nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: comedically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awoidós Ancient Greek ἀοιδός (aoidós) Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin cōmoediader. Middle French comediebor. Middle English comedie English comedy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English comedic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English comedically From comedic + -ally. 1. In a comedic manner; using comedy.
Word: phthor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “destruction”). 1. fluorine Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: affreux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French affreux. 1. A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: As one Belgian journalist wrote: The affreux ["frightful ones"] are outstanding in combat. Example: I could no longer find anything affected in that long smooth white face but an extreme kindness and a sort of obstinate candour; Vian was as Herv in his detestation of the affreux [the frightful ones] as in loving what he loved.
Word: affreux Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French affreux. 1. Dreadful; disturbing or frightening. Labels: rare Example: And when I signified my intention of making a tour of the whole province, they most earnestly advised me to alter my plans, and occupy my time in visiting some other part of the kingdom; for they assured me, that all travellers who attempted Basse Bretagne, returned in disgust before they went more thant a few stages into the country, for that its general aspect was that of desolation itself; the roads were impassable ; and the people dirty, ragged barbarians, living in filthy huts, and clothed in sheepskins; that, in short, everything was affreux. Example: It was in rain that some common friends represented the tort affreux — the frightful mischief he would do the government of his own creation, if he published this work — all in vain: his honor, his conscience, and his patriotism, required that he should raise his voice in defence of the charter, which the king and his ministers equally violate — and the work is published!
Word: voyageur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Canadian French voyageur. 1. A trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction. Labels: historical Example: The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.
Word: Eutychianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Eutychian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Eutychianism From Eutychian + -ism. 1. The radical form of monophysitism taught by Eutyches. Labels: uncountable
Word: monophysitic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to monophysitism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monophysitical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to monophysitism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hereabouts Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hereabout + -s (See adverbial genitive). 1. Near here. Labels: not-comparable Example: The people hereabouts, sir, would seem to dispense with street illumination, and it is very dark tonight. Example: How far might you call yourselves from the marshes, hereabouts? Not above a mile, I reckon?
Word: thenceforward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From thence + forward. Pronunciation: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔ(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/ 1. from then on; from that time on Labels: not-comparable Example: Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town. Example: Combpyne is 4¼ miles from Axminster, and ¼ mile beyond the station the gradient changes, the line thenceforward falling all the way to Lyme Regis.
Word: Pythagoras Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πῡθαγόρᾱς (Pūthagórās). Pronunciation: /paɪˈθæɡ.ə.ɹəs/, /pɪˈθæɡ.ə.ɹəs/, /ˈpɑj.t̪həˌɡo.rəs/, /pəjˈt̪ɑɡᵊ.rəs/, /pəjˈt̪ɔɡᵊ.rəs/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek. Example: Gratiano: O, be thou damn'd, inexecrable dog! And for thy life let justice be accused. Thou almost makest me waver in my faith, To hold opinion with Pythagoras, That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men: thy currish spirit Govern'd a wolf, who, hang'd for human slaughter, Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet, And, whilst thou lay'st in thy unhallow'd dam, Infused itself in thee; for thy desires Are wolfish, bloody, starved, and ravenous. 3. Ellipsis of Pythagoras' theorem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Example: Serge Lang and Gene Murrow (1988), Geometry, →ISBN, page 203: “By Pythagoras, we find the length of the third side, |AB|² = (2a)² – a² = 4a² – a² = 3a²”
Word: Proteus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πρωτεύς (Prōteús). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.tjuːs/, /ˈpɹoʊ.ti.əs/ 1. A sea god who could change his shape at will. Labels: Greek 2. The sixth satellite of the planet Neptune.
Word: Pythagorean theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Pythagoras (from Ancient Greek Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras)), the Greek mathematician and philosopher who by tradition is credited with the theorem’s discovery and proof. 1. A mathematical theorem which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of those of the two other sides. Example: The Pythagorean theorem only applies to right triangles. 2. A generalization of the Pythagorean theorem for Euclidean triangles to Hilbert spaces.
