nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: teaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teach Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of teache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gems Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gem Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Zachary Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Zacharias. Pronunciation: /ˈzækəɹi/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew, English vernacular form of Zacharias, Zachariah and Zechariah. Example: Unto whom I will giue for leaders, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, Oseas, Amos, and Micheas, Ioel, Abdias, and Ionas, Nahum, and Abacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharie, and Malachie, which is called also an Angel of the Lord. Example: Albeit in our late Reformation, some of good consideration have brought in Zachary, Malachy, Josias, &c. as better agreeing with our faith, but without contempt of countrey names (as I hope), which have both good and gracious significations,
Word: mesoappendix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English appendix English mesoappendix From meso- + appendix. 1. Part of the mesentery found near the appendix and the terminal ileum.
Word: inhumed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inhume Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stomachic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin stomachicus. 1. Of or relating to the stomach. Example: This will usefully blunt the keenness of the stomachic ferment. 2. Beneficial to the stomach or to digestion.
Word: stomachic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stomachicus. 1. A medicine for the stomach. Example: CALUMBÆ RADIX (Kalumbo, Portuguese). The root of the Cocculus palmatus, one of our most useful stomachics and tonics. It contains a bitter principle, called calumbin.
Word: ack-ack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ack (“A”) + ack (“A”), RAF WWI signalese for AA (“anti-aircraft”). (In modern signalese it would be called alpha-alpha.) 1. Antiaircraft artillery. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: The army fired upon us with ack-ack. Example: Ack-acks were set up in the square. 2. Antiaircraft fire. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The bomber flew through heavy ack-ack.
Word: countersign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French contresigne. Equivalent to counter- + sign. 1. A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person. 2. The response to a sign or signal. Example: Only those who give the countersign may enter the Masonic Lodge.
Word: countersign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French contresigne. Equivalent to counter- + sign. 1. To sign on the opposite side of (a document). Labels: transitive 2. To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person. Labels: broadly, transitive
Word: call out Part of Speech: verb 1. To specify, especially in detail. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum. 2. To order into service; to summon into service. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The Governor called out the National Guard. Example: The day of a shedmaster has no real beginning and end. He may leave for home when his work at the shed is done, but there is always the far-too-handy telephone to call him out to breakdowns or other emergencies. 3. To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: 1971, Carole King, “You’ve Got A Friend”, Tapestry, Ode Records You just call out my name / And you know wherever I am / I'll come running to see you again. 4. To challenge (someone). Labels: archaic, transitive 5. To challenge (someone). Labels: slang, transitive 6. To challenge (someone). Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive Example: He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up. Example: She called them out on their lies. 7. To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick. Labels: New-Jersey, New-York, intransitive Example: I had to call out from work. […] I barely ate yesterday. The only thing that stayed in my stomach was soup and crackers. Example: I had to call out from work a few Saturdays to Dj at kid's party because they would normally start somewhere around 4:00 p.m.
Word: call out Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of callout. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: right off the bat Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of off the bat. Example: If I told you that we had launched the glove washing program without effort it would be purely malarkey. Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis. Example: Over and over again you'll dump a horde of weenies, and if you're^([sic]) opponent's^([sic]) too slow, he'll die right off the bat.
Word: chakram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of chakra, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel. 1. A disc-like throwing weapon from India.
Word: chakram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṁ, “wheel”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). 1. A former currency of Travancore in present-day India. Labels: historical
Word: lunar calendar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)uːnəˈkæl.ən.də/, /ˈlunɚˈkæləndɚ/ 1. A calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the revolution of the earth around the sun; a calendar of the lunar year.
Word: sericulture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly borrowed from French sériculture, a modification of French sériciculture (“sericulture”) (or directly from sériciculture), from Late Latin sēricum (“Chinese goods, especially silk”) + French culture (“crop; culture”). Sēricum is derived from Latin sēricus (“of or pertaining to the Seres or Chinese; (by extension) made of silk, silken”), from Sēres (“northern Chinese people”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese people; the land of the Chinese, China”), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr, “(rare, usually in plural) Chinese person; silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*slɯ, “silk”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹɪˌkʌltʃə/, /ˈsɪəɹɪ-/, /ˈsɛɹɪˌkʌlt͡ʃ ɚ/, /ˈsɛɹəˌkəlt͡ʃ ɚ/ 1. The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Numerous experiments have been made with a view to improving sericulture in India. Example: Very soon after sericulture had, by these means, been established, its profits in one year exceeded the large reward given by the state of California. Looking to the character of the population of this Colony [New Zealand], and the manner in which it would probably be settled, the promotion of sericulture was a most important object, as affording a prospect of useful employment to a large number of persons.
