nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: polyphenolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English polyphenol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English polyphenolic From polyphenol + -ic. 1. A polyphenol, or derivative
Word: phytoestrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der. Latin oestrusbor. English estrus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English estro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English estrogen English phytoestrogen From phyto- + estrogen. Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪ.təʊˈiː.stɹəd͡ʒ.ən/, /ˌfaɪ.toʊˈɛ.stɹəd͡ʒ.ən/ 1. A substance found in certain plants (such as genistein) which can produce effects like that of the hormone estrogen when ingested into the body. Example: Furthermore, Kumar et al. investigated the synergistic effects of three phytoestrogens (genistein, quercetin and biochanin A) and found that these phytoestrogens in combination had a more potent inhibitory effect on androgen-responsive prostate cancer cell growth in vitro. Example: “Overall, we did not find an association between phytoestrogens and night sweats,” Muka said, though a single experiment with red clover found a reduction in the frequency of night sweats. This is insufficient, though, to draw any firm conclusions. “A main concern of our study was the length of follow-up,” Muka said. Since most of the research included just 12 to 16 weeks of follow-up, he and his colleagues cannot define the long-term effects of phytoestrogen and whether they might have adverse effects over time.
Word: menadione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English me(thyl) Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphth(a) English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English na(phthalene) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English dione English menadione From me(thyl) + na(phthalene) + dione. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛn.əˈdʌɪ.əʊn/, /ˌmɛn.əˈdaɪˌoʊn/ 1. A synthetic yellow compound C₁₁H₈O₂ with the biological activity of natural vitamin K menaquinone, used to treat hemorrhage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: syndic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der. Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos)bor. Late Latin syndicuslbor. French syndicbor. English syndic Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“syndic, representative of a corporation or town”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together, with”) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪndɪk/ 1. A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland. Example: The Bailiffes and Syndicks of Merindoll appeare the ſecond time. Example: [T]he two Syndicks and the reſt of the Magiſtrates of that City began to pry more narrowly into their ſtay, and more neerely into their actions; […] 2. An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties. Labels: UK Example: In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property. Example: The University of Cambridge has syndics who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees and the framing of laws. 3. A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community. Example: The larger powers with which the syndic was invested by Martin IV and by his successors, Martin V ("Constitutiones Martinianae") in Wadding, "Annales", X, 301) and Paul IV ("Ex Clementi", 1 July, 1555), gave rise to the appellation syndicus Martinianus in contradistinction to syndicus communis.
Word: naphthoquinone Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: syringes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See syringe. Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒɪz/, /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒɪz/, /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of syringe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syringes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sȳringes. Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiːz/, /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiz/, /sə-/ 1. plural of syrinx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenobarbitone Part of Speech: noun 1. A barbiturate drug used as a sedative. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phenylbutazone Part of Speech: noun 1. An anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug used to treat arthritis and gout. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plastoquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plasto- English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English plastoquinone From plasto- + quinone. 1. a quinone, related to the carotenoids, involved in the electron transport process of photosynthesis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prednisolone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prednis(-ol)one. Pronunciation: /pɹɛdˈnɪs.ə.ləʊn/, /pɹɛdˈnɪs.əˌloʊn/ 1. A synthetic glucocorticoid C₂₁H₂₈O₅ that is a dehydrogenated analog of cortisol and is used especially as an anti-inflammatory drug. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glucocorticoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. New Latinder. English gluco- English corticoid English glucocorticoid From gluco- + corticoid. 1. Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.
Word: prednisone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin praegnāns Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English pre(gnane) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- French -ènebor. English -ene English d(ie)ne Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English -sterone English corticosterone English (cort)isone English prednisone From pre(gnane) + d(ie)ne + (cort)isone. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.nɪ.zəʊn/, /ˈpɹɛd.nɪˌsoʊn/ 1. A glucocorticoid C₂₁H₂₆O₅ that is a dehydrogenated analog of cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukemia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rotenone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese ローテン (rōten) + -one (“ketone”), from Hokkien 蘆藤 /芦藤 (lôo-tîn, “Derris elliptica”). 1. A toxic crystalline substance obtained from the roots of derris and related plants, widely used as an insecticide. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cryophilic phenotype of the atu mutant was alleviated to some extent by administering rotenone, a pharmacological inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, but not tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea that stimulates metabolic rate by raising the lymphatic concentration of glucose.
