nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pyx Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English pix, pixe (“vessel for holding a host, pyx; hip bone socket, pyxis”) [and other forms], from Late Latin pyxis (“vessel for holding a host”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries; box holding sample coins for testing; hip bone socket; sailor's compass”), from Koine Greek πυξίς (puxís), Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s, “box; box or tablet made of boxwood; cylinder”), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box tree; boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, suffix forming feminine nouns). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyxis. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /pɪks/ 1. To place (the host) in a pyx. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Than was yt boxed pyxed and tabernacled & so borne forth in processyon with torche lyght banner crosse candelstyck. Example: The bread that was left of this consecration or breaking, which was so holy as the other, was neither housed nor churched, boxed nor pixed, but remained there still to the householders, to be eaten of whomsoever lusted. 2. To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Here lies poor Artedi, in foreign land pyx'd / Not a man nor a fish, but something betwixt, / Not a man, for his life amongst fishes he past, / Not a fish, for he perished by water at last. Example: There pyxed in alabastrine cell, / All uncorrupt his shade shall dwell, / While waves his memory chime; […] 3. To deposit (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) to test (such coins) for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public. Labels: UK, transitive Example: After the said moneys shall be by the said warden and the assaymaster tried and pyxed as ordered by the said indenture, the said master worker shall make true deliverance and payment of the same to every person by weight by the same balance and weight whereof he shall receive the same bullion, taking again his said bills; […] Example: [W]hen the money is coined it is not allowed to go out of the mint until pixed; that is, until it had been ascertained, by the assay of one piece taken out of each journeyweight of coin, that it is of standard purity: […]
Word: tsukaminage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese つかみ投げ (tsukaminage), literally "lifting throw". Pronunciation: /ˌ(t)suːkəmɪˈnɑːɡeɪ/ 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent past him and heaves him into the air.
Word: tsukidashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 突き出し, literally frontal thrust out. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent backwards and out using a rhythmic thrusting motion.
Word: tenures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ectoblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ectoblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ectoblastic From ectoblast + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the ectoblast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ectoblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + -blast. 1. The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm or epiblast. Labels: dated
Word: CharlieCard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Charlie + card, named after a fictional character in a folk song who cannot leave the Boston subway system because he cannot pay the five-cent surcharge required to leave the train. 1. A stored-value smart card used by passengers to pay their fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Word: ectoplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, related to, or composed of ectoplasm; ectoplasmic Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: relating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of relate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: relating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation. Example: Such a dynamic, biological concept of consciousness as reflecting ever-shifting 'global mappings' in the brain, ceaseless relatings of current perceptions to past mappings, has been articulated with great force recently, by Gerald Edelman. Example: What makes a complex practice like education or medicine distinctive is the content of sayings, doings and relatings characteristic of the practice[…]
Word: flavours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flavour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flavours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flavour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: picking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: picking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/ 1. A gathering to pick fruit. Example: We went to a strawberry picking last June. 2. Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food. Example: Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage. 3. Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner. Example: easy pickings, rich pickings Example: He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself. 4. Something picked or pulled out. Example: The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom. 5. The act of making a choice; selection. 6. The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc. 7. The removal of defects from electrotype plates. 8. Dabbing in stoneworking.
Word: encaustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκαυστικός (enkaustikós, “burning in”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). 1. Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Labels: not-comparable Example: After all, no sealant or finish is necessary in the encaustic medium, and shellac is stinky, caustic and messy.
Word: encaustic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐγκαυστικός (enkaustikós, “burning in”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). 1. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It has become usual in discussions of Flags facture to use the terms, suggested by [Jasper] Johns himself, ‘encaustic', oil and collage on fabric’. Example: I have worked in encaustic and I really love encaustic printmaking, but when it comes to painting, I love my acrylics. 2. A painting produced using this type of paint. Labels: countable
Word: endoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English endoscopic From endo- + -scopic. 1. Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope. Example: “At least patients who are age 45 will be able to get their screening procedure. But if someone’s younger than 45 and has symptoms, then there may be a delay in their care,” he said, adding that such prior authorization policies “create a barrier” to getting colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures.
Word: smart card Part of Speech: noun 1. A plastic card that contains information stored on an embedded computer chip.