Word: in love Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Enamored (of a person, etc.) Example: I think John is in love. Example: Isn't it nice to see two people in love? 2. Very fond (of an idea, etc.) Labels: informal Example: I'm not exactly in love with the idea of having to start again from scratch.
Word: in love Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: tur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus. Pronunciation: /tʊə/, /tʊɹ/ 1. Any of species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur of wild goats native to Caucasus. Example: Then to Hanukkah's mild surprise a voice rose up and, with laconic precision, likened this rumored brother Alp to the secretion on the nether parts of a she-tur.
Word: lur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danish lur, Norwegian lur, and Swedish lur, all from Old Norse lúðr (“trumpet”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure. Labels: historical
Word: baby-snatcher Part of Speech: noun 1. One who kidnaps a baby.
Word: snatcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snatch 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 snatcher From snatch + -er. 1. One who snatches, or steals by snatching. Example: He'd thought it through and decided that he needed a swift reaction team to outsnatch the snatchers.
Word: snatchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snatcher; ones who snatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sericious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sericeous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: munter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌn.tə/ 1. An ugly person. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter. 2. A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs. Labels: Commonwealth, slang Example: He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.
Word: munter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French montre. Pronunciation: [ˈmʊn.tər] 1. A watch (portable timepiece). Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: […] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare. Example: […] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]
Word: onanistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From onanist + -ic or Onan + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to masturbation (onanism). 2. In a manner which suggests masturbation; hence, fruitless, self-congratulatory, self-absorbed, pointless.
Word: on cloud nine Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: See cloud nine. 1. In a state of elation; very happy; blissful. Labels: idiomatic Example: Lots of Warframers are on cloud nine right now after the announcement at Tennocon^([sic – meaning TennoCon]) yesterday!
Word: plier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ply 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 plier From ply + -er. 1. One who plies. 2. Attributive form of pliers. Labels: attributive, form-of Example: a 3-piece plier kit
Word: syncretize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from syncretism; compare also synchresis. 1. To combine different elements, or to unite or reconcile different beliefs. 2. To merge different inflexional forms.
Word: presumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English presumpcioun, presumption, from Old French presumption and its etymon Latin praesūmptiō. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/ 1. The act of presuming, or something presumed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet, in contradiction to all these very plausible presumptions, even this remote period teems with its own peculiar and separate instruction. 2. The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The presumption is that an event has taken place. Example: I have here imputed the Continuance of the War to the mutual Indulgence between our General and Allies, wherein they both so well found their Accounts; to the Fears of the Mony-changers, left their Tables should be overthrown; to the Designs of the Whigs, who apprehended the Loss of their Credit and Employments in a Peace; and to those at home, who held their immoderate Engrossments of Power and Favour, by no other Tenure than their own Presumption upon the Necessity of Affairs. 3. The condition upon which something is presumed. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth? Example: Thy son I killed for his presumption. 5. An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact presumed. The legislative presumption is invalid when it is entirely arbitrary, or creates an invidious discrimination, or operates to deprive a party of a reasonable opportunity to present the pertinent facts in his defense.
Word: onychophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onycho- + -phagy. Pronunciation: /oʊ̯.nɪˈkɒf.ə.d͡ʒi/ 1. Nail biting. Labels: uncountable
Word: zillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zillion + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪljənθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number zillion. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: zillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zillion + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪljənθ/ 1. The person or thing in the zillionth position. Labels: informal 2. One of a zillion equal parts of a whole. Labels: informal
Word: taipan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wik-Mungkan tay-pan (or dhayban). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪpæn/ 1. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.
Word: taipan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹, “big shot, rich businessman”), originally as taepan. Related to tycoon, from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪpæn/ 1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. Example: Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground. Example: The British taipans stood in one sodden circle with their womenfolk, like bored officers at a garrison get-together. 2. A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background) Labels: Philippines
Word: post scriptum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of postscriptum. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Post Scriptum — Long as this letter has grown, I find it necessary to append a postscript ; if possible, a short one. Example: Post Scriptum — I regret that time does not permit me to re-write and correct and condense the whole of this communication.
