nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bombilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish bombilla (“straw”, literally “little pump”). Pronunciation: /bɒmˈbiː(j)ə/, /boʊmˈbiʃə/ 1. A straw, often made of metal, ending in a filter and used for drinking maté. Example: The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position. The bombilla is literally “a little pump,” that is, a sucking tube, ending in a perforated bulb, which performs the office of the perforated diaphragm in our teapot spouts.
Word: progressive rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A rock music genre originating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, heavily influenced by classical music and jazz. Labels: uncountable
Word: lens flare Part of Speech: noun 1. A stray patch of brightness in a photographic image resulting from aberrant refractions or reflections within the lens due to an exceptionally bright light source, sometimes one just outside the image proper. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lens flare is usually unwanted, but can be exploited for artistic effect.
Word: SOAP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /soʊp/, /səʊp/ 1. Acronym of Simple Object Access Protocol, a standard Internet protocol for exchanging structured information in a distributed environment. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The specified system will use SOAP for message exchange.
Word: SOAP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /soʊp/, /səʊp/ 1. Acronym of subjective, objective, assessment, and plan. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: IQR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interquartile range. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: karbovanets Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian карбованець (karbovanecʹ). 1. The monetary unit of Ukraine from 1917 to 1920, 1942 to 1945, and 1991 to 1996. Example: The Central Powers secured the transfer to themselves of 1,600,000,000 karbovantsi (Ukrainian rubles), which were being printed in Berlin, and in return placed at the disposal of the Ukrainian Government marks and crowns at the rate of 0.85 karbovanets for the mark and 0.50 karbovanets for the crown (krone), but this money was not to be used by the Ukrainers for the purchase of goods in Germany and Austria until a year after the conclusion of a general peace. Example: According to Semen Yakovich (about him you will learn later) Ivan Ivanovich is an exemplary member of such and such a board, or of such and such a trust. It is true that his salary is two hundred and fifty karbovantsi, but one can speak of this amount only when one does not count such various small items as overtime pay and the regular honorarium which he receives from the local press for writing articles that are not exactly original.
Word: venezolano Part of Speech: noun 1. The currency of Venezuela from 1874 to 1879, divided into 100 centavos. Labels: historical
Word: expiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”). Pronunciation: /ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/ 1. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One day he came not: I was told, and truly, that business the most imperative required his personal attendance; yet I could not force the ghastly terror of his illness from my mind. I dared not tempt my fate by content—the agony which I suffered seemed a sort of expiation. Example: Under this plea, felons of the worst kind might claim, till this time, to be taken out of the hands of the law judges, and to be tried at the bishops’ tribunals; and at these tribunals, such a monstrous solecism had Catholicism become, the payment of money was ever welcomed as the ready expiation of crime. 2. The act of expiating or stripping off. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: expiation of his immanities fore.
Word: Gotham Part of Speech: name Etymology: “Homestead where goats are kept”, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + hām (“home”). * (New York City nickname): First used 1807 by Washington Irving in his Salmagundi Papers: see the quotation. The original pronunciation had /th/ with later loss of /h/. The pronunciation with /θ/ is a spelling pronunciation that arose from a misreading of th as a digraph. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒθəm/, /ˈɡəʊtəm/ 1. Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States. Example: This passage of the erudite Linkum was applied to the city of Gotham, of which he was once Lord Mayor, as appears by his picture hung up in the hall of that ancient city;—but his observation fits this best of all possible cities "to a hair." It is a melancholy truth that this same New-York, though the most charming, pleasant, polished, and praise-worthy city under the sun, and in a word the bonne bouche of the universe, is most shockingly ill-natured, and sarcastic, and wickedly given to all manner of backslidings; for which we are very sorry, indeed. Example: Naturally sweetened desserts—delicious ones—have several hiding places in Gotham, and the Upper East Side's Candle Café is among the best. 2. A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, associated in folklore with insanity (OS grid ref SK5330). 3. Ellipsis of Gotham City: a fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Batman franchise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: keep it real Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From keep + it + real. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːp ɪt ˈɹiːl/ 1. To perform an individual’s experience of being black in the United States. 2. To be authentic, to be true to oneself; to be cool. Labels: colloquial Example: You can trust Pablo. He always keeps it real. 3. In the imperative, an exhortation used as a departing salutation. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: A: I'm out, bro. B: Keep it real, son.
Word: back payment Part of Speech: noun 1. An overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed. Example: The employer paid a back payment to his employee on his wages from three months earlier.
Word: blaming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blamyng, blamynge, equivalent to blame + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪmɪŋ/ 1. The act of accusing or assigning culpability to. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blaming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of blame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: obsessed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əbˈsɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of obsess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: obsessed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əbˈsɛst/ 1. Intensely preoccupied with or by a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession. Example: What was starting to unsettle him, to frighten him, was the idea that Merry was less horrified now than curious, and soon he himself became obsessed, though not, like her, by the self-immolators in Vietnam but by the change of demeanor of his eleven-year-old. Example: Strangely, although it is an international cliché that the British are obsessed with the weather, it is a fixation with minor irritations: will rain spoil the wedding, the Test Match, the bank holiday? 2. Influenced or controlled by evil spirits, but less than possessed in that the spirits do not actually reside in the victim. Example: Believing that an evil spirit is trying to obsess one is a dangerous belief, and when one comes to believe he is obsessed by an evil spirit, though there is not an evil spirit within a thousand miles of him, he will have all the symptoms. Example: It is true, that by the workings of the law of attraction, and the susceptibility of mortals to the influence of spirit powers, mortals may become obsessed by the spirits of evil...
Word: depending Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛn.dɪŋ/, /də-/, /di-/ 1. present participle and gerund of depend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Johnson said, “Depending on how it melts, a lot of the freshwater will be leaving the region for the ocean, which will have severe impacts on water and food security."
Word: depending Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛn.dɪŋ/, /də-/, /di-/ 1. Suspended or hanging from another element, such as a shield, helmet, crest, or a badge hanging from a chain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Behind the shield are placed in saltire two batons representing that belonging to his office, and round the shield is placed a gold collar of SS, and a triple chain also of gold, and depending from it the proper badge of Lyon King of Arms.
Word: minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mind Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English minded From mind + -ed. Compare Old English -mōd (“minded”), Old English ġehyġd (“minded; disposed”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪndɪd/ 1. Having or exemplifying a mind of the stated type, nature or inclination. Labels: in-compounds Example: a fair-minded decision by a traditionally minded Pope. Example: literary-minded/literature-minded/two-minded 2. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act. Example: I am minded to refuse the request. Example: Order another drink if you are so minded
Word: minded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English mind Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English minded From mind + -ed. Compare Old English -mōd (“minded”), Old English ġehyġd (“minded; disposed”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: originated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of originate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: liver and onions Part of Speech: noun 1. A cooked meal consisting of liver fillets with onions, especially sliced, and other seasoning. Labels: uncountable
Word: every last Part of Speech: adj 1. every; without exception (used for emphasis). Labels: idiomatic Example: He never leaves without checking every last door.
Word: take sides Part of Speech: verb 1. To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation. Labels: idiomatic Example: I am not going to argue with you, and I am not going to take sides in this discussion.
Word: make fun of Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded 1737. Preserves the older meaning of fun, from Middle English fon, fonne (“foolish, simple, silly”), fun (c. 1700) meaning "a cheat, trick, hoax", from a verb fun meaning "to cheat, trick" (1680s). 1. To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!
Word: make light of Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Make light work of. 1. To regard without due seriousness; to joke about. Labels: idiomatic Example: I wish you wouldn't make light of the matter, when it obviously means a great deal to him. Example: It was also a satisfying night for England coach Capello. Not only did he have a vital victory to celebrate, but his team selection was fully justified as Cahill gave an almost flawless performance in defence and Scott Parker's display made light of the surprising exclusion of Frank Lampard.
Word: after the fact Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /ˌɑːftə ðə ˈfækt/, /ˌæftɚ ðə ˈfækt/ 1. After the occurrence of some action or event, such as a crime or the formation of a contract. 2. Too late; after something is finished or final. Example: You made the commitment, and you can't change the terms after the fact.
Word: corner kick Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.nə kɪk/, /ˈkɔɹ.nɚ kɪk/ 1. A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where it went out of play.
Word: short-handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of shorthanded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: His final goal was short-handed and came with less than two minutes left. Example: Pearl, holding down the hostess station, explained: “Amy's helping in the kitchen—short-handed back there. Short-handed everywhere in 7.
Word: short-handed Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of shorthanded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The present Section, where the vessel sails short-handed, permits the payment of shorthand pay, but there is a clause in that contract which hoists it if the vessel sailing short-handed is due to the misconduct of any crew member.
Word: interrupting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interrupt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I didn't know I was interrupting his nap.
Word: Books of Moses Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the traditional view that the Pentateuch was authored by Moses, now rejected by most scholars. 1. Synonym of Torah.
Word: embarras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French embarras. Pronunciation: /ɒmbəˈɹɑː/ 1. Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I […] envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things. 2. An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: [O]ne day in his way to the opera, his chariot was stopped by an embarras in the street, occasioned by two peasants, who having driven their carts against each other, quarrelled, and went to loggerheads on the spot. 3. Embarrassment; intense social awkwardness. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 4. A clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway. Labels: Canada, US, archaic, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: to the gills Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible. Labels: idiomatic Example: He came in with a suitcase, packed to the gills with samples and demonstration products. Example: It’s a film that is utterly maximalist, stuffed to the gills with gadgets, gimmicks, ideas both good and bad. An exhausting, exhilarating watch.
Word: pyromucic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. furoic acid Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: furfural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin furfur (“bran”) + English -al (“aldehyde”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɝfjəˌɹæl/, /ˈfɝfəˌɹæl/ 1. A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan, obtained commercially from bran, with several industrial uses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pyrosulphate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pyrosulfate. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: Levi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.vaɪ/ 1. The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. Example: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 2. One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected. Labels: historical Example: But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. 3. A male given name from Hebrew. 4. A Jewish surname from Hebrew. Example: Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
Word: pyrosulfate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
Word: pyrosulphuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pyrosulfuric acid. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pyrosulfuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The acid, H₂S₂O₇, formed by the reaction of sulfur trioxide with sulfuric acid; used in the manufacture of explosives etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: fuming sulfuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid; it contains pyrosulfuric acid, and is used in the manufacture of nitroglycerine etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: oscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ōsculum + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to the mouth.
Word: catchword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch + word. Pronunciation: /ˈkat͡ʃwɜːd/, /ˈkæt͡ʃwɚd/ 1. A word at the end of a book page that repeats the first word from the following page. (Such words served as aids to the bookbinder (to check rapidly for correct placement of leaves) and were also viewed by some readers as aids to smooth reading.) Labels: historical Example: Near-synonym: custos 2. The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker. 3. A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view. Example: One could give a long list of such intellectual fashions and catchwords which in the course of two or three generations have in turn dominated the thinking of the intellectual. Example: The war itself has several names, including "the famine war" (ḥarb al-majā'a) and seferberlik, a Turkish word, meaning "travel by land," that began its wartime career as a reference to "military conscription" but quickly became a catchword for all the calamities and suffering experienced by civilians.
Word: oleum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Oleum, from Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”). Doublet of oil. Pronunciation: /oʊliəm/ 1. A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sulfur trioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A corrosive liquid, SO₃, which forms sulfuric acid on contact with water; made commercially by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide. Labels: uncountable
Word: sulphur trioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sulfur trioxide. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: moiré pattern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moiré + pattern. Pronunciation: /mwaˈɹeɪ ˈpætɚn/ 1. an optical effect formed when one family of curves is superposed on another, the lines of the overlapping figures crossing at an angle less than about 45°; the moiré lines are then the locus of the points of intersection
Word: molecular cloud Part of Speech: noun 1. A large and relatively dense cloud of cold gas and dust in interstellar space from which new stars are formed
Word: molybdenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English molybdenum Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English molybdenite From molybdenum + -ite. 1. A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS₂, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hemline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hem + line. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛmˌlaɪn/ 1. The line formed by the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; hem. 2. The height of this line, measured from the floor. Example: above-knee hemline
Word: monazite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek μονάζω (monázō, “be solitary”). 1. any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium
Word: monoamine oxidase Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.
Word: oxidase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxide + -ase introduced by Gabriel Bertrand. 1. Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen. Example: The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared.
Word: cacodemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)). By surface analysis, caco- + demon. Pronunciation: /kækəˈdiːmən/ 1. An evil or malevolent spirit. 2. The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
Word: pyromorphite Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish-green mineral, a mixed phosphate and chloride of lead with the chemical formula Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl that is sometimes mined as an ore. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pyromorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pyro- + -morphous. 1. changing form when heated, especially forming crystals Labels: dated, not-comparable, usually
Word: pyromucate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyromucic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of pyromucic acid.
Word: pyronine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from German pyronin. By surface analysis, pyrone + -ine. 1. Any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis.
Word: xanthene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Internationalism reflecting New Latin combining forms: xanth- + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈzænθin/ 1. Any of a group of tricyclic heterocycles (dibenzopyrans) that are the basis for a range of dyes such as fluorescein and eosin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pyrophanous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English -phanous English pyrophanous From pyro- (“heat”) + -phanous. 1. made transparent or translucent when heated Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyrophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pyro- + -phobic. 1. Suffering from pyrophobia; afraid of fire.
Word: pyrophobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -phobic. 1. A person who is afraid of fire.
Word: pyrophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -phone. 1. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by flames of gas in tubes of different length
Word: pyrophoric iron Part of Speech: noun 1. finely powdered iron, which ignites spontaneously in air Labels: uncountable
Word: pyrophyllite Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft, pale aluminosilicate mineral, somewhat resembling talc.
Word: pyroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -scope. 1. An early form of pyrometer used to measure high temperatures. Labels: dated
Word: brindled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪndəld/ 1. Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted. Example: The palace in a woody vale they found, High raised of stone; a shaded space around; Where mountain wolves and brindled lions roam, (By magic tamed,) familiar to the dome. Example: All round me were tokens of a divided empire. The old grass and the new grass were striving together. In the low wet swales the verdure peeped out in vivid green ; beyond, on the mountains, lay light patches of snow, strangely relieved against their russet sides; all the humped hills looked like brindled kine in the shivers.
Word: brindled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪndəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of brindle Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Apples, these I mean, unspeakably fair [...] - some brindled with deep red streaks like a cow, or with hundreds of fine blood-red rays running regularly from the stem-dimple to the blossom-end, like meridional lines, on a straw-colored ground, [...]
Word: pyrouric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English uric English pyrouric From pyro- + uric. 1. cyanuric Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: pyroxanthin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English xanth- English -in English pyroxanthin From pyro- + xanth- + -in. 1. A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: creosote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kreosot in the 1830s, coined in 1832 by German natural philosopher Carl Ludwig, Baron Reichenbach, from Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “preserver”) for its use as an antiseptic and meat-preservative. The creosote bush was named after its scent. By surface analysis, containing creo-. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːəˌsəʊt/, /ˈkɹiːəˌsoʊt/ 1. A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The creosote bush. Labels: countable Example: On Shaw Butte, as elsewhere in the Phoenix area, creosotes are abundant, producing a plethora of small yellow flowers in late March and April. Example: "King Clone," a creosote plant (Larrea tridentata) found in southwest California, was estimated in February 1980 by Prof. Frank C. Vasek to be 11,700 years old. 4. A flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: creosote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German Kreosot in the 1830s, coined in 1832 by German natural philosopher Carl Ludwig, Baron Reichenbach, from Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “preserver”) for its use as an antiseptic and meat-preservative. The creosote bush was named after its scent. By surface analysis, containing creo-. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːəˌsəʊt/, /ˈkɹiːəˌsoʊt/ 1. To apply creosote. Labels: transitive Example: As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection. Example: Agnes was leaning over the creosoted garden gate …
Word: pyroxenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pyroxene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pyroxenic From pyroxene + -ic. 1. of, relating to, or containing pyroxene Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyroxenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pyroxene Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English pyroxenite From pyroxene + -ite. Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹɑksin.aɪt/ 1. A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stickle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *stikel, *stykyl (in compounds), from Old English sticel (“a prickle, sting, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *stiklaz, *stikilaz (“sting, stinger, peak, cup, goblet”), related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). Cognate with Dutch stekel, Icelandic stikill, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls) (whence Russian стекло́ (stekló, “glass”), Polish szkło (“glass”), Lithuanian sti̇̀klas, Romanian sticlă). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪk(ə)l/ 1. A sharp point; prickle; a spine
Word: stickle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stikel, from Old English sticel, sticol (“high, lofty, steep, reaching great heights, inaccessible”), from Proto-Germanic *stikulaz, *stikkulaz (“high, steep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stick; peak”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪk(ə)l/ 1. Steep; high; inaccessible. 2. High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: stickle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stikel, from Old English sticel, sticol (“high, lofty, steep, reaching great heights, inaccessible”), from Proto-Germanic *stikulaz, *stikkulaz (“high, steep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stick; peak”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪk(ə)l/ 1. A shallow rapid in a river. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: He swam through the plying poles of the stickle, and ran over the shallow, reaching safe water before the pack came down. He was young and fast and strong. 2. The current below a waterfall. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: [P]atient Anglers ſtanding all the day / Neere to ſome ſhallovv ſtickle or deepe bay.
Word: stickle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a variant of stightle (“to order, arrange, direct”), from Middle English stightelen, stiȝtlen, stihilen, stihlen, equivalent to stight (“to order, rule, govern”) + -le (frequentative suffix). For the development of /təl/ to /kəl/, compare huckleberry and dialectal turkle (“turtle”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪk(ə)l/ 1. To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete 2. To argue or struggle for. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: ‘She has other people than poor little you to think about, and has gone abroad with them; so you needn’t be in the least afraid she’ll stickle this time for her rights.’ 3. To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Miserable new Berline! Why could not Royalty go in some old Berline similar to that of other men? Flying for life, one does not stickle about his vehicle. 4. To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: Which [question] violently they pursue, / Nor stickled would they be. 5. To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: They ran to him, and, pulling him back by force, stickled that unnatural fray. 6. To separate combatants by intervening. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete Example: When he [the angel] sees half of the Christians are already killed, and all the rest in a fair way to be routed, [he]stickles betwixt the remainders of God’s host, and the race of fiends. 7. To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete Example: Fortune, as she’s wont, turned fickle, / And for the foe began to stickle. Example: for paltry punk they roar and stickle
Word: Cornish wrestling Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of wrestling, similar to judo, traditionally practised in Cornwall. Labels: uncountable
Word: GUT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of grand unification theory or grand unified theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Haupt Part of Speech: name Etymology: German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haupt (“head”). Compare Houpt. Pronunciation: /haʊpt/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: brewing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brewynge; equivalent to brew + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of brew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brewing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brewynge; equivalent to brew + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːɪŋ/ 1. The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The business or occupation of a brewer. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The quantity of a brew made in a single batch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The four last brewings, in which the quantity of yeast added was smaller than in the six first, took place during the month of May, when the heat is apt to make the fermentation run to excess. 4. The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pfeffer Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: higgledy-piggledy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A reduplicated rhyming compound. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible link to pig, since the animals huddle in irregular groups, but notes that the connection is uncertain. First use appears c. 1598. The first part of the old alternative form, hoggledy-piggledy, may derive from the archaic Welsh hogldy, a hovel. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/ 1. In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up. Labels: slang Example: I can't find your memo since my desk is all higgledy-piggledy. Example: A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. However straightly over-night he laid his sheaves on the threshing-floor for the application of the morning's flail, when morning came, all was topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, though the door remained locked, and there was no sign whatever of irregular entry.
Word: higgledy-piggledy Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A reduplicated rhyming compound. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible link to pig, since the animals huddle in irregular groups, but notes that the connection is uncertain. First use appears c. 1598. The first part of the old alternative form, hoggledy-piggledy, may derive from the archaic Welsh hogldy, a hovel. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/ 1. In a confused, disordered, or random way. Labels: slang Example: There is no kind of arrangement as regards the buildings they are erected "higgledy-piggledy;" backs to fronts, anyhow, with narrow passages between.
Word: higgledy-piggledy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reduplicated rhyming compound. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible link to pig, since the animals huddle in irregular groups, but notes that the connection is uncertain. First use appears c. 1598. The first part of the old alternative form, hoggledy-piggledy, may derive from the archaic Welsh hogldy, a hovel. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/ 1. A disordered jumble; a confusion. Example: A Higgledy-Piggledy of Controversies and Opinions on various intereſting Subjects
Word: higgledy-piggledy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Self-reference to the form of the word higgledy-piggledy. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/ 1. A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter. Example: Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical. 2. Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases. Example: The games are a bit archaically presented, but they include palindromes, acrostics, higgledy-piggledies, anagrams, etc.
Word: higgledypiggledy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of higgledy-piggledy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: higgledypiggledy Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of higgledy-piggledy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: explaining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of explain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: explaining Part of Speech: noun 1. explanation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You've got some explaining to do! Example: Among these various explainings there is one set which it is comparatively easy to distinguish. I call it semantic explanation: making clear a meaning.
Word: naively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English naive Middle English -ly English -ly English naively From naive + -ly. Pronunciation: /naɪˈivli/ 1. In a naive manner. Example: The order was written. In less than ten days everything was "on wheels" and the whole body of these Sioux [was] on the move to the country they had indicated, and the Secretary of the Interior says, naively, in his report for 1868, "The Indians were found to be quite determined to move westward, and the promise of the government in that respect was faithfully kept." Example: At this point there may possibly be a few readers who naively expect that they will somehow be held exempt from this law of universal klutzhood. Not for them the indignities of life as a bungling beginner.
Word: naïvely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English naïve Middle English -ly English -ly English naïvely From naïve + -ly. 1. Alternative form of naively. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I do not want to spend long in examining the arguments for this general deprecation of sense-perception or the intellectual motives for denying all credentials to sense-perception in order to enhance those of calculation, demonstration or religious faith. I want to get quickly to the much thornier briar-patch, the place, namely, where scientific accounts of perception seem to issue in the consequential doctrine that observers, including the physiologists and psychologists themselves, never perceive what they naïvely suppose themselves to perceive. Example: 2005 September: John H. Jenkins, The Dao of Unihan, International & Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc. Users should not naïvely assume that learning to pronounce an East Asian language is all about learning to pronounce the individual ideographs […]
Word: death toll Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident. Example: Food, clothing, bedding, and fire, were supplied in sufficient proportions to maintain life and health; and the three years of severe suffering passed over the cotton districts without any sensible increase of disease, and without increasing the frequency of the death toll. Example: Fascinated by the fact that the death toll of this singular storm was the fifth highest on record as regards overall effects/death tolls for a natural disaster in the United States in the 20th century […]
Word: defeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From defeat + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfiːtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who defeats. Example: defeater of the rebel hordes 2. a belief which, if proved to be true, would imply outright or indirectly that another belief were false.
Word: pyrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πύρωσις (púrōsis, “burning”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix). Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹoʊsɪs/ 1. A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: reflux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.flʌks/ 1. The backwards flow of any fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] after a little way out to sea, there was a current and wind, always one way in the morning, the other in the afternoon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the tide, as going out or coming in; but I afterwards understood it was occasioned by the great draft and reflux of the mighty river Orinoco […] 2. A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reflux Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.flʌks/ 1. To flow back or return. Example: the refluxing tide 2. To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.
Word: health warning Part of Speech: noun 1. An official edict that a particular substance or activity is dangerous, or an expression of such an edict. Labels: UK Example: The law requires a health warning on packets of cigarettes. 2. An indication or admission that an opinion, statistic, etc. is to be treated with doubt or scepticism. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: As I am a member of that political party, my views must come with a health warning.
Word: golf clap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reference to the practice, among spectators of golf, of applauding quietly so as to not distract the players.https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/30/history-golf-clap 1. A sarcastic or humorous form of applause performed by lightly and rapidly clapping the fingers of one hand against the palm of the other, used to show indifference or disdain, or to show polite or quiet appreciation.
Word: slave driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slave-driver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tantalus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Tantalus, from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos, “Tantalus”), a Phrygian king in Greek mythology who was condemned to stand in a pool of water which receded every time he tried to drink, and with overhanging branches of fruit which pulled back whenever he tried to eat. Doublet of Tantalus. Pronunciation: /ˈtæntələs/ 1. A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana. 2. A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible. Example: Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest. Example: “A small boy, sir. Said I was to be sure and see you got it most particular.” He unlocked a cupboard near the window and produced a tantalus. “Whisky, sir, or cocktail?” 3. Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing. Example: Over all, there brooded the shadow of his injuries and the tantalus of their slow healing.
Word: decanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decant 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 decanter From decant + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkæntə(ɹ)/ 1. A vessel for decanting liquor. 2. A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper. Example: Pour wine into the decanter, and cork. Let the decanter down, drawing the loops out and laying them on the table top. Have a tray of small glasses alongside the decanter. When ready to introduce the experiment, step to the table, remove the glass stopper, pick up the decanter with the right hand and pour the wine into the glasses on the tray. Example: A decanter filled with smoke from smouldering incense.
Word: gross income Part of Speech: noun 1. Income generated before deducting expenses, taxes, insurance, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. In United States tax law, income that is subject to taxation under the Internal Revenue Code (see Internal Revenue Code 61). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: my gosh Part of Speech: intj 1. my God Labels: US, euphemistic
Word: my God Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of oh my God. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: My God! He’s only the most intelligent man in the Bible, that’s all! Who isn’t he head and shoulders over? Who? Both Testaments are full of pundits, prophets, disciples, favorite sons, Solomons, Isaiahs, Davids, Pauls — but, my God, who besides Jesus really knew which end was up?
Word: oh my gosh Part of Speech: intj 1. oh my God! Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: fatness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈfætnəs/ 1. The state, quality, or condition of being fat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly. Example: As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
Word: abiding place Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of abiding-place. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [H]e determined (with an eye rather to heart-interests than to increasing his professional practice) to make, as before, the castle itself his office, studio, and chief abiding place till the works were fairly in progress.
Word: pyrostat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyro- + -stat. 1. A thermostat designed to operate at high temperatures. 2. An automatic draught-regulator for chimney-stacks, smoke-pipes, etc.
Word: pyroxylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English xylic English pyroxylic From pyro- + xylic. 1. Created by the destructive distillation of wood. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: leftism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English left Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English leftism From left + -ism. 1. Belief in the principles of left-wing politics. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pyrrhotite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πυρρότης (purrhótēs) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English pyrrhotite From Ancient Greek πυρρότης (purrhótēs) + English -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹətaɪt/ 1. A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pyrrhicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pyrrhichios + -ist. By surface analysis, pyrrhic + -ist. 1. One who danced the Pyrrhichios.
Word: longboats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longboat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyrrolidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole English -olidine English pyrrolidine From pyrrole + -olidine. 1. Any of a class of heterocyclic amines having a saturated five-membered ring; especially the parent compound of this class, C₄H₉N.
Word: pyrrolidone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole English -olidine English pyrrolidine German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pyrrolidone From pyrrolidine + -one. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹəlɪˌdəʊn/ 1. any of a class of heterocyclic ketones derived from a pyrrolidine; especially 2-pyrrolidone, the simplest γ-lactam
Word: pyrroline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English pyrroline From pyrrole + -ine. 1. Any of three isomeric monounsaturated heterocycles having a five-membered ring and one nitrogen atom C₄H₇N; any derivative of these compounds
Word: monounsaturated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English unsaturated English monounsaturated From mono- + unsaturated. 1. having a single double or triple bond Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyrrolysine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pyrroline + lysine. 1. An amino acid found in methanogenic bacteria. Labels: uncountable
Word: methanogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From methano- + -genic. 1. Of or relating to a methanogen or to methanogenesis. Labels: not-comparable 2. Capable of producing methane. Labels: not-comparable
Word: left-winger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From left-wing + -er. 1. A person who espouses left-wing political views. 2. A member of the left wing of a party or group. 3. A person who plays the position of left wing.
Word: pysanka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian пи́санка (pýsanka), from писа́ти (pysáty, “to write”), referring to writing on an egg with a stylus in a wax-resist dyeing process, from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, related to *pьstrъ (“feathered”), + feminine ending -ка (-ka). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsəŋkə/ 1. A hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.
Word: left-hander Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is left-handed. 2. A blow struck with the left hand. 3. A bend or turn to the left; a left-hand corner.