nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bonce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to bonzer. Pronunciation: /bɒns/ 1. A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce. Labels: dated Example: Bonces, or very large stone marbles, made chiefly in Holland. Example: BONCE ABOUT is played with a big kind of marbles, called "bonces." The game does not require much skill. The first player puts down his bonce, and the second aims at it from a given distance. If he hits the bonce of the first player with his own, he wins a marble; if not, the first player aims at the bonce of the second, from the place where his own rests. Each time the bonces strike together, a marble is lost and won. […] The Dutch marbles of grey stone, sometimes stained with various colours, are the honest workable marbles for "shoot in the ring," and similar games. 2. A marble game played with bonces. Labels: dated Example: Bonce is played with very large marbles. One boy pitches his bonce, and another tries to strike it, each throwing by turns: if the bonce be struck, its owner pays a forfeit of one or more marbles, as agreed on. 3. The human head. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: Bonce (various), the head, called also "crust, chump." From bonce, a marble of larger size than ordinary, used by boys. Example: To see Nina herself Nick had to crane round the big white bonce of Norman Kent, who was as sensitive to music as he was to conservatives, and kept shifting in his seat.
Word: New Man Part of Speech: noun 1. A man who, rejecting sexist attitudes and traditional conceptions of masculinity, aims to be caring and sensitive, and to take a substantial role in the domestic routine. Example: When [Norman] Schwartzkopf shed a public tear for the Americans killed, wounded and captured in the 1990–91 Gulf War, he was roundly praised as a New Man.
Word: easternmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English eastern Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English easternmost From eastern + -most. 1. Farthest east. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cyprus is currently the easternmost country in the European Union. Example: On the easternmost edge of Western Australia, where it borders South Australia, the official time in the tiny town of Eucla is 45 minutes ahead of the rest of Western Australia (WA) and 45 minutes behind Southern^([sic]) Australia (SA).
Word: northernmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English northern Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English northernmost From northern + -most. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.ðənˌməʊst/, /ˈnɔɹ.ðɚnˌmoʊst/ 1. Farthest north. Labels: not-comparable Example: Alaska is the northernmost American state. Example: Thailand’s northernmost province is the best place to see the famed (and infamous) Golden Triangle.
Word: southernmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English southern Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English southernmost From southern + -most. 1. Farthest south. Labels: not-comparable Example: South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. Example: Historically, the southernmost Scandinavian nation has tended to be Euroskeptic, Friis told CNN, never feeling European at heart.
Word: New World Order Part of Speech: name Etymology: Popularized by H. G. Wells in the book The New World Order in 1940. 1. A vision for the world in which greater peace and stability is achieved through a new political order. Example: Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup. 2. A supposed planned rule of the world by a secret global elite. Example: She [Urvashi Vaid] also called Supreme Court justices "unqualified, sexist henchmen of the new world order.
Word: new world order Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of New World Order. Labels: alt-of
Word: westernmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English western Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English westernmost From western + -most. 1. Farthest west. Labels: not-comparable Example: Zeeland is the westernmost province of the Netherlands.
Word: niche market Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively small and specialist, yet profitable, market.
Word: niche marketing Part of Speech: noun 1. The finding and exploitation of niche markets. Labels: uncountable
Word: restoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: foreskin restoration Example: The restoration of this painting will take years. 2. The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis). Labels: countable Example: These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal. 3. The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell. Example: The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco. 4. The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment. Example: The restoration of capitalism in Eastern Europe made way for improvement in human rights. 5. The receiving of a sinner to divine favor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: no-fly Part of Speech: adj 1. In which aircraft are forbidden to fly. Labels: not-comparable 2. Who are forbidden to board an aircraft. Labels: not-comparable
Word: malice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”). Pronunciation: /ˈmælɪs/ 1. Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Your voice positively drips malice. Example: […] not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead. 2. An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The question that would have been before the jury was whether Fox committed “actual malice” in airing the claims. That required Dominion to show whether key decision makers were aware the claims were false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.
Word: malice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”). Pronunciation: /ˈmælɪs/ 1. To intend to cause harm; to bear malice. Example: Thou blinded God (quod I) forgive me this offence, / Unwittingly I went about, to malice thy pretence. Example: Who on the other ſide did ſeeme ſo farre / From malicing, or grudging his good houre, / That, all he could, he graced him with her, / Ne euer ſhewed ſigne of rancour or of iarre.
Word: no-fly zone Part of Speech: noun 1. An airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly. Example: Mr. Zelensky said he had asked Mr. Scholz and Mr. Macron to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Example: This photograph by Timothy Gentry is rare, as there is normally a no-fly zone for drones near the disused power station, but Civil Aviation Authority permission was obtained for this picture.
Word: okta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octa-. Pronunciation: /ˈɒktə/ 1. One eighth of the total area of the celestial dome; used as a measure of cloudiness (one okta means that one eighth of the sky is obscured, two oktas that one quarter is obscured, and so on). Example: ...64% of the low- and 50% of the high-cloud amount differences were within ± 1 okta, although many of these successes (71% in the low-cloud amount) were for cases of totally clear or totally cloudy skies. Example: ‘Fog is traditional for the season and cloud is anticipated at six to seven oktas, sir.’
Word: infinitesimal calculus Part of Speech: noun 1. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered together as a single subject. Labels: uncountable
Word: no-go Part of Speech: adj 1. Not functioning properly. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not to be entered. Labels: not-comparable Example: They lived in a no-go part of the ghetto. Example: The noise and drunkenness made the area a no-go zone at night for families. 3. That should not go (i.e., enter or engage) if the size of the part being measured is properly achieved. Labels: not-comparable Example: no-go gauge Example: This bore is no good: the no-go pin is flying right into the first half of it.
Word: no-go Part of Speech: noun 1. A no-go gauge. Labels: colloquial Example: There's your problem right there. See how that no-go slips right into the hole? The whole thing is scrap, unfortunately. 2. Alternative form of no go. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let. Pronunciation: /liːt/ 1. An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace. Example: His paws rested on a sunken branch. The water moved down, clouded with the mud-stirrings of the leat. He lay so still that the trout returned to their stances beside the stone sterlings.
Word: I don't think Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /aɪ dəʊnt θɪŋk/, /aː doʊnt θɪŋk/ 1. used after a statement to indicate an emphatic or ironic negative Example: There are lots of good things to watch on the telly tonight - I don't think!
Word: not-for-profit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From not + for-profit. 1. Providing goods or services, but not for the purpose of making a profit. Labels: not-comparable Example: For-profit capitalism has created social and economic inequality; successful not-for-profit businesses including Mozilla and the Big Issue point to an alternative path[.] Example: Formerly ^([sic – meaning Formally]) known as the Rail Safety and Standards Board, the not-for-profit organisation's remit includes managing and developing Railway Group Standards on behalf of the rail industry, leading the development of long-term safety strategy, and supporting cross-industry groups that address major areas of safety risk.
Word: not-for-profit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From not + for-profit. 1. A not-for-profit company or organization.
Word: central nervous system Part of Speech: noun 1. In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord. Example: Near-synonym: neuraxis (sometimes synonymous)
Word: October surprise Part of Speech: noun 1. An occurrence that unexpectedly comes to public attention just prior to a November election, especially a presidential election, and that is likely to affect the outcome. Labels: US
Word: derived function Part of Speech: noun 1. Of a function, another function, the value of which for any value of the independent variable is the instantaneous rate of change of the given function at that value of the independent variable.
Word: Of- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the first syllable of office. 1. A regulatory body for a specified industry. Labels: UK, morpheme
Word: studious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin studiōsus. First recorded in English c. 1350. Pronunciation: /ˈstuːdi.əs/, /ˈstjuːdi.əs/ 1. Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative. 2. Dedicated to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books Example: a studious scholar 3. Earnest in endeavors; attentive; diligent Example: be studious to please Example: She is studious to find new friends and allies 4. Planned with study; deliberate; studied. 5. Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation Example: the studious shade
Word: OMOV Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of one man, one vote. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of one member, one vote. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OMOV Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Omo virus, a strain of the Qalyub virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: open system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system allowing hardware and software from different manufacturers to be used together seamlessly. 2. A system that can exchange both matter and energy with its surroundings.
Word: opto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Ancient Greek ὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der. English opto- From Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós, “sight, seen, visible”), from ὄψεσθαι (ópsesthai, “to be going to see”). 1. optical Labels: morpheme
Word: opt-out Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opt + out. 1. Requiring a person or organization to choose explicitly to avoid or forbid something; tending to include by default; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising. Labels: not-comparable Example: With opt-out forms, take care to uncheck all unwanted selections.
Word: opt-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opt + out. 1. The act of opting out of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It [Greenpeace] also says that tax exemptions should be phased out for airlines, including the opt-outs that low-cost carriers currently have from paying VAT or fuel duty on kerosene. 2. A school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control. Labels: UK, countable 3. A regional broadcast that other stations in the network may elect not to include. Labels: countable Example: National television channels (descendant network) with regional or local slots or opt-outs: […] Example: There is no limitation to the number of regional and local opt-outs that France 3 can operate; nor are there any guidelines in the channel's remit as to the length and content of such news programmes.
Word: arithmetic progression Part of Speech: noun 1. A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by adding a constant value, known as the common difference of the arithmetic progression.
Word: Orimulsion Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally a trade name, from Orinoco and emulsion. 1. An emulsion of bitumen in water, used as an industrial fuel.
Word: emulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”). 1. A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible. Example: Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed. Example: When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second. 2. A colloid in which both phases are liquid. Labels: physical 3. The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
Word: emulsion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”). 1. To paint with emulsion paint. Labels: transitive
Word: orzo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian orzo (“barley”), from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”). Doublet of orgeat and horchata. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːzəʊ/, /ˈɔːtsəʊ/, /ˈɔɹzoʊ/, /ˈɔɹtsoʊ/ 1. A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of rice or barley; often used in soups. Labels: uncountable
Word: outplacement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English placement English outplacement From out- + placement. 1. the process of helping to find new employment for redundant workers, especially executives Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plus-minus sign Part of Speech: noun 1. the symbol ±, meaning "plus or minus", used to indicate the precision of an approximation (as in "The result is 10 ± 0.3", meaning the result is anywhere in the inclusive range from 9.7 to 10.3), or as a convenient shorthand for a quantity with two possible values of opposing sign and identical magnitude (as in "The roots of the equation x²-4=0 are ±2").
Word: colloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλλᾰ (kóllă)der. Vulgar Latin colla French colle Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der. French -oïde French colloïde English colloid From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlɔɪd/ 1. Glue-like; gelatinous. Example: colloid tumours
Word: colloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλλᾰ (kóllă)der. Vulgar Latin colla French colle Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der. French -oïde French colloïde English colloid From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlɔɪd/ 1. A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles. Labels: physical 2. An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium). 3. A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Word: minus-plus sign Part of Speech: noun 1. the symbol ∓, meaning "minus or plus", used alongside the plus-minus sign to show that a negative value is to be taken where the positive value is indicated by the plus-minus sign, and vice versa (as in (x ± 1) / (x ∓ 2), which means (x + 1) / (x - 2) and (x - 1) / (x + 2).
Word: cuneate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cuneātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. wedge-shaped. 2. wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base. 3. having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base.
Word: grandiloquently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grandiloquent Middle English -ly English -ly English grandiloquently From grandiloquent + -ly. 1. showing grandiloquence
Word: impairment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English empeirement, empeyrement, emparement, from Anglo-Norman empairement, emperement, enpeirement, from Old French ampirement, anpirement, enperement, equivalent to impair + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛəmənt/, /ɪmˈpɛɹmənt/, /ɪmˈpeːmənt/ 1. The result of being impaired. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A deterioration or weakening. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle. 3. A disability or handicap. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: visual impairment 4. A loss or absence of baseline human functioning that may lead to a disability. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An inefficient part or factor. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A downward revaluation, a write-down. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ligule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ligula. 1. A strap-shaped structure. 2. A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present. 3. In many grasses (Poaceae) and some sedges (Cyperaceae), the membranous appendage or ring of hairs projecting from the inner side of a leaf at the junction between the blade and the sheath.
Word: brawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”). Pronunciation: /bɹɔːn/, /bɹɔn/, /bɹɑn/ 1. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Physical strength; muscularity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The builders at the site had more brawn than brain. Example: The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily. 3. Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Now if your Majesty would have our bristles To bind your mortar with, or fill our colons With rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles, In policy—ask else your royal Solons— You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw, And sties well thatched; besides it is the law! Example: It was brawn and shape for high tea. 4. A boar. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: And loud as brawns wer [they] snoring, Example: THE village of Brancepath, pleasantly situated at the distance of four miles and three- quarters south-west by west of Durham, is said to have derived its name (a corruption of Brawn's-path) from a brawn of vast size, [...]