Word: epiblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + -blastic. 1. of, or relating to the epiblast
Word: epiblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + -blast. 1. The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm. Example: 1993, Oded Khaner, 5: Axis Determination in the Avian Embryo, Roger A. Pederson, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 28, Academic Press, page 171, Hypoblasts from these stages were separated from the epiblasts and rotated 90 and 180°, relative to their posterior regions. Example: It has been demonstrated that the clonal descendants of individual epiblast cells could contribute to a variety of embryonic and extraembryonic tissues that are derived from all three germ layers (Lawson et al., 1991; Lawson and Pedersen, 1992).
Word: epinastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English epinasty Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epinastic From epinasty + -ic. 1. Of or relating to epinasty.
Word: epinasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + -nasty. By surface analysis, epi- + -nast + -y. 1. The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: psychokinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English kinetic English psychokinetic From psycho- + kinetic. 1. Of or relating to psychokinesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: psychokinetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English kinetic English psychokinetic From psycho- + kinetic. 1. A person having the paranormal ability of psychokinesis.
Word: eugonic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /juːˈɡɒn.ɪk/ 1. rapid and luxuriant Example: The eugonic cultures generally appeared first on glycerinated media, whereas the dysgonic favoured media with wax.
Word: pensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pensions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pension Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Hashem Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew הַשֵּׁם (hashém, literally “the name”), likely via Yiddish השם (hashem). Pronunciation: /hɑˈʃɛm/, /həˈʃɛm/ 1. A substitute for the Tetragrammaton. 2. A name used by many Jews in ordinary conversation to refer to God.
Word: euphorbia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin euphorbia by 1601, reinforced by taxonomic name Euphorbia after 1753. Variant form euforbia is attested in Middle English. Pronunciation: /juˈfoɹ.bi.ə/ 1. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
Word: feudal system Part of Speech: noun 1. feudalism
Word: feudalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English feudalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English feudalisation From feudalise + -ation. 1. Alternative form of feudalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: feudalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feudal + -ization. 1. The introduction of a feudal system. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: information technology Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2. The computing department of an organization. Labels: capitalized, countable, uncountable Example: Have you spoken with Information Technology about this little workaround? And with Legal? You know that both of them frown on shadow IT because it's a big security risk, right?
Word: information and communications technology Part of Speech: noun 1. The processing of data using computers, and the movement of data between computers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The creation of computer systems and applications, especially those that move data around a computer network, between clients and servers, or over the Internet. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The computing and communications department of an organization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: NLS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Neu-Laxova syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: NLS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Language Support. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Launch System. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: lasted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstɪd/, /ˈlæstɪd/, /ˈlastɪd/, /ˈlɛə̯stɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of last Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The war lasted much longer than predicted. Example: These shoes have lasted a nice long time.
Word: quaestor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō. Pronunciation: /ˈkwiːstə/, /ˈkwistɚ/ 1. An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs. Labels: historical Example: Decoratus was quæstor in A.D. 508. 2. The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century. Labels: historical 3. In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences. Labels: historical
Word: quarrons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Italian carogna (“carrion”) or French charogne, caroigne (“carrion”); hence from Latin caro (“flesh”). If so, cognate with English carrion, carnage. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹənz/ 1. The body. Labels: obsolete Example: White thy fambles, red thy gan, / And they quarrons dainty is; / Couch a hogshead with me then, / And in the darkmans clip and kiss. Example: Unfallen Adam rode and not rutted. Call away let him: thy quarrons dainty is. Language no whit worse than his.
Word: querencia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish querencia. Pronunciation: /kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/ 1. The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. Example: Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory. Example: The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia. 2. homesickness, nostalgia Example: “We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.”
Word: quern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Swedish kvarn, Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”). Pronunciation: /kwɝn/, /kwɜːn/ 1. A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones. Example: She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table. Example: MacKie has noted that querns that were in use in Scotland up to the present day were about 450mm—600mm in diameter and that the lower stone was completely perforated to make it adjustable (MacKie 1987, 5).
Word: quern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Swedish kvarn, Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”). Pronunciation: /kwɝn/, /kwɜːn/ 1. To grind; to use a quern. Labels: transitive Example: He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers. Example: For women he thought these should include combing, spinning, querning, leather and fur-working and be associated with finds of beads, bracelets and perforated teeth.
Word: quop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English quappen, of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /kwɒp/ 1. To throb or beat. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: His heart quopped softly.
Word: syncope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) + -η (-ē, nominalization suffix), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”). Partly continues the (near-)doublets syncopis and sincopin, both from the Old French sincopin (“faintness”) (itself from Late Latin accusative syncopen), with the pathological meaning "a loss of consciousness accompanied by a weak pulse", attested from the fifteenth century. Usage in the form syncope, with the phonological meaning "contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds or letters" attested from the 1520s. Syncopis and sincopin were "re-Latinized" to the form syncope in English in the sixteenth century. The musical usage first occurs after the 1660s, following the musical usage of syncopation and syncopate. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/ 1. The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]; on the contrary, all syllables subject in the same way to elision, apocope, syncope, and slurring must have the same degree of stress (i.e. they must be alike unaccented) whether preceded by short or by long root-syllables. 2. A loss of consciousness when fainting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sometimes, without any apparent cause, I sank, little by little, into a condition of semi-syncope, or half swoon; and, in this condition, without pain, without ability to stir, or, strictly speaking, to think, but with a dull lethargic consciousness of life and of the presence of those who surrounded my bed, I remained, until the crisis of the disease restored me, suddenly, to perfect sensation. Example: Schneider, the father of rhinology, mentions a woman in whom the odor of orange-flowers produced syncope. 3. A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was a volatile creature, full of mischievous surprise: at their first music practice, after playing over some hymns on the pipe-organ, she burst into jazz, filling the quiet grove with the clamorous syncope of Paddy-Paws, a favourite song that summer.
Word: Havdalah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew הבדלה (havdalá, “havdalah”, literally “separation”). 1. The Jewish ceremony, involving a candle, wine and spices, that concludes the Sabbath or other holy days. Labels: Judaism
Word: Habdalah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Havdalah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haemic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hemic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: haemogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From haemo- + -genic. 1. Alternative spelling of hemogenic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: haemorrhagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English haemorrhage Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English haemorrhagic From haemorrhage + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of hemorrhagic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈhi.mɪk/ 1. Of or relating to blood Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to heme Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhi.mɪk/ 1. Somewhat decomposed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemo- + -genic. 1. Of or relating to the production of blood cells. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hayloft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + loft. 1. The upper storey of a barn used for storing hay. Example: "I went into the stable first to see to the horse, and found him neighing and waiting for his hay, so I went up into the hay-loft for an armful[.]"
Word: hay loft Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hayloft. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hectoring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hector + -ing. 1. That hectors; intimidating or domineering. Example: The types that started using “-maxxing” in earnest often did so with such hectoring self-seriousness that it was impossible not to parody.
Word: hectoring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hector + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of hector Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hectoring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hector + -ing. 1. The act of one who hectors, or acts blusteringly. Example: their hectorings against an absent enemy, and their pusillanimity on his approach
Word: homologic Part of Speech: adj 1. homological
Word: homological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, homo- + logical. 1. Having a shared evolutionary origin. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having to do with homology; using the methods of homological algebra. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of an adjective, describing itself. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homophonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English homophone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English homophonic From homophone + -ic. 1. Having the same sound; being homophones. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a single, accompanied, melodic line. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leakage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English leakage From leak + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/ 1. An act of leaking, or something that leaks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: water leakage Example: data leakage 2. The amount lost due to a leak. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Neosporin Part of Speech: name 1. An ointment used to prevent bacterial infection and speed healing. Example: Amanda took Rose to the bathroom, cleaned her wounds. They were minor. The ritual was a comfort to both of them: damp toilet paper and Neosporin, her child’s face close enough that she could smell her hot breath.
Word: great horned owl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Bubo virginianus of large owls, resident in North America, having tufts on its ears.
Word: Huntaway Part of Speech: noun 1. The New Zealand sheepdog.
Word: pallet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman paillete (“bundle of straw”), from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”). Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/ 1. A bed of loose straw. Example: Near-synonym: strawbed (mattress sense) Example: That good old blind bibber of Helicon I wot well, came a begging to one of the chiefe citties of Greece, & promiſed them vaſt corpulent volumes of immortallity, if they would beſtowe vpon him but a ſlender outbrothers annuity of muttõ & broth, and a pallet to ſleep on; and with deriſion they reiected him, [...] 2. Any makeshift bedding place. Labels: broadly Example: Near-synonym: scratcher (slang) 3. A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
Word: pallet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman paillete (“bundle of straw”), from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”). Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/ 1. To load or stack (goods) onto pallets. Labels: transitive
Word: pallet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be from Middle English *palet, from Middle French *palet, from Middle French pal (“pale”), ultimately from Latin palla (“a strip of cloth”). Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/ 1. A narrow vertical stripe, narrower than a pale. Diminutive of pale.
Word: pallet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/ 1. Archaic form of palette. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The Old Dragon fled when the wonder he spied, / And cursed his own fruitless endeavor; / While the Painter call'd after his rage to deride, / Shook his pallet and brushes in triumph, and cried, / "I'll paint thee more ugly than ever!" Example: For example, let a painter's pallet be suspended from the thumb-hole, as in the figure […] 2. A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. 3. A potter's wheel. 4. An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it. 5. A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands. 6. A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack. 7. A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel. 8. One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump. 9. One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel. Example: the swing wheel […]is represented as being locked by one of its teeth on the nib or detent part of the right hand pallet, and the moment when the wheel is unlocked, the tooth at the left hand pallet is ready to press forward and raise up that pallet 10. In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes. 11. One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
Word: pallet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from French palette. Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/ 1. A Parisian measure of blood let; a cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons. Labels: historical, rare
Word: hound dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Any hound, especially the bloodhound. Labels: Southern-US, dialectal Example: You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time. You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine. 2. A promiscuous man. Labels: slang
Word: Snowdon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”). Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊ.dən/, /ˈsnoʊ.dən/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An English habitational surname from toponymy [in turn from Old English] for someone who lived in any of these places. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jacks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæks/ 1. plural of jack Labels: form-of, plural 2. A pair of jacks. Labels: slang 3. Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills) Labels: UK, slang Example: As soon as Barry swung the machete at his head, Vince snapped the PSF knife out of his pocket with his right hand and the jacks from his pocket with his left.
Word: jacks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæks/ 1. Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: jacks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæks/ 1. A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. Labels: uncountable Example: The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.
Word: plana Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: side swimmer Part of Speech: noun 1. An amphipod, Hyalella azteca, indigenous to the Everglades.
Word: delouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English louse English delouse From de- + louse. 1. To remove lice from. Example: A veterinarian could delouse your dog. 2. To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present. Example: During the Korean Conflict, American soldiers were deloused with DDT upon entering basic training. 3. To remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from. Labels: transitive Example: A deloused computer may still be considered no longer trustworthy.
Word: Kansa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Siouan ethnonym; related to Kansas and Arkansas, see the latter for more information. 1. A Native American people who used to inhabit parts of Kansas. 2. Their Dhegihan Siouan language.
Word: sweatsuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweat + suit. 1. A two-piece garment worn during exercise.
Word: planum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plānum (“level ground, plain”). 1. any flat surface
Word: sex drive Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency or instinct of animals to engage in sexual activity.
Word: Keisha Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkiːʃə/ 1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of African American usage, possibly a variant of Kezia.
Word: Kaw Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɔː/ 1. A member of a particular Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. Example: In the winter of 1866 the Cheyennes stole forty-two horses from a Kaw hunting party on the upper Arkansas, and following a murder of a Kaw herder at a buffalo camp near Fort Zarah a year later, the Kaws attacked a Cheyenne encampment[.]
Word: Lars Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius. 1. A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones. Example: Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.
Word: Lars Part of Speech: name Etymology: Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v. 1. Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: Dwarfish deities they had none. We are indeed told of the Lars, particularly the rural Lars, as answering to the Gothic Dwarfs; but no proofs are offered except the diminutive size of their statues.
Word: planum temporale Part of Speech: noun 1. A flat upper surface on the temporal lobe of the brain, involved in hearing and language.
Word: ashram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama). 1. A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage. Labels: Hinduism Example: The entire ashram was excited. Example: In our broken culture those who have experienced the training of the yogic ashram are often woefully ignorant in the ways of the university, and vice versa.
Word: temporal lobe Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples.
Word: Hudibrastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: After Hudibras, a mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler, + -ic. 1. Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse. Example: The illustrations to Dr Syntax's Hudibrastic poem on Napoleon have some originality to recommend them as a starting-point for the student of Cruikshank as a delineator of historical subjects.
Word: heroic verse Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several forms of verse used in epic or dramatic poetry Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frontal lobe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹʌntəl lɔʊːb/, [ˈfɹʌnːl̩ lɔʊːb] 1. One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead. Example: The frontal lobe is the seat of the higher functions of the brain — reasoning, forethought, problem-solving, emotional control, and so on.
Word: parietal lobe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈɹaɪətəl ˌloʊb/ 1. One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain. Example: The parietal lobe manages sensory inputs like touch and temperature.
Word: occipital lobe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɑkˈsɪpɪtəl ˌloʊb/ 1. One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head. Example: The occipital lobe processes visual information.
Word: logistic curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French courbe logistique, coined by Belgian mathematician Pierre François Verhulst in 1845. Verhulst did not explain his choice of the name logistique; see discussion at logistic. 1. An S-shaped curve that models the growth of many ecosystems.
Word: Adventist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Advent Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Adventist From Advent + -ist. 1. One who believes in the Second Advent (usually known as the Second Coming) of Jesus; an advocate of Adventism. 2. A member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Word: Adventist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Advent Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Adventist From Advent + -ist. 1. Relating to believers in the Second Advent of Jesus; relating to Adventism. 2. Relating to Seventh-day Adventism / the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Labels: short-form
Word: eudicots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eudicot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Adventists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Adventist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discussed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌst/, /dɪˈskʊst/, /dɪˈskɐst/ 1. simple past and past participle of discuss Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discussed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌst/, /dɪˈskʊst/, /dɪˈskɐst/ 1. Having been put under discussion.
Word: genetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From genetic + -ally or genetical + -ly. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/ 1. In a manner relating to genes or genetics. Example: Genetically modified crops. Example: John Smith is genetically related to Jane Doe. 2. In terms of origin or development. Labels: figuratively Example: Genetically, a Greek tragedy consists of a series of choral songs to which have been added, before and after, divers epic, non-lyric elements. Example: Hildebrandt is certainly right in maintaining that all dream-images could be explained genetically, if we spent sufficient time and concentration on tracing their origin. 3. By being members of the same linguistic family. Example: German and Danish are genetically related.
Word: visits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪts/ 1. plural of visit Labels: form-of, plural Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. Example: Prisoners of war shall at all times be afforded reasonable facilities for consulting and obtaining copies of their accounts, which may likewise be inspected by the representatives of the Protecting Powers at the time of visits to the camp.
Word: visits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of visit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Please you, sir, Do not omit the heavy offer of it: It seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, It is a comforter.
Word: ifs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪfs/ 1. plural of if Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bisīg Old English bisiġ 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 Old English bisiġnes Middle English bisynes English businessclip. English biz Clipping of business. Pronunciation: /bɪz/ 1. Business, especially showbusiness. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Relieving office here. Good biz for cheapjacks, organs. What do ye lack? Example: Conrad Verner: So, you're alive, huh? I hear it goes like that in the biz. Why don't you sit back and watch how it's done? I've got some asses to kick.
Word: nanotube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English nanotube From nano- + tube. 1. Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers. 2. any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes
Word: steamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steam + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstiː.mi/ 1. Warm and humid; full of steam. Example: My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room. 2. Resembling or characteristic of steam. 3. Erotic. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: Her latest novel was very steamy, but still managed to top the charts. Example: I'm having a steamy affair with an Armenian boxer.
Word: VS Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of very special, or, very superior: a grade of premium cognac that has been aged in barrels for 2.5-4.5 years. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of very slightly (included): a degree of the inclusions in a diamond. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: VS Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of vs.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: VS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Visual Studio: an integrated development environment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: rephrase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English phrase English rephrase From re- + phrase. 1. To say or write something with different wording. Labels: transitive Example: Make sure to rephrase your thesis in your conclusion.
Word: manyfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From many + -fold. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnɪˌfəʊld/ 1. By many times. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dramatic narrative of the close of Wolsey's life becomes manyfold more impressive from being told to the discrowned Queen Catherine. Example: my guess is that the number of NSLs being issued in the "war on terrorism" is probably manyfold what it was prior to 9-11.
Word: manyfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From many + -fold. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnɪˌfəʊld/ 1. many Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: I am right glad to hear of your manyfold successes Example: or even emcee a drawing jamboree amongst your manyfold adoring fans!
Word: rambling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ramble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rambling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ 1. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing. 2. Confused and irregular; awkward. Example: Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries. 3. Winding irregularly in various directions. Example: A long somewhat rambling branch, avoiding the places most likely to supply it with traffic, but not the centres of scenic interest, began at Letterkenny and reached the sea at Burtonport.
Word: rambling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ 1. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction. Example: […] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War." 2. A gentle hike.
Word: presidency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/ 1. The office or role of president. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency. Example: The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in the Presidency. 2. The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions. 3. The time during which one is president; a president's term of office. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In France, a presidency lasts for five years. Example: Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover. 4. A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority. Labels: Mormonism, countable, uncountable 5. One of the three original provinces of British India. Labels: India, UK, countable, historical, uncountable 6. The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lifesaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + saver. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfˌseɪvə/, /ˈlaɪfˌseɪvəɹ/ 1. Someone or something that saves lives. Example: My dad loves his job as a surf lifesaver. Example: Paramedics are not just ordinary workers but lifesavers with a very important job. 2. Someone or something that saves lives. Example: They threw him a lifesaver and then hauled him up onto the boat. Example: Ms Rybicki began filming just as a second IRB drove out to the rogue boat, collecting the first lifesaver into the boat en route. 3. Someone or something that saves lives. Example: When I got lost in the woods, my Swiss Army knife was a lifesaver. Example: Dexamethasone hailed as lifesaver for up to a million Covid patients worldwide [title] 4. Someone or something that is very useful or helpful. Labels: figuratively Example: Thank you so much for fixing my car; you're a real lifesaver! Example: This shop is a lifesaver on a hot day when you're craving a cold drink.
Word: doubles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doubles Part of Speech: noun 1. A game between pairs of players. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles. 2. Bell changes rung on five bells. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung. 3. A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
Word: doubles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The population doubles every ten minutes.
Word: upfront Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʌpˈfɹʌnt/ 1. Honest, frank and straightforward. Example: She’s found that people typically start the conversation like this: “Wow, you look great! I didn’t even recognize you.” “When that happens, I usually come back with, ‘Yeah, I've been taking a GLP-1, and it's going so well. I love it.’ I try to say that as upfront as possible,” she says. 2. Open, admitted, out. Example: Appleby is an upfront homosexual, a devout Roman Catholic and a practitioner of the Black Arts. 3. In a forward, leading or frontward position. Example: Warning online ticket retailers to be "up front" about fees, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to seven of the 19 third-party ticket retailers (TPRs) which did not include their fees in the upfront price. Threatening to take action about hidden charges (known as 'drip pricing'), where an initial price is shown but additional elements are revealed later in the sales process, the ORR reviewed the prices of 19 TPRs. 4. Of money, paid in advance.
Word: upfront Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ʌpˈfɹʌnt/ 1. Beforehand. Labels: not-comparable Example: My commissioners pay half of the price upfront and the other half after they receive the finished product. 2. As an attacker. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's a poor defender, so we always play him upfront.
Word: upfront Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʌpˈfɹʌnt/ 1. A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season. Example: Virginia Heffernan, Times TV critic, reports from this week's TV upfronts, where the networks debut their new schedules.
Word: upfront Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʌpˈfɹʌnt/ 1. To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: What our analysis has, hopefully, upfronted is the importance to resuscitate the suppressed and silenced voices so as to show the powerful mechanisms of institutional "cases".
Word: nonstop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stop. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/, /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/, /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/ 1. Without stopping; without interruption or break. Labels: not-comparable Example: There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours. Example: Christmas in Strasbourg and the rest of Alsace is officially feted from the last Saturday in November through Dec. 31 in a month full of nonstop markets, concerts, torch-lighted forest walks, parades, live Nativity scenes, storytelling, theater and public aperitifs. 2. Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonstop Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + stop. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/, /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/, /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/ 1. Without stopping; without interruption or break Labels: not-comparable Example: He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.
Word: nonstop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + stop. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/, /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/, /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/ 1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight. Example: With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches. 2. A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day. Example: [In Hungary:] Most department stores and gift shops are open weekdays 10–5 or 6, Saturday until 1. Grocery stores are generally open weekdays from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm; “nonstops,” or éjjeli-nappali,^([sic]) are open 24 hours. Example: There's usually something open on most holidays apart from the evening of 24 December when even the nonstops stop. 3. A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant. Example: Some of these consonants are stops, some are non-stops (continuants, see 11.2); some are voiced, others voiceless. It doesn't therefore look as if these consonants can have anything in common.