nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: percolator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From percolate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/, /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/ 1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds. Example: She heard the percolator bell ring. 2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
Word: enquiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enquire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enquiring Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of making an enquiry; an asking. Example: We are thankful for what God has already wrought; for those thousands who now acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ; […] for the earnest enquirings after true religion which are found in some; […]
Word: enquiring Part of Speech: adj 1. Curious, inquisitive or investigative.
Word: semi-deponent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent English semi-deponent From semi- + deponent. 1. Of a verb whose present system is normal but whose perfect system is deponent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semi-deponent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent English semi-deponent From semi- + deponent. 1. A verb of this kind.
Word: enhalo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English halo English enhalo From en- + halo. 1. To surround something with a halo. Labels: transitive Example: Does not every bird's eye in its sapphire excellence recall a trusty bénédicité, "speed well,"—the story of lives compressed in two words? Smiles and tears enhalo it, and it surely accelerates our buoyancy of movement to the rivulet, where forget-me-nots—a treasure trove—are garrisoned by King Cup and Spear-grass. Example: I turned and looked down the slope of the hill to where, enhaloed now in birds, stood those other two Martians that I had seen over-night, just as death had overtaken them.
Word: tieless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tie Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tieless From tie + -less. 1. Not having or wearing a tie (neckwear). Labels: not-comparable Example: When the Brooklyn Nets are in town, there are office parties and tieless finance guys and pregame groups, like the one that showed up Wednesday night to celebrate the reunion of two old friends with a meal and some basketball (the Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, later trounced the home team). Example: As soon as I walked in, however, I saw the tieless man in the same pinstripe suit. 2. Without ties or sleepers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enervated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɝveɪtəd/ 1. Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality. Labels: usually Example: In Conte Chelsea have something different, a manager who inherited a messy, enervated squad fresh from the worst title defence in 25 years and threw a lightning bolt through pