nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cyclops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops ['round eyes']”). The sense for copepods is a semantic loan from translingual Cyclops. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪˌklɑps/, /ˈsaɪˌklɒps/ 1. A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology. Labels: Greek, Roman 2. A one-eyed creature of any species. Example: Look at just about any vertebrate and you’ll see two eyes looking back at you. Falcons circling overhead have two eyes, just like hammerhead sharks roving through the ocean. Scientists have long puzzled over how the vertebrate eye first evolved. A pair of new studies suggest a strange beginning: Our invertebrate ancestors 560 million years ago were cyclopes, with a single eye at the top of their head, scientists now propose, that only later split in two. Charles Darwin fretted a lot about the exquisite complexity and sophistication of the vertebrate eye as he developed his theory of evolution. “The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder,” he confided to his friend, the American botanist Asa Gray, in 1860. Somehow evolution had produced the eye from many parts, such as the lens and retina, through tiny changes through the generations. Darwin couldn’t say for sure what that sequence of changes was. But he was encouraged by the diversity of simpler eyes among invertebrates. Some are mere lumps of pigment that detect light; others are simple cups lacking lenses. “When I think of the fine known gradations,” Darwin wrote to Gray, “my reason tells me I ought to conquer the cold shudder.” Yet opponents of evolution continued to cast doubt on the idea that eyes could evolve. Even in the 1990s, creationists claimed that natural selection would need many billions of years to produce an eye — far more time than life has existed on Earth. Dan-E. Nilsson, a neurobiologist at Lund University in Sweden, grew so annoyed by these claims that he estimated how long it would actually take for a patch of light-sensitive cells to evolve into an image-forming eye. […] In 1994 he and Susanne Pelger, a colleague at Lund, concluded that an image-forming eye could evolve in just a few hundred thousand years. […] The model only addressed how the shape of eyes evolved. In actuality, many other changes occurred along the way. New proteins had to emerge that could bend light in the lens, for example, while others absorbed light in the retina. In 1994, scientists didn’t know enough about those microscopic details to develop a hypothesis for how they evolved as well. Three decades later, that’s no longer the case. “There’s lots of molecular data now that we can use that is extremely powerful,” Dr. Nilsson said. He and other vision experts have now joined forces to develop a hypothesis for how vertebrate eyes evolved. […] They and their colleagues unveiled their detailed scenario for the evolution of vertebrate eyes on Monday in the journal Current Biology. 3. A person with only one working eye. Labels: derogatory 4. Any copepod in the genus Cyclops. 5. A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.
Word: psyche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.ki/, /ˈsɑe.ki/, [ˈsɑe̯.ki] 1. The human soul, mind, or spirit. Example: I've been driving in L.A. / And the world, it feels too big / Like a floating ball that's bound to break / Snap my psyche like a twig Example: We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.” 2. The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual. 3. A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
Word: psyche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”) Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪk/ 1. Abbreviation of psychology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: psyche Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”) Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪk/ 1. Alternative form of psych. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial
Word: psyche Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”) Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪk/ 1. Alternative form of psych. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aeneas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías). Pronunciation: /ɪˈniː.əs/ 1. A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans. Labels: Greek, Roman 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
Word: statua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin statua. Doublet of statue. Pronunciation: /ˈstatʃʊə/, /ˈstatjʊə/ 1. A statue. Labels: archaic Example: whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass […]
Word: exemplum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and sample. 1. An example. Example: In addition, if study of remodeled versus active lesions, or lesions of different grades of severity was germane to a work, photographs of exempla should be presented so readers can evaluate them. 2. A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable. Labels: literary, rhetoric Example: In the Middle Ages preachers had enlivened their sermons with exempla – edifying tales of judgements upon sinners and mercies shown to the pious.
Word: pax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom. Pronunciation: /pæks/ 1. A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory. Example: Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: for he hath ſtolne a Pax, and hanged muſt a be: […] Exeter hath giuen the doome of death, for Pax of little price. 2. Friendship; truce. Labels: UK, dated Example: to make pax with someone Example: to be good pax (i.e., good friends) 3. The kiss of peace. 4. A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary. 5. Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.
Word: pax Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom. Pronunciation: /pæks/ 1. A cry for peace or truce in children's games. Labels: UK, dated
Word: pax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of passenger; -x is an abbreviation marker as in DX, TX, Dx, Rx, etc. Pronunciation: /pæks/ 1. A passenger; passengers. Labels: informal, plural-normally 2. A guest (at an event or function). Labels: broadly, informal, plural-normally 3. Person (A restaurant guest, when counting). Labels: broadly, informal, plural-normally Example: $30 per pax
Word: fideo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fideo. 1. noodles or vermicelli, or a dish or soup containing such. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: arf Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. Synonym of woof (“sound of a dog's bark”). 2. Synonym of woof (“expressing strong physical attraction”).
Word: flexitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of flexible + vegetarian. Pronunciation: /flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
Word: flexitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of flexible + vegetarian. Pronunciation: /flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Being a flexitarian. 2. Being what a flexitarian might eat. Labels: usually
Word: testata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testatum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: righto Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From right + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtoʊ/, /ˈɹaɪtəʊ/ 1. Okay; all right. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, especially Example: "You can count me in." "It may be really rather formidable. We shall have possibly to tackle a prize-fighter." "Right-o!" said Malone, cheerfully. Example: ‘Feel like exploring? It is nearly dinner-time anyway.’ ‘Right-oh.’
Word: nutritional yeast Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale yellow preparation of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, often used as a nutritional supplement and flavoring by vegetarians and vegans due to its high protein content and selection of B vitamins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: legless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English legles, equivalent to leg + -less. 1. Without legs. Labels: not-comparable Example: a legless invertebrate Example: Above the shield was the well-known Midland crest of a legless wyvern (a wyvern normally has two legs). 2. Too drunk to stand. Labels: slang 3. Going nowhere. Example: That idea was legless.
Word: okay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A respelling of OK. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/, [ˌɔˈkej], /əˈkeɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of OK. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: okay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A respelling of OK. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/, [ˌɔˈkej], /əˈkeɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of OK. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They [the English] turned her [Joan of Arc] over to the mercies of the Church to make sure the murder was a blessed one. All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose. Nobody wanted to kill an obvious saint unless the Church okayed it.
Word: okay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A respelling of OK. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/, [ˌɔˈkej], /əˈkeɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of OK. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
Word: okay Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A respelling of OK. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/, [ˌɔˈkej], /əˈkeɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of OK. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: okay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A respelling of OK. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/, [ˌɔˈkej], /əˈkeɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of OK. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: media Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.di.ə/, /ˈmɛ.di.ə/, /ˈmi.di.ə/, /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/, /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/ 1. The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. 2. A voiced stop consonant. Labels: dated 3. One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus. 4. An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony. 5. Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L Labels: historical
Word: media Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdiə/, /ˈmidi.ə/ 1. plural of medium (only in certain senses) Labels: form-of, plural Example: The media have differed in their approaches to coverage of the scandal. 2. plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”) Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural, rare Example: There is, again, “the writing medium,” the man or woman influenced seeming to lose control of the right arm, when the pen or pencil is taken;[…]. There is, finally, “the speaking medium,” the person influenced being lost in a swoon or trance, and then uttering strange and unaccountable sentiments and expressions. Moreover, it is now asserted as the teaching of these media, that the scenes of the Salem witchcraft, so called, were the attempts of the spirits in another world to make their presence known, and to convey communications to the living. […] Media, Persons of Nervous Organism. […] We should not disparage at all, we wish not to do so, the character of those who are generally the media. We allude not to the fact that they are generally young, and inexperienced, and females. Example: [A]n alphabetic and telegraphic correspondence was established between members of the Fox family and the mysterious invisible agent. Two daughters of Mr. Fox appear to have been the principal media in the communications thus far; […] [I]t was calculated that in September, 1853, there were thirty thousand media in the United States. […] Many of the earlier media or vehicles of these communications, persons whose peculiar nervous and electric temperament was thought to favour intercourse with, departed spirits, asserted, and their friends confirmed the fact, that these invisible powers, by certain distinct knockings, corresponding to the place of the letters in the alphabet, were able to convey messages. […] [T]hese rappings assumed protean forms. They would occur […] when the feet of the media were isolated on glass stools,[…]. Media with no taste for music, when impressed, would play well on the piano; […]
Word: media Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdiə/, /ˈmidi.ə/ 1. The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity. 2. The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun. Example: […] yet they are all wildly popular pieces of media, viewed by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. Why? Because they are first and foremost masterful movies and TV shows. Their creators made something worth seeing and sharing. 3. The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions. 4. Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: media Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media (“forms of communication”). 1. Clipping of multimedia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable Example: I have media files stored on an external hard drive. Example: Adjust media sound in multiple apps
Word: visceral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French viscéral (modern French viscéral), or from its etymon Medieval Latin viscerālis (“internal”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Viscerālis is derived from Latin viscera (a plural form of vīscus (“internal organ of the body”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to rotate, turn”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). cognates * Old French visceral (Middle French viscéral, modern French viscéral) * Italian viscerale * Spanish visceral Pronunciation: /ˈvɪsəɹəl/, [ˈvɪsəɹɫ̩], /ˈvɪsɹəl/, [ˈvɪsɹɫ̩], /ˈvəsəɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”). Example: visceral remains Example: [W]hat sign / Of visceral lightness, coloured to a shade, / May charm the genial gods, and what fair spots / Commend the lung and liver. 2. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”). 3. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”). Example: […] Christ sends Paracletum, in a more entire, and a more internal, and more visceral sense, a Comforter. Example: Love is of all other the inmoſt and moſt viſcerall affection. And therefore called by the Apoſtle, Bovvels of Love. And vve read of the yearning of Ioſephs bovvels over Benjamin his mothers ſonne, […] 4. Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking. Labels: figuratively Example: Our meditation of his [Jesus's] death should be more viſeral, and affect us more, becauſe it is of a thing already done. Example: [T]he discretion of an aristocrat is in his head, a tactical detail, it has nothing to do with this visceral sinking, this ebb in the nerves. 5. (Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of the body. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: [T]here is none good but God; there is centrical, visceral, gremial gold, goodness in the root, in the tree of goodness, God.
Word: mojibake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, “character”) + 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way). Pronunciation: /ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/, /-keɪ/, /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/ 1. Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding. Labels: uncountable Example: Alas, you'll even see “text” files where some lines have one encoding but other lines have different encodings. You are guaranteed to see mojibake. Example: The space behind the door is filled with mojibake, more specifically, a mojibake that is made of pieces of my memory. “Why? Why do I like girls?” I hear a younger voice of mine echoing in the room.
Word: South Yemen Part of Speech: name 1. A former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1967 until 1990. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Labels: historical
Word: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of South Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula.
Word: North Yemen Part of Speech: name 1. A former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1918 to 1990, as a monarchy until 1962 and then a republic. Official names: Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) and Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990). Labels: historical
Word: Kingdom of Yemen Part of Speech: name 1. Former official name of North Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula; used from 1918–1962, when the country was a monarchy.
Word: Yemen Arab Republic Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of North Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula; used from 1962–1990, when the country was a republic.
Word: Middle East Part of Speech: name Etymology: From middle + East formed in English, modeled on Far East and Near East. First use appears c. 1876. 1. The geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey. Example: The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said. 2. The region between the Near East and the Far East. Labels: dated Example: Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there are uncertainties, but when he was condemning the policy of the Government with regard to the Turkish peace, had he thought for a moment of the financial effect of the policy which he advocated?
Word: Paul Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo. Pronunciation: /pɔːl/, /pɔl/, /pɑl/ 1. In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles. Example: Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. 2. A male given name from Latin of biblical origin. Example: 'He will be christened Paul, my - Mrs Dombey - of course.' She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again. 'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.' Example: Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture. 3. A surname originating as a patronymic. Example: In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter. 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name: 7. A place name: 8. A place name:
Word: claire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French claire, the feminine form of clair (“clear”). 1. A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters. Example: In order to prepare the ground of the claire for the reception of oysters, it must first be cleared of stones and all vegetation which may cover it, then the necessary slope from the center towards the sides may be given it. Example: A barrel of lime was spread around the edge of the claire, so as to be gradually washed into the water and furnish the material required by oysters in the fabrication of the shell. Until October the oysters in the claire remained exceedingly poor, […]
Word: biomaterial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English material English biomaterial From bio- + material. 1. A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body. Example: Gong believes the fiber-reinforced hydrogel could be used to create biomaterials, such as artificial organs and prostheses, able to endure everyday wear-and-tear.
Word: sprog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /spɹɒɡ/, /sprɔɡ/, /sprɑɡ/ 1. A child. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, humorous, informal, uncountable Example: To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs, twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies. Example: Any guardianship or trusts that you set up when your children were little sprogs may no longer be needed. 2. A new recruit. Labels: UK, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable 3. Semen. Labels: Australia, dated, slang, uncountable 4. A deflection-limiting safety device used in high performance hang gliders. Labels: countable, slang
Word: sprog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /spɹɒɡ/, /sprɔɡ/, /sprɑɡ/ 1. To produce children. Labels: Australia, UK, humorous, slang Example: You must have been terrified, it′s not like today with film stars sprogging babies everywhere. Example: ‘How′s it all going with your boyo in the valleys? Any plans for sprogging or vows or anything serious yet?’ 2. To ejaculate, to come. Labels: Australia, slang Example: 2004, Kathryn Fox, Malicious Intent, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page, The kid was fathered by the same guy who sprogged into Debbie Finch′s throat.
Word: Hogmanay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots Hogmanay, probably from Old French aguillanneuf (“last day of the year”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɡməˌneɪ/, /ˌhɒɡməˈneɪ/, /ˈhɑɡməˌneɪ/, /ˌhɑɡməˈneɪ/, /ˈhɔɡməne/ 1. New Year's Eve. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable Example: Each year the Hogmanay celebration and the Christmas market on Princes Street Gardens that accompanies it, together with the ever-growing international festival and fringe, eats up more and more of our public spaces. 2. A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: whee Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion. Labels: childish Example: Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again! Example: She twisted the rubber band extra tight. Sure enough, the tractor spun off much faster. Whee! She really liked to see it go fast on the living room floor.
Word: whee Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. To make a high-pitched sound. Labels: intransitive Example: What a wheeing dost thou keep, / Thou Minion of the Spring, / All the Winter long you sleep, / And all the Summer long you sing. Example: Bullets ricocheted off the walls and the ceiling, wheeing by him, and his face stung from chips of stone. 2. To cry whee. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Sometimes, we whee together, at the same time, for the same reason, feeling the same thing. And sometimes – these are the best of times – we can’t really tell who started the whee, or who’s wheeing more. 3. To excite; to arouse; to energize. Labels: US, colloquial, dated, often, transitive, with-up Example: In Princeton marches of eighty-seven, sixty, seventy-six, fifty-two, fifty-eight, thirty-two and sixty-two yards, in which he had the whole-hearted support of a wheed-up Tiger team, Kazmaier passed for three touchdowns, thirty-three and forty-five yards to wingback Dick Pivirotto, four yards to end Len Lyon. Example: Los Angeles Rams, wheed up by 102,368, largest crowd ever to watch NFL game, who jampacked Coliseum, controlled San Francisco's Y. A. Tittle, gave own Norm Van Brocklin plenty of passing room to upset Western Division-leading 49ers 37-24[…]
Word: terms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɜːmz/, /tɝmz/ 1. plural of term Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɜːmz/, /tɝmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of term Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knot theory Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of topology dealing with knots. Labels: uncountable
Word: host response Part of Speech: noun 1. The reaction of a living system to the presence of a material. Example: The host response is the defense mechanism of the host against exogenous microorganisms.
Word: biocompatibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English compatibility English biocompatibility From bio- + compatibility. 1. The ability of a material to perform with an appropriate host response in a specific situation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: decimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/, /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/ 1. Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decimal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/, /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/ 1. A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system. Labels: countable Example: What is ⁷⁄₂₃ as a decimal? 2. The decimal system itself. Labels: informal, uncountable 3. A decimal place. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Pi has a value of 3.142, to three decimals. 4. A decimal point. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 5. Alternative spelling of dismil. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: decimal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/, /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/ 1. To represent with numbers after a decimal point. Example: Single- decimaled entries, often originating in Whiting (Wh) or Wilson (OW; see p. 23, fn.3), are from SPL. To save space, examples cited in SPL are normally not repeated (examples therefore begin with "Add:"). Double- decimaled entries, again often based on Wh or OW, are "new." Example: simplified, substantively interpretable versions of the optimal (but many-decimaled) linear combinations of your original variables
Word: hexadecimal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1952, from hexa- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Piecewise doublet of sexadecimal. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/ 1. A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits. Labels: uncountable 2. A number expressed in the hexadecimal system. Labels: countable
Word: hexadecimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1952, from hexa- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information. Piecewise doublet of sexadecimal. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/ 1. Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: colo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊləʊ/ 1. co-location Labels: uncountable Example: The previous wall outlet tests at their colo facility ran for 6 days straight without issue. Example: One was a mistake in the colo, where there was a mislabeled circuit, so they cut power to 1/3 of one of our racks.
Word: filial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁ilyós Proto-Italic *θīlios Proto-Italic *fīlios Latin fīlius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin fīliālisder. Middle English filial English filial From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.i.əl/, /ˈfɪl.jəl/, /ˈfi.li.əl/ 1. Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. Labels: not-comparable Example: The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him [D'Alonville]; […] Example: The plot revolves around an aimless and unemployed young man, M, whose sole ambition is to livestream his online games. He volunteers to take care of his maternal grandmother after he finds out she has Stage 4 cancer. His motivation is not filial piety; instead, he hopes that he can inherit her house. 2. Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents. Labels: comparable Example: If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; […] 3. Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one. Example: This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, as first filial (F₁), second filial (F₂), etc.
Word: lachrymose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear. Pronunciation: /ˈlæk.ɹɪ.moʊs/ 1. Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying. Example: It is true that Limeans were given to interpolating trivial songs into the most exquisite comedies and some lachrymose effects into the austerest music; but at least they never submitted to the boredom of a misplaced veneration.
Word: bonus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusbor. English bonus Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.nəs/, /ˈboʊ.nəs/, /ˈbəʉ.nəs/, /ˈbɐʉ.nəs/ 1. Something extra that is good; an added benefit. 2. An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder. Example: I was a bank manager in the 1970s, but I never received or expected to receive a bonus for doing my paid work. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 3. An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining. Example: Spend the time killing things and there's a bonus for each hit - but only for fatalities notched up since the start of your current life. 4. One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Word: bonus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusbor. English bonus Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.nəs/, /ˈboʊ.nəs/, /ˈbəʉ.nəs/, /ˈbɐʉ.nəs/ 1. To pay a bonus, premium Labels: transitive Example: In its adherence to a system of rating which bonusses the most anti-social owners and penalises those doing something to improve the district, the municipality must accept a large measure of responsibility. Example: The main bulk of the piece-workers (71%) are bonussed for fulfillment of the production quotas by the section, shop or plant on condition they fulfill the norms.
Word: potsherd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pot-sherd, pot-schord, pot scherd, pot scarth, from Middle English pot, pote, potte (“a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel”) (from late Old English pot, pott (“a pot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”)) + Middle English sherd (“piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd”) (from Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), from Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”)); equivalent to pot + sherd (“shard”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/, /ˈpɑt.ʃəɹd/ 1. A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site. Labels: often Example: But this madde Amalecke, / Lyke to a Mamelek, / He regardeth lordes / No more than potshordes; […] Example: [W]ho can deny but that the rod of Gods mouth is indeed Virga virtutis, a rod of strength, an iron rod, able to deale with all humane reaſonings, as a hammer with a potſherd, which though to the hand of a man it may feele as hard as a rocke, yet is too brittle to endure the blow of an iron rod?
Word: innkeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English inkeper; equivalent to inn + keeper. Compare Middle English inholder (“innkeeper”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnkiːpəɹ/ 1. The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
Word: cognate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/, /ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/ 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root. Labels: not-comparable Example: This explanation provoked further great hilarity among the members of the committee. And the frankness was admired by many with which Louit, on his return, confessed to having found, in the course of his excursion, three barns in all, of which two contained empty bottles and the third the skeleton of a goat. But in other quarters this and cognate statements were viewed in another and less friendly light. 3. Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cognate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/, /ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/ 1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature. 2. One who is related to another on the female side. Labels: dated 3. One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages. Labels: dated 4. A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
Word: filter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltə/, /ˈfɪltɚ/ 1. A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another. Example: Then add four drops of crocodile semen, and pass the mixture through a filter. 2. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies. 3. Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate. Example: He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail. Example: In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters. 4. Self-restraint in speech. Labels: figuratively Example: He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result. Example: These were women with enormous feelings and, almost always, no filter to mediate their expression of them. 5. A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets). Example: The collection of cofinite subsets of ℝ is a filter under inclusion: it includes the intersection of every pair of its members, and includes every superset of every cofinite set. Example: If (1) the universal set (here, the set of natural numbers) were called a "large" set, (2) the superset of any "large" set were also a "large" set, and (3) the intersection of a pair of "large" sets were also a "large" set, then the set of all "large" sets would form a filter. 6. A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect. 7. An appearance-altering digital image effect. Example: He don't need no filter posting pictures!
Word: filter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltə/, /ˈfɪltɚ/ 1. To sort, sift, or isolate. Labels: transitive Example: This strainer should filter out the large particles. Example: “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.” 2. To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused. Labels: transitive Example: The leaves of the trees filtered the light. 3. To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter. Labels: intransitive Example: The water filtered through the rock and soil. 4. To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time. Labels: intransitive Example: The crowd filtered into the theater. 5. To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road Labels: intransitive Example: I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering. 6. To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, slang Example: Most people get filtered by that episode.
Word: filtrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the substantivation of New Latin filtrātus (“filtered”) past perfect participle of filtrō (“to filter”). Equivalent to filter (the verb) + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltɹeɪt/ 1. The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.
Word: filtrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin filtrō (“to filter”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltɹeɪt/ 1. To filter. Example: Ashes boil'd in Water; and filtrated
Word: filtride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English filter Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English filtride From filter + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltɹaɪd/ 1. The substance which remains on the filter after the filtrate passes through it. Labels: physical Example: Near-synonyms: filtrand, residue (usually synonymous) Example: The filtride, i.e. the solid portions that are obtained from the filtration, adheres to the outer surface of the wire 2 and may be gathered, e.g. by means of a water jet, a doctor blade or the like.
Word: appoggiatura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”). Pronunciation: /əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/ 1. A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows. Example: The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.
Word: trill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. Pronunciation: /tɹɪl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl], /tɾɪl/, /tɹəl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊əl] 1. A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. 2. A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/. 3. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
Word: trill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. Pronunciation: /tɹɪl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl], /tɾɪl/, /tɹəl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊əl] 1. To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver. Labels: intransitive Example: To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. 2. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill. Labels: transitive Example: to trill a note, or the letter r Example: The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.
Word: trill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen. 1. To trickle. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I come now from seeing of a shepheard at Medoc[…]who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually tril from him. Example: And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek.
Word: trill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc. 1. To twirl. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: trill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps a blend of true + real, or from keep it real, exhibiting the fill–feel merger. 1. True; respected. Labels: slang Example: All my trill niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month Example: LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie.
Word: glissando Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian glissando. 1. Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After another alternation of the two elements, there is a more playful episode, in which flute and bassoon take up the first element, with swooping glissando on the ondes Martenot. 2. A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glissando Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian glissando. 1. To play with a glissando or sliding effect.
Word: dynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics From dynamic + -ics. Pronunciation: /dɑɪˈnæm.ɪks/, /dʌɪˈnamɪks/, /dəˈnamɪks/ 1. The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects. Labels: uncountable