Word: nightmarish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nightmare Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English nightmarish From nightmare + -ish. 1. Resembling a nightmare. Example: Meanwhile, the everyday landscape becomes more nightmarish and unmanageable each year. Example: The dragon from under-earth, the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, utterly without life.
Word: sympathise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: ‘[…] who is to hunt up my witnesses? All of them are sailors, drafted off to other ships, except those whose evidence would go for very little, as they took part, or sympathised in the affair. […]’ Example: And yet, though the happiness may be unenduring, what heart, though seared by time and worldly care, can fail to sympathise with those emotions of early life? In after years there are none such. They are the high noon of earthly joy. After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy sunset.
Word: Rotterdam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒtə(ɹ)ˌdæm/ 1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands. 2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Word: Ningbo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 寧波／宁波 (Níngbō), literally "Peaceful Waves". Pronunciation: /nɪŋˈbəʊ/ 1. A port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China. Example: The containers were shipped from the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo to Piraeus by sea, and were then transported to Budapest in two trains that reached on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, according to China's official People's Daily newspaper. Example: Congestion off China's top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a container terminal in Ningbo where a COVID-19 case was detected this week.
Word: Dampier Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdæmpiə(ɹ)/ 1. A surname. 2. A port in the Pilbara region, northwestern Western Australia, named indirectly after William Dampier.
Word: Annabel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally a mishearing or misreading of Latin amabilis (“lovable”) (= Amabel, Mabel), used since the 12th century and by folk etymology interpreted as Anna + belle, "beautiful Anna". Pronunciation: /ˈænəbɛl/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: I was a child and she was a child, / In this kingdom by the sea: / But we loved with a love that was more than love — / I and my Annabel Lee;
Word: Berwick Part of Speech: name Etymology: For places in England and Scotland (e.g. North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from a different word, for which see -wick. Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed. The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹɪk/, /ˈbɝ.wɪk/ 1. Any of various places, including: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Berwick. 2. Any of various places, including: 3. Any of various places, including: 4. Any of various places, including: 5. Any of various places, including: 6. Any of various places, including: 7. Any of various places, including: 8. Any of various places, including: 9. Any of various places, including: 10. Any of various places, including: 11. Any of various places, including: 12. Any of various places, including: 13. Any of various places, including: Example: (historical), Curries Corner (historical), Davisons Corner (historical) 14. Any of various places, including: 15. Any of various places, including: 16. Any of various places, including: 17. Any of various places, including: 18. A surname.
Word: Elbe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Elbe, from Middle High German Elbe, from Old High German Elba, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *albī. Pronunciation: /ˈɛlbə/, /ɛlb/ 1. A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.
Word: proteus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of many gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Proteus, several of which are responsible for human infections.
Word: olm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Olm, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /əʊlm/, /ɒlm/ 1. Proteus anguinus, a cave-dwelling neotenous salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro. Example: O is for Olm. The Olm has teeny-weeny legs. Its eyes are covered with skin and it can barely see. Olms live in caves where there is hardly any light. Example: A fully grown olm is around 30 cm with a sinuous body and long tail. There are two pairs of stumpy legs and three pairs of feathery gills behind the head. In its natural environment, the olm is pink with semitranslucent skin.
Word: hand pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A semilunar pastry with either a sweet or savory filling, formed by placing a dollop of filling onto a circular piece of biscuit-style dough and then folding it over and crimping it shut. They may be baked, fried or deep-fried. Labels: Southern-US Example: The original intention for pies was a self-contained unit of food. Nothing exemplifies this more than a turnover or a hand pie. The crust is the edible container and the food is mobile and tidy.
Word: Pythagorean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) + -an. Compare Pythagoric. Pronunciation: /p(a)ɪˌθaɡəˈɹiːən/, /ˌpajt̪əˈɡorɪjən/ 1. A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism. Example: Plato could still speak the language of archaic myth. He could speak it, because he was a Pythagorean, and myth was their technical language. Example: Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans.
Word: Pythagorean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) + -an. Compare Pythagoric. Pronunciation: /p(a)ɪˌθaɡəˈɹiːən/, /ˌpajt̪əˈɡorɪjən/ 1. Pertaining to Pythagoras. 2. Pertaining to the philosophy of Pythagoras. 3. Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian.
Word: government stroke Part of Speech: noun 1. The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers. Labels: Australia, slang Example: Why not just leave things as they are and say, "We are going to run this government organisation efficiently; we are going to make sure that the government stroke has disappeared, that the managers are on the ball and that the customers get good service". 2. The amount work that a convict was required to complete each day. Labels: Australia, historical, obsolete, slang
Word: shrunken Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌŋkən/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰən] ~ [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰn̩] 1. past participle of shrink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shrunken Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌŋkən/, [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰən] ~ [ˈʃʰɹʷʌŋkʰn̩] 1. Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled. Example: A shriveled and shrunken appearance.
Word: Killiecrankie diamond Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of hard colourless topaz (not actual diamond as such). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pythagorean triple Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of three positive integers a, b and c, for which a²+b²=c².
Word: hungry ghost Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth. Example: Across Taiwan, households prepared offerings of food, alcohol, candles, flowers, washbowls and towels, in prayer for their ancestors and gods, and to placate the hungry ghosts. The streets filled will smoke as they burned paper money – gold for the gods and silver for the ghosts – in small metal drums.
Word: Munster Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Irish Mumu (in either dative Mumain or genitive Muman) + Old Norse staðr. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌnstəɹ/ 1. The southernmost province of Ireland.
Word: Munster Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Munster or German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German. 1. A town in Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France.
Word: mythoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθοι (mûthoi). 1. plural of mythos. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cornish pasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th century Cornish + pasty 1. A kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough, crimped shut, then baked on a sheet. It usually includes meat and vegetables in a thick hearty sauce. Example: […] after we have removed some of the dust of our journey, we sit down to a well-spread tea-table, on which a noble Cornish pasty holds the post of honour.
Word: voidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English void 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 voidable From void + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪdəbəl/ 1. capable of being voided or made void. Example: a voidable contract Example: a voidable transaction
Word: pie pan Part of Speech: noun 1. A pan for holding and shaping the dough and filling of a pie, made of a heat-conducting metal, glass or other ceramic, and (more recently) silicone.
Word: Caen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Caen, Cane, Cadomy, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Caen. Pronunciation: /kɑn/, /kɑ̃/, /kɒ̃/ 1. A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
Word: Calvados Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkælvədɒs/, /ˈkælvədəʊs/, /ˈkɑlvədoʊs/ 1. A department of Normandy, France.
Word: noises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of noise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disclosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disclose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disclosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Made known; admitted. Example: There was nothing wrong with any of the cough syrup's disclosed ingredients; the problem was the undisclosed ones, not only because one of them is illegal but also because it is illegal not to disclose what a product contains. 2. Expanded, spread; (of a winged creature) with its wings extended or spread. Example: Azure, a harpy with her wings disclosed, her hair flotant or, armed of the same. This coat stands in Huntingdon church. Example: Culcheth of Culcheth: argent, an eagle disclosed, preyant on a child in a mantle gules, wattled or. This is the crest of Stanley, well known in Lancashire as the bird and bantling.
Word: decreed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decree Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: epistle lesson Part of Speech: noun 1. A reading from one of the New Testament epistles (written by St. Paul and others); one of the usual four readings from the Bible found in many (Sunday) Christian church services, in various denominations.
