nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: at home Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, home. In one's place of residence. Example: Sorry sir, I left my homework at home. Example: "Where's David?" "He stayed at home to fix the washing machine." 2. At ease; comfortable. Labels: idiomatic Example: I feel at home around my girlfriend's family. Example: I'm right at home in my new university. 3. In the home of one's parents. Example: I can't believe it: she's 28 and still lives at home. 4. In a private residence as opposed to a nursing home. Example: He is really elderly and can still live at home. 5. Playing at its usual venue, playing as the home team. Example: The team has won three-quarters of its games at home, but less than half of away games. Example: The team has a 6–2 record at home. 6. Available or willing to receive visitors. Labels: dated Example: 1922 Emily Post, Etiquette, Chapter 10: Cards and Visits When a servant at a door says “Not at home,” this phrase means that the lady of the house is “Not at home to visitors.” This answer neither signifies nor implies—nor is it intended to—that Mrs. Jones is out of the house.
Word: at home Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of reception or party whereby the host says that they will be ‘at home’ during specific hours, when guests can come and go as they like. Labels: historical Example: And, as near as possible to the dear ladies who gave the At Homes, Macmaster could keep up the talk – a little magisterially. Example: She had gone, with high hemlines, to ‘At Homes’ and balls, and left me jealous, half mad, to cluck with her parents who were concerned she might be mixing with a fast crowd.
Word: heartbroken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English broken English heartbroken From heart + broken. 1. Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance. Labels: idiomatic Example: When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken.
Word: hode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”). Pronunciation: /həʊd/, /hoʊd/ 1. To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: laver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈleɪvə/, /ˈleɪvɚ/, /ˈlɑvɚ/ 1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings. 2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: laver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French laveoir, laveor, laveour, lavor, lavur, from Latin lavātōrium. Doublet of lavatorium and lavatory. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪvə/, /ˈleɪvɚ/ 1. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery. 2. That which laves, particularly a washbasin. Example: Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […] 3. The spiritual washing or ablution of baptism. Example: She was afterwards regenerated by the laver of holy baptism, and lived for many years in the service of that knight (as I have frequently heard from him and his family), and was rather loose and wanton in her conduct.
Word: laver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lave Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English laver From lave + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪvə/, /ˈleɪvɚ/ 1. One who laves: a washer.
Word: compact disc Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.
Word: regnum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rēgnum (“kingdom”). Doublet of reign. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡnəm/ 1. A rank in the classification of organisms, below dominium and above divisio. 2. A badge of royalty, especially the early form of the pope's tiara.
Word: intestinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin intestīnālis. By surface analysis, intestine + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/, /ˌɪntɛsˈtaɪ.nəl/, /ɪnˈtes.tɪ.nəl/ 1. Relating to the intestines. Labels: not-comparable Example: intestinal problems 2. Internal. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: renovate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nəʊ.veɪt/, /ˈɹɛ.nəˌveɪt/, /ˈɹɛ.nə.veɪt/ 1. To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again. Labels: transitive Example: This house is shabby: it needs renovating. 2. To restore to freshness or vigor. Labels: transitive Example: All shall relent Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow, Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […] And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.
Word: renovate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nəʊ.veɪt/, /ˈɹɛ.nəˌveɪt/, /ˈɹɛ.nə.veɪt/ 1. renovated Labels: obsolete
Word: dona Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of donah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Larrikin Proper, or rather most improper, takes his "dona," from the boot factory, who would like to be one of the ballet.
Word: starry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑː.ɹi/, /ˈstɑɹ.i/ 1. Having stars visible. Example: starry night Example: Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky. 2. Resembling or shaped like a star. Example: I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste. Example: An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December. 3. Full of stars or celebrities. Example: Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office. Example: A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.
Word: run away Part of Speech: verb 1. To flee by running. Example: The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs. Example: Sometimes I feel I've got to / Run away / I've got to / Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me 2. To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile. Example: My parents want me to take a bath every day? Fine, I'm running away. Example: "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that.[…]." 3. To become a runaway. (of a device or vehicle) Example: The train's brakes failed and it ran away. Example: An autotrim failure can cause stabiliser trim to rapidly run away in the nose-up or nose-down direction.