Word: brawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”). Pronunciation: /bɹɔːn/, /bɹɔn/, /bɹɑn/ 1. Make fat, especially of a boar. Labels: transitive 2. Become fat, especially of a boar. Labels: intransitive
Word: -rama Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: A libfix, a modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus indirectly derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight, spectacle”). 1. Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound. Labels: morpheme Example: camera → camerarama or Example: future → futurama (formed by eliding the e and merging the two rs into one)
Word: petiole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pétiole, and its source, Late Latin petiolus (“little foot”), diminutive form of Latin pēs (“foot”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti.əʊl/, /ˈpɛti.oʊl/ 1. The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem. Example: Most insects consume tissue from the leaf blade were measured just past the twist on the side away only, leaving the leaf petioles unscathed. Example: By contrast, the petioles of large pinnate leaves, as well as stems, typically resist torsion by placing stiff materials with high elastic moduli (like sclerenchyma) toward the perimeters of their cross sections. 2. A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps. 3. The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
Word: desport Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disporten, from Anglo-Norman and Old French desporter, deporter (“to take pleasure”). 1. To disport. 2. To amuse oneself; to make a public display of oneself.
Word: -orama Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from panorama and cyclorama (which are modern coinages, not Greek words), and thus from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight”, “spectacle”), in turn evolved from the Proto-Indo-European *wer-, meaning to perceive or look out for. 1. Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning "wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) "surfeit of", "overattention to", or "exaggerated praise of" the first. Labels: morpheme
Word: anthroposophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + -sophy, from Renaissance Latin anthroposophia (attested in Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, d. 1535, and Thomas Vaughan, d. 1666), popularized from the 1910s via German Anthroposophie (Rudolf Steiner, 1861–1925). Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/, /ˌænθɹəˈpɒsəfi/ 1. Knowledge or understanding of human nature. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. A philosophy founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as Anthroposophy), postulating the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development. Labels: uncountable Example: Anthroposophy was having definite effects. I couldn't take any of this to heart. Other-worldliness tinged it all and every little while my spirit seemed to dissociate itself.
Word: hoard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”). For the meaning development, compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”). Pronunciation: /hɔɹd/, /hɔːd/, /ho(ː)ɹd/, /hoəd/ 1. A hidden supply or fund. Example: a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money Example: Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […] 2. A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
Word: hoard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English horden, from Old English hordian, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn. Pronunciation: /hɔɹd/, /hɔːd/, /ho(ː)ɹd/, /hoəd/ 1. To amass, usually for one's own private collection. Labels: transitive Example: The days have vanish’d, tone and tint, ⁠And yet perhaps the hoarding sense ⁠Gives out at times (he knows not whence) A little flash, a mystic hint; […] Example: Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […] 2. To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use. Labels: transitive
Word: hoard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hord, whorde, from Anglo-Norman hurde and Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”), from Middle Dutch horde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi (“wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”). Pronunciation: /hɔɹd/, /hɔːd/, /ho(ː)ɹd/, /hoəd/ 1. A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction). 2. A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice. Example: Eventually, the wooden hoards gave way to similar stone constructions called bretèches. These served exactly the same purpose as the hoard, sometimes being built over the same corbel brackets that had once supported hoards[…] 3. A hoarding (billboard).
Word: hoard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɔɹd/, /hɔːd/, /ho(ː)ɹd/, /hoəd/ 1. Misspelling of horde. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: landlord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”). Pronunciation: /ˈlænd.lɔːd/, /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/ 1. A person that leases real property; a lessor. Example: Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie, Then to haue this difference in degrees: The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees. So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […] 2. The owner or manager of a public house. Labels: UK Example: When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows. 3. A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. Labels: slang, with-definite-article Example: the lurking presence of “The Landlord”
Word: landlord Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”). Pronunciation: /ˈlænd.lɔːd/, /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/ 1. To lease real property; to act as a lessor. Labels: rare, transitive Example: All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists. Example: cannot admit realization of realities without admitting a changed view of the world she landlords.
Word: caudex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin caudex (“tree trunk”, “tree stem”); compare codex. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdɛks/ 1. An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
Word: chorion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹiɑn/ 1. The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. Example: 2002, Rovert E. A. Stewart, Barbara E. Stewart, Female Reproductive Systems, entry in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, page 425, The allantois fuses with the chorion, forming a small round area, the allentochorion. This region becomes the placenta (Fig. 3). Example: In this illustration, some license is taken, since the amnion is shown as still separate from the chorion; this is done to illustrate the process of apposition of the amniotic sac to the chorion and to accentuate the interposition of the yolk sac between the amnion and the chorion. 2. The outer case of an insect egg. Example: The chorion has a predominantly lamellar structure, the lamellae being two-dimensional networks of protein fibrils. Example: Even closely related species may have chorions differing in thickness. In the silkmoths, for example, the chorion of Bombyx is about 25 μm thick while that of Hyalophora is 55 μm thick. 3. The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
Word: lagom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish lagom (“just right”). 1. The philosophy or ethos of trying to achieve balance in one's life. Labels: uncountable Example: Lagom seems to be fighting a losing battle against a world run by the instant gratification of social media, where we all want to be seen and be heard. Example: The typical Scandinavian home is the very essence of lagom. It's neither too sparse nor too fussy, neither overly minimalist nor overdone.
