nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: memories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛm.(ə.)ɹiz/, /ˈmɪm.(ə.)ɹiz/ 1. plural of memory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all along Part of Speech: adv 1. For the entire time; always. Labels: idiomatic Example: He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along. Example: I think I must have known all along—without knowing that I knew, if that doesn't sound too silly.
Word: all along Part of Speech: prep 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, along. Example: All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs.
Word: danced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɑːnst/, /dænst/ 1. simple past and past participle of dance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sadly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsædli/ 1. In a sad manner; sorrowfully. Example: “Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly. 2. Unfortunately, sad to say. Example: If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend. Example: Sadly, the two were never to meet again. 3. In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly. Example: The people of Ebeltoft were once sadly plagued by them, as they plundered their pantries in a most unconscionable manner; so they consulted a very wise and pious man and his advice was, that they should hang a bell in the steeple of the church. 4. Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently. Labels: dated Example: "Don't ask me: don't make me talk of it," she answered. "I'm not fit now. I have been cruelly used and cruelly wronged. You will be kinder than ever, if you will walk on fast, and not speak to me. I sadly want to quiet myself, if I can." 5. Deeply, completely. Labels: obsolete Example: By my feythe sayd syre launcelot in that pauelione wil I lodge alle this nyghte / and soo there he alyghte doune and tayed his hors to the pauelione / and there he vnarmed hym / and there he fond a bedde / and layd hym theryn / and felle on slepe sadly
Word: doorway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From door + way. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɹweɪ/, /ˈdɔːweɪ/, /ˈdo(ː)ɹweɪ/, /ˈdoəweɪ/ 1. The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room. Labels: countable Example: I stood by the doorway to watch her go. Example: A re-arrangement of the seating in relation to doorway positions gives an even distribution of seated passengers, no change has been made in the number or size of the doorways. 2. An opening or passage in general. Labels: countable, figuratively Example: Soon after dawn, he came to the doorway of my tent. Example: How fares it with the happy dead? For here the man is more and more; ⁠But he forgets the days before God shut the doorways of his head [i.e. the sutures of the skull].
Word: hearty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to heart + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹti/, /ˈhɑːti/ 1. Warm and cordial towards another person. Example: a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. Example: We, full of hearty tears / For our good father's loss 2. Energetic, active or eager. Example: a hearty appetite 3. Cheerful; vivacious. Example: a hearty fellow 4. Exhibiting strength; firm; courageous. Example: a hearty handshake; a hearty timber 5. Promoting strength; nourishing. Example: hearty food Example: I launched out in search of a vegetarian restaurant. […] I would trot ten or twelve miles each day, go into a cheap restaurant and eat my fill of bread, but would never be satisfied. During these wanderings I once hit on a vegetarian restaurant in Farringdon Street. The sight of it filled me with the same joy that a child feels on getting a thing after its own heart. Before I entered I noticed books for sale exhibited under a glass window near the door. I saw among them Salt's Plea for Vegetarianism. This I purchased for a shilling and went straight to the dining room. This was my first hearty meal since my arrival in England.
Word: hearty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to heart + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹti/, /ˈhɑːti/ 1. a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Labels: humorous, obsolete Example: “Ay, ay,” muttered the chief mate, as they rolled out of then-boats and swaggered on deck, “it’s your turn now, but it will be mine before long. Yaw about while you may, my hearties, I’ll do the yawing after the anchor’s up.”
Word: gravely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grave Middle English -ly English -ly English gravely From grave + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvli/ 1. In a grave or serious manner. Example: 'No, no one's called that at home,' said Heidi gravely. Example: This report examines the voluminous evidence bolstering these conclusions. We document the many ways in which the Harris campaign and Democratic Party leadership failed to meet the moment and gravely miscalculated both what and who the election hinged on.
Word: gravely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See gravelly. 1. Alternative spelling of gravelly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boldly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English boldely, boldeliche, baldeliche, from Old English bealdlīċe (“boldly, earnestly”), equivalent to bold + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊldli/, [ˈbɒʊldli], /ˈboʊldli/ 1. In a bold manner; with confidence. Example: to boldly go where no man has gone before Example: Postcards that are billboardlike communications with an immediate message stated boldly and creatively.