Word: Jimmy Woodser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a poem by Barcroft Boake, published in The Bulletin of 7 May 1892, about a fictional Jimmy Wood from Britain who is determined to end the practice of shouting (buying rounds of drinks for one′s group of mates). : One man one liquor! though I have to die A martyr to my faith, that′s Jimmy Wood, sir. Another mooted derivation is the Sydney slang term Johnny Warder (“a man who tries to cadge drinks”), after the similarly eponymous John Ward, a Sydney publican. 1. A man who drinks alone. Labels: Australia, informal Example: 1900, Henry Lawson, They Wait on the Wharf in Black, in Over the Sliprails, Gutenberg eBook #1313, “What did you follow him below that time for, Mitchell?” I asked presently, for want of something better to say. Mitchell looked at me out of the corners of his eyes. “I wanted to score a drink!” he said. “I thought he wanted one and wouldn′t like to be a Jimmy Woodser.” Example: Not a bird in sight until I almost stepped on a solitary bleary eyed jimmy woodser pigeon staring or drinking at an oily puddle. 2. A drink consumed alone. Labels: Australia, informal Example: THERE WAS a man in a pub — a long, dark, scowling, string-bellied sort of joker drinking Jimmy Woodsers of rum and water — and his message, suitably censored, was this: he didn′t much care what beer-brokers did to, or with, their frightful brewery broth.
Word: mudbug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + bug. 1. A crayfish. Labels: US, informal
Word: red wiggler Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of earthworm, Eisenia fetida, or an individual thereof, especially when used as bait for fishing. Labels: Southern-US Example: The most popular worm probably is the "red wiggler," a small but active species which reproduces throughout the year. When placed on the bedding, they will quickly burrow out of sight. They may be purchased from bait dealers or commercial worm farmers. About 200 of them will start a good backyard operation. Feeding is a simple matter, as the worms will eat almost anything. They consume table scraps, coffee grounds, chicken mash, cottonseed meal, cornmeal, lettuce, celery, cabbage, and kitchen fat.
Word: stigmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stigma Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English stigmatic From stigma + -ic. Pronunciation: /stɪɡˈmætɪk/ 1. Having or relating to a stigma or stigmata. Labels: not-comparable 2. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character; stigmatized. Labels: not-comparable 3. Impressing with infamy or reproach. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stigmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stigma Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English stigmatic From stigma + -ic. Pronunciation: /stɪɡˈmætɪk/ 1. One who has been branded as punishment. Example: from his Infancy branded for a stigmatick 2. One who has been marked or deformed by nature. Example: But like a foul misshapen stigmatic, 3. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
Word: jugline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jug + line. 1. A kind of trotline using an empty jug (such as a bleach jug) as a float at one end of the line, the other end either free-floating or anchored with a weight.
Word: corbel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːbəl/ 1. A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. Example: The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels. Example: But the firm noted concrete deterioration deep within the pool’s wall and corbel, a type of support structure, requiring “aggressive excavation of concrete.” […] We removed loose, cracked, spalled, deteriorated and delaminated concrete from the balcony soffits of 114 units as well as pool corbels to prevent it from falling, and removed all deteriorated, debonded and falling stucco from balconies.
Word: corbel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːbəl/ 1. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. Labels: transitive
Word: walleyed pike Part of Speech: noun 1. The walleye (fish).
Word: contrariety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety. Pronunciation: /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/ 1. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us? Example: This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.
Word: krater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr). 1. An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine. Labels: historical Example: In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]
Word: dedal Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of daedal. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: tibiiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tibia English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English tibiiform From tibia + -iform. 1. In the shape of a tibia. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a cystidium: almost ventricose and having a long narrow neck with an apex that is swollen into a knob, like a tibia bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fretwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fret (verb) + -work. 1. Ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Very interested, Dr Grimsby watched the saw follow the fine pencil line on the white pearwood as Peter dexterously twirled the veneers on the fretwork table, timing the movement of both hands precisely to put no strain on either the saw or the wood.
Word: jerrycan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jerry (“a German”) + can, from its use by German troops in World War II. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹiˌkæn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkæn/ 1. A robust container for fuel or water, of a certain more or less rectangular shape, often made from pressed steel. Example: The police fell back, swatting and cursing. At the gateway, somebody grabbed a jerrycan of water from Jonamon's hut and flung its contents at the swarm. Example: Anyone with half a brain and a jerrycan of fertilizer's got an army.
Word: precancerous Part of Speech: adj 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 cancerous English precancerous From pre- + cancerous. Pronunciation: /pɹiˈkænsəɹəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to growth that is likely to develop into cancer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: premalignant Part of Speech: adj 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 malignant English premalignant From pre- + malignant. Pronunciation: /pɹiˈməˈlɪɡnənt/ 1. Precancerous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pre-cancerous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of precancerous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: starr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin starrum, from Hebrew שְׁטָר (šĕṭār). 1. A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt. Labels: historical Example: It is well known that, before the banishment of the Jews under Edward I., their contracts and obligations were denominated in our ancient records starra, or starrs, from a corruption of the Hebrew word shetar, a covenant. Example: In the Treasury nil, and bv quittance which the said Gervase and Hugo his son have of the said debt by a Starr which the said Hugo produced at the Treasury before the Barons £90.
Word: brown ale Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of beer characterised by its brown colour and rich malty, hoppy flavour with hints of caramel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brown ales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown ale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sticken Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of stick Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past, rare Example: Where the decrées be very moueable, in that thei be written and grauen in the cheſte of the breaſt of the lorde Pope, that he may interpret theim whiche waie he will, and that muſt be law to be ſticken to, what ſoeuer it be. Example: Oah, how greatlie haue I ſinned euen in this, that I haue not ſticken to thee alone, neglecting all things elſe!.
Word: Broon Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɹuːn/ 1. Newcastle Brown Ale, a well known brand of brown ale beer. Labels: Geordie Example: Myek mine a bottle of Broon, pet.
Word: Broonale Part of Speech: name 1. Newcastle Brown Ale, a well known brand of brown ale beer. Labels: Geordie Example: Give is a bottle of Broonale, pet!
Word: wach Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of watch. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: wach Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of watch. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: weh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali [script needed] (wah donka). 1. A red panda. Labels: archaic
Word: weh Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wɛ(ː)/ 1. Alternative form of wah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: oh weh ! oh weh ! " — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so Example: "Oh, weh! oh, weh!" The Child-Who-Was-Tired pushed and pulled them apart, muffled them into their coats, and drove them out of the house.
Word: monkey hanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Citizens of Hartlepool are alleged to have thought that a monkey which washed up onto the beach by the town during the Napoleonic wars was a French spy, and to have hanged it accordingly. 1. A person from Hartlepool. Labels: Northumbria, Teesside, offensive
Word: potassa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch potasch (“potash”). Doublet of potash. 1. The chemical compound potassium hydroxide. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Liebich […] has investigated the action of potassa upon tannocaffeic acid.
Word: footballer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From football + -er. For the kyphosid sense, named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/, /ˈfʊtbɔːləɹ/ 1. One who plays a form of football. Labels: New-Zealand, UK Example: It is footballers though, rather than commentators, presenters or pundits, who when interviewed have provided some of the best Colemanballs. 2. One who plays a form of football. Labels: Australia 3. One who plays a form of football. Labels: Ireland 4. One who plays a form of football. Labels: proscribed, rare Example: Footballer Tae Gordon named league MVP 5. Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae.
Word: sinicise Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnəsaɪz/ 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sinicize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: sinicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Sinic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sinicize From Sinic + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnəsaɪz/ 1. To make something Chinese in form or character. Labels: transitive 2. To convert to Chinese characters or to enable to work with the Chinese script. Labels: transitive
Word: stempel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan (“to stamp”), all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”). 1. A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.
Word: orde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ord. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: studie Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of study. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: studie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of study. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: limekiln Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lime + kiln. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪmˌkɪln/ 1. A furnace used to produce lime (quicklime and slaked lime) from limestone. Example: Thou mightst as well say I love to walk by the Counter-gate, which is as hateful to me as the reek of a lime-kiln. Example: From head to foot I was powdered almost as white with chalk and dust, as if I had come out of a lime-kiln. 2. A burning sensation. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: Now, the rotten diseases of the south, the guts-griping, ruptures, catarrhs, loads o’ gravel i’ the back, lethargies, cold palsies, raw eyes, dirt-rotten livers, wheezing lungs, bladders full of imposthume, sciaticas, limekilns i’ the palm, incurable bone-ache, and the rivelled fee-simple of the tetter, take and take again such preposterous discoveries!
Word: mevrouw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch mevrouw. 1. A Dutchwoman, especially a Dutch or Afrikaner mistress. Example: You’re more like the English who think themselves vastly superior to us and mix only with Mevrouwen and Heeren. Example: The Dutch mynheeren and mevrouwen everywhere are busily engaged in decorating their clean cities and no doubt they will all lift their glasses at the same time and drink the health of their good Queen with that famous national drink Holland gin.
Word: calcify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ 1. To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: calcify tissue Example: calcify rapidly 2. To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: kleren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Haitian Creole kleren. 1. Alternative form of clairin (“Haitian drink resembling rum”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: stem the rose Part of Speech: verb 1. To have anal sex; to insert one's penis (stem) into another's anus (rose). Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: You guys wasn't gettin’ paid to leave the dogs to babysit the sheep while you stemmed the rose. Now get the hell out of my trailer. Example: Are you stupid? You of course have stemmed the rose. Palate cleanser, indeed.
Word: beignet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/, /bɛnˈjeɪ/ 1. A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling). Labels: UK 2. A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar. Labels: US Example: We sat in a New Orleans cafe eating beignets and sipping cappuccinos.
Word: unheard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unherd, unherde, from Old English unġehīered (“unheard”), equivalent to un- + heard. Cognate with West Frisian ûnheard (“unheard”), Dutch ongehoord (“unheard”), German ungehört (“unheard”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/ 1. Not heard. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her cries for help remained unheard. Example: When night had fallen, the she-demon stole forth toward the hall, which she entered unheard and unseen. 2. Not listened to. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are no "bad" emotions; rather, there are only heard emotions and unheard emotions. Example: c. 1693?, John Dryden, Amaryllis What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard! 3. Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nor was his name unheard or unadored.
Word: unheard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of unhear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: draugr Part of Speech: noun 1. An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure. Labels: Norse
Word: lime mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft form of mortar made from sand and slaked lime, largely replaced by cement mortar in modern building methods. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dreng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Medieval Latin drengus, from Middle English dreng (“warrior, retainer”) or its source, Old English drenġ (“warrior, soldier”), from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz, cognate to Old Norse drengr. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛŋ/ 1. A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book. Labels: UK, historical Example: In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o). Example: Accordingly, long after the Conquest, the Thegns and Drengs of Northumberland, and the Drengs, Thegns, and Villeins of the bishopric of Durham, continued to be tallaged.
Word: calcine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English calcinen (“(alchemy, medicine) to heat (something) until it turns to powder; to change the nature of (something) by heating”) [and other forms], from Old French calciner (modern French calciner (“to calcinate; to calcine”)) and from its etymon Medieval Latin calcināre (“(alchemy) to burn like lime; to reduce to calx”), from Late Latin calcīna (“inorganic material containing calcium, lime”) + -āre (suffix forming present active infinitive forms of verbs). Calcīna is derived from Latin calcis, the genitive singular of calx (“chalk; limestone”), possibly from Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx, “small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble”); further etymology unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈkælsaɪn/, /-sɪn/, /kælˈsaɪn/, /ˈkælˌsaɪn/ 1. To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it. Labels: historical, transitive 2. To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime. Labels: physical, transitive Example: Fire […] burneth and calcineth ſtone, vvhereof is made that morter vvhich bindeth all vvork in maſonry. Example: I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie. 3. To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it. Labels: broadly, transitive 4. To purify or refine (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive 5. To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: [A]s his death calcined thee to duſt, / His life may make thee gold, and much more juſt. Example: I vvould gladly knovv hovv Moſes vvith an actuall fire calcin'd or burnt the Golden Calfe unto povvder, for that myſticall metall of Gold, vvhoſe ſolary and celeſtiall nature I admire, expoſed unto the violence of fire, grovveth onely hot and liquifies, but conſumeth not: […] 6. Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it. Labels: intransitive, physical Example: This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.
Word: calcine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English calcinen (“(alchemy, medicine) to heat (something) until it turns to powder; to change the nature of (something) by heating”) [and other forms], from Old French calciner (modern French calciner (“to calcinate; to calcine”)) and from its etymon Medieval Latin calcināre (“(alchemy) to burn like lime; to reduce to calx”), from Late Latin calcīna (“inorganic material containing calcium, lime”) + -āre (suffix forming present active infinitive forms of verbs). Calcīna is derived from Latin calcis, the genitive singular of calx (“chalk; limestone”), possibly from Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx, “small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble”); further etymology unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈkælsaɪn/, /-sɪn/, /kælˈsaɪn/, /ˈkælˌsaɪn/ 1. Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.
Word: needlenose pliers Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions of the gripping faces, used to reach into narrow spaces. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: recitative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian recitativo, from recitare, from Latin recitō. Pronunciation: /ɹɛsɪtəˈtiːv/ 1. dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot. Example: In Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, Bunthorne performs the recitative "Am I Alone and Unobserved?" before going on to his solo aria "If You're Anxious For To Shine".
Word: recitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian recitativo, from recitare, from Latin recitō. Pronunciation: /ɹɛˈsaɪtətɪv/, /ˈɹɛsɪteɪtɪv/ 1. of a recital
Word: calcined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of calcine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calcined Part of Speech: adj 1. Converted by calcination. 2. Purified, refined. Labels: figuratively Example: [A]n ingenious man, who is ever on the watch for conquest, will, in his eagerness to exhibit his whole store of knowledge, furnish an attentive observer with some useful information, calcined by fancy and formed by taste.
Word: muscardine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French muscardine. 1. A fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A dormouse. Labels: countable
Word: act of God Part of Speech: noun 1. An unforeseen occurrence beyond one's control, such as a natural disaster. Example: They didn't get shot to death in hold-ups, strangled to death in rapes, stabbed to death in saloons, bludgeoned to death with axes by parents or children or die summarily by some other act of God. Example: The action of “The Discovery of Heaven” combines the emotional melodrama of a telenovela with a sequence of events that an insurance lawyer would call acts of God. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, of, God.
Word: calcination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English calcine 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 calcination From calcine + -ation. 1. The process of calcining: heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quadrumanous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin quattuor (“four”) + manus (“hand”), or alternatively from translingual Quadrumana + -ous. 1. Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates. Example: I've seen one monkey force open the jaws of his brother, resolutely introduce his fingers, pluck from the sanctuary of his cheek the filbert he had just stowed there for his private nutrition and delight, and crunch and eat it with a stern ecstasy of selfishness, himself; and I fancy that the feelings of the quadrumanous victim, his jaws aching, his pouch outraged, and his bon-bouche in the miscreant's mouth, a little resembles those of the physician who has suffered so hideous a mortification as that of Toole. Example: The only quadrumanous animal in the group is the curious baboon-monkey, Cynopithecus nigrescens, already described as being one of the characteristic animals of Celebes.