Word: corticate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin corticatus. 1. sheathed in bark or in a cortex Labels: not-comparable
Word: corticate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin corticatus. 1. Any of the common ancestors of Plantae and Chromista (or chromalveolates or other grouping of similar organisms).
Word: overdoor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English door English overdoor From over- + door. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)dɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A decoration, usually a painting, that is placed above a doorway.
Word: overdoor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English door English overdoor From over- + door. Pronunciation: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Located above a door. Labels: not-comparable Example: an overdoor lamp unit
Word: convenor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From convene + -or. 1. One who assembles people for an official or public purpose. Example: With nearly 40 people, the team is getting too large to meet in anyone's apartment for support meetings. With difficulty we break into smaller groups meeting on different nights. Later called "pods," these groups of eight to ten people are facilitated by two convenors. 2. A lecturer who takes on the mantle of managing a specific course. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK
Word: corbelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corbel + -ed. 1. Having corbels.
Word: pyrotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Caustic. 2. of, or having to do with heartburn.
Word: pyrotic Part of Speech: noun 1. A caustic substance or remedy.
Word: karst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“hard; rock”). More at Karst. The metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene. Pronunciation: /kɑːst/, /kɑɹst/ 1. A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage. Example: In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming. Example: The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.
Word: shabrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish çaprak, Ottoman Turkish چاپراق. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈbɹæk/ 1. The saddlecloth of a cavalry horse. Example: Oudet and Papilette, two of the best sub-officers in the regiment, were at their head. When I had them formed up in fours, all in silver grey and upon chestnut horses, with their leopard skin shabracks and their little red panaches, my heart beat high at the sight.
Word: WCG Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌdʌbəljuːˌsiːˈd͡ʒiː/ 1. Initialism of wide color gamut. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. World Cyber Games 3. Worldwide Church of God
Word: malefic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin maleficus. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛfɪk/ 1. Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful. Example: Wormwood [...] was associated with the rites of St. John's Eve, when a crown of the plant was made from its sprays for apotropaic purposes, to ward of malefic spirits. Example: I would have liked to know whether he thought this was due to the climate, the diet, or simply malefic djinns.
Word: malefic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin maleficus. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛfɪk/ 1. A malefic planet. Example: In the previous condition of overcoming, it was notable that while the malefics could only maltreat by overcoming through a superior sign-based square, the benefics could bonify by overcoming through a superior square or trine.
Word: grot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑt/, /ɡɹɒt/ 1. A grotto. Labels: poetic Example: She took me to her elfin grot, / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four. Example: Those of Luxembourg and Rohan even falsified their genealogies for that purpose; and the house of Sassenage, though it might claim its descent from a monarch, preferred Melusinc, and to gratify them it was feigned that when she quitted Lusignan she retired to the grot of Sassenage, in Dauphiny.
Word: grot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from grotty. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑt/, /ɡɹɒt/ 1. Any unpleasant substance or material. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable 2. A miserable person. Labels: UK, countable, slang
Word: grotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt. The Philippine sense is from the holy cave in Lourdes, France. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/, /ˈɡɹɑ.toʊ/ 1. A small cave. 2. An artificial cavern-like retreat. Example: ...But, while we are waiting for the temple, can you not show us the altar?—we want to see your grotto." Pope desired nothing better than to show his new toy, and led the way to the pretty and fanciful cave, which was but just finished. 3. A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure. 4. A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club. Example: An earlier attempt to organize a grotto in the Indiana, PA, area in the mid-1970s failed to succeed, but from it developed the informal Chestnut Ridge Explorers Association. Example: By the mid-1940s members of local grottos (regional clubs of cavers within the National Speleological Society) were exploring Porcupine Cave (Bloch, 1946). 5. A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists. 6. A garden or roadside shrine with a small cave containing a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary (usually Our Lady of Lourdes and sometimes paired with a water feature) Labels: Philippines
Word: ICBW Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I could be wrong. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: If it's the one I think it is (ICBW) it's just a long long sequence of moves back and forth. A very dull solution, an example of the kind of work that computers are best used for.