Word: semiquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English semiquinone From semi- + quinone. 1. An intermediate free radical generated in the conversion of quinones to/from hydroquinones.
Word: sulfone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of organic compounds that have a sulfonyl functional group attached to two carbon atoms; drugs of this structure have been used to treat leprosy.
Word: sulphone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sulfone. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: sulfonyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sulfonic Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English sulfonyl From sulfonic + -yl. 1. The bivalent radical or functional group -SO₂- 2. Any univalent radical derived from a sulfonic acid
Word: sulphonyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sulfonyl. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: trimethadione Part of Speech: noun 1. An anticonvulsant drug used to control epilepsy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ubiquinone Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several isoprenyl quinones that have a role in cellular respiration
Word: tabes dorsalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tabes + dorsalis, "tabes of the back". Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbiːz dɔːˈseɪlɪs/ 1. tabes of the back; a degeneration of the sensory neurons of the spinal cord carrying afferent information. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. neurosyphilis in the form of such degeneration. Labels: countable, often, uncountable Example: Malcolm X: the death of terminal fibrillation, as elegant as the trembling of hands in tabes dorsalis [...]. Example: [I told her] of patients with neurosyphilis, tabes dorsalis, who had similar symptoms, but confined to the legs.
Word: talion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French talion, from Latin talis (“such”). Pronunciation: /ˈtalɪən/ 1. Retaliation; retribution. Labels: uncountable Example: Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy.
Word: diminution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō. Pronunciation: /dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/ 1. A lessening, decrease or reduction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution. Example: Another part, feeling a diminution of confidence in him, still hope that the general tenor of his conduct will be essentially right. 2. The act or process of making diminutive. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (soba). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊbə/, /ˈsoʊbə/, /ˈsɐʉbɘ/ 1. A Japanese buckwheat noodle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soba Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional community leader in Angola.
Word: vod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of VoD (“video on demand”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: listlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English lystles English listless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English listlessly From listless + -ly. 1. In a listless manner; without energy or enthusiasm. Example: The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly. Example: And as a child stares at the bare walls of a narrow hut, so the gods looked all listlessly upon the worlds, saying: “Will no new thing be?”
Word: fal Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of fall. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: By chaunce, in Livias modest company; / When, after the god-saving ceremony, / For want of talke-stuffe, fals to foinery; / Out goes his rapier, and to Livia / He shewes the ward by puncta reversa
Word: lithely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lithe Middle English -ly English -ly English lithely From lithe + -ly. 1. In a lithe manner.
Word: litigiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English litigious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English litigiousness From litigious + -ness. 1. Property of being litigious, of tending to resort to legal means such as lawsuits. Labels: uncountable Example: His litigiousness won him almost as few friends as it won him cases.
Word: litterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litter + -er. 1. One who litters.
Word: litters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: litters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of litter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: loader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From load + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊdɚ/ 1. Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. Labels: agent, form-of Example: There was only one loader for the truck today so it took him a long time to get everything moved. Example: The auto-loader on the gun kept jamming so they did it manually. 2. A program that prepares other programs for execution. 3. A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc. 4. A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 5. An incentive given to a dealer. Example: Unique point-of-purchase materials and display loaders dramatically contribute to the display's attention-getting ability. Example: Marketers use dealer loaders to obtain new distributors and push larger quantities of goods. 6. Synonym of data wrangler Labels: slang
Word: lividly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-der. Proto-Italic *slīwēō Latin līveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin līvidusder. Middle French lividebor. Middle English livid English livid Middle English -ly English -ly English lividly From livid + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvɪdliː/ 1. In a way that is livid. Example: He was so enraged that he screamed lividly for fifteen minutes.
Word: loathsomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English loathsome Middle English -ly English -ly English loathsomely From loathsome + -ly. 1. In a way that is loathsome.
Word: loather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loathe + -er. 1. One who loathes.
Word: dortoir Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)twɑː/ 1. Alternative form of dorter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish tánaiste (“second-in-command”). Doublet of Tánaiste. Pronunciation: /ˈtænɪst/ 1. The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann. Labels: historical Example: Lover, for her love he prowled with colonel Richard Burke, tanist of his sept, under the walls of Clerkenwell and, crouching, saw a flame of vengeance hurl them upward in the fog. Example: In 1570 Dermot died at 'his own house' of Castle Inch. His brother and tanist, Cormac Mac Teige (fourteenth Lord), succeeded him (Ó Murchadha, p. 16).
Word: tantara Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /tæntəˈɹɑː/ 1. Alternative form of tarantara. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tantara Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tæntəˈɹɑː/ 1. Alternative form of tarantara. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘Hail!’ Her clear cry echoed off the cliffs like a tantara, and was answered at once by one thrilling shout from a myriad of voices: ‘Hail!’
Word: tapu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori tapu. Doublet of kapu. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːpuː/ 1. Alternative form of taboo. Labels: New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites.
Word: tapu Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Māori tapu. Doublet of kapu. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːpuː/ 1. Alternative form of taboo. Labels: New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative Example: Tapuing seeds and fields are types of the English laws for protecting out-door property; women tapued to men is matrimony; tapuing sick persons is analogous to the quarantine orders against lepers, the plague and the yellow fever.
Word: lobed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lobe Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English lobed From lobe + -ed. Pronunciation: /loʊbd/, /ləʊbd/ 1. Having lobes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: louvered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From louver + -ed. 1. Having louvers. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: lustiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lusty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lustiness From lusty + -ness. 1. The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lushness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lush Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lushness From lush + -ness. 1. The property of being lush. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lushness of the jungle impeded travel; it seemed plants deliberately tried to slow us down. Example: Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness.
Word: lucidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lūcidus English lucid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lucidness From lucid + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈluːsɪdnəs/ 1. The property of being lucid; lucidity. Labels: uncountable Example: The lucidness of his answers argued against his being insane or confused. Example: Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor.
Word: lucidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid + -ity. Pronunciation: /l(j)uːˈsɪdɪti/ 1. The property of being lucid; lucidness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lucidity of his answers argued against his being insane or confused. Example: He was notable not only for his longevity but also for his unusual lucidity for his age. Up to his final months, he pored over The Los Angeles Times every morning, discussed the war in Ukraine and other world events and posted dispatches about his life on his blog. 2. The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: teg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”). Pronunciation: /tɛɡ/ 1. A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn. Labels: UK, dated, dialectal Example: One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill. 2. A doe in its second year. Labels: UK, dated, dialectal 3. A child's tooth. Labels: UK Example: TEG [tɛɡ] - tooth (child's).
Word: dodge a bullet Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɔd͡ʒ ə ˈbʊl.ɪt/ 1. To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: "We have all these thousands of bill payers trying to dodge a bullet, trying to shift costs and pay less." Example: Haiti dodged a bullet when Tropical Storm Tomas, once a hurricane, did minimal damage to the country's earthquake-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince.
Word: neural canal Part of Speech: noun 1. a canal located at the dorsal side of the centrum formed by neural arches of vertebrae. Houses the spinal cord.
Word: potassium nitrite Part of Speech: noun 1. The potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.
Word: sodium nitrite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊ.di.əm ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/ 1. The sodium salt of nitrous acid, NaNO₂; used as a food preservative and in many industrial applications. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sodium nitrate Part of Speech: noun 1. the sodium salt of nitric acid, NaNO₃; used as a food preservative, and as an oxidizing agent in explosives such as sodatol. Labels: uncountable
Word: potassium nitrate Part of Speech: noun 1. KNO₃, a naturally occurring salt, notably used as an ingredient of gunpowder; also used a food preservative and as an ingredient in toothpaste for sensitive gums; historically used in the production of nitric acid (HNO₃). Labels: uncountable
Word: chymistry Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɪ.mə.stɹi/ 1. Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: But the sixteenth century was a time of particular interest in chymistry. The idea of chymistry meant many things to many people of the period, and it is very dangerous to generalize. Chymistry was both theory and practice, involving both an account of at least a part of the natural world and an application of that understanding to the practical problems of transforming base metals into gold and silver. 2. Obsolete form of chemistry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The Hill Kieuchin, near to Hanyang, has its name from nine Virgins that were Siſters, and lived always Maids upon this Hill ſtudying Chymiſtry. Example: Mr Mackenzie's usefull and important Volume, which applies all the modern Discoveries in CHYMISTRY to the Arts of Life, and to the various branches of Manufacture, accompanied by numerous engravings and wood-cuts, is now on SALE at the shops of all the booksellers in the United Kingdom
Word: ak Part of Speech: noun 1. apple of Sodom (Calotropis procera).
Word: loutish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lout Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English loutish From lout + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊtɪʃ/ 1. Resembling a lout (troublemaker or bumpkin). Example: He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.
Word: lovingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English loving Middle English -ly English -ly English lovingly From loving + -ly. 1. In a loving manner, affectionately. Example: Over the past 20 years, the station complex - including the main platform buildings, signal box and level crossing gates - has been lovingly restored, with the gates replaced according to original plans.
Word: anabolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism. Pronunciation: /əˈnæ.bəˌlɪ.zəm/ 1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.
Word: prowler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prowl + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaʊlɚ/, /ˈpɹaʊlə/ 1. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls. Example: House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds. 2. A person who moves stealthily around a place with intention to commit a crime, especially burglary or theft. Example: Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights. Example: “I was under the impression that a prowler had broken in and killed my baby. Never did they say that it was a deputy-involved shooting until my brother read it on the internet,” Wilburn said.
Word: teratomata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɛɹəˈtəʊmətə/ 1. plural of teratoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mealy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːli/ 1. Resembling meal (the foodstuff). Example: Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust. 2. Of the pale yellow color of a canary. Example: That it is a cross-breed there can be no doubt, from the fact that after a year or two the brilliant colours, both orange and black, begin to fade—the orange fading into a mealy tint, and the black to a dingy grey.
Word: mealy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːli/ 1. A canary of a pale yellow color. Example: I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy. Example: The clear Norwich canaries, as well as the evenly marked, the crested, the ticked, the green, and the unevenly marked, are each divided into two separate classes, i.e., jonques and mealies.
Word: terrene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English terrene, from Anglo-Norman terriene, feminine of terrien, from Latin terrēnus, from terra (“earth”). Pronunciation: /təˈɹiːn/, /tɛˈɹiːn/ 1. Pertaining to earth or the material world; earthly, terrestrial (as opposed to heavenly or marine). Example: God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene. Example: Even Crovvns and Diadems, the moſt ſplendid parts of terrene attains; are akin to that, vvhich to day is in the field, and to morrovv is cut dovvn, and vvither'd: […] 2. Made of matter (as opposed to antimatter).
Word: terrene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English terrene, from Anglo-Norman terriene, feminine of terrien, from Latin terrēnus, from terra (“earth”). Pronunciation: /təˈɹiːn/, /tɛˈɹiːn/ 1. The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground. Labels: poetic Example: Tenfold the length of this terrene
Word: terrene Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of tureen. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: March 27, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu Esq. Execrable varnished pictures, chests, cabinets, commodes, tables, stands, boxes, riding on one another's backs, and loaded with terrenes, filligree, figures, and everything upon earth
Word: tertulia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tertulia. Pronunciation: /tɜːˈtuːlɪə/ 1. An evening party, a soirée, especially in Spain. Example: At this the man at the left who’d so far not spoke at all rose laughing and gestured for the two boys to follow and they went with him out of the square and into the street leaving the disputants to their rustic parkbench tertulia.
Word: ribonuclease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ribose English nucleic English ribonucleic Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English ribonuclease From ribonucleic + -ase. Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪbəʊˈnjuːklieɪz/ 1. Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid.
Word: suspenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suspense Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tessitura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tessitura. Doublet of texture. Pronunciation: /tɛsɪˈtʊəɹə/ 1. The most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a singer or musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding timbre. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Byrne shrugged. He started writing a bravura / Opera based on Cleopatra’s death, / Exploiting all Maria’s tessitura, / With a high F before her final breath. Example: Anne's talented voice made the lines I had written swoop, howl, and whine through an authentically Thatcherite tessitura [...].
Word: tetrevangelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + ecclesiastical Latin evangelium (“evangel”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛtɹəvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪəm/ 1. A collection of the four Gospels Example: It is an old Bible, of 1619, and turned, by its most frequent usage, into a Tetrevangelium.
Word: tetrevangelia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrevangelium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English teter, from Old English teter, tetr, tetra, from Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtə/, /ˈtɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ 1. Any of various pustular skin conditions. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: heal this tetter of pedagogism that bespreads him Example: Angelus Politianus had a tetter in his nose continually running, fulsome in company, yet no man so eloquent and pleasing in his works.
Word: tetter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English teter, from Old English teter, tetr, tetra, from Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtə/, /ˈtɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ 1. To affect with tetter. Example: […] And all my smooth body, barked and tettered over. Example: Most deaths are ugly, pathetic events, and Shakespeare must have seen his share of them in bodies tettered by the pox, made noseless by syphilis, or festering blackly from the plague.
Word: tetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of potato. 1. Potato, or sweet potato root. Labels: obsolete Example: Buh Sparruh biggin fur brag, an eh say: "Me tetter, him heap bigger den any me see. Me farruh befo me blan plant tetter, an him tetter bigger ner de calf er me leg. Me kin beat me farruh raise tetter Example: But mebbe you ax, is tetter wine("vine") a bad ting? No, I say, tetter wine is a good ting. You cant hab tetter widout de tetter wine. Dat wha' tetter wine fur? To mek tetter. But dat tetter wine dat ent mek tetter, dats a bad tetter wine kase e barren tetter wine.
Word: tettix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέττιξ (téttix), or perhaps a modern Greek descendant thereof. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɪks/ 1. A cicada, especially in Greece. Example: [T]he Tettix or Cicada in the day time is extremely troubleſome. It is a brown inſect reſembling a chafer, with wings much longer than its body, and thin like thoſe of a fly. […] Dionyſius of Syracuſe ſignified his reſolution to burn and lay waſte the territory of a people, with whom he had a quarrel, when he ſaid, that, if they refuſed to comply with his demands, their Tettixes ſhould ſing on the ground. Example: [T]hat Greek waste silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash of listless wind through the spare grass.
Word: tewel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tuwel, from Old French tueil, tuel, tudel (“tube, pipe”) (whence modern French tuyau), from Vulgar Latin *tūta, from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese tudel, from the same Germanic source. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːəl/ 1. A vent or chimney or pipe, especially one leading into a furnace or bellows. Labels: archaic Example: 1825 September 29, patent for a Forge and furnace water back and tewel, recorded in A List of Patents Granted by the United States Example: Lamasure, M. Le Petit, French patent of, for a double-case furnace tewel supplied with water, &c., xiv. (3d s.) 29 2. The anus, rectum or posterior. Labels: obsolete Example: It healeth also cuts, and swelling of the tewel, or fundament, […] Example: Falconers use many queer but ancient terms of the condition and ailment of birds of prey. Mr Cooper makes sense out of all that. 'Snurt' seems to me an entirely appropriate name for a runny nose, […]. When next I am constipated I shall complain that I have something wrong with my ‘tewel’.
Word: mendicancy squad Part of Speech: noun 1. Police who arrested beggars and homeless people. Labels: US Example: It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the look-out for the mendicancy squad.
Word: thanadar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu ثاندار (thānadār), from ثانا (thānā, “thana”) + دار- (-dār, “holder”). Pronunciation: /tɑːnəˈdɑː/ 1. The commander of a thana; a police chief. Example: The thanadar had specified that he be taught moral principles along with the Erewhonian language.
Word: thana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː.nə/, /ˈtɑ.nə/, /ˈtɐː.nə/, /ˈtaː.na/ 1. An military outpost. Labels: India 2. A police station or police jurisdiction. Labels: India Example: To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long. Example: Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order. 3. A subdistrict in cities, equivalent to upazilas. Labels: Bangladesh
Word: atomi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atomus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cambist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cambiste, Italian cambista, from Latin cambire (“to exchange”). See change. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmbɪst/ 1. A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
Word: bungstarter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bung + starter. 1. A tool for opening barrels by removing the bung. Example: But he had not yet learned to estimate these cool, languid, Southwestern knights of the bungstarter, who had the manners of an Earl of Pawtucket, ... Example: The Portuguese equivalent of bungstarter whiffed Angus Jones by an eyelash.
Word: beach volleyball Part of Speech: noun 1. An outdoor variant of volleyball played on sand. Labels: uncountable 2. The ball used to play this sport. Labels: countable
Word: pantalon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pantaloon (“buffoon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: muta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mootah (“marijuana”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable
Word: piscetarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pisces (“fish”), by analogy with vegetarian. 1. Alternative spelling of pescetarian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: service of process Part of Speech: noun 1. The delivery of information to a person or entity providing notice that they are being sued with sufficient detail for them to respond to the suit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The process server could not effect service of process because the defendant was nowhere to be found. 2. The effective notification of a lawsuit such that a court may proceed with the case. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The court found plaintiff's service of process effective, although the defendant refused to receive the complaint.
Word: process server Part of Speech: noun 1. A deliverer of processes or summonses, the formal announcements of the beginning of a legal action; a huissier de justice or other equivalent position in other legal systems. Example: The process server could not effect service of process because the defendant was nowhere to be found. Example: The bailiff does not like to see himself as the brutal oppressor of the poor or as the agent of malicious creditors... This distinction between warrant officer and process server is not at all dissimilar to the gulf that divides the law officer and the peace officer in the police force... Warrant officers execute warrants whilst process servers distribute court summonses and cajole debtors.
Word: peeping tom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked. 1. A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other. Example: Reynolds contended that the Chinese was a peeping tom whom he caught spying on his wife one night last March while she was toweling herself after a shower. Example: The girls complained about peeping Toms. There was a skylight window in the communal ladies' shower, and one night Jennie and a friend looked up while showering, to see two young male faces staring at them from above.
Word: sisterhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English susterhede; equivalent to sister + -hood (with a modification in the suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstə.hʊd/, /ˈsɪstɚˌhʊd/ 1. The state, or kinship of being sisters. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A religious society of women. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In contrast, she said, women join sisterhoods and do volunteer work for Jewish fundraising organizations that are run and dominated by men. 4. The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What does the rallying cry of sisterhood and the concept of feminism mean when last year, the majority of white, female voters chose whiteness as a political identity over womanhood? Example: In a terrible way, I’ve never felt more part of a sisterhood or more certain that pain is shared within that family.
Word: eleve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French élève. 1. A pupil or student. Labels: obsolete Example: “I had the honour of being a favourite eleve of his—and in some instances, have improved on his ideas.”
Word: hitmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hitman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geothermal energy Part of Speech: noun 1. Heat under the ground used to heat water and make steam to turn generator turbines and make electricity. Labels: uncountable
Word: ingratiating Part of Speech: adj 1. Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily. Example: an ingratiating smile. Example: Mr. Alfred O'Shea, a tenorizing youth from Australia, sang several times at Queen's Hall, and may congratulate himself on being one of the 'catches' of the season. He sang airs from Italian and French operas, and also a number of Irish ditties—naturally, with a name like that and such an ingratiating McCormackian voice.
Word: ingratiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ingratiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: IPv6 Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Protocol version 6, a successor to IPv4 allowing for a much larger number of possible IP addresses. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pull the other one, it's got bells on Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: As an extension of the phrase pull someone's leg—now that you've pulled one leg, pull the other one. 1. Expresses disbelief. Labels: UK, humorous, idiomatic Example: Is he going to study integrals? Pull the other one, it's got bells on—he can't even do basic multiplication.
Word: amorality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English morality English amorality From a- + morality. 1. Lack or absence of morality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "I don't think we're headed for a grey-goo scenario here, but we'd all feel really bad if the local biosphere got consumed by nanobots after we left." "We'd still get paid, right?" "I'm going to treat that as a humorous stab at your own exaggerated amorality, and then move on if you don't mind." 2. The metaethical belief that nothing is morally right or morally wrong, that morality does not exist. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In law school, when we students thought the outcome of a case was determined by a rule we had studied, leftist professors admonished us, “Tools not rules!” In other words, rules control nothing; they’re merely tools you manipulate for the results you want. The fancy word for this kind of amorality is “instrumentalism,” and it subverts the rule of law.
Word: nanostructure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English structure English nanostructure From nano- + structure. 1. Any manufactured or natural structure having a scale between molecular and microscopic. Example: We demonstrated a chemiresistive sensor based on core-shell hybridized nanostructures of Fe 3 O 4 and PEDOT for the efficient detection of VOC biomarkers. Example: In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.
Word: ne'er-do-well Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase never do well. "Ne'er-do-well" is a contracted compound word stemming from the combination of the words "never do well." “Never-do-well” is sometimes used as an offhand, expanded version of the phrase, where “never” is not contracted. The usage of this version is often attributed to the northeastern United States. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛə.duˌwɛl/, /ˈnɛɹ.duˌwɛl/ 1. A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing. Example: So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units. Example: Clara's father, a trollish ne'er-do-well who spent most of his time in brothels and saloons, would disappear for days and weeks at a stretch, leaving Clara and her mother to fend for themselves. 2. A person who is up to no good; a rogue.
Word: ne'er-do-well Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the phrase never do well. "Ne'er-do-well" is a contracted compound word stemming from the combination of the words "never do well." “Never-do-well” is sometimes used as an offhand, expanded version of the phrase, where “never” is not contracted. The usage of this version is often attributed to the northeastern United States. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛə.duˌwɛl/, /ˈnɛɹ.duˌwɛl/ 1. Showing the characteristics of a ne'er-do-well: indolent, worthless, or roguish. Example: The brother who sought me out and would have redeemed me from the power of darkness, but he couldn't; and has robbed himself of joy and comfort in life to keep his ne'er-do-well brother from starvation; who has paid his debts over and taken him out of jail again and again.... Example: Before the 1850s, when women figured most prominently in textile employment, the reasons that caused women to seek paid labor—a ne'er-do-well husband, economic distress of the natal family, or a belief that factory work was a road to self-betterment—often precluded their considering an away-from-home cure.
Word: neurites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: night letter Part of Speech: noun 1. A telegram sent overnight at a reduced rate for delivery on the morning of the following day, typically with a minimum charge for 25 words or less. Labels: historical Example: "Someone named Rose sent a night letter from Philadelphia asking for six free tickets. A relative?" 2. An unsigned leaflet distributed clandestinely. Example: Until one night this October, when members of Echo Company, from the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines […] quietly sneaked into Juz Ghoray and posted signs on people’s doors and windows. Their idea was to co-opt the infamous Taliban practice of intimidating government sympathizers with night letters threatening execution.
Word: ninon Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheer fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nitpicking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nit + picking. 1. The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: "Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert
Word: noreasterner Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of the north-east of the USA 2. A severe winter storm where the winds blow from the northeast.
Word: nosophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noso- + -philia. 1. Sexual arousal from knowing that a partner has a terminal illness Labels: uncountable
Word: nuisance fee Part of Speech: noun 1. A nominal fee, fine or penalty charged to deter an action (rather than to compensate for the costs of that action).
Word: nychthemeron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νυχθήμερον (nukhthḗmeron), noun use of the neuter singular form of νυχθήμερος (nukhthḗmeros, “lasting a day and night”), from νύξ (núx, “night”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”). Pronunciation: /nɪkˈθɛm.ə.ɹɒn/, /nɪkˈθɛ.mɪ.ɹɒn/, /nɪkˈθi.mə.ɹɑn/, /nɪkˈθɛməɹɑn/ 1. A period of one day and one night, a date: in the West, a period of 24 consecutive hours. Labels: uncommon Example: It has not yet been found by Observation, whether Mercury turns upon its own Axis, ... that is, whether it has the vicissitude of Day and Night, much less what is the space of its Nychthemeron or Natural Day; but one may safely enough conjecture that it does revolve about its Axis, since the other Planets do. Example: Ideler passes over the Indians, and with good reason ; for they had not the week, and could not have had it, since they divided the nychthemeron into thirty hours, which the following out the same method would give rise to an entirely different series of planetary regents.