Word: quatrayle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modified form of quadri- + ayle. 1. A great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father. Labels: rare Example: He was the quatrayle of Zaccheus Gould, the New England immigrant. Example: This means that two individuals A and B whose most recent common ancestor C is the quatrayle (or great-great-great-grandfather) of the former and the quatrayle of the latter cannot belong to the same lineage, because the genealogical chain linking A to B contains ten degrees of kinship.
Word: qualtagh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Manx qualtagh, quaaltagh (“first person one meets after leaving the house; first person one meets on New Year’s Day”, literally “one who meets or is met”), from quaail (“act of meeting; a meeting”) (ultimately from Old Irish comdál, from com- (prefix meaning ‘with’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + dál (“part, share; land in which a tribe lives”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide; to share”))) + -agh (suffix forming adjectives and nouns expressing belonging, a connection to, having, or an involvement with). The interfix -t- may be modelled after an unattested form of Old Irish comaltae (“foster-brother; companion”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑːltəx/, /ˈkwɑːltək/, /ˈkwɑltək/, /ˈkweɪ(ə)ltəx/, /ˈkwɒltək/ 1. The first person one encounters, either after leaving one's home or (sometimes) outside one's home, especially on New Year's Day; a first-foot. Example: A company of young lads or men, generally went in old times on what they termed the Qualtagh, at Christmas or New Year's Day to the house of their more wealthy neighbours; some one of the company repeating in an audible voice the following rhyme:– […] they were then invited in to partake of the best that the house could afford. Example: On these occasions a person of dark complexion always enters first, as a light haired male or female is deemed unlucky to be a first-foot or quaaltagh on New Year's morning. The actors of the quaaltagh do not assume fantastic habiliments like the Mummers of England or the Guisards of Scotland, nor do they, like these rude performers of the ancient mysteries, appear ever to have been attended by minstrels playing on different kinds of musical instruments.
Word: quodlibetarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quodlibet + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒd.lɪbɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌkwɑd.lɪbəˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
Word: hardy hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A square, tapered hole in an anvil used to hold certain blacksmithing tools
Word: pritchel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration (influenced by pritch) of prickle. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃəl/ 1. A metal punch or shaping tool with a round shank, designed to fit in a pritchel hole in an anvil.
Word: pritchel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration (influenced by pritch) of prickle. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃəl/ 1. To use this tool.
Word: vitamin B1 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of thiamine. Labels: uncountable
Word: pritchel hole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pritchel + hole. 1. A round hole in an anvil designed to hold a pritchel or other round-shanked blacksmithing tool.
Word: vitamin B2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of riboflavin. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B3 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of niacin. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B5 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pantothenic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B6 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pyridoxine, pyridoxal, or pyridoxamine. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B7 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of biotin. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B9 Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of folic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B12 Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound cobalamin; (often also) related compounds such as cyanocobalamin. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin Bc Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of vitamin B₉: folic acid. Labels: archaic, proscribed, uncountable
Word: zomotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós, “meat-soup”) + English therapy. 1. A regimen of medical treatment that involves prescribing a diet of raw meat in order to fight a disease. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: It seems that in the later stages, zomotherapy is dangerous, the muscle plasma is not tolerated, this being probably due to the fact that the liver functions are insufficient, […]
Word: biotin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Biotin, from Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”) + the suffix -in. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪətɪn/ 1. A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cobalamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cobalt + vitamin, 1950s. Pronunciation: /koʊˈbæləmɪn/ 1. Any of several forms of vitamin B₁₂ depending on the upper axial ligand of the cobalt ion.
Word: noisette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, diminutive of noix (“nut”). The rose takes its name from the French gardener of Charleston, South Carolina, who produced it in 1817. 1. A small round thick slice of meat (in particular, lamb or veal) that has been deboned. 2. A hybrid rose, from the China rose and the musk rose.
Word: noisette Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French, diminutive of noix (“nut”). The rose takes its name from the French gardener of Charleston, South Carolina, who produced it in 1817. 1. Flavoured with hazelnuts. Labels: not-comparable