Word: bulla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlə/, [ˈbʊ.ɫə] 1. A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as 2. A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as: 3. A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents. 4. In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss. Labels: historical 5. A handwritten document from the papal chancellery. Labels: historical 6. Any of several hollow structures as features of bones. Example: auditory bulla; ethmoid bulla 7. Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.
Word: bulla Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlə/, [ˈbʊ.ɫə] 1. A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Spansule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of span + capsule, originally a proprietary name. 1. A capsule designed to release drugs at a steady rate over a period of hours; a sustained-release capsule. Example: 1971: Huge white spansules. I went into the men's room to eat mine. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 66) Example: Dexedrine Spansule, a long-acting formulation of dextroamphetamine sulfate most commonly used to treat ADHD
Word: intravascular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English vascular English intravascular From intra- + vascular. 1. Pertaining to anything inside blood vessels, including the internal surface of veins and arteries. Labels: not-comparable
Word: schroff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian صراف (sarâf) or Urdu صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Pronunciation: /ʃɹɒf/ 1. A banker or moneychanger. Labels: India 2. Alternative form of shroff: A cashier's office or booth. Labels: Hong-Kong, alt-of, alternative Example: Pay your bill at the schroff.
Word: protogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proto- + -genic. 1. Of or pertaining to an early or original race or lineage; primitive. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to crystalline or fire-formed rocks. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to intercellular spaces formed within undifferentiated plant tissues. Labels: not-comparable 4. A system/dissociative identity that has existed from birth Labels: not-comparable
Word: gigajoule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + joule. 1. An SI unit of energy equal to 10⁹ joules. Symbol: GJ
Word: Ukraina Part of Speech: name 1. Rare form of Ukraine. Labels: form-of, rare Example: We call upon the workers throughout the world to insist that the people of Ukraina, Finland and the Russian border provinces, now under the heel of junkerdom, must receive freedom and self-determination. Example: Ukrainian proper, the “Ukrainian dialect of the Ukrainian language,” is spoken in the outer forest fringe and in the parkland from the environs of Lvov (Lemberg) to the eastern limits of Ukraina and in all places colonised by natives of this belt. A line drawn from Kiev to Lvov may be regarded as the central axis of this dialect before its steppeward expansion. It coincides with the political and cultural axis of medieval (13-16th centuries) Ukraina.
Word: ef Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛf/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter F/f. Example: I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
Word: ef Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ˈɛf/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of if, representing dialectal English. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Captain Tom would have hired him to hunt down his own child, ef Rosebud hadn’t interfered.
Word: titter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in Middle English titering (“hesitation, vacillation”)), probably a frequentative of Middle English titten (“to waver”), related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɪtɚ/, [ˈtɪɾɚ] 1. To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement. Example: 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn Part First: The Sicilian's Tale - King Robert of Sicily A group of tittering pages ran before. Example: "Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?" 2. To teeter; to seesaw. Labels: obsolete
Word: titter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in Middle English titering (“hesitation, vacillation”)), probably a frequentative of Middle English titten (“to waver”), related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɪtɚ/, [ˈtɪɾɚ] 1. A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle. Example: April 21, 1811, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance.
Word: titter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɪtɚ/, [ˈtɪɾɚ] 1. A woman's breast. Labels: in-plural, slang, vulgar Example: Flesh Gordon 2 - I remember that this one was chock full of big titters. Many of them looked like the natural variety, as well. Example: there was an old lady from raleigh who was so doggone nasty by golly just squeezin her titters you'd pick up some critters and bathe twice in one month for your folly 2. A girl or young woman. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: David […] was a man peculiarly after God's own heart, had plenty of wives, and, when he got old and shaky, and there were doubts about his virility, the prophet of the Lord told him to go and get a young "titter" — a capable young woman — to test him, and see if the fires of his passion had gone out, and to keep him warm if they had. There is the Bible for you.
Word: micromanage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from micromanagement, equivalent to micro- + manage. 1. To manage, direct, or control a person, group, or system to an unnecessary level of detail or precision. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The employees complained that their boss was micromanaging when she insisted that they account for their time in fifteen-minute intervals. Example: Howard, who did not have a vote on the issue, said his support of the ordinance comes from a deep desire to keep LaVerkin free from those who want to micromanage its resources and land.
Word: godforsaken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From god + forsaken. Pronunciation: /ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn/ 1. Abandoned by a deity or God. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Desolate, boring and depressing. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, usually Example: I wanted nothing more than to get out of that godforsaken place without delay.
Word: wind up Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /waɪnd ˈʌp/ 1. Alternative form of wind-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative