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Word: zygodactyl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zygo- + -dactyl. 1. Having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward; zygodactylous. Labels: not-comparable Example: In parrots, the tarsometatarsus has a distinct shape resulting from the particular arrangement of parrot toes. As zygodactyl birds, toes number 2 and 3 are facing forward, while toes 1 and 4 are facing backwards.
Word: zygodactyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zygo- + -dactyl. 1. Any bird with toes of this kind, such as the parrot.
Word: zygenid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to moths in the family Zygaenidae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zygenid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, most of which are bright colored.
Word: cyberslacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English slacking English cyberslacking From cyber- + slacking. 1. Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: From an organizational perspective, cyberslacking may also create positive externalities in terms of teleworkers being able to create virtual water cooler effects in terms of online chatting with affiliated and nonaffiliated workers.
Word: zunyite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Zuni mine, in Colorado; see -ite. 1. A fluorosilicate mineral of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals, chemical formula Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl. Labels: uncountable
Word: Zuñis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zuñi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zumbooruk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zamburak. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was a long one, ranging from (but I may have misremembered) antipedobaptism to the illegal importation of zumbooruks.
Word: grief tourist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who journeys to areas where tragedies have occurred, for that reason.
Word: Zulus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zulu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zuisin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from an Algonquian language; compare Ojibwe zhiishiib (“duck”). 1. The American wigeon. Labels: US
Word: rubbernecking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubber + neck + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/ 1. The act of slowing down while driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident. Labels: uncountable Example: "The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk." 2. Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly. Labels: uncountable Example: The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
Word: rubbernecking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rubber + neck + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rubberneck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: "Kids all up and down the Triboro corridors are staring, I can sense it. Why are they rubbernecking, what are they staring at?"
Word: zubr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish żubr, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, horn, peg”). Pronunciation: /ˈzuːbə(ɹ)/, /ˈʒuːbə(ɹ)/ 1. One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use. Labels: obsolete Example: Herberstein and Martin Cronner assert that the name of Bison is always bestowed on the animal called Zubr or Zumbr by the Poles that the name of Aurochs or Urus is improperly bestowed upon it by the Germans; that these last mentioned names apply solely to the urus or Thur of the Polish nation and they add, that the thur was at that period found only in Massovia, near Warsaw; and they even name the particular villages the inhabitants of which were charged with its conservation. During their days, the thur or wild bull appears to have been kept as a curiosity, as the zubr or modern aurochs is at this day, Anthony Schneebergen designates by the name of Thur a species of wild bull, differing from the domestic breed in few particulars, except its greater size, the uniformly black colour of the males, and the beauty of its coat; its horns were always directed forwards. This last character excludes the identity of the thur and buffalo presumed by Pallas. The forward direction of the horns, the greater size, the similarity of form to that of the domestic bull, all established and described by observers who were at the same time sufficiently familiar with the zubr or modern aurochs, prove it to have been a diiferent animal from that last named. Example: It is not improbable that the Bison mentioned by Seneca and Pliny was the Bonasus of Aristotle, and the Zubr and Auerochs of the moderns, while the Urus of these writers seems to be now extinct as a wild animal, but was perhaps the original of our present domestic cattle.* * Bojanus, however, is of a different opinion. 2. A wisent, European bison (Bos bonasus). Example: THE European bison, wisent or zubr (Bison bonasus) seems to be coming back into circulation again, at least among menagerie keepers. The London Zoo has a pair of them... Example: Near it is Bialowieza, the remainder of the European primeval forest. Bialowieza is home to the zubr, or Polish bison, which is a cousin of the American buffalo. In addition to the zubr, the Polish forests are also home to the wild boar, eagles, falcons, and many other animals.
Word: Zouave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy), used to refer to a Kabyle soldier, especially of the Igawawen people. Pronunciation: /zuːˈɑːv/, /zwɑːv/, /zuˈɑv/, /zwɑv/ 1. One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress. Labels: historical 2. One of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves in French service, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War (1861–65). Labels: broadly, historical
Word: freegan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of free + vegan. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːɡən/ 1. A person who salvages and consumes food that has been discarded, especially one who wishes to protect the environment and challenge consumerism by means of waste reduction.
