolds, Experiments showing Dilatancy, in Notices of the Proceedings, Volume 11, Royal Institution of Great Britain, page 360, The tide leaves the sand, though apparently dry on the surface, with all its interstices perfectly full of water which is kept up to the surface of the sand by capillary attraction; at the same time the water is percolating through the sand from the sands above where the capillary action is not sufficient to hold the water. When the foot falls on this water-saturated sand it tends to change its shape, but it cannot do this without enlarging the interstices—without drawing in more water. This is a work of time, so that the foot is gone again before the sand has yielded. 2. A fragment of space. Labels: figuratively Example: Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation. 3. An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order. 4. A small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal. Labels: broadly
Word: xiphoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξιφοειδής (xiphoeidḗs, “sword-shaped”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪfɔɪd/ 1. Shaped like a sword, ensiform. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the xiphoid process (also called xiphisternum). Labels: not-comparable
Word: xiphoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξιφοειδής (xiphoeidḗs, “sword-shaped”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪfɔɪd/ 1. The xiphoid process. Example: In Asian pangolins the xiphoids are shorter[…]
Word: Typhon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪfɒn/, /ˈtaɪfən/ 1. The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ended in serpents and that he bears 100 heads. He is shrouded in giant wings, his eyes blaze a white fire, and his arms reach towards the stars. Labels: Greek
Word: tyrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɹənt/ 1. A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession. Labels: historical Example: To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still. Example: The reappearance of tyranny [in the 4th century BC] had many reasons... one of the main causes was the development of antagonism between rich and poor; tyrants came to power exploiting a social and political imbalance within the state. 2. Any monarch or governor. Labels: obsolete Example: Cassius... set tyrants over all Syria. 3. A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly. Example: Tyrannes...be but Gods scourges which he will cast into the fyre when he hath done with them. Example: I am the Sonne of Marcus Cato, hoe. A Foe to Tyrants, and my Countries Friend. 4. Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly. Labels: broadly Example: A plague vpon the Tyrant that I serue Example: […] a sad tyrant, as my friends the Democrats sometimes are. 5. A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly. Labels: broadly Example: I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt. Example: A pike (called the tyranne of fishes). 6. The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests. Example: The Tyrant... The courage of this little Bird is singular. Example: The lesser tyrants (Tyrannulae) are spread over the whole of America, where they represent the true flycatcher... The tyrants are bold and quarrelsome birds, particularly during the season of incubation.
Word: tyrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɹənt/ 1. Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant. Labels: uncommon Example: He was most tirant & cruell of all emperours. Example: Thus must I from the smoake into the smother, From tyrant Duke, vnto a tyrant Brother.
Word: tyrant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɹənt/ 1. To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Let thy judgment be king, but not tyrant over it 2. To tyrannize. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: xanthous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈzæn.θəs/ 1. Yellow-brown; yolk-colored. Labels: not-comparable Example: Absorbent fatty xanthous histiocytes and xanthous granulations are observed in the marginal area of necrosis of the fatty tissue[…] 2. Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The xanthous variety springs up out of every black-haired race. Example: […] the xanthous, or fair class, comprises those who have brown, auburn, yellow, flaxen, or red hair; […]
Word: tyranny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tirannye, from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, tyrania, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía, “tyranny”), from τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”). Pronunciation: /ˈtərəni/, /ˈtirəni/, /ˈtɪɹəni/, /ˈtaɪɹəni/, /ˈtɪəɹəni/ 1. A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Absolute power, or its use. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He that with ſhepheards and a litle ſpoyle, Durſt in diſdaine of wrong and tyrannie, Defend his freedome gainſt a Monarchie: What will he doe ſupported by a king? Example: Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression. 5. Extreme severity or rigour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trauma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɔː.mə/, /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/, /ˈtɹɔ.mə/, /ˈtɹɑ.mə/ 1. Any injury to the body of a living thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: insult (contextually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:injury Example: mild trauma 2. Any injury to the body of a living thing. Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable, usually Example: We're not talking about paper cuts or sprains here — we're talking about trauma. Example: Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. 3. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What these patients eventually realized was that they all had trauma that had fed into their addictions. Example: Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years. 4. An event that causes great distress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The earthquake here 14 years ago was a national trauma that still affects the economy today.
Word: tragedy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle English tragedie, from the Old French tragedie, from the Latin tragoedia, from the Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), possibly a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians, or according to Beekes possibly to a goat given as prize, though the etymology remains uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/, /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ə.di/ 1. A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The genre of such works, and the art of producing them. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]” Example: We saw a farmhouse burning down in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. And we rolled right past that tragedy 'till we turned into some road house lights.
Word: therapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/, /ˈθɜɹ.ə.pi/ 1. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: inclined bed therapy Example: It will be seen that we are introducing to our readers the subject of Kinesitherapy, in common with other therapies, and it is very proper that we should do so. 2. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a methodology, it provides a useful framework for evaluating the outcomes of therapy. Example: The existential approach to therapy is philosophical, involving exploration of what it means to be alive. 3. Healing power or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: therapy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/, /ˈθɜɹ.ə.pi/ 1. To treat with a therapy. Labels: rare, transitive Example: As is the case for therapying ectopic ACTH production, very high serum cortisol levels necessitate adrenolytic therapy with o,p'DDD (mitotane), metopirone, or aminogluthetimide. Example: There was no cytogenetic damage to the therapied or non-therapied regions in the buccal mucosa cells, as determined cytomorphologically. 2. To undergo a therapy. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Therapy has almost eliminated violence, and people are divided into groups — the "therapied" and the "un-therapied." Example: After a few years of talking about musicking, healthing, therapying, and so forth, most of us will have enough, I assume, and will not necessarily be in a new place.
Word: Theodore Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom Proto-Hellenic *dṓron Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron) Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros)bor. Latin Theodōruslbor. English Theodore Learned borrowing from Latin Theodōrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). The name was popularized in reference to the prominent St Theodore of Amasea. Unrelated to Theodoric. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.əˌdɔː/, /ˈθi.əˌdɔɹ/ 1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek]; the name of a saint, pope, several emperors, etc. Example: It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - "You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter." Example: 'Perfect. What name are we going to give him?' 'Theo.' 'Oh.' 'As in Theodore.' 'Isn't that rather a...?' He stopped. Smiled at her again. 'Why Theodore?' 'I like it. And it suits him. Maybe because it contains the sound 'adore'.' 2. A census-designated place in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
Word: Theodore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom Proto-Hellenic *dṓron Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron) Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros)bor. Latin Theodōruslbor. English Theodore Learned borrowing from Latin Theodōrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). The name was popularized in reference to the prominent St Theodore of Amasea. Unrelated to Theodoric. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.əˌdɔː/, /ˈθi.əˌdɔɹ/ 1. A fiador. Labels: US, regional
Word: telekinesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + -kinesis. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛləkɪˈniːsɪs/ 1. The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind. Labels: uncountable Example: Telekinetic energy, which has been variously designated as psychic force (Sir William Crookes), ectenic force (Professor Thury), and telekinesis (Professor Cowes), is demonstrably a power or faculty of the subjective mind. Example: And this brings me to a consideration of how the phenomena of telekinesis may conceivably be produced — granting that the phenomena are ever genuine at all. 2. An instance of use of such power. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taxidermy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtæksɪdɚmi/ 1. The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taxidermy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtæksɪdɚmi/ 1. To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal. Labels: transitive Example: Today's taxidermying is a combination of field work, calipers and Rodin. The hunters who get the animals for the leading museums of natural science bring 'em back dead, but measured within an inch of their lives […] Example: It is indeed true that in recent years the business of taxidermying cats and dogs for mourning owners has blossomed into some form of art, especially in the United States.
Word: aspect ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension. 2. The ratio of width to height in a flat surface or 2-dimensional abstract construction, such as an image, character, or pixel.
Word: ukulele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”). Pronunciation: /juː.kəˈleɪ.li/, /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/ 1. A small four-stringed guitar.
Word: ohana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻohana (“family, kin”). Pronunciation: /əˈhɑːnə/, /oʊˈhɑːnə/ 1. An extended Hawaiian family unit. Labels: Hawaii Example: [U]nder the leadership of Ka Lahui Hawai'i headed by attorney Mililani Trask, various Native Hawaiian organizations, ohanas, and individuals formed a loose coalition that some refer to as the Hawaiian Nation within a Nation. Example: The ancient Hawaiian society that began around the sixth century and lasted until around 1000 A.D. was based on the extended family group, the ʻohana, living and working cooperatively on the ahupuaʻa under the leadership of the most respected person in the group, the haku. Most members of the ohana were engaged in agriculture, some in fishing, and some were artisans who probably devoted most of their time to their crafts; undoubtedly others were all three.
Word: luau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian lūʻau. Replaced earlier paina (from pāʻina) and ahaaina (from ʻahaʻaina). Pronunciation: /ˈlu.aʊ/ 1. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment. Example: Other Americans and Europeans also made their way into court, drawn by its brilliant pageants and lavish lū‘au, or feasts. Example: MM: No secrets for him because he's the king of Hawaii. And so he said, "Do you want to come to a luau with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Whoopi Goldberg?"
Word: kahuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”). Pronunciation: /kəˈhuːnə/ 1. A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion. Labels: Hawaii Example: They were kāhuna, practitioners of the old Hawaiian religion, apparently offering themselves as sacrifices to appease the gods so that the queen would be restored. 2. A great surfer.
Word: hula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian hula. Pronunciation: /ˈhuːlə/, /ˈhulə/ 1. A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. Example: Under the rule of Kalākaua, they had revived the hula, which had been condemned by the missionaries.
Word: hula Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian hula. Pronunciation: /ˈhuːlə/, /ˈhulə/ 1. To dance the hula. Labels: intransitive
Word: haole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian haole. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊ.li/ 1. A non-Hawaiian, especially a person of white European ancestry. Labels: Hawaii, derogatory, sometimes Example: I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […] Example: And the white guy who ate Rice-A-Roni with butter was the haole who didn’t speak pidgin or eat real rice.
Word: akamai Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *qata-mai Hawaiian akamaibor. English akamai Borrowed from Hawaiian akamai (“smart”). 1. Smart, clever. Labels: Hawaii, not-comparable
Word: pahoehoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian pāhoehoe. Pronunciation: /pəˈhəʊihəʊi/, /pəˈhoʊ.i.hoʊ.i/, /pɑːˈhoʊ.eɪ.hoʊ.eɪ/ 1. A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa. Example: We [...] saw ‘pahoihoi’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers. Example: The twisty, ropy kind that personifies flow – all congealed motion – is called pahoehoe.
Word: adiabatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 19th-century coinage (introduced by W. J. M. Rankine in the 1860s) based on Ancient Greek ἀδιάβατος (adiábatos, “impassable”), used of terrain (rivers, forests) by Xenophon, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + διά (diá, “through”) + βατός (batós, “passable”), from βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.dɪəˈbæt.ɪk/, /ˌæd.ɪəˈbæt.ɪk/, /ˌeɪ.daɪ.əˈbæt.ɪk/ 1. Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). Labels: not-comparable Example: The line drawn on the indicator diagram in the latter case has been named by Professor Rankine an Adiabatic line, because it is defined by the condition that heat is not allowed to pass through (διαβαίνειν) the vessel which confines the substance. Example: Talk of dynamic compression and adiabatic gradients didn't carry as much weight as the certainty of its conscious intent. 2. Involving the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this section we examine the limiting cases when T is very small (sudden change) and very large (adiabatic change).
Word: adiabatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th-century coinage (introduced by W. J. M. Rankine in the 1860s) based on Ancient Greek ἀδιάβατος (adiábatos, “impassable”), used of terrain (rivers, forests) by Xenophon, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + διά (diá, “through”) + βατός (batós, “passable”), from βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.dɪəˈbæt.ɪk/, /ˌæd.ɪəˈbæt.ɪk/, /ˌeɪ.daɪ.əˈbæt.ɪk/ 1. An adiabatic curve or graph
Word: æon Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of aeon.
Word: aerobatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics. 1. The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. Labels: uncountable
Word: aerobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɛəˈɹəʊ.bɪk/, /ɛəˈɹoʊ.bɪk/, /əˈɹoʊ.bɪk/ 1. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria. Labels: not-comparable Example: The bacteria require an aerobic environment to grow. 2. Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to aerobics. Labels: not-comparable Example: She does aerobic exercise three times a week. Example: He joined an aerobic fitness class at the gym.
Word: aerodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos)der. English -drome English aerodrome * (aircraft): In the obsolete sense of “flying machine” coined by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley in 1897, from Ancient Greek ἀεροδρόμος (aerodrómos, “traversing the air”). * (airfield): In the sense of “airfield”, from aero- + -drome, a suffix formed in analogy with hippodrome (“horse racecourse”), from Ancient Greek. 1. An airfield. Example: As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes. 2. An airfield. Labels: Australia, Canada 3. An airfield. Example: Any person authorised by the Governor shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to any aerodrome other than a Royal Air Force aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting the aerodrome,[…]. Example: Apart from these aerodromes where ATC services have been established, a number of aerodromes exist where ATC services are not provided. In such cases the establishment of ATC services may be required by the aerodrome operators. 4. An airfield. Labels: UK 5. A flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly. Labels: obsolete Example: 1908 June 8, Nikola Tesla, Little Aeroplane Progress: So Says Nikola Tesla-But He Is Working on One of His Own, letter to The New York Times, Page 6, The Langley and Maxim aerodromes, which did not soar, were in my opinion better pieces of mechanism than their very latest imitations. Example: An aerodrome, chiefly of steel, weighing, apart from fuel and water, about twenty-four pounds, was launched on the Potomac River on May 6, 1896, and flew for over half a mile.
Word: aerodynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics English aerodynamics From aero- + dynamics. Compare French aérodynamique, German Aerodynamik, and Italian aerodinamica. 1. The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere. Labels: uncountable Example: He specializes in aerodynamics. 2. The aerodynamic properties of a particular object (typically a car or aircraft). Labels: uncountable Example: This type of airfoil doesn't have the right aerodynamics to achieve what they're trying to achieve. Example: However, it can also make the aerodynamics more difficult to control, and it becomes much harder to stop the nose of the car scraping against the surface of the track.
Word: aeronautics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French aéronautique or New Latin aeronauticus. Equivalent to aero- + -naut + -ics. Pronunciation: /ˌɛə.ɹəʊˈnɔː.tɪks/, /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.tɪks/, [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.ɾɪks], /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.tɪks/, [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.ɾɪks] 1. The design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects; the study of and control of how aviation works. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: aerodynamics, aviation 2. The theory and practice of aircraft navigation. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: aeronavigation Example: "Around the World in Eighty Days" once had so much appeal to the imagination that Jules Verne wrote a novel about it. The latest proposal is to girdle the globe in three months in a flying machine. The practicability of such a flight is here discussed by an expert. Mr. Woodhouse is a member of the Aero Club of America and managing editor of "Flying". ¶ When the Aero Club of America received the news that the Panama-Pacific International Exposition had decided to offer $300,000 in prize money for a ninety-day aircraft race around the world, no one connected with aeronautics laughed at the conception or called it the dream of a Verne or a Wells. A map of the course indicates that to circumaviate the globe will mean flights over mountains and deserts, through storms, and across seas. But formidable obstacles in all of these classifications have been surmounted before by airmen, and, of course, can be surmounted again.
Word: aesthete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἰσθητής (aisthētḗs, “one who perceives”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːs.θiːt/, /ˈɛs.θiːt/ 1. Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility. Labels: derogatory, often Example: I prefer to think of [literature] as providing a discipline of the sensibility—a special way of apprehending reality. But though I prefer such a conception, it gives rise to all sorts of misunderstandings […] To define literature in this fashion is to risk being called a mere aesthete and even an ecapist who refuses to face the harsh facts of life. Example: Because what the aesthete does is to say, “oh, I can transform any unpleasant experience into a moment of beauty.”
Word: aether Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiː.θə(ɹ)/, /ˈi.θɚ/, /ˈeɪ.θɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of ether. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: aetiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία (aitiología), from αἰτία (aitía, “cause”). By surface analysis, aetio- + -logy; Doublet of aetiologia. Pronunciation: /iː.tɪˈɒ.lə.dʒi/, /i.tiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I do not know where the idea first arose of enlisting internal (subjective) excitations of the sensory organs as well as external sensory stimuli; but it is in fact done in all the more recent accounts of the aetiology of dreams [translating Traumätiologie]. 2. The study of causes or causation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease. Labels: uncountable 4. A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes). Labels: countable
Word: agaric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-der. Ancient Greek Ἁγαρία (Hagaría) Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón)der. Latin agaricumlbor. English agaric From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus pomaceus”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡəɹɪk/, /əˈɡɑːɹɪk/, /əˈɡæɹɪk/ 1. Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. Example: […] these [commentators] were slight excrescences, mushrooms, champignons, that perished as the smoke of the dunghil evaporated, which reared them. A modern editor of Shakespeare is, on the contrary, a fungus attached to an oak; a male agaric of the most astringent kind, that, while it disfigures its form, may last for ages to disgrace the parent of its being. Example: Nobody cares for planting the poor fungus: so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores, any one of which, being preserved, transmits new billions of spores to-morrow or next day. 2. A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis). Example: Agarick to purge his flegme, lest he be too drowsie
Word: agrochemical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin agerder. English agro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English agrochemical From agro- + chemical. 1. A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops. Example: Villagers use the nematicides Furadan and Mocap mostly in banana cultivation, whereas Basudin and Sevin are the most frequently used agrochemicals applied exclusively on nonbanana crops. Example: A review of Syngenta’s strategy shows that Dr. Cresswell’s experience fits in with practices used by American competitors like Monsanto and across the agrochemical industry. 2. A compound or product derived from farmed plants.
Word: agrochemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin agerder. English agro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English agrochemical From agro- + chemical. 1. Relating to agrochemistry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ambrosia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós Proto-Hellenic *ə́mrətos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μβροτος (ắmbrotos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ (ămbrosĭ́ā)der. Latin ambrosialbor. English ambrosia From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”). Pronunciation: /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/ 1. The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality. Labels: Greek, Roman, countable, uncountable Example: He had a most intense admiration of female loveliness, and looked upon woman as a kind of super-angelic being, whose food should be the ambrosiæ and nectar of the gods, and whose garments the spotless white of vestal purity. 2. The anointing-oil of the gods. Labels: Greek, Roman, countable, uncountable 3. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A favorite. It’s refreshing now and will evolve into golden ambrosia with age. […] The dessert wines of the Loire Valley and AJsace also deserve recognition. From the Anjou area of the Loire come the ambrosiae of Savennières, Bonnezeaux, and Quarts de Chaume. 5. An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A dessert originating in the Southern United States made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A plant of the genus Ambrosia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their disease does not appear before August. At this time, throughout the entire United States one could say, not only in every field, in every meadow and in every forest, but even in the largest cities, there blooms the ambrosiæ, which are commonly known as ragweed; […] Example: Fig. 1.—Spiculated pollens of ragweeds (ambrosias) low in protein. […] In the cocklebur (Xanthium americanum) and the rough wild elder (Iva ciliata), the spicules are shorter, being 0.7 and 0.5 microns, and the reaction is proportionately less active than with the ragweeds (ambrosias). […] While the grass pollens have so light a coat that they are frequently crushed in the ordinary process of mounting, the ragweed (ambrosias) pollen grains resist pressure between two glass slides carried to the point of crushing the glass.
Word: anaerobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) French anaérobie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anaerobic From French anaérobie, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic. By surface analysis, an- + aerobic. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈɹoʊbɪk/ 1. Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to an anaerobe. Labels: not-comparable