Word: CBBC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of callable bull/bear contract, a type of exotic derivatives contract. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of chemically bonded bioceramic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CBBC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Children's BBC. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sufferings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋz/ 1. plural of suffering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rejoined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪnd/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rejoin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ryȝtly, rihtliche, from Old English rihtlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtalīkā, *rehtalīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rehtalīkê, *rehtalīkô (“rightly”), equivalent to right + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtlik, Dutch rechtelijk, German rechtlich, Swedish rätteligen, Icelandic réttilega. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtli/ 1. In a right manner; correctly, justifiably. Example: She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted. Example: I don't rightly know what he meant by that remark.
Word: centromere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Centromer, corresponding to centro- + -mere (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”)). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/, /ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ/ 1. The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled. Example: The aberrant bivalents with single terminal chiasmata are specially liable to this failure of orientation, presumably because their centromeres lie exceptionally far apart, as is the case in similar circumstances in a Lilium hybrid with reduced chiasma-frequency. Example: Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere.
Word: kinetochore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kineto- + Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “space”). Pronunciation: /k(ʌ)ɪˈniːtəʊkɔː/, /kəˈnitoʊkɔɹ/ 1. The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
Word: eukaryotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English eukaryote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English eukaryotic From eukaryote + -ic. 1. Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei. Labels: not-comparable Example: The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology. 2. Of or pertaining to a eukaryote. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eukaryotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eukaryote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English eukaryotic From eukaryote + -ic. 1. Such a cell or organism
Word: remembrance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/ 1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dal[ila]. Let me approach at leaſt, and touch thy hand. / Sams[on]. Not for thy life, leſt fierce remembrance wake / my ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint. Example: For Titan, by the mightly Loſs [of Phaëthon] diſmay'd, / Among the Heav'ns th'Immortal Fact diſplay'd, / Leſt the remembrance of his Grief ſhould fail, / And in Conſtellations wrote his Tale. [Translation of a work by Claudian.] 2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's Roſemary, that's for Remembraunce. / Pray loue remember: and there is Paconcies, that's for Thoughts. Example: Yes, and did ſee ſuch things there, the remembrance of which will ſtick by me as long as I live; ſpecially three things, to wit, How Chriſt, in deſpite of Satan, maintains his work of Grace in the heart; how the Man had ſinned himſelf quite out of hopes of Gods mercy; and alſo the Dream of him that thought in his ſleep the day of Judgement was come. 3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: If you turne not: you will returne the ſooner: / Keep this remembrance for thy Iulia’s sake. Example: [stanza I] A Gentle Knight was pricking on the Plain, / Yclad in mightie Arms and ſilver Shield, […] / [stanza II] And on his Breaſt a bloody Croſs he bore, / The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, / For whoſe ſweet ſake that glorious Badge he wore, / And dead (as living) ever him ador'd: […] 5. The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […] 6. Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: remembrance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/ 1. To remember; to recall to mind.
Word: mitotic spindle Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton involved in mitosis and meiosis.
Word: cytoskeleton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- English skeleton English cytoskeleton From cyto- + skeleton. 1. A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells Example: Thus, large systems such as viruses, multienzyme complexes, cell-cytoskeleta and flagella are usually constructed from multiple copies of the same protein. Example: Judged from Electron-Microscopy (EM) studies of bilayer depleted cytoskeleta the spectrin/actin network exhibits basically a hexagonal (triangular) topology.
Word: twilight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ 1. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: half-light Example: I could just make out her face in the twilight. 2. The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was twilight by the time I got back home. Example: At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs. 3. Any faint light through which something is seen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two women, Eusabio’s wife and sister, looked on from the deep twilight of the hut. 4. The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The twilight of one's life Example: , Book IV, Chapter XIV The twilight […] of probability.
Word: twilight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ 1. Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure. Labels: not-comparable 2. Synonym of mesopelagic (“Describing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.”) Labels: not-comparable Example: twilight zone
Word: twilight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ 1. To illuminate faintly. Labels: poetic, transitive
Word: rejoin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rejoynen, partly from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)) and partly from re- + joynen. By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ 1. To join again; to unite after separation. Example: Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar. 2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. Example: Meet and rejoin me, in my penſive Grott. Example: The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom, who with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is: […]
Word: rejoin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rejoynen, from Middle French rejoin- (stem of rejoindre, from re- (“again”) + joindre (“to join”)). By surface analysis, re- + join. Doublet of rejoinder. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ 1. To state in reply. Labels: archaic Example: "Be careful what you do," rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, "lest someone see you digging, and scent us out." 2. To answer to a reply. Labels: archaic, intransitive 3. To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication. Labels: intransitive 4. To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder. Labels: US, nonstandard
Word: centriole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin centriolum, diminutive of centrum. English equivalent centri- + -ole. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹɪˌəʊl/ 1. A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division). Example: The aster is at this period closely similar to those of Ascaris at certain periods, as figured by Boveri, and the red mass with its central group of granules corresponds exactly, I think, to Boveri's "centrosome" with its "Centralkorn" or "centriole" ("centrosphere" with its "centrosome" in Strasburger's terminology).
Word: microtubule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Latin tubuluslbor. English tubule English microtubule From micro- + tubule. 1. A small tube made of protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton.
Word: frightful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪtfəl/ 1. Full of fright, whether Labels: obsolete Example: Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden, 2. Full of fright, whether Labels: obsolete Example: See how the frightful herds run from the wood. 3. Full of something causing fright, whether 4. Full of something causing fright, whether Labels: excessive Example: Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days? Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it. Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.
Word: frightful Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪtfəl/ 1. Frightfully; very. Labels: dialectal Example: You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are. Example: It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him.
Word: inexhaustible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English exhaustible English inexhaustible From in- + exhaustible. Pronunciation: /ɪnɪɡˈzɔːstɪbl̩/ 1. Impossible to exhaust; unlimited. Labels: not-comparable Example: Henriette and Marie de Mancini, his former inexhaustible themes, seemed to have entirely escaped his memory. Example: [I]t would not be very much less absurd for someone to write about New York City after having spent only a few years or a few decades in this metropolis of inexhaustible adventure, of terrifying emotional fecundity, of uncapturable character.
Word: industrialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French industrialisation. Analyzable as industrial + -ization or industrialize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ɪnˌdʌstɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən/, [ɪnˌdʌst͡ʃɹɪəlɪˈzeɪʃən], /ɪnˌdɐstɹiəlɑeˈzæɪʃən/ 1. A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US Example: It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism. Example: […] between two periods within the era of industrialization: the "paleotechnic" under the sway of steam and mechanics, that coincides with the "imperial-financial age," the era of Kriegspiel or "wardom"; […]
Word: industrialisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The great industrialisations of the Midlands, north and Scotland that gave birth to large-scale organised Labour passed most of southern England by. Example: It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes.
Word: titsup Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of tits up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: We can't extract you if it all goes titsup.
Word: CIS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of contact image sensor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Because of its tabloid-size scanbed, the Plug-n-Scan has a large footprint that makes it very stable. On the other hand, being a CIS scanner, it's light and has a very low profile and is designed so that the scanner can be stood upright on its end and still function. 2. Initialism of clinical information system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of clinically isolated syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of customer information screen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CIS Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of Commonwealth of Independent States. Labels: Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Construction Industry Scheme. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 4. Initialism of Clark International Speedway. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Center for Immigration Studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Bensman joins Jon Feere, another CIS alumnus who rejoined the Trump administration as ICE’s chief of staff. CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian reposted DHS’ “Which Way, American Man” ad on X.
Word: CIS Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Likely originates from the false etymology asserting that cis is an initialism standing for comfortable in skin. 1. Alternative letter-case form of cis (“cisgender”). Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, proscribed
Word: eller Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of alder. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: UG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of universal grammar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of undergraduate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Commonwealth of Independent States Part of Speech: name 1. An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.
Word: efter Part of Speech: noun 1. A thief who frequents theaters. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: […] E was an Efter, that went to the play; / F was a Fogle he knapped on his way; […]
Word: inne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of inn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: link farm Part of Speech: noun 1. A website containing many hyperlinks, especially one designed to increase the index ranking of other websites to search engines.