Word: naiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Nāïas, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάω (náō, “to flow”). Pronunciation: /ˈneɪæd/, /ˈneɪəd/, /ˈnaɪæd/, /ˈnaɪəd/ 1. A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. Labels: Greek Example: A Naiad loved him, and forbade him to hold intercourse with any other woman under pain of loss of sight. 2. The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly. 3. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
Word: Zoroastrism Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of Zoroastrianism. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: zorilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zorille. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoril Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zorille. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zope Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia. Example: The absolute fecundity of zopes on first maturing (at the age of 5 years) was less than that of those spawning for the second time.[…]On comparison of the fecundity of zopes of the same size and different age the data obtained proved contradictory to some extent. Example: Before catching, more than half zopes, sandres and perches feed actively.
Word: zoozoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈzuː.zu/ 1. The wood pigeon. Labels: obsolete
Word: zoötomy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zootomy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoötomist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zootomist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoöspore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoospore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoösporangium Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoosporangium. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoösperm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoosperm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off-Broadway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + Broadway. 1. In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost. Labels: capitalized, often
Word: off-Broadway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + Broadway. 1. Of or pertaining to an off-Broadway theater, or a production mounted in one. Labels: not-comparable Example: Little Shop of Horrors is probably the most famous of the off-Broadway productions.
Word: zoopsychology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English psychology English zoopsychology From zoo- + psychology. 1. The study of psychology in animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: zoöpraxiscope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoopraxiscope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoöphytology Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of zoophytology. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: zoöphyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoö- + -phyte. 1. Alternative spelling of zoophyte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoöphorous Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoophorous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoöphite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoophyte. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: zoöpathology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zoopathology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: zoonule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoon + -ule. 1. A zoonite.
Word: zoönomy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoonomy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: zoönite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zoön Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English zoönite From zoön + -ite. 1. Alternative spelling of zoonite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoön Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoömorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoomorphism. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: NTIDS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: named by the first inventor, R.Nutt in 1968, formerly named "Digital Time Intervall Meter" 1. Initialism of Nutt time-interval digitizer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: zoömelanin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoomelanin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: zoölogist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoologist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoologer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -loger. 1. a zoologist Labels: rare
Word: zoölatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoö- + -latry. 1. Alternative spelling of zoolatry. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: zooid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”). Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/, /ˈzuːɔɪd/ 1. An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. 2. An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. 3. One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.
Word: zooid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”). Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/, /ˈzuːɔɪd/ 1. Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
Word: zoögraphy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: zoographist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zoography 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 zoographist From zoography + -ist. 1. zoographer
Word: zoögrapher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoögraphy + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of zoographer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoogloea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- Ancient Greek γλοία (gloía) English zoogloea From zoo- + Ancient Greek γλοία (gloía). Pronunciation: /ˌzəʊ.əˈɡliː.ə/, /ˌzoʊ.əˈɡli.ə/ 1. A colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.
Word: zoögeography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zoö- Latin geōgraphia Middle French géographie English geography English zoögeography From zoö- + geography. 1. Alternative spelling of zoogeography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: zoogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -geny. 1. Synonym of zoogenesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: zoogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English -gamy English zoogamy From zoo- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒɡəmi/, /zuːˈɒɡəmi/ 1. The sexual reproduction of animals. Labels: uncountable 2. zoophily (pollination by animals) Labels: uncountable
Word: zooerythrine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zooerythrin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: zoœcium Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zooecium. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoödendrium Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of zoodendrium. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: trunnion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French trognon (“core, stump”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌn.jən/ 1. One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a pintle. 2. A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool. 3. A shaft, held by a bearing, at each end or side of a rotatable object. Example: To discharge, the conveyor is rotated laterally on its trunnions and the metal flows into a ladle carried on a travelling crane, which conveys it to the converter. 4. A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions.
Word: zoöcytium Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of zoocytium. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: zoöcyst Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of zoocyst. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: drive out Part of Speech: verb 1. To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere. Labels: idiomatic Example: In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan. 2. To set closely; to take up less space because the typesetter uses type that is thinner than the copy or the typesetter whites out more or squeezes in more lines on each page. Labels: obsolete 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.