Word: HDR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of hot dry rock. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of humanitarian daily ration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of high dynamic range. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of hard disk recorder or hard drive recorder (“a recording device that records onto a hard disk drive”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: wow-wow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay wauwau or Javanese wâwâ, imitative of the animal's call. Pronunciation: /ˈwaʊwaʊ/ 1. A gibbon, especially the silvery gibbon or the agile gibbon.
Word: niner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (1): From nine + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪnə(ɹ)/ 1. Something nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc. Labels: informal 2. The digit 9 in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Labels: singular
Word: postscriptum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin postscriptum, from From post (“after, behind”) + scrīptum (“text, something written”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstˈskɹɪptəm/ 1. A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing. Labels: rare Example: Meanwhile, I remain—Ever yours, / Jehu Face. / Postscriptums I hate; but I think you had better / Keep snug to yourself the contents of this letter. Example: 1827, M. Corbett, The odd volume, containing a letter purporting to be from King James VI of Scotland to Sandie Fotheringhame, Laird o'Powrie, signed: James, R. Postscriptum. — Scotland for ever! The Dane’s beneath the table, and Rab’s on the tap o’t, blawing like the deevil.
Word: planetarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin planētārium. Equivalent to planet + -arium. Pronunciation: /plænɪˈtɛəɹɪəm/, /plænɪˈtɛːɹi.əm/, /plænɪˈtɛɚiəm/, /plænəˈtɛɚiəm/, /pleənɪˈteə.ɹiəm/ 1. A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling. 2. An orrery.
Word: sequestrant Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound that promotes sequestration by forming chelate compounds with metal ions; especially when used as food additives in order to prevent metal catalyzed oxidation
Word: in love with Part of Speech: prep 1. See in love
Word: aldonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of polyhydroxy carboxylic acids derived from an aldose by oxidation of the aldehyde functional group.
Word: aldose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ald(ehyde) + -ose 1. Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group. Example: The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
Word: aldoxime Part of Speech: noun 1. Any oxime derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NOH
Word: ketoxime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Ketonbor. English ketone English keto- English oxime English ketoxime From keto- + oxime. 1. Any oxime derived from a ketone; general formula R₂C=NOH
Word: oxime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Oxim, from oxy- + Imid. From Oxy + -ime (from clipping of imide). Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.siːm/, /ˈɑkˌsiːm/ 1. Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine. Example: In contrast, a water-repellent substance, for example, fluoric resin or Teflon, is extremely nonaffinitive with the oily oxime hydrochlorides and has a nature to repel it. Example: Treatment for novichok exposure would be the same as for other nerve agents, with atropine, diazepam and drugs called oximes.
Word: alkanium ion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any carbocation obtained by hydrogenation of an alkane.
Word: alkanium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English alkanium From alkane + -ium. 1. any carbocation obtained by hydrogenation of an alkane
Word: carbocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbo- + cation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː(ɹ).bəʊˈkæt.aɪ.ən/ 1. Any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms
Word: bridged carbocation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed among two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.
Word: carbonium ion Part of Speech: noun 1. a carbenium ion or any carbocation
Word: carbenium ion Part of Speech: noun 1. any carbocation containing a tervalent carbon atom Labels: physical
Word: tervalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ter- + valent. 1. trivalent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wallabies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wallaby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radical ion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any radical that also carries an electric charge; typically, the charge and unpaired electron are associated with the same atom.
Word: radical anion Part of Speech: noun 1. A negatively charged radical ion.
Word: radical cation Part of Speech: noun 1. A positively charged radical ion.
Word: methanium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English methane Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English methanium From methane + -ium. 1. the carbocation, CH₅⁺, derived by the hydrogenation of methane Labels: uncountable
Word: ethanium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English ethane Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English ethanium From ethane + -ium. 1. the carbocation, C₂H₇⁺, derived by the protonation of ethane Labels: uncountable
Word: alkylene Part of Speech: noun 1. An alkene. Labels: obsolete 2. An alkanediyl functional group, especially one having the free valencies of adjacent carbon atoms. Labels: obsolete
Word: alkanediyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a series of divalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. Unless specified otherwise, such alkanediyls include substituted alkanediyls.
Word: alkylidene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
Word: alkylidyne Part of Speech: noun 1. Any carbene, of general formula RC^.:, having a univalent carbon atom.
Word: carbene Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹ.bin/ 1. Any short-lived, reactive species R₂C:, especially the parent compound CH₂: (also called methylene).
Word: allene Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæliːn/ 1. Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R₂C=C=CR₂; especially the parent compound CH₂=C=CH₂ (propadiene). 2. Any derivative of such hydrocarbons.
Word: propadiene Part of Speech: noun 1. the simplest allene, CH₂=C=CH₂ Labels: uncountable
Word: tailorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tailor Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English tailorable From tailor + -able. 1. Capable of being made into clothing. Example: I prefer tailorable fabrics to make myself some unique outfit. 2. Capable of being modified to a given purpose or function; customizable. Example: A dynamically tailorable mechanism is used for customizing caching policies in a processor system.
Word: cumulene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any hydrocarbon (or derivative) having three or more cumulative double bonds; e.g., R₂C=C=C=CR₂.
Word: heterocumulene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English cumulene English heterocumulene From hetero- + cumulene. 1. Any compound formally derived from a cumulene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=C=C=O
Word: heteroallene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English allene English heteroallene From hetero- + allene. 1. Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).
Word: brud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bro + bud, or from brother casually pronounced as brudda. 1. A male friend of a male. Labels: slang
Word: buk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 북 (buk). 1. a traditional Korean drum
Word: thermokarst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English karst English thermokarst From thermo- + karst. Pronunciation: /ˌθɜː(ɹ).mʊəˈkɑː(ɹ)st/ 1. A region similar in appearance to karst topography, characterized by an irregular land surface, with bogs, pits, and other depressions, formed in areas of permafrost due to ice melting.
Word: shell script Part of Speech: noun 1. A prewritten list of commands, and perhaps other control information, to be executed (interpreted) by a shell or other command interpreter.
Word: put at ease Part of Speech: verb 1. To evoke or cause someone to be relaxed or calm. Example: The new safety data really put my mind at ease over buying this car.
Word: allo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (English else). Pronunciation: /æloʊ-/ 1. Nonself; nonself but of the same species. Labels: morpheme Example: allogeneous Example: allorecognition 2. Nonself; nonself but of the same species. Labels: morpheme Example: alloresponse Example: alloreaction 3. Nonself; nonself but of the same species. Labels: morpheme Example: alloalbumin Example: allomorph 4. External, outside, or from a separate location. Labels: morpheme Example: allonomous Example: allochory 5. External, outside, or from a separate location. Labels: morpheme Example: allohaploid Example: allopolyploid 6. Isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized. Labels: morpheme Example: allolactose Example: allocholane 7. Isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized. Labels: morpheme 8. Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root. Labels: morpheme Example: allosome Example: allonym 9. Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root. Labels: morpheme Example: allolalia Example: allochromasia 10. Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root. Labels: morpheme Example: allophone Example: alloparent 11. Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root. Labels: morpheme Example: allohistorical Example: alloplasm 12. Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root. Labels: morpheme Example: alloprotein Example: allopurinol 13. Variety, heterogeneity. Labels: morpheme Example: allopelagic Example: allochronic 14. Variety, heterogeneity. Labels: morpheme Example: allophony Example: allocher 15. Variety, heterogeneity. Labels: morpheme Example: allochromatic Example: allochromatic 16. Alloparenting: parenting behaviours between animals who are not parent and child. Labels: morpheme Example: allosuck Example: allocare 17. Not asexual; attracted to others. Labels: morpheme Example: alloromantic Example: alloerotic
Word: claws Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɔːz/, /klɑz/ 1. plural of claw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: claws Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klɔːz/, /klɑz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of claw Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: desegregation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English segregation English desegregation From de- + segregation. 1. The act or process of eliminating segregation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound that has both a carboxylic acid and an amide functional group.
Word: amic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or derived from ammonia. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Of, relating to, or derived from an amine, amide or amic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: amide hydrazone Part of Speech: noun 1. An amidrazone.
Word: amidrazone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of amide + hydrazone. 1. Any of a class of nitrogen derivatives of carboxylic acids having a tautomeric structure represented by the general formulas RC(=NH)NHNH₂ and RC(NH₂)=NNH₂
Word: hydrazide imide Part of Speech: noun 1. an amidrazone
Word: glassphalt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of glasphalt. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: yel Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of yell. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: yel Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of yellow. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: yel Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of yellow. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: yel Part of Speech: contraction 1. you (or ye) will Labels: contraction Example: "So yel be workin' for the new Mayor, eh?" he said. "Yeh have heard o' Doctor Lambert's demise no doubt?"
Word: fum Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fʌm/ 1. To play upon a fiddle. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Follow me, and fum as you go.
Word: fum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 鳳 /凤. Pronunciation: /fʌm/ 1. The fenghuang, a mythological Chinese bird. Labels: obsolete Example: The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.
Word: Natasha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ната́ша (Natáša), an informal pet form of Ната́лья (Natálʹja), cognate to Natalie. Pronunciation: /nəˈtɑʃə/, /ˈnətæʃə/ 1. A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian borrowed from Russian in the twentieth century, diminutive of Natalia and Natalya.
Word: heliox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of heli(um) + ox(ygen). 1. A mixture of helium and oxygen used as a breathing gas. Labels: uncountable
Word: tind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪnd/ 1. To ignite, kindle. Labels: obsolete Example: Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].
Word: tind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth. 1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm. 2. A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: heliair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of heli(um) + air. Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.liˌɛə/, /ˈhi.liˌɛɹ/ 1. A mixture of helium, nitrogen and oxygen, used as a breathing gas instead of normal air. Labels: uncountable
Word: calendars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calendar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calendars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of calendar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lord. Pronunciation: /lʌd/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of lord (used for addressing a judge). Labels: UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: tire out Part of Speech: verb 1. To make someone tired; to exhaust.
Word: moc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of moccasin, from Powhatan makasin. 1. moccasin (type of shoe) Labels: informal
Word: stary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stare + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛə.ɹi/, /ˈstɛɚ.i/, /ˈstɛɹ.i/, /ˈsteː.ɹi/, /ˈsteəɹi/ 1. Alternative spelling of starey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Buddy Eagleton was ahead of Reppler and he turned to run, his eyes wide and stary.
Word: Nora Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːɹə/ 1. A female given name. 2. A town and municipality in Västmanland, Örebro county, Sweden.
Word: board up Part of Speech: verb 1. To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used. Example: Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.
Word: obrok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian обро́к (obrók, “rent, tribute”). Pronunciation: /əˈbɹoʊk/ 1. A rent. 2. In Russia, a poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate. Example: Those who have been taught a trade of any sort pay him a higher obrok than a mere cultivator, and he receives a passport to go and reside where he pleases
Word: buy out Part of Speech: verb 1. to purchase the entire stock or extent of something Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: […] the present Earl had no colour or pretence of right to the estate; and yet the appellants had thought fit to buy him out, […] Example: […] and when he complained met with the reply that if he did not like his partner's methods he could either clear out or buy him out. 2. to purchase the ownership of a company Labels: transitive 3. To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself. Example: A standard NHL contract, agreed to by both players and owners, has what is called a buy-out clause. If a player's performance deteriorates to the point that he is put on waivers and there are no takers, meaning nobody in the NHL wants him, his club can buy him out at one-third of what's left on the contract. 4. To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money. Labels: transitive 5. To avoid a punishment or escape a difficult situation. Labels: US, dated, intransitive, slang Example: You always manage to buy out at the last second.
Word: dree one's weird Part of Speech: verb 1. To submit to one's fate. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: he must dree his weird; Renounce all blessings for that imprecation, Steal forth and haunt that builded desolation, Example: Where she waits, there must I go, surrendering all else, forgetting all else, to dree my weird and hers.
Word: go to sleep Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall asleep. Example: I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed. Example: After this, with the disheartening failures after the Railway Mania, railway projection in east Cornwall went to sleep. 2. To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: My left leg has gone to sleep! 3. To die. Labels: euphemistic Example: My baby boy, Finnegan, is extremely sick. He isn’t going to make it. I’m with the vet discussing the best course. And… he will be going to sleep.
Word: go to bed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān. 1. To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed. Example: I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed. Example: I think I'll just go to bed, it's bedtime for me. 2. To have sex; to go to have sex. Labels: euphemistic Example: Has he ever been to bed with her? 3. Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing. Example: The army newspaper "went to bed" several hours before the civilian one, […] Example: So gone are the days when a Vanguard reporter who had gone to cover an assignment in Victoria Island may not get to his office at Kirikiri before the newspaper went to bed because the reporter was held back by the usual Lagos traffic jam.
Word: arête Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French arête, from Latin arista. Doublet of arista. Pronunciation: /əˈɹɛt/, /əˈɹeɪt/ 1. A very thin ridge of rock. Example: In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.
Word: lynchet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently lynch (“variant of linch”) + -et, the first element derived from Old English hlinc (“a hill”). 1. A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems. Example: A stretch of a hundred odd acres, in one patch, on the highest ground of the farm, rising above stony lanchets or lynchets - the outcrop of siliceous veins in the chalk formation.
Word: dree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably partly borrowed from Scots dree, and partly derived from its etymon Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, drien, from Old English drēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (“to act; to work, (specifically) to do military service”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold fast”). Doublet of dreich, dright, and drighten. Cognates * Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan, “to do military service”) * Icelandic drýgja (“to commit, connect, perpetrate, lengthen”) * Scots dree, drie (“to bear, endure, suffer, thole”) Pronunciation: /dɹiː/, /dɹi/, /ðreː/, /driː/, /dri/ 1. To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive Example: Peace to the souls of the graveless dead! / 'Twas an awful doom to dree; / But fearful and wondrous are thy works, / O God! in the boundless sea! Example: And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree. 2. To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
Word: dree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably partly: * derived from the verb (see etymology 1); and * borrowed from Scots dree, or derived from its etymon Middle English dri, drie, dregh, dreghe (“annoyance, trouble; grief; period of time”), possibly from Middle English dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long; long-suffering, patient; tedious; of blows: hard, heavy; of the face: unchanging, unmoved; of a person: strong, valorous”), from Old English *drēog, *drēoȝ, dreoh (“earnest; fit; sober”), and then probably partly: ** shortened from Old English gedrēog (“calm, quiet; sober; fit, suitable”, adjective); and ** influenced by Old Norse drjúgr (“sufficient; excessive, very; great; strong”), from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (see above). Doublet of dreich. Pronunciation: /dɹiː/, /dɹi/, /ðreː/, /driː/, /dri/ 1. Grief; suffering; trouble. Labels: Northern-England, Northumbria, Scotland, archaic Example: Life is blood, shed and offered. / The eagle’s eye can face this dree. / To beasts of chase the lie is proffered: / Timor Mortis Conturbat Me.
Word: dree Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dreich (adjective). Pronunciation: /dɹiː/, /dɹi/, /ðreː/, /driː/, /dri/ 1. Of the doing of a task: with concentration; laboriously. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 2. Chiefly of the falling of rain: without pause or stop; continuously, incessantly. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 3. Slowly, tediously. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: dree Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See dreich. Pronunciation: /dɹiː/, /dɹi/, /ðreː/, /driː/, /dri/ 1. Alternative form of dreich. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: To be sure, t' winter's been a dree season, and thou'rt, maybe, in the right on't to make a late start. Example: But he's lying i' such dree poverty,—and niver a friend to go near him,—niver a person to speak a kind word t' him.
Word: amidine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several classes of organic compound, formally derived from oxoacids by replacement of the hydroxy group with an amino group, and the oxo group with =NR. Example: i.e. RₙX(=O)OH => RₙX(=NR)NR₂ where X is C, S, P, etc.
Word: oxoacid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oxo- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English oxoacid From oxo- + acid. 1. Alternative form of oxyacid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oxo Part of Speech: noun 1. A substituent oxygen atom connected to another atom by a double bond. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable 2. The game of noughts and crosses. Labels: uncountable
Word: amidium ion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any cation formed by the addition of a proton to the nitrogen or oxygen atom of an amide or derivative.
Word: enculturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English enculturation From en- + culture + -ation. 1. The process by which a person adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which they are immersed (or born). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: More specifically, enculturation is the process by which the individual through informal and nonformal modes of cultural transmission learns the language, the technological, socioeconomic, ideational, as well as the cognitive and emotional patterns of culture. It is a lifelong learning process that lasts from an individual’s infancy to adulthood and “which can be said to end only with his death” (ibid., p. 40).
Word: agricultural revolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: agricultural + revolution 1. Any of several revolutionary changes that have occurred in the agricultural practices of societies throughout history.
Word: the Rock Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (Gibraltar): From the Rock of Gibraltar. Pronunciation: /ðə ˈɹɑk/, /ðə ˈɹɒk/ 1. Nickname for Gibraltar: a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. Labels: UK 2. Nickname for Alcatraz: an island of San Francisco Bay, California, United States. Labels: US 3. Nickname for Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: a prison on Alcatraz Island, United States. Labels: US 4. Nickname for Newfoundland: an island of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Labels: Canada 5. Nickname for Uluru: A huge free-standing rock in southern Northern Territory in central Australia. Labels: Australia 6. Nickname for the American actor professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson (born 1972).
Word: The Rock Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of the Rock. Labels: alt-of 2. A locality in the Lockhart council area and the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: trev Part of Speech: noun Etymology: New Zealand slang sense: from characters named Trev in a television comedy of the 1970s. See Fred Dagg. 1. A farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke. Labels: New-Zealand, slang 2. An urban lower-class youth. Labels: UK, slang
Word: trev Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tref (“ancient hamlet”) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This fixes for us the number of homesteads or tyddyns in the trev.
Word: sumti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Lojban sumti. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːm.ti/ 1. an argument passed to a selbri (“predicate”) Labels: Lojban Example: Focusing on artificial languages and Lojban in particular. News, state of the language, tutorials, poetry, cleft place structures, and sumti-raising with other long debates on how to construct a sentence in Lojban. Example: Names may also be used as sumti provided they are preceded with the word "la". 2. a parameter ("place") in a selbri (“predicate”)'s "place structure", which can be filled with an argument (sumti (“argument”) in the above sense) Labels: Lojban Example: The simplest kind of selbri consists of a single root word, called a "gismu", and the definition in a dictionary gives the place structure explicitly. The primary task of constructing a Lojban sentence, after choosing the relationship itself, is decideing what you will use to fill in the sumti places. Example: In counting sumtifor voá series anaphora, you are concerned only with the sumti (and not modal/tense operators) of the main bridi of an utterance, as they are formally defined.
Word: virgins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virgin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calleth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From call + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of call Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Animesh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अनिमिष (animiṣa, “almighty, unblinking, vigilant”), the name of a Deva, also said of a fish, अ- (a, “not”) + निमिष (nimiṣa, “twinkling, closing of the eye, moment”), in turn from निमिषति (nimiṣati, “shut one's eyes, wink, fall asleep”). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit, used by Hindus.
Word: Anirvan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अ- (a-, “un-”) + निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “dying”). Hence it refers to the inner self or soul or the self beyond the mortal body. 1. A male given name from Sanskrit. One of the common Hindu names for boys.
Word: apeth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ha'p'orth, a contraction of halfpennyworth. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pəθ/ 1. A halfpennyworth. Example: “Oh Harry, it doesn't matter an 'apeth we're here to see Joni?' “Hello luv,” Dad walked in. “Hello Dad.” “Had a good week then?” 2. A silly or foolish person. Labels: Northern-England, endearing, informal Example: Oi, that water's not free, y'know. It has to be pumped up here yer daft ’apeth. It's not a bloody river.
Word: apeth Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pəθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ape Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Fashion, the parasite of Rank, apeth faults and failings, / Until the general Taste depraved hath warped its sense of beauty. Example: I know that whoso apeth a stronger than he, wearieth himself and haply cometh to ruin.
Word: Armaghan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian and Urdu ارمغان (armağân), meaning a present or a gift. 1. A transliteration of the Persian or Urdu female given name ارمغان (armaġân).
Word: Arnab Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali অর্ণব (ornob), from Sanskrit अर्णव (arṇava). Doublet of Arnav. 1. A male given name from Sanskrit or Bengali, meaning “sea”.
Word: reggaeton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish reggaeton. Pronunciation: /rɛɡeɪˈtɒn/, /rɛɡeɪˈtəʊn/ 1. A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico. Labels: uncountable Example: The Spanish islands gave the world salsa, and the more modern (and often controversial) hip-hop style reggaeton, which was forged between the islands and Miami.