nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: drily Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of dryly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Anybody been here, Sammy?” asked Mr. Weller senior, drily, after a long silence. Example: Füssli […] gives an account of the painter which is largely occupied with a consideration of his masterpiece, the ‘Battle of Waterloo.’ He comments upon the prominence given to Wellington in the picture, and rather drily remarks […] that the rearward position assigned Blücher is not an ungraceful tribute to Germany ! the intention undoubtedly being ‘der deutschen Bescheidenheit ein Compliment zu machen.’
Word: drowsily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English drowsy Middle English -ly English -ly English drowsily From drowsy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaʊzɪli/ 1. In a drowsy manner. Example: She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
Word: drunkenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English drunken Middle English -ly English -ly English drunkenly From drunken + -ly. 1. In a drunken manner. Example: O, spare me not, my brother Edward's son, For that I was his father Edward's son; That blood already, like the pelican, Hast thou tapp'd out and drunkenly caroused: Example: […] there, tipping drunkenly over the top of dense growth, were the totem poles of Gittex.
Word: zip up Part of Speech: verb 1. To close with a zip fastener. Labels: transitive Example: Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out. 2. To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: I'll zip up my lip. Example: I'll zip up. 3. To convert a computer file into a smaller package. Labels: transitive
Word: berated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of berate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spiffier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of spiffy: more spiffy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: spiffiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of spiffy: most spiffy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: cont Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of continuous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: cont Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of continue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: cont knitting across 2nd and 3rd needle of instep Example: Cont repeating all 7 rnds of the chart until your Foot reaches its desired length. 2. Abbreviation of continued. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: reap what one sows Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Galatians 6:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːp(h)wɒt wʌn ˈsəʊz/, /ˌɹip wɑt wʌn ˈsoʊz/ 1. To receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one's exertions or intentions, in a good or a bad sense; to receive justice or one's just deserts. Example: You're going to reap just what you sow Example: "We will reap what we sow; live with what we do not act to change," he said.
Word: spivvish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English spiv Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English spivvish From spiv + -ish. 1. Alternative spelling of spivish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nutriate Part of Speech: verb 1. To supply with nutrients. Labels: rare, transitive Example: This implies that a considerable amount of the glucose and adenine, added in order to nutriate the red cells, were removed and contained in the plasma.
Word: auto racing Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various sports in which automobiles (motor cars) are raced, either around a track, on roads or across country Labels: uncountable
Word: autosport Part of Speech: noun 1. motorsport Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: motorsport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motor + sport. 1. auto racing Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any sport involving automobiles (motor cars) other than racing; e.g. time trials Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any sport involving motor vehicles Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: automobile racing Part of Speech: noun 1. auto racing Labels: uncountable
Word: motor racing Part of Speech: noun 1. Racing in motor vehicles, such as cars, motorboats, or motorbikes. Labels: uncountable
Word: car hire Part of Speech: noun 1. A car rental. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
Word: car rental Part of Speech: noun 1. The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. A business that hires out automobiles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: portal vein Part of Speech: noun 1. A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.
Word: impartite Part of Speech: adj 1. undivided Example: To the (philosophically) trained Pantheist, the abstraction, or the noumenon, is the ever to be unknown Deity, the on eternal reality, formless, because homogeneous and impartite; ...
Word: freight-only Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a railway line that is used only by freight trains Labels: not-comparable
Word: sequenced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sequence Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sequenced Part of Speech: adj 1. Whose sequence (of bases or genes) has been determined Labels: not-comparable
Word: fox terriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fox terrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arborescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French arborescence. 1. A tree-like structure. 2. A directed rooted tree in which all vertices can be reached from the root.
Word: more equal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by George Orwell in 1945; see Animal Farm quotation below. 1. Ostensibly equal, but more privileged in reality. Labels: comparative-only, idiomatic, ironic Example: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Example: ... men who supposedly enjoyed equality and freedom, but in fact did not. The rich more equal than the poor at Strasbourg? ... is there a gap between what human rights say they do and what they actually do?
Word: bleu cheese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Influenced by the French bleu. Pronunciation: /blu ˈtʃiz/ 1. Alternative spelling of blue cheese. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: smell the barn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A reference to a livestock animal returning to its barn at the end of the day, especially a horse drawing a carriage which is on the way back home. Pronunciation: /ˌsmɛl ðə ˈbaːn/, /ˌsmɛl ðə ˈbaɹn/ 1. To act with renewed energy or speed or to experience heightened anticipation as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome. Labels: US, idiomatic, intransitive Example: We’ll get home right quick—old Dobbin knows the way better than you and I do, and he can smell the barn besides. Example: Anyhow, Congress, like the old horse that starts into a long deferred trot when she "smells the barn," began to show action and as hearts on Capitol Hill leaned homeward, thoughts in the White House turned to the open road—or at least the railroad.
Word: smelling the barn Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smell the barn. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jingles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jingle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jingles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jingle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prealbumin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English albumin English prealbumin From pre- + albumin. 1. Transthyretin Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: outdrew Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of outdraw Labels: form-of, past
Word: Alabaman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Alabama Middle English -n English -n English Alabaman From Alabama + -n. 1. Synonym of Alabamian.
Word: Alabaman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Alabama Middle English -n English -n English Alabaman From Alabama + -n. 1. Synonym of Alabamian.
Word: Jefferson City Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. 1. The capital city of Missouri, United States, and the county seat of Cole County. 2. A town in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. 3. A census designated place in Jefferson County, Montana, United States.
Word: Hainan Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. 1600s, from Mandarin 海南 (Hǎinán). Doublet of Hainam and Hailam. Pronunciation: /haɪˈnɑːn/, /haɪˈnæn/ 1. A province off the coast of southern China, primarily made up of Hainan Island. Capital: Haikou. Example: These were a business family, in Hainan province, who, along with other South China merchants, had interests in America, where the multitude of little shops and businesses owned by Chinese had assumed the appearance of a department store chain, representing the invested outlay of controlling families in the Orient. Example: After Hainan separated from Guangdong to become its own province in 1988, a development boom was quickly followed by a bust that left many building projects on the island half-finished. In the last few years, Hainan has welcomed back investors and become a fashionable draw for Russian tourists looking to escape winter — entire blocks in Sanya have signs lettered in Russian for their benefit. 2. An island off the coast of southern China. Example: Near to the Iſland Hainan are caught Whales,after the ſame manner as the Hollanders and Engliſh in the North about Greenland, whereof they make Oyl which ſerves for ſeveral uſes. Example: KIungcheufu lies on an Iſland, generally call'd Hainan, or is rather the Iſland it ſelf ; Hainan ſignifies, To the South of the Sea, for Nan denotes South, and Hai, The Sea. 3. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China. Official name: Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Example: Members of the party committee of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous District have attached great importance to implementing the correct line. Example: China Central Television reported that the quake, centered in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province, left 5,000 people homeless. Hundreds of people slept on the ground, wrapped in heavy blankets to ward off cold. 4. A district of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China. Example: Public tops play a crucial role in discovering cover-ups. For example, on 19 August 2011, the Changfu Coal Mine in Hainan District, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, flooded. Fearing that the mine would be closed and penalized, the mine managers organized a rescue effort by themselves and did not report the case to any relevant authorities. On 20 August, at 9:16 a.m., citizens called the police hotline of Wuhai City to report the accident.
Word: subdwarf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English dwarf English subdwarf From sub- + dwarf. 1. A star that is dimmer than a main-sequence star of same temperature; located below the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Example: Data from the Keck Observatory’s Near-Infrared Echellette Spectrograph suggested the star was an L subdwarf, or a star with a much lower mass and cooler temperature than the sun. Cool subdwarfs are the oldest stars in the galaxy. […] Kremer carried out simulations and discovered that three-body interactions can knock a low-mass subdwarf star from a cluster and put it on a trajectory that is similar to that of J1249+36.
Word: pliancy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪənsi/ 1. The quality of being pliant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
Word: subgiant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English giant English subgiant From sub- + giant. 1. A star that has left the main sequence but has not yet become a true giant star.
Word: myocardial infarct Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of myocardial infarction.
Word: hypergiant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)der. Latin gigās, gigantem Vulgar Latin *gagantem Old French gaiantbor. Middle English geaunt English giant English hypergiant From hyper- + giant. 1. A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
Word: myocardial infarcts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myocardial infarct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heart attacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heart attack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: timing is everything Part of Speech: proverb 1. The consideration of other events can greatly influence some desired outcome (such as whether a joke is well received). Example: - Telling the old joke about a butt-crack was not a good idea, just as the plumber arrived, Bob. - You know what they say: "timing is everything." I'm sure we can find another plumber before the house floods. Example: “Timing Is Everything”. It certainly has been true in my life and chances are it's probably played a role in your life as well. As I look back there were moments where I missed out on something special because I either made the wrong ...
Word: heartbeats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heartbeat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daikon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪkɒn/ 1. An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper. 2. An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper. Labels: Japanese Example: Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags. 3. Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Word: VATman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From VAT + man. 1. The embodiment of the VAT taxation department Labels: UK, informal
Word: presoak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English soak English presoak From pre- + soak. 1. To soak in advance. Labels: transitive Example: to presoak lentils before cooking 2. To soak laundry in cold water prior to washing, sometimes with the addition of a biological or other preparation. Labels: transitive
Word: presoak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English soak English presoak From pre- + soak. 1. An initial soak. 2. A preparation used in such a soak. 3. A cycle of a washing machine during which this occurs.
Word: morphologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morphology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: variabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of variability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stonier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of stony: more stony Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: yo momma Part of Speech: intj 1. A general purpose insult. Example: "where you git it?" asked Freddie. "Yo momma." "Aw, Rank, cut that shit out, man." Example: In order to keep the teacher from knowing what we were doing, we just cleared our throats and that meant “your mother" (yo momma) .
Word: stoniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of stony: most stony Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: trainspotters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trainspotter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aborigines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs. 1. plural of aborigine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aborigines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs. 1. The original people of a location; originally used of ancient Greek and Roman peoples. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There seems little doubt that the aborigines of Banda were Papuans, and a portion of them still exists in the Ke islands, where they emigrated when the Portuguese first took possession of their native island. It is such people as these that are often looked upon as transitional forms between two very distinct races, like the Malays and Papuans, whereas they are only examples of intermixture. 2. Indigenous flora and fauna. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Aborigines Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs, which see for more. 1. Original inhabitants, natives. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended. Labels: Roman, plural, plural-only 3. The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.
Word: Aborigines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs, which see for more. 1. plural of Aborigine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mitra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá, “friend”). 1. A person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more.
Word: declarative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Middle French déclaratif. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv/, /dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.tɪv/, [dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv], [dɪˈklæɹ.ə.ɾɪv] 1. Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration. Labels: not-comparable 2. Expressing truth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Palmer (1986:26–28) suggested that all languages have a clear way of indicating that the speaker is making a statement which (s)he believes to be true. Such statements are usually expressed by the declarative grammatical structure and the respective mood is called either "declarative" or "indicative"... 3. That declares a construct. Labels: not-comparable 4. A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming Labels: not-comparable
Word: declarative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Middle French déclaratif. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv/, /dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.tɪv/, [dɪˈklɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv], [dɪˈklæɹ.ə.ɾɪv] 1. Synonym of declaration (declarative statement) Example: A love declarative for my Sara. I love you like a soft symphony; a melody written in heart and pulse. I love you like a rock; a moments' fusing in perfect quiet. I love you like […] 2. Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
Word: juxtoposition Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of juxtaposition. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: juxtapositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juxtaposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juxtapositions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of juxtaposition Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: synching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of synch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: synched Part of Speech: adj 1. synchronised
Word: synched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of synch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fall-off analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of archaeological analysis. Finds are plotted on a map and contoured in relation to the number of finds.
Word: ranivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rānivorus. 1. A frog-eater; a creature that eats frogs.
Word: shoaling wave Part of Speech: noun 1. A wave that is shoaling, and shallow when it hits land.
Word: proliferates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of proliferate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proliferating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of proliferate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proliferated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of proliferate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: elongates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of elongate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: elongating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of elongate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alveolars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alveolar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comfort woman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Japanese 慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) (ianfu). 1. A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II. Labels: euphemistic, historical, idiomatic Example: She carefully watches the efforts of Koreans who are suing Japan to get reparations for the comfort women. It was only in 1993 that Japan formally recognized its involvement in the forced prostitution.
Word: comfort girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A female sex slave; prostitute. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic 2. A girl or woman who wears comfortable clothes. Example: Those who have met me taking their photos have seen nothing but yoga pants and a pony tail—and probably flip flops if it was a beach session! But although on the day to day I am a comfort girl through and through, especially when chasing littles and squatting at a seconds notice to “get the shot.”
Word: promoters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of promoter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refurbishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English refurbish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English refurbishment From refurbish + -ment. 1. The act of refurbishing; a renovation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: refurbishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refurbishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schizothymic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having or relating to schizothymia.
Word: schizothymic Part of Speech: noun 1. A person exhibiting schizothymia.
Word: raffishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English raffish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English raffishness From raffish + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being raffish. Labels: uncountable
Word: pouched egg Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of poached egg. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: schipperke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Belgian Dutch (Flemish), but unclear at the word level. * Conventionally taken to be schipper (“skipper”) + -ke (“diminutive suffix”), allegedly alluding to a role as watchdog and/or rodent catcher on canal boats. * Alternatively, a mutation of scheperke, a diminutive of scheper (“shepherd, sheepdog”), referring to the breed's purported descent from an extinct larger breed of sheepdogs. Related to the etymological debate is a longstanding informal one about whether the dog itself should be regarded as a spitz or a miniature sheepdog. For more, see Schipperke § History on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 1. A small breed of dog developed in Belgium, sometimes used as a watchdog on boats.
Word: transthyretin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English thyr- English ox- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English thyr(oxine) English retina English -ol English ret(inol) ▲ English -ineclip. English -in English transthyretin From trans- (“denoting change or transfer”) + thyr(oxine) + ret(inol) + -in (“protein”). Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈθaɪ.ɹət.ɪn/ 1. a protein found in human blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid that functions as a carrier of the thyroid hormone thyroxine and the retinol-binding protein Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kelpie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Scottish Gaelic cailpeach or colpach, meaning "colt"; recorded earliest in a placename (Kelpie hoall, Kirkcudbrightshire) in 17th century. The dog breed, from 1889, derives from the name shared by the first two breeding bitches (dam and pup) in Victoria, Australia, which in turn derives from the mythological spirit. 1. A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland. Example: He was a boy in form, and an antediluvian in feature. Some thought he was a mule, between a Jew and an ape; some a wizard, some a kelpie, or a fairy, but most of all, that he was really and truly a Brownie. 2. An Australian breed of sheepdog. Example: There was no sound but the endless noise of forest and river, and the sleep-whimper of his kelpie. Example: Gulls scatter before the blur of my insane kelpie.
Word: lead-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom Gaulish *loudonbor.? Proto-West Germanic *laud Old English lēad Middle English led English lead Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English lead-free From lead + -free. 1. Containing no lead. Labels: not-comparable 2. Containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: do the nasty Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic, slang, vulgar Example: HILDA. But do you remember what you wanted me to do? The nasty—thing I thought was nasty? […] BERT. No, Hilda. Go like you came. Leave this place with your various virginities intact. Example: "Right now she's doing the nasty with an ex-bartender who thinks he's this generation's answer to James."
Word: stacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, stack + -ing. Compare Middle English stakkynge. 1. The act by which something is stacked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the number of possible stackings of eight boxes 2. Sport stacking. Labels: uncountable 3. A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions. Labels: countable 4. Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, stack + -ing. Compare Middle English stakkynge. 1. present participle and gerund of stack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: varios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vario Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dandle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Scots dandill (“to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle”), English dialectal dander (“to wander about; talk incoherently; rave”), Middle Dutch dantinnen (“to trifle”) (from French dandiner (“to swing; waddle”)), German dändeln, tändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (“to do foolish things; trifle”), German Tand (“trifle, prattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈdændəl/, [ˈdændəɫ] 1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child. Labels: transitive Example: the young mother sat [the infant] upright in her lap, and[…]dandled it with a gloomy indifference. Example: You will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. 2. To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet. Labels: transitive Example: [T]hey have put me in a silk night-gown and gaudy fool's cap, and make me now and then stand in the window with it. I am ashamed to be dandled thus, and cannot look in the glass without blushing to see myself turned into such a pretty little master. Example: The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. 3. To play with; to wheedle. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: captaines, who notwithstanding that they are specially imployed to make peace thorough strong execution of warre, yet they doe so dandle their doings, and dallie in the service to them committed
Word: dandle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Scots dandill (“to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle”), English dialectal dander (“to wander about; talk incoherently; rave”), Middle Dutch dantinnen (“to trifle”) (from French dandiner (“to swing; waddle”)), German dändeln, tändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (“to do foolish things; trifle”), German Tand (“trifle, prattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈdændəl/, [ˈdændəɫ] 1. A teeter-totter; a seesaw.
Word: main memory Part of Speech: noun 1. Volatile memory forming most of a computer’s primary storage, not including cache memory (central processing unit cache) and secondary storage (mass storage). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rigadoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicized from French rigaudon. Ultimate origin unknown; perhaps related to Hebrew ריקודים or Arabic رقص. 1. A quickstep dance for two people. 2. The music for this dance. 3. Formerly in the French army, the beat of a drum while culprits were being marched to punishment. Labels: historical
Word: vetture Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vettura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Leroy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king". Pronunciation: /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/ 1. A surname from French, borne by English speakers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Elroy Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɹoɪ/ 1. A male given name originating as a coinage, a pseudo-Spanish variant of Leroy.
Word: LeRoy Part of Speech: name Etymology: A common spelling variant of Leroy. 1. A male given name transferred from the surname. 2. A surname from French. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: Lester Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from the placename Leicester. * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Lestre in Normandy, from Old French Lestra, from Medieval Latin Laxtra, perhaps from extera (“exterior (part of a property)”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Lister. * Also as an English surname, variant of Laster. * As a Scottish and Irish surname, shortened from McLester. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛstɚ/ 1. A surname from Old English derived from the English place name Leicester. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Micheal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicised form of Irish Mícheál or Scottish Gaelic Mìcheal. Also a spelling variant of Michael, generally considered erroneous. 1. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: The spelling “M i c h e a l” is not a mistake. This spelling is Irish (Gaelic spelling). As a Canadian-born son of an Irishman, Micheal was entitled to Irish citizenship which he claimed. The government ID with the correct spelling is shown below.— Sharon 2. Misspelling of Michael. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: query language Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several generalized computer languages in which users may extract data from selected records in a database.
Word: Ronnie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening of Ronald or Veronica + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Ronald. Example: At a subsequent meeting on Oct. 24, Wei Wai Kum Elected Chief Coun. Chris Roberts appeared as part of a delegation alongside We Wai Kai Elected Chief Coun. Ronnie Chickite, and said the comments were "worrisome." 2. A diminutive of the female given name Veronica.
Word: Sergius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin Sergiuslbor. English Sergius Learned borrowing from Latin Sergius, possibly borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of Sergey. 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Word: asili Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor. Swahili asilibor. English asili From Swahili asili (“origin”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani. 1. The central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture. Labels: uncountable Example: Law, religion and worldview emerge from the chrysalis of the asili. In western culture, the asili is characterised by separation and universalism.
Word: quinticlave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quīnque (“five”) + clavis (“key”), formed as a calque of French quinte à clef. 1. An alto ophicleide.
Word: tona Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tonal (“animal companion”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reportable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English report Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reportable From report + -able. 1. That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable Labels: not-comparable 2. Capable of being reported on. Labels: not-comparable Example: reportable data elements 3. Worth reporting on; constituting news. Labels: not-comparable Example: Journalists often point to the truism that the fact that all airplanes that took off today landed safely does not produce reportable news — another way of explaining why a disproportionate amount of what gets reported as news is bad news.
Word: bum crack Part of Speech: noun 1. The space between the buttocks. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: diffusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post-classical Latin diffusivus (“tending to spread; expansive”) (13th century), from participle stem of Latin diffundere (“diffuse, disperse”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈfjuːsɪv/ 1. That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people. 2. Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded. Example: I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator was heard by all sides of the House, and even by those whose existence he proscribed. 3. That diffuses something; disseminating. 4. Pertaining to diffusion.
Word: maximization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English maximize 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 maximization From maximize + -ation. 1. The act of raising something to its greatest value or extent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Monopolies engaging in profit maximization will produce at the quantity where its marginal revenue equals marginal cost. 2. The process of finding the maximum value of a function. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: minimization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English minimize 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 minimization From minimize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ɪ.maɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˈmɪn.ɪ.mɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˈmɪn.ə.mɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmɑɪˈzæɪʃən/ 1. The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: companies should engage in risk minimization 2. The tendency to present events as trivial or unimportant; trivialization Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the minimization of racial experiences by peers 3. The process of finding the minimum value of a function. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: for ever Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of forever. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The death of my ſon betiding while my ſoul was under this anxiety, I thought of nothing but reſigning my dominions, and retiring for ever from the ſight of mankind. Example: 'You probably won't understand what he's talking about at first, but don't ever say so, or he'll go on and on for ever, and you still won't understand any better.'
Word: for ever more Part of Speech: adv 1. forever Labels: not-comparable
Word: for evermore Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of forevermore. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."
Word: electroosmotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English osmotic English electroosmotic From electro- + osmotic. 1. of, pertaining to, or caused by electroosmosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: electro-osmotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of electroosmotic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: electroosmosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English osmosis English electroosmosis From electro- + osmosis. 1. the migration of ions in a solvent through the capillaries of a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field Labels: uncountable
Word: electro-osmosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of electroosmosis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: As it was necessary to reconstruct the culvert close to the original position, the hazards of tunnelling through clay in an unstable condition, due to the absorption of water, had to be reduced by the application of electro-osmosis to dry out the material.
Word: mud pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A mass of mud shaped into the form of a pie, especially by children.
Word: dénouements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dénouement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: denouements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of denouement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mass medium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mass (“bulk”, noun) + medium (“agency of conveyance”, noun). 1. Any means of public communication that reaches a large audience. Example: The Inquirer seems to be the morning paper that reaches the greatest number of the masses, but touches the classes hardly at all. The North American is second as a mass medium, perhaps, and Philadelphia authorities credit it with considerable circulation among women on account of its fashion news, furnished through the Wanamaker store. Example: It is obviously impossible to sell the average technical product to the several million readers of a big mass medium because they have neither the means nor the need for it.
Word: amable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English amable, amabully, amebill, partly from Middle French amable (modern aimable) and partly from its etymon, Latin amābilis. Doublet of aimable (“likeable”). 1. Friendly, pleasant. Labels: obsolete Example: What vtilite is ther, in the carnall bewtye of man? Is not man as drye as hay? And dothe * not his goodly beutye vanyshe awaye, as dothe the shadowe? And when death cōmeth, I pray you tell me, what goodlynesse shall remayne in the bodie? whē ye shall se his body swollē, and turned into all fylthy stynche, and sauer, shall ye not then stop your noose from such vnsauery sauer? And from suche a styn∣kynge bodye? Tell me I praye you where shall his goodly and his amable face be then? Example: But I muſt ſay, that however amable theſe Men, or any of them, may, poſſibly, appear, in their private Capacities, yet, as Aldermen, they are profeſſed Slaves, to the Miniſtry, and Tyrants, to the CITIZENS.
Word: ENCODE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Encyclopedia of DNA Elements; a catalogue of all the functional elements, encoded in the human genome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: 2017, Franziska Denk, "Don’t let useful data go to waste", Nature, 543:7, 2 March 2017, doi:10.1038/543007a. Many scientists have used some of those resources, such as the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) launched by the US National Human Genome Research Institute.
Word: Casimir force Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist. 1. A physical force of attraction between very closely separated objects, due to random quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field in a vacuum; it is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the distance of separation
Word: Casimir effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist. 1. The effect of the Casimir force.
Word: electromagnetic field Part of Speech: noun 1. The field of force that is due to the interaction of electric and magnetic forces of charged bodies.
Word: stiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of static + friction (see static friction). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪk.ʃən/ 1. The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: DNase Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of deoxyribonuclease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: deoxyribonuclease Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
Word: what's the crack Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of what's the craic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: How would she react if there was a knock on the door and it was Cheryl Cole? “I would say, ‘Hello, come in. How you doing? How you been? What’s the crack?”
Word: decouple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- + couple. Pronunciation: [diːˈkʌpəɫ], [diːˈkʊpəɫ] 1. To unlink; to take apart or come apart. Labels: ambitransitive Example: radiation decoupled from matter Example: to decouple a spent rocket stage 2. To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground. Labels: transitive Example: Smaller explosions and decoupled tests would be permitted. Further, the United States proposed that the three powers should start intensive research on the improvement of methods for detection and identification of underground explosions […] Example: Decoupled tests would be nuclear explosions set off in massive underground caverns, a site that would greatly reduce the seismic waves caused by the explosion.
Word: coelurosaurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coelurosauria + -ian 1. Any dinosaur of the taxonomic group Coelurosauria
Word: coelurosaurian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coelurosauria + -ian 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling such a creature
Word: theropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thero- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder. Ancient Greek πούς (poús) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ποδός (podós)bor. English -pod English theropod From thero- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪɚ.əˌpɑd/ 1. Any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Example: This [pneumaticity] makes identification of extinct theropods straightforward, even while still in the quarry (Figure 9.39). In modern birds—living theropods—we can observe the process of pneumatization during development.
Word: peplum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλον (péplon), accusative singular of πέπλος (péplos). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpləm/ 1. A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla. 2. A kind of women's outer garment in ancient Greece; a veil. Example: And this was Neith, or Athena, that God thus described, "I am all that was, is, and shall be, and my peplum or veil, no mortal could ever uncover." […] Peplum is properly a womanish pall or veil, embroidered all over and consecrated to Minerva. Example: 1838: The North American Review, volume XLVII The outer garment was called the peplum, and was used more for occasions of ceremony than for ordinary convenience, as it was very long and ample, and, from the manner of putting it on, must have been inconvenient to the wearer. It was sometimes wound double round the body, […] 3. A short overskirt cut in such a way that the sides form points. 4. A short overskirt attached to the waist of a garment; a basque.
Word: peplum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French péplum, from Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλων (péplōn), neuter of πέπλος (péplos). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpləm/ 1. A genre of Italian films based on historical or biblical epics. Labels: uncountable 2. An individual film in this genre. Labels: countable Example: […] there were hastily produced B movies, such as the peplums, the spaghetti westerns, the detective stories, the horrors. Example: While it does offer a lighter tone than most peplums, and spotlights a hero who relies more on his wits than his biceps […]
Word: gigantoraptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A gigantic birdlike theropod dinosaur, Gigantoraptor erlianensis, from the late Cretaceous period of China