Word: fid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Possibly from Old Irish fid Pronunciation: /fɪd/ 1. A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. 2. A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship). 3. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. 4. A small thick piece of anything. Example: Four — dreadfully unclad — men, carefully oiled, to protect their skin against the great heat, are moving about with long iron spoons, stirring here and mixing there, or kneading into little fids various compounds of coarse sugar and rancid butter […] 5. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything. 6. The penis. Labels: slang
Word: fid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown. Possibly from Old Irish fid Pronunciation: /fɪd/ 1. To support a topmast using a fid.
Word: zoöchlorella Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zoochlorella. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoöchemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of zoochemistry. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: zonure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Zonurus, from zon- (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”) + -urus (“-tailed”), from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). 1. Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.
Word: zonulet Part of Speech: noun 1. A zonule
Word: zonule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”). By surface analysis, zone + -ule. Doublet of zonula. 1. A little zone, or girdle; a zonula. Example: 1963, M. G. Farquar, G. E. Palade, Junctional complexes in various epithelia, The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 17, republished 2001, Joseph G. Gall, J. Richard McIntosh (editors), Landmark Papers in Cell Biology, page 261, Each tight junction is followed by an adhering zonule extending between arrows 2 and 3 and, farther away, by a desmosome marked D. A condensation of finely fibrillar material occurs mainly along the adhering zonules on each side of the bile capillary. 2. The zonule of Zinn. Example: The rim of a small-sized lens along with zonule is clearly seen through the fully dilated pupil. Example: 2009, Frank W. Howes, 5.4: Indications for Lens Surgery / Indications for Application of Different Lens Surgery Techniques, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker (editors), Ophthalmology, 3rd Edition, page 429, In most cases, the goal of this type of lens surgery is the same as that for eyes without a compromised zonule: to remove the contents of the capsular bag through a CCC and replace the contents with a foldable IOL.
Word: zonar Part of Speech: adj 1. zonal
Word: zomboruk Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of zamburak. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: Zollverein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Zollverein. Pronunciation: /ˈtsɒlfəˌɹaɪn/ 1. A customs union, specifically; a coalition of German states, formed in 1818 to manage customs and economic policies within their territories.
Word: zokor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectal Russian зо́кор (zókor), ultimately of Mongolic origin. See Russian цо́кор (cókor) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊkɔɹ/, /ˈzəʊkɔː/ 1. Any Asiatic burrowing rodent native to Central Asia, in the genera Myospalax and Eospalax.
Word: Zohar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew זֹהַר (“splendor, radiance”). 1. A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century AD. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century. Labels: Judaism
Word: zoetrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -trope. Coined by inventor William E. Lincoln. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊɪtɹəʊp/ 1. An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved. Example: Is consciousness really discontinuous, incessantly interrupted and recommencing (from the psychologist’s point of view)? and does it only seem continuous to itself by an illusion analogous to that of the zoetrope? Example: This was the way I passed through the remainder of my childhood. The zoetrope span smoothly, time’s Chief Designer narrowed the legs of trousers and decreed that the cars should be more aerodynamic.
Word: zoëa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin zōaea, zōēa, from Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) (compare ζῷον (zōîon)). Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.ə/ 1. A larval stage of certain decapod crustaceans, especially of decapods such as crabs and certain Anomura, also called the copepod stage, characterized by spines on the carapace and rudimentary thoracic and abdominal limbs.
Word: zocle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of socle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zocco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zocco, from Latin soccus. Doublet of sock. 1. Synonym of socle.
Word: zoanthropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin zōanthrōpia. By surface analysis, zoanthrope + -y. 1. The belief that one has transformed into an animal. Labels: uncountable
Word: zoanthodeme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoanthid + deme (“ecological population”). 1. The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.
Word: zizel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare German Ziesel. 1. The suslik.
Word: zizania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin zizania (“cockle, tares”). Pronunciation: /zɪˈzeɪniə/ 1. Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus Zizania, grown for their edible grain; wild rice.
Word: zirconoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zircon + -oid, because this form often occurs in zircon crystals. 1. A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals.
Word: zirconia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zɜːˈkəʊ.ni.ə/, /zɝˈkoʊ.ni.ə/ 1. The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: akuma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 悪魔, from Middle Chinese 惡魔 (MC 'ak ma, literally “bad, evil + demon”). Pronunciation: /əˈkuːmə/, /ˈɑːkumə/ 1. A Japanese demon.
Word: zirconate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zirconic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of zirconic acid.
Word: rusticating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rusticate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rusticates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rusticate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rusticated Part of Speech: adj 1. Constructed so as to produce a jagged or heavily textured surface. Example: rusticated stonework
Word: rusticated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rusticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fatherhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faderhode, fadirhode, fadirhede, equivalent to father + -hood. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊd/, [ˈfɑːðəːˌhʊ̞d], /ˈfɑ.ðɚˌhʊd/, [ˈfɑ.ðɚˌhʊ̈d] ~ [ˈfɑ.ðɹ̩ˌhʊ̈d], /ˈfaðəɹˌhʉd/ 1. The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: King James Bible Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of King James Version.
Word: hanuman Part of Speech: noun 1. An entellus (Semnopithecus entellus, syn. Presbytis entellus)
Word: Authorized Version Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of King James Version. Labels: UK
Word: simonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Simoniz, a commercial polish (named after the company founder, George Simons), + -ize. 1. To polish to a high sheen with a wax-like substance. Labels: transitive Example: Remember those days? The way Biff used to simonize that car? The dealer refused to believe there was eighty thousand miles on it. Example: Night after night I had to play rummy with Dr. Lutz, and on Sundays I helped him to watch and simonize his Auburn.
Word: simplification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French simplification. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪm.plɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪm.plə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪm.plə.fəˈkæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsəm.plə.fəˈkæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A valid simple argument. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: simurgh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian سیمرغ (sīmurġ). Pronunciation: /sɪˈmʊəɡ/, /siˈmʊ(ə)ɹɡ/, /ˈsimʊ(ə)ɹɡ/ 1. A gigantic winged benevolent creature. Labels: Iranian
Word: kawaii Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 可愛(かわい)い (kawaii, “lovable; adorable; cute”). Pronunciation: /kəˈwaɪ.i/, /kəˈwaɪ/, /kɑːwɑːˈiː/ 1. Cute, adorable. Example: She bought a kawaii keychain shaped like a kitten. Example: However, Wong's connection to kawaii culture, which I have attempted to establish here, suggests a different reading of his films. As Larissa Hjorth has argued, “The kawaii is not about post-humanism but rather a clear demonstration of neo-humanist types” (144). In this sense, East Asian kawaii culture, like Wong's films, should be understood as desperate attempts to create a dreamlike humanist space within the harsh reality of globalized capitalism.
Word: kawaii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 可愛(かわい)い (kawaii, “lovable; adorable; cute”). Pronunciation: /kəˈwaɪ.i/, /kəˈwaɪ/, /kɑːwɑːˈiː/ 1. The quality of being kawaii; cuteness. Labels: uncountable Example: However, Wong's connection to kawaii culture, which I have attempted to establish here, suggests a different reading of his films. As Larissa Hjorth has argued, “The kawaii is not about post-humanism but rather a clear demonstration of neo-humanist types” (144). In this sense, East Asian kawaii culture, like Wong's films, should be understood as desperate attempts to create a dreamlike humanist space within the harsh reality of globalized capitalism. Example: Inmates had simply to surrender in fear of a future of simply waiting for death. However, it is not possible to achieve a full understanding of the significance of kawaii in modern society if we fixate only on the disquieting power hiding in the shadows of kawaii things. 2. The style or culture of cuteness Labels: uncountable Example: Her room is full of kawaii, with pastel plushies, anime posters, and cute stationery.
Word: figurehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From figure + head. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡjəɹˌhɛd/, /ˈfɪɡəɹˌhɛd/ 1. A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship. 2. Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity. Example: Instead she played, largely impeccably, the part of a modern constitutional monarch, a symbolic figurehead with a right to be consulted and to advise and warn political leaders privately and to show herself publicly as a focus of national life, celebration and commemoration. 3. A person's face. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, slang Example: HATCHET. Bring up, I say, or I'll spoil your figurehead. [Lifting his cudgel]
Word: figurehead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From figure + head. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡjəɹˌhɛd/, /ˈfɪɡəɹˌhɛd/ 1. To lead (something) nominally and with little to no actual power. Labels: also, idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
Word: concupiscent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin concupiscens (stem concupiscent-), present participle of concupīscō (“long for, covet”), inchoative of concupiō (“long for”), from con- + cupiō (“desire, wish for”). Pronunciation: /kɒnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/, /kɑːnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/, /kənˈkjuːpə.sənt/ 1. Amorous; lustful. Example: 1894 — Plato's The Republic, Book VIII, translated by Benjamin Jowett Is not such an one likely to seat the concupiscent and covetous element on the vacant throne and to suffer it to play the great king within him, girt with tiara and chain and scimitar? Example: Call the roller of big cigars, / The muscular one, and bid him whip / In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Word: conceptualization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English conceptualize 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 conceptualization From conceptual + -ization or conceptualize + -ation. 1. Alternative spelling of conceptualisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: conceptualisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conceptual + -isation or conceptualise + -ation. 1. The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised. Example: In this sense, ethnocracy as a socio-political regime is outcome of ethnonationalism, that brand of nationalism that views the nation as a "natural" and ethnically "pure" community, as opposed to its liberal conceptualisation as a community based on equal rights and duties. Example: In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.]
Word: soggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sog + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɡi/, /ˈsɑɡi/ 1. Soaked with moisture or other liquid. Example: "Although we ended up soaked, the feeling of what we achieved and the calories we burned more than made up for soggy hair and clothes. [...]." 2. uninteresting, dull Example: a soggy film
Word: gnarled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested Shakespeare 1603: : Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak]. : Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116 Variant of knurled, from knurl. By surface analysis, gnarl + -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)ld/ 1. Knotty and misshapen. Example: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs. Example: For students of history and culture, the cherry trees’ delicate flowers and gnarled trunks speak to the enduring soft power of global goodwill, culture, and faith in a better future to overcome division, including wartime enmity and destruction. 2. Made rough by age or hard work.
Word: gnarled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested Shakespeare 1603: : Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak]. : Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116 Variant of knurled, from knurl. By surface analysis, gnarl + -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)ld/ 1. simple past and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gnarled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See gnarl (Etymology 2). Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)ld/ 1. simple past and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: émeute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French. 1. A seditious tumult; an outbreak. Labels: archaic Example: 1834: George Browning, The Domestic and Financial Condition of Great Britain At court, all was uncertainty and gloom ; plots, intrigues, and conspiracies, were the ordinary topics of popular discussion ; and the outburst of some diabolical emeute to subvert the throne, was awaited with anxious apprehension. Example: 1841: Frederic Tolfrey, The Sportsman in France Certain rumours of an emeute in Paris had reached the quiet little village of Arques towards the end of July, and on the 28th of the month the report was confirmed by the outbreak of the Revolution.
Word: pompier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pompier. 1. A pompier hook
Word: banlieue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French banlieue. 1. The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing. Example: […] her novel illuminates the general situation facing all children of postcolonial immigrants across the West, from the banlieue of France to the Islamic neighborhoods of New York to the Hispanic ghettos of Los Angeles. Example: But Guy Desplanques, a demographer, pointed out in 2002 that names like Ahmed and Jamila actually were on the wane, and that second-generation French men and women work toward integration by coming up with variations like Yanis or Rayan; the latter has become popular in some banlieues, evoking both the Maghreb and the relatively widespread Ryan.
Word: aji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ají. Pronunciation: /ɑˈhi/ 1. A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions. Labels: uncountable Example: In Peru the consumption of aji is greater than that of salt[…] 2. A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine. Labels: countable Example: Add the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, the ajies, the pepper, cumin and salt.
Word: aji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鯵 (aji). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/, /ˈɑː.d͡ʒiː/ 1. A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus Example: Although aji are found in temperate waters around the world, if you have the fish in a sushi-ya here, it almost certainly was caught and frozen in Japan.
Word: aji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/, /ˈɑː.d͡ʒiː/ 1. The ‘flavour’ of a position, i.e. the extent to which it has lingering possibilities such as bad aji which may not be exploitable when they first arise yet still influence further play; good aji generally means there are few weaknesses. Labels: uncountable 2. Bad aji. Labels: uncountable
Word: aza Part of Speech: noun 1. A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: "However, aza N-atoms (~N=) have to be counted, if they replace methine groups in the chain."
Word: g11n Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Numeronym representing globalization as "g" followed by 11 more letters, followed by "n". 1. Abbreviation of globalization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: p13n Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Numeronym representing personalization as "p" followed by 13 more letters, followed by "n". 1. Abbreviation of personalization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: despedida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish despedida. Pronunciation: /d̪ɛs.pɛˈd̪i.d̪ɐ/ 1. a farewell party Labels: Philippines
Word: barrio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish barrio, from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy, “wild”). 1. A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself. 2. A slum on the periphery of a major city, or a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city, in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic. 3. A rural barangay or neighborhood. Labels: Philippines Example: In the barrio, they talked excitedly about the wood-gatherer's discovery. There was so much pushing and quibbling over details that by the time the barrio had organized itself to set out for Salug to investigate, dusk had already fallen. 4. An area or neighborhood in a US city inhabited predominantly by Spanish-speakers or people of Hispanic origin. Labels: US, informal Example: After World War II, its prospering working-class white residents moved to other, more upscale suburban developments, and by the 1950s the area had become an isolated ethnic enclave with its own barrio gang. Example: Mr. Jones and me, stumbling through the barrio
Word: Cdn Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of Canadian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: These megafirms are ranked by size; all had 1986 sales in excess of $1 billion (Cdn.) and derive at least 25 percent of their sales from foreign markets.
Word: Cdn. Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Cdn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: partido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish partido. 1. A subdivision of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Word: tutrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tūtrīx. By surface analysis, tutor + -trix. 1. A female tutor (teacher). Labels: obsolete 2. A female tutor (person other than a parent having charge of a child or other person requiring protection). Labels: Quebec
Word: alfalfa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁éḱwos Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas Proto-Iranian *Hácwah Proto-Iranian *Hástiš Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš Old Median *aspāstišder. Arabic فَصْفَص (faṣfaṣ)bor. Old Spanish alfalfez Spanish alfalfabor. English alfalfa From Spanish alfalfa, from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”). Pronunciation: /ælˈfælfə/ 1. A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. Labels: uncountable Example: “No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.” 2. A type or breed of this plant. Labels: countable
Word: gainsayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aȝenseyere, equivalent to gainsay + -er. 1. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer. 2. A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person. Example: First, The writer, positively asserts, "That Wood's halfpence were current among us for several months with the universal approbation of all people, without one single gainsayer". Example: This urge to ensure the continued viability of UK science is balanced by warnings that such a system brings closer the day when computers will take over the running of the world and discard humanity. One such gainsayer is Bill Joy, inventor of the web language Java and chief scientist at computer giant Sun Microsystems.
Word: imagen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Allan Paivio, from image + -gen. 1. A unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal systems.
Word: chaise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chaise. Doublet of cathedra and chair. Pronunciation: /ʃeɪz/ 1. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. Example: “But why is it necessary, said Edmund, that Crawford’s carriage, or his only should be employed? Why is no use to be made of my mother’s chaise? I could not, when the scheme was first mentioned the other day, understand why a visit from the family were not to be made in the carriage of the family.” Example: The next morning after breakfast, Joe put Merrylegs into the mistress's low chaise to take him to the vicarage; he came first and said good bye to us, and Merrylegs neighed to us from the yard. 2. A chaise longue. Example: “Now, do me a favor. Could I borrow a beach chaise?” “Beach chaise?” “I promise it's for the float. Something that one might sit out in the sun on.” “What the fuck is a beach chaise? Is that French?” “They're lawn chairs, Seanie.” “Yeah, we got lawn chairs.” “Thank you very much, very kind.” 3. A post chaise. Example: It pulled up with a mighty plunging of horses at the overturned chaise.
Word: atari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 当たり. Pronunciation: /əˈtɑːˌɹi/ 1. A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. Example: In situations like this, beginners often make the mistake of giving an atari, which strengthens only the opponent. Example: ... White responds with an atari of her own ...
Word: chaise lounge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American alteration of French chaise longue (literally “long chair”), due to a conflation with English lounge (the term, of uncertain etymology, is possibly a distant cognate of French long); attested from 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˌʃeɪz ˈlaʊndʒ/ 1. Synonym of chaise longue. Labels: US, proscribed, sometimes Example: Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.
Word: VTID Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of vernier time-interval digitizer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: achira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Quechua achira. 1. A canna lily (Canna indica, syn. Canna edulis), similar to arrowroot, the seeds of which yield a purple dye. Labels: uncountable 2. The edible rhizome of this plant. Labels: uncountable Example: In much of this area achira is a market vegetable, but only in Peru and southern Ecuador is it a substantial crop.
Word: tormenta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tormentum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post chaise Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊstʃeɪz/ 1. An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers. Labels: historical Example: She had lately remitted the trespass of a stage-coachman, who had overturned her post-chaise into a ditch;
Word: visita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish visitardeverb. Spanish visitabor. English visita Borrowed from Spanish visita. 1. The chapel at the center of a barrio. Labels: Philippines, historical
Word: cot-caught merger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑt kɔt ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈkɑt kɑt ˌmɝd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈkɒt kɔːt ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/, [ˈkɔt koːt ˌməːd͡ʒə], /ˈkɔt kɔt ˌmɛɾdʒəɾ/ 1. A phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and Scottish English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the words cot and caught homophones. Example: One was /au/-monophthongisation, described earlier in Chapter 2, while the second was the so-called low-back merger (LBM), also referred to as the cot–caught merger because words in these two classes are pronounced the same and speakers cannot hear any small differences in their pronunciation, even when they are present.
Word: low back merger Part of Speech: noun 1. The cot-caught merger. Example: The low back merger is one possible outcome of a series of triggering events outlined in Chapter 5, but it is itself the triggering event for a variety of further consequences for the English vowel system.
Word: phonemic merger Part of Speech: noun 1. The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme. Example: The first sign of a phonemic merger is that two signs, which hitherto have been kept carefully apart, become used wrongly, e.g. das is written for MHG dar, and aller for MHG alles (Schulze 1967: 38f.).
Word: phonemic split Part of Speech: noun 1. The phenomenon in which a single phoneme diverges into two different phonemes.
Word: guerrillero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish guerrillero. Pronunciation: /ɡɛɹɪˈjɛəɹəʊ/, /ɡɛɹɪˈljɛəɹəʊ/ 1. A guerrilla fighter.
Word: abura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba abùrà. Pronunciation: /əˈbjʊ.ɹə/, /əˈbʊ.ɹə/ 1. Any tree of species of genus Mitragyna, from the family Rubiaceae: 2. Any tree of species of genus Mitragyna, from the family Rubiaceae: 3. The soft pale wood from the abura tree.
Word: extended Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɛndəd/, /ɪkˈstɛndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of extend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: extended Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɛndəd/, /ɪkˈstɛndɪd/ 1. Longer in length or extension; elongated. 2. Stretched out or pulled out; expanded. 3. Lasting longer; protracted. Example: After 46 years of service, Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire closed on January 7. The facility had been life-extended on several occasions, before the decision to close came after cracks were found in the core. 4. Having a large scope or range; extensive. 5. Wider than usual.
Word: municipio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish municipio. Doublet of municipium. 1. A municipality in various Latin American countries.
Word: amari Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amaro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cohesion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/, /koʊˈhi.ʒən/, /kəʉˈhiː.ʒən/, [kəʉˈhɪi.ʒn̩], /kɐʉˈhiː.ʒən/ 1. State of cohering, or of working together. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Unit cohesion is important in the military. Example: For divers reasons, the capitalist class lacks this cohesion or solidarity, chief among which is the optimism bred of past success. And, again, the capitalist class is divided; it has within itself a class struggle of no mean proportions, which tends to irritate and harass it and to confuse the situation. 2. Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In general, it is neither advisable nor possible to create such maximally cohesive classes; on the other hand, we would like cohesion to be high. When cohesion is high, it means that the methods and variables of the class are co-dependent and hang together as a logical whole. 5. Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: awa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Hawaiian ʻawabor. English awa Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawa. 1. Kava, specifically Piper methysticum. Labels: uncountable Example: The manner of preparing awa is peculiarly disgusting. The root is chewed by women, and the spit out well-chewed mouthfuls into a calabash. Example: The awa plant is a species of pepper, the piper methysticum of the botanist, and is described as having fleshy stems from two to three feet high. 2. An intoxicating drink made from the kava plant, typically the root. Labels: uncountable Example: The Hawaiian gods were supposed to be particularly addicted to the use of awa. Songs were sung in praise of the drink. Example: When the prayer had finished, the awa was drunk and the sacred feast then began.