Word: south-east Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of southeast. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: south-east Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of southeast. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: south-east Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of southeast. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: fet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *fetan, from Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch. Pronunciation: /fɛt/ 1. To fetch. Labels: obsolete Example: And from the other fiftie soone the prisoner fet
Word: fet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”). Pronunciation: /fɛt/ 1. A piece. Labels: obsolete Example: That the bottom clear, Now lay'd with many a fet of seed pearl,
Word: fet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɛt/ 1. Clipping of fetish. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, uncountable Example: oh, btw...when you consider the fet-clothing available out there, realize how many have a collar attached. Example: It was 'Lingerie Night' at a local fet club a few years ago.
Word: puff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English puffen, from Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). Compare Dutch puffen, German Low German puffen, German puffen, Danish puffe, Swedish puffa. Pronunciation: /pʌf/, /pɐf/, /pʊf/ 1. To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. Labels: intransitive Example: Still on the down line, the engine puffed away to the South, and in a few moments had disappeared in the darkness! 2. To pant. Labels: intransitive Example: By and by comes the ass back again, Puffing and Blowing, from the Chase. Example: Puffing and panting, we plodded on until within about a mile of the harbor we came upon a sight that brought us all up standing. 3. To advertise. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To blow as an expression of scorn. Example: It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. 5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. Example: 'tis easy for a man to have a great opinion of his own knowledge , and be puff'd up by it 6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance. Example: Then came brave Glory puffing by. 7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs. Example: The clearing north will puff the clouds away. 8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously. Example: I puff the prostitute away. 9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate. Example: a bladder puffed with air Example: the sea puffed up with winds 10. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up. Example: puffed up with military success 11. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly. Example: puffed with wonderful skill
Word: asperse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere. Pronunciation: /əˈspɜːs/, /əˈspɝs/ 1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). Example: a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water 2. To falsely or maliciously charge someone. Example: It hath always been my way to baffle reproach with silence; though I cannot but observe the disingenuous proceedings of this gentleman, who is not content to asperse my writings, but hath wounded, through my sides, those eminent and worthy citizens, Mr. John Morphew, and Mr. Bernard Lintot. Example: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 8, Chapter 8, pp. 126-127, This is indeed a most aggravating Circumstance, which attends unjustly depriving Men of their Reputation; for a Man who is Conscious of having an ill Character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise those that affect his Conversation, unless where a perfect Intimacy must have convinced them that their Friend’s Character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.
Word: unplummetable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English plummet Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unplummetable From un- + plummet + -able. 1. unable to be fathomed Labels: not-comparable Example: 2004: Immeasurable and unplummetable fathoms / too deep for sounding or for any anchor — Derek Walcott, The Prodigal, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004) page 102.
Word: morcel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See morsel. 1. Obsolete spelling of morsel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Bvt he to comfort vs one ane sad “to qyham I gyf now ye morcel of bred of jow, […] Example: We continue to enjoy fine weather. The turf is getting dry and cheap but potatoes are eight pence per stone. Mr Bogonier has not one single morcel of food.
Word: intradermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English dermal English intradermal From intra- + dermal. 1. Within the skin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: industrialised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English industrial English -ise English industrialise English -ed English industrialised From industrialise + -ed. 1. having undergone industrialisation. Labels: UK Example: The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
Word: industrialised Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English industrial English -ise English industrialise English -ed English industrialised From industrialise + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of industrialise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: industrialized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *dó univ. Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó Old Latin endo Latin indu Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō ? Latin industrius Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin industrialbor. French industrie French -iel French industriel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French industrialiserbor. English industrialize English -ed English industrialized From industrialize + -ed. 1. Having undergone industrialization.
Word: industrialized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *dó univ. Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó Old Latin endo Latin indu Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō ? Latin industrius Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin industrialbor. French industrie French -iel French industriel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French industrialiserbor. English industrialize English -ed English industrialized From industrialize + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of industrialize Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: What sections of the country have been industrialized?