Word: musquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French mousquet 1. Obsolete spelling of musket. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Fig. 1. A matchlock musquet from the Tower of London.
Word: pyrethrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pyrethrum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English pyrethrin From pyrethrum + -in. 1. Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum plant; unusual in having a cyclopropane ring. Example: Ecoparasite control, with appropriate concentrations of carbaryl, malathion, or pyrethrin dusts, is permissible if the agent is applied externally to both test and control animals not less than seven days prior to the start of the test. Example: The biggest risk raised in the findings, Mr. Abecassis said, is the exposure to pesticides, which have been linked to a range of serious illnesses including fatal cancers and organ damage. Six of the tested products contained chemicals like myclobutanil and pyrethrins in concentrations far above state limits, according to the analysis.
Word: pyrethrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English pyretre, from (and later reformed after) Latin pyrethrum (in Pliny), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron). Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹiθɹəm/ 1. Any of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A common beverage credited with aphrodisiac virtue was old wine containing the pungent root of the plant pyrethrum or pellitory. Example: We children would re-tell the stories the following day to other children who worked in the fields picking the pyrethrum flowers, tea-leaves or coffee beans of our European and African landlords. 2. Anacyclus pyrethrum (pellitory of Spain) Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several insecticides obtained from these plants; pyrethrin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pyrexial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pyrexia + -al. 1. of or relating to fevers; feverish Labels: obsolete
Word: terminal stria Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure in the brain, being a band of fibers running along the lateral margin of the ventricular surface of the thalamus.
Word: pyrgom Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of the mineral pyroxene. Labels: uncountable
Word: crannies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cranny Labels: form-of, plural Example: Muffins are tastiest when butter seeps into all the nooks and crannies.
Word: Davidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ)bor. Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d)bor. Late Latin Dāvīdbor. Old English Dauid, David Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde English David Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Davidic From David + -ic. Pronunciation: /dəˈvɪdɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to the Biblical King David and his descendants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyridic Part of Speech: adj 1. of or relating to pyridine or its derivatives; pyridyl Labels: obsolete
Word: data stream Part of Speech: noun 1. a sequence of digitally encoded coherent signals used in a transmission
Word: pyridyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Pyridinbor. English pyridine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English pyridyl From pyridine + -yl. 1. Any of three isomeric univalent radicals, C₅H₄N-, derived from pyridine; analogous to phenyl.
Word: Bermuda shorts Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of knee-high shorts reminiscent of cut formal trousers. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: reflux condenser Part of Speech: noun 1. A water-cooled, double walled piece of laboratory glassware that is fitted on top of a vessel of boiling liquid such that vapour condenses and flows back into the vessel, preventing the contents from boiling dry.
Word: pyritaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)bor. Latin pȳritēsder. Old French pyriteder. English pyrite English -aceous English pyritaceous From pyrite + -aceous. 1. Of, relating to, or containing pyrites; pyritic. Labels: obsolete
Word: pyroacetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English acetic English pyroacetic From pyro- + acetic. 1. of or relating to acetone (once obtained by heating acetates) Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: pyroacetic ether Part of Speech: noun 1. Acetone. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pyroacetic spirit Part of Speech: noun 1. Acetone. Labels: obsolete
Word: centenionalis Part of Speech: noun 1. A large bronze coin used in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical
Word: pyroacid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English pyroacid From pyro- + acid. 1. any acid obtained by heating another Labels: obsolete
Word: pyroantimonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English antimonate English pyroantimonate From pyro- + antimonate. 1. Any salt of pyroantimonic acid
Word: Zhuang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 壯 /壮 (Zhuàng). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃwɑŋ/, /d͡ʒwɑŋ/ 1. A member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Example: During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution over 200 teeth of the giant ape were found in Chienshih County, Hupeh Province, and Pama County, the Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region. Example: THE OFFICIAL NAME of Kuanghsi province is the Kuanghsi Chuang Autonomous Region. Next to the Han Chinese, the Chuang are China’s largest ethnic group. That surprises people. Most people would think it was the Manchus, or the Uigurs, or the Mongols, or the Tibetans. But in 1990 there were 15 million Chuang in China, compared to 10 million Manchus, 7 million Uigurs, 5 million Mongols, and 4.5 million Tibetans. Since most of China’s 15 million Chuang live in Kuanghsi, hence the province’s distinction as the Kuanghsi Chuang Autonomous Region.
Word: Zhuang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 壯 /壮 (Zhuàng). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃwɑŋ/, /d͡ʒwɑŋ/ 1. The language of these people, belonging to the Tai language group.
Word: Zhuang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊 /庄 (Zhuāng). Doublet of Trang. Pronunciation: /ʒwɑŋ/ 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: antoninianus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Antōnīniānus (“pertaining to Antoninus”). Speculatively named in modern times after an Antoninus mentioned in the Augustan History, after whom some silver coins were said to be named. However, it is not known what this coin was called in antiquity. 1. A silver coin used during the Roman Empire, equal to two denarii. Labels: historical Example: From the 5th year on, Iuppiter conservator coins are continuously produced actually on antoninianuses; Example: The coins were base silver antoninianuses of Decius, coins that had not been in circulation for more than 200 years.[…]The gold are extremely rare, but choice specimens of the debased silver antoninianuses can be purchased for less than $100 each.
Word: mammaries Part of Speech: noun 1. female breasts; plural of mammary
Word: pyroantimonic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + antimonic acid. 1. An acid, H₄Sb₂O₇ derived from antimonic acid analogously to pyrophosphoric acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: antimonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The antimony analog of phosphoric acid, H₃SbO₄ Labels: uncountable
Word: antimonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English antimony Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antimonic English -ate English antimonate From antimonic + -ate. 1. Any salt or ester of antimonic acid; the anion SbO₄³⁻
Word: denarius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denier, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro. Pronunciation: /dɪˈnɑɹi.əs/, /dɪˈnɑːɹɪ.əs/, /dɪˈnɛəɹɪ.əs/, /dɪˈnɛɚ.i.əs/, /dɪˈnɛɹi.əs/ 1. A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: "Sorry, I thought you were Aurel. He owes me a denarius. Have you seen him?" Example: 2007, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day (title of the book)
Word: isograd Part of Speech: noun 1. A line, either on a map or the surface of the Earth, joining points at which metamorphism reached similar pressures and temperatures; actually the intersection of a surface and that of the Earth.
Word: argenteus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin argenteus (“of silver”). 1. A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.
Word: aureus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”). Doublet of eyrir, öre, øre, and oyra. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɹɪəs/, /ˈoɹiəs/ 1. A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii. Labels: historical
Word: pyroarsenate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyroarsenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of pyroarsenic acid.
Word: pyroarsenic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + arsenic acid. 1. An acid, H₄As₂O₇ derived from arsenic acid analogously to pyrophosphoric acid.
Word: pyroborate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyroboric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of pyroboric acid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pyrocatechin Part of Speech: noun 1. pyrocatechol Labels: obsolete
Word: pyrochlore Part of Speech: noun 1. A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)₂Nb₂O₆(OH,F). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.
Word: niobate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From niobic acid + -ate. 1. Any salt, XNbO₃, of the weak niobic acid. 2. The univalent anion NbO₃⁻.
Word: dupondius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin dupondius, literally "two-pounder". 1. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, equal to two asses. Labels: historical
Word: niobic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. the hypothetical acid HNbO₃ derived from niobic oxide Nb₂O₅, only known as its salts, the niobates Labels: uncountable
Word: pyrocitric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English citric English pyrocitric From pyro- + citric. 1. Describing any of the three unsaturated dicarboxylic acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: follis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin follis (“a bag”). Doublet of fals and fool. 1. A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire. Example: In Italy, the exarchs at Ravenna preserved the denominational structure of the currency, striking the bronze folles along with fractions and three silver denominations marked as pieces of 125, 150, and 500 nummiae (pl. 23.200). The solidus was officially exchanged at 300 folles (= 12,000 nummiae) or the rate that had obtained under Theodoric. Example: In the beginning, Antioch followed the weight policy of Constantinopolitan coins, but after a break in minting in 540/541–541/542 caused by the sack of the city by the Persians, the mint of Antioch continued to issue bronze folles of high weight standard, ever if the weight in Constantinople was already reduced by that period.
Word: citraconic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From citr(ic) + (it)aconic acid. 1. one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, cis-CH₃-C(CO₂H)=CHCO₂H; the trans-isomer is mesaconic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: sproc Part of Speech: noun 1. Shortened form of stored procedure. Example: I think the overflow bug is in your sproc.
Word: mesaconic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mes- + (it)aconic acid. 1. one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, trans-CH₃-C(CO₂H)=CHCO₂H; the cis-isomer is citraconic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: itaconic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anagram of aconitic, modelled on German Itaconsäure as an anagram of Aconitsäure (“aconitic acid”), coined by Gustav Crasso (1840). 1. One of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H. Labels: uncountable
Word: pyroelectric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English pyroelectric From pyro- + electric. 1. of, relating to, or exhibiting pyroelectricity
Word: pyroelectric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English pyroelectric From pyro- + electric. 1. a pyroelectric substance
Word: pyroelectricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English electricity English pyroelectricity From pyro- + electricity. 1. The generation of electric charge as a result of a change in temperature. Labels: uncountable Example: Coordinate term: thermoelectricity
Word: huckster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic *huk-, probably related to *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster. By surface analysis, huck + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌkstɚ/ 1. A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street. Example: drive those china hucksters from the doors 2. Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner. Example: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth. 3. One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman. 4. Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
Word: huckster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic *huk-, probably related to *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster. By surface analysis, huck + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌkstɚ/ 1. To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain. Labels: intransitive 2. To sell or offer (goods) from place to place, to peddle. Labels: transitive 3. To promote or sell (goods) in an aggressive, showy manner. Labels: transitive Example: […] Paul Zindel aroused the hope that he might be a playwright in the Williams mode, one who could cast a kindly light in the dark corners of twisted souls. That is precisely the hope dashed by his latest play, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. Here he is simply huckstering kookdom for cheap laughs, and not producing many of them at that.
Word: quadrigatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quadrīgātus, from quadrīgae (“four-horse team”). 1. A medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century B.C.E. Labels: historical
Word: quinarius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin quīnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin quinariusbor. English quinarius Borrowed from Latin quinarius. Pronunciation: /kwɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/, /kwɪˈnɑːɹi.əs/, /kwɪˈnɛɹi.əs/, /kwɪˈnɑɹi.əs/ 1. A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.
Word: semis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmiːz/ 1. plural of semi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēmis. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmɪs/ 1. A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an as. Labels: historical
Word: semuncia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin semuncia (“half-ounce”). By surface analysis, sem- + uncia. 1. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as. Labels: historical
Word: sakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /seɪks/ 1. plural of sake (“benefit”) Labels: form-of, plural Example: For all our sakes, please let us pass.
Word: sakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɑːkis/ 1. plural of sake, referring to a Japanese rice wine Labels: form-of, plural Example: The sailor tried several different sakes before he passed out.
Word: sestertius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), in which “third” refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third. 1. A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius). Labels: historical
Word: triens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin triēns. 1. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic valued at 4 unciae.
Word: rangy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rangy From range + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/ 1. Slender and long of limb; lanky. Example: For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance. Example: Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy. 2. Prone to roaming around. Example: rangy cattle 3. Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious. 4. Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes. Example: The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably.
Word: the sky is the limit Part of Speech: proverb 1. Nothing is impossible or out of reach. Example: If you have a refrigerator and a microwave at work, then the sky is the limit for what you can put in your lunchbox. Example: “I think the hidden mantra of British life is still ‘know your place’. Whereas over there [the US], it's ‘the sky's the limit’.”
Word: victoriatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin victōriātus. 1. A silver coin, stamped with an image of Victory, minted during the Roman Republic, and valued at half a denarius. Labels: historical
Word: disintegrating link Part of Speech: noun 1. A pressed metal or plastic link, used to join cartridges for a machine gun, which is expelled when the cartridge is removed during loading.
Word: obolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós). Doublet of obole and pul. 1. A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma. Example: I remember one of these who, having received a pretty large sum of money, gave me, when I begged an obolus, a whole talent; on which his friend having reproved him, he answered, with an oath, ‘Why not? Have I not fifty left?’ Example: In like manner, "as the Greeks gave the dead man the obolus for Charon's toll [Charon's obol], and the old Prussians furnished him with spending money, to buy refreshment on his weary journey, so to this day German peasants bury a corpse with money in his mouth or hand," and this is also said to be one of the regular ceremonies of an Irish wake. 2. A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma. Labels: historical Example: Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes With fishes, and an obolus of herbs.
Word: obolus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of obelus. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Globe editors have marked it with the obolus according to their explanation in the preface: "Whenever a lacuna occurs too great to be filled out with any approach to certainty by conjecture, we have marked the passage with an obolus (†)".
Word: Krugerrand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the obverse's picture of Paul Kruger, former president of the South African Republic. 1. A gold coin minted in South Africa, containing a full troy ounce of gold.
Word: awe-stricken Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of awestricken (“awestruck”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While the children, scarcely awake, awe-stricken at her manner, their eyes growing larger and larger, remained in this position, she took the baby from her bed— […]
Word: pain in the neck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1920s. 1. Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Got to know McTodd, found he wasn’t coming to the castle, and came down instead of him, same as me. Only he got there first, damn him! Wouldn’t that give you a pain in the neck!” Example: OK, call me a hypersensitive liberal, if you want. It wouldn’t be the first time. I can be a pain in the neck about racial, ethnic and religious bias sometimes, but I think it’s better to be hypersensitive than insensitive.
Word: caveman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪvˌmæn/ 1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves. Example: The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth. Example: CAVEMAN DIET The creators of this nutrition plan believe that cavemen and cavewomen were lean and healthy because of the all-natural foods they ate. 2. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, informal Example: You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is. 3. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, informal Example: The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room. Example: "Bless you, he would think nothing of throwing you downstairs if you have a disagreement. He is a primitive cave-man in a lounge suit. I can see him with a club in one hand and a jagged bit of flint in the other." 4. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, informal Example: Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea. Example: Pat is a real caveman when it comes to tech, and refuses to get a smartphone.
Word: hoarfrost Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hoar frost. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: […] It is moſt remarkable on the ſurface of ſnovv, vvhen covered vvith hoarfroſt, and on other bodies vvhere hoarfroſt moſt abounds. In ſuch caſes, I have often found the ſurface to be ſeven degrees colder than the air at the diſtance of tvvo feet; […] Example: This striking fact, of the lower temperature of the surface on which dew and hoarfrost are forming, it was always found difficult to explain; for the transition of a body from the state of vapour to the fluid or solid form is always accompanied with an evolution of heat, […] The surface is not warmer in consequence of the formation of the dew or hoarfrost, but the dew or hoarfrost is deposited because the surface is previously cold; and its low temperature, compared with that of the air above, is owing to the discharge of heat by radiation.
Word: preexist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English exist English preexist From pre- + exist. 1. To exist before something else. Labels: intransitive Example: The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.
Word: pyritohedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)bor. Latin pȳritēsder. Old French pyriteder. English pyrite Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -hedral English pyritohedral From pyrite + -o- + -hedral. 1. Having the shape of pyrites. 2. Having the shape of a pyritohedron.
Word: pyritohedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)bor. Latin pȳritēsder. Old French pyriteder. English pyrite Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -hedron English pyritohedron From pyrite + -o- + -hedron. 1. An irregular dodecahedron, the faces of which are identical but irregular pentagons. 2. The shape of one of the crystal habits of pyrite.
Word: derail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail. Pronunciation: /ˌdəˈɹeɪ.əl/, /ˌdiːˈɹeɪ.əl/ 1. Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail. Example: The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river. 2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
Word: derail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail. Pronunciation: /ˌdəˈɹeɪ.əl/, /ˌdiːˈɹeɪ.əl/ 1. To cause to come off the tracks. Labels: transitive Example: The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the collision. Example: Among recommendations arising out of the accident were that greater attention should be devoted to the means of derailing runaways on lines so heavily graded as the Highland main line; were it double throughout, catch points would, of course, be laid in, but the catchpoint problem is a difficult one on a single line. 2. To come off the tracks. Labels: intransitive Example: Fortunately, the CrossCountry train did not derail when it struck the mud. It could easily have been much worse. 3. To deviate from the previous course or direction. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The conversation derailed once James brought up politics. 4. To cause to deviate from a set course or direction. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture. Example: Our offices are full of the walking wounded--people who are suicidal, have been hospitalized after the sexual involvement, unable to hold their usual jobs, derailed from intimate relationships, unable to get on with their lives as they once had planned.
Word: have it made Part of Speech: verb 1. To have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty. Labels: idiomatic 2. To have achieved a lifestyle characterized by good fortune and comfort. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's a great idea, and if it catches on and sells well, we'll have it made.
Word: cruzado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese cruzado. Doublet of cruciate. 1. The monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990. 2. An old monetary unit of Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries. 3. An old monetary unit of Castile in the 14th century.
Word: cruzeiro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese cruzeiro (literally “Southern Cross”). 1. The currency of Brazil from 1942 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993.
Word: peso ley Part of Speech: noun 1. The currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. Labels: historical
Word: tranquility Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/ 1. American standard spelling of tranquillity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: amperage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ampere 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 amperage From ampere + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.pəɹ.əd͡ʒ/ 1. The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It seems to me that ampèrage cuts just as much of a figure as voltage. In the case of static electricity we find that between the conductors of a machine, where we can get a spark of 6 or 7 inches, we will have an electro-motive force of not less than 3,000 volts, and yet there is not one of us in this room but can take that through his body without injury, because there is no ampèrage to speak of. Example: A "Deltic" has to be handled very carefully on starting to prevent the automatic cut-out from coming into operation. The maximum permissible amperage is 2,400 and that for no more than 60sec in any one hour; 1,800 to 2,000 amps may be used if necessary for up to 5min and 1,650 to 1,800 amps for up to 30min continuously.
Word: costumed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of costume Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: costumed Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing a costume; disguised. Labels: not-comparable Example: For a livelier scene, head here on Friday or Saturday night, when mass beer-sculling (chugging) and yodeling are accompanied by a brass band and costumed waitresses ferrying foaming beer steins about the atmospheric, cellarlike space.
Word: bisector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bisect + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌsɛktɚ/ 1. A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts. Example: South Street is the bisector of Broken Dreams Boulevard.
Word: intransigeant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of intransigent. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘That's not good enough!’ Her voice rang out like a challenge. I would talk to her sometime in the nearish future. ‘No.’ Her reply was intransigeant.
Word: intransigeant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of intransigent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vituperate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Learned borrowing from Latin vituperātus (“censured; disparaged”), perfect passive participle of vituperō (“to blame, scold, tell off; to censure; to disparage, find fault with”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from vitium (“blemish, defect, flaw, imperfection; crime, misdeed, wrongdoing; fault, error, sin; vice; disease (of plants)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-tyo- (“apart; wrong”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + parō (“to acquire, get, obtain, procure; to arrange, order; to contrive, design; to furnish, provide; to produce; to decide, resolve”) (from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to get, procure; to produce; to bring forward; to bring forth, carry forth; to go through”)). Pronunciation: /vɪˈtjuːpəɹeɪt/, /vaɪ-/, /-ˈtʃuː-/, /vəˈt(j)upəˌɹeɪt/ 1. To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner. Labels: formal, transitive Example: They loue not porke, nor ſwynes fleſh, but doth vituperate and abhore it, yet for all this, they will eate Adders, which is a kind of Serpentes, as well as any other Chriſtyan man dwelling in Roome, and other highe countreys, for Adders fleſhe there, is called fyſhe of the mountayne, this notwithſtanding Phiſicke doeth approbate adders fleſh good to be eaten, […] Example: [M]y beſt Lady, you knovv, and many better men then he have told you, that I am ſo far from vvronging you vvith a falſhood, that I have maintained your honor vvith the hazzard of my life againſt any that ever durſt vituperate you; […] 2. To attack (someone or something) with abusive language; to revile, to vilify. Labels: formal, transitive Example: A bane to merit, he exerts himſelf to the deſtruction of every valuable virtue in literature, or in life: his pen is ne'er employed but in the abuſing and vituperating the innocent and meritorious; and like a voracious flie, he leaves and diſregards every accompliſhment, to fix upon the only ſore. Example: […] I learn that I have enemies, who, not content to hate, are sedulous to vituperate me. 3. To use abusive or harsh words. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: Now the Brito-Celtic Church as Mr. [Henry Charles] Coote calls it, the Church which Augustine vituperated, is a fact, but I should certainly like to have some proof of the existence of the other, the "Early English Church" which Augustine ignored. And I should further like to know why he vituperated in the one case and ignored in the other. Example: Agnolo [Pandolfini] has logic on his side in the very extreme to which he goes; but, like most of his successors in this dangerous line of remark, he loses his temper and begins to vituperate, though his rage is not against the weaker being whom he frankly despises [i.e., woman], but against the men who do not despise her.
Word: vituperate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vituperātus (“censured; disparaged”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /vɪˈtjuːpəɹət/, /vaɪ-/, /-ˈtʃuː-/, /-ɹeɪt/, /vəˈt(j)upəɹət/ 1. Of, characterized by, or relating to abusive or harsh criticism. Labels: formal Example: The glorification of women as mothers informed the propaganda of the Nazi years but social reality told a different story. In 1933, a vituperate campaign against 'double earners' forced married women, whose husbands were employed, out of the labour market. Example: Faced with a vituperate Serbian nationalism and the despotic actions of Slobodan Milošević, who took power in the late 1980s, Slovenia and Croatia seceded from federal Yugoslavia in June 1991[…]. 2. Which has been abusively or harshly criticized; also, deserving harsh criticism. Labels: formal, rare Example: These, and many more that might be adduced, are instances of the obscure though not absolutely impervious medium through which the present age views ancient history; and at the head of these illusions, is the great illusion of all, on wealth and poverty. Wealth was to be discreditable, unmanly, vituperate, because it was found greatly to indispose men to be active thieves. […] This is the sorry explanation, of the ancient theory of heroic poverty.
Word: vituperator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin vituperō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vituperātorbor. English vituperator Borrowed from Latin vituperātor. 1. One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
Word: censurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From censure + -er. 1. One who censures. Example: […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
Word: scolder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scold + -er. 1. One who scolds. 2. The oystercatcher, so called from its shrill cries. 3. The long-tailed duck. Labels: US, dialectal
Word: castigator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From castigate + -or. 1. One who castigates.
Word: pyrogallate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyrogallol + -ate (salt or ester). 1. Any salt of the phenol pyrogallol when viewed as an acid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pyrogallic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English gallic English pyrogallic From pyro- + gallic. 1. Of, or relating to pyrogallol (pyrogallic acid). Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -gen. 1. Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature 2. Any substance characterized by great flammability, typically used to coat electric matches.
Word: pyrectic Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance that produces fever or a rise in body temperature.
Word: pyrectic Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing fever or a rise in body temperature.
Word: pyrognostics Part of Speech: noun 1. The characteristics of a substance, especially of a mineral or metal salt, that are revealed by heat, especially by the use of a blowpipe and a charcoal block. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: pyrognostic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or revealed by pyrognostics Labels: dated
Word: pyrography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -graphy. 1. The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A decoration or design so produced. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: upholstering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upholster(er) + -ing. Attested c. 50 years before the verb upholster. 1. The padding, springs, webbing, and covers found on furniture. Labels: uncountable 2. The application of upholstery to furniture. Labels: countable Example: Holonym: furnituremaking
Word: upholstering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upholster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lic Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of license or licence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: tarantellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarantella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alliances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alliance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enfilading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enfilade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snick or snee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch steken of snijden (literally “to stab or cut”). The initial st- later assimilated to the sn- of snick. Pronunciation: /snɪk ɔː sniː/ 1. To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon. Labels: intransitive, obsolete