Word: isoleucine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + leucine. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ.səˈluː.siːn/ 1. An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with leucine, found in most animal proteins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leucine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lewkós Proto-Hellenic *leukós Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English leucine Derived from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -ine, equivalent to leuco- + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.siːn/ 1. An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.
Word: methionine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English methionine From methyl + thio- + -n- + -ine. Pronunciation: /mɪˈθʌɪəniːn/, /mɪˈθʌɪənɪn/, /mɛˈθaɪəˌniːn/, /-ˌnaɪn/ 1. A sulphur-containing amino acid, C₅H₁₁NO₂S, in L- and D-forms. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sulphur-containing amino acid, C₅H₁₁NO₂S, in L- and D-forms. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The purpose was to make soya beans more healthy for those for whom they are a staple food by correcting soya beans' natural deficiency in a chemical called methionine.
Word: lipotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lipo- + -tropic. 1. Having an affinity for lipids; lipophilic. 2. Helping to metabolize lipids.
Word: metabolize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “change, mutation”) + -ize. Pronunciation: /mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz/ 1. To undergo metabolism. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause a substance to undergo metabolism. Labels: transitive Example: Among the many types of juice, grapefruit stands out from the pack because it changes the way some people absorb and metabolize different drugs. Example: The genes in question encode two enzymes that metabolize alcohol and its breakdown products; the two enzymes are known as alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase. 3. To produce a substance using metabolism. Labels: transitive 4. To absorb and process as if by metabolism. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: We believe this to be the true way to teach zoölogy, for we doubt the value to a man of a mass of indefinite ill-digested text-book information. Occasionally an omnivore can take in every thing, and digest and so metabolize it as to organize it into healthy mental tissue. They are, however, the few.
Word: catabolize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From catabol(ism) + -ize. 1. To undergo catabolism. Labels: intransitive 2. To cause (a substance) to undergo catabolism. Labels: transitive 3. To produce (a substance) by catabolism. Labels: transitive
Word: Old Frisian Part of Speech: name 1. a West Germanic language spoken on parts of the North Sea coast of modern Netherlands and Germany until the 16th century
Word: Old Irish Part of Speech: name 1. The Irish language as attested from the sixth to the tenth centuries C.E., the oldest form of the Goidelic languages for which extensive texts (written in the Latin alphabet) are extant.
Word: Palestina Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
Word: Africanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English African 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 Africanism From African + -ism. 1. Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Goober is from African Kimbundu nguba, a type of peanut, and is a genuine Africanism. 3. Afrocentrism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anticlericalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English clerical English anticlerical 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 anticlericalism From anticlerical + -ism. 1. The opposition to political influence of clerics. Labels: uncountable Example: But contacts of this kind between a senior politician of the Republic and the Catholic Church were matters of the greatest delicacy in pre-1914 France, where anticlericalism was the default setting of the political culture.
Word: cleric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), from κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪk/, /ˈkleɹɪk/, /ˈkleɹək/ 1. A member of a clergy. Example: Holonyms: clergy; see also Thesaurus:clergy 2. A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.
Word: cleric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), from κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪk/, /ˈkleɹɪk/, /ˈkleɹək/ 1. Of or pertaining to the clergy. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon
Word: anticlerical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English clerical English anticlerical From anti- + clerical. 1. Opposed to political influence of clerics.
Word: anticlerical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English clerical English anticlerical From anti- + clerical. 1. One who opposes the political influence of clerics. Example: 'I think I am an anti-clerical,' Father Brown would say with a faint smile; 'but there wouldn't be half so much clericalism if they would only leave things to the clerics.'
Word: antitrinitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + trinitarianism. 1. Rejection of the Trinitarian doctrine that God subsists as three distinct persons in the single substance of the Holy Trinity; nontrinitarianism. Labels: uncountable
Word: front bottom Part of Speech: noun 1. The female genitalia; the vulva. Labels: UK, euphemistic, slang Example: Never before had she experienced the excitement that ebbed and flowed inside her. Her panties were soaking. In the past few months lovemaking with Angus had been a problem because she could not summon any fluid in her front bottom. Example: […] and made her less interested in sex than usual, he supposed. That had never been a problem with Lalla. Nothing was a problem with Lalla—she could even fire ping-pong balls out of her front bottom, […]
Word: air purifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + purifier. 1. A device used to remove contaminants from the air.
Word: antitrinitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English Trinitarian English antitrinitarian From anti- + Trinitarian. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tiˌtɹɪnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /-.taɪˌ-/, /ˌæn.tiˌtɹɪnɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Rejecting the Trinitarian doctrine that God subsists as three distinct Persons in the single substance of the Holy Trinity.
Word: antitrinitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English Trinitarian English antitrinitarian From anti- + Trinitarian. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tiˌtɹɪnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /-.taɪˌ-/, /ˌæn.tiˌtɹɪnɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who rejects the doctrine (or dogma) of the Trinity, the trinitarian doctrine. Such a person may be Christian or non-Christian; most Christian denominations are trinitarian.
Word: desalinization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of desalinisation. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: desalinisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English salinisation English desalinisation From de- + salinisation. 1. The removal of salt and other minerals from water; desalination. Labels: uncountable
Word: DTP Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of combination vaccine protecting against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Labels: uncountable 2. Initialism of desktop publishing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: With state-of-the-art DTP software, he designs an ad.
Word: chop suey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 雜碎／杂碎 (zaap⁶ seoi³, “mixed and broken”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɒp ˈsuːi/, /ˈtsɒp ˈsuːi/ 1. A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce. Labels: Australia, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable Example: On the walls about were the hieroglyphic markings of the craft. Across this scene wafted the pungent fragrance of chop suey, dim sims and other delicacies in course of preparation for the funeral feast. Example: There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall, What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all, And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook. Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook. 2. Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables. Labels: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable Example: To someone who had spent part of their youth visiting a grandmother in Singapore, a lot of the food they served didn’t seem particularly Chinese to me: the flavour of chop suey with its chicken or pork or prawns, or chow mein, or the omeletty foo yung, never seemed quite right.
Word: abbrev Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of abbrev.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phenylalanine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phenyl + alanine. Pronunciation: /ˌfiːnəlˈæləniːn/, /ˌfɛnəlˈæləniːn/ 1. An essential amino acid C₉H₁₁NO₂ found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nash Hensley, of South Bend, Indiana, was born with two genetic disorders: achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder characterized by dwarfism, and phenylketonuria, or PKU, which causes the phenylalanine amino acid to build up in the body, according to the Mayo Clinic. PKU is caused by a defect in the gene that produces the enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine, so Nash is required to live on a restricted, low-protein diet. 2. This molecule or its D-isomer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier inhability (“disqualification for office”), equivalent to in- + ability. Compare Middle French inhabilité, Medieval Latin inhabilitās. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. Lack of the ability to do something; incapability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] tho' theſe ſeem'd to be very unfit Inſtruments for compaſſing of that great Deſign for which they were then employ'd, becauſe of their Inability and Uncapacity in performing the Work ſo very great and important; […] Example: The Premier League leaders did what many people thought was beyond them in their last European excursion, at the home of Borussia Dortmund, and they made light work of overcoming Marseille on a night when the one-sidedness was not reflected by their inability to add to Jack Wilshere's two goals. 2. Lack of the option to do something; powerlessness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aspartame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Commercial name, from aspartic. The -ame is perhaps because aspartame is an amide. Compare aspartamine. Pronunciation: /əˈspɑːteɪm/, /ˈæspɚˌteɪm/ 1. An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Though reluctant to further expose him to aspartame, I had little trouble persuading Jamie's mother to carry out a double-blind trial in order to more rigorously document her son's aberrant response to aspartame. Example: Caramel colors and aspartame Phosphoric acid, potassium Natural flavors, of course caffeine And now I'm jonesin' for MSG
Word: dipeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye- Proto-Hellenic *péťťō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide ▲ German Pepton ▲ Latin -idusder. German -id German Peptidbor. English peptide English dipeptide From di- + peptide. Pronunciation: /daɪˈpɛptaɪd/ 1. An organic compound formed from two amino acids joined by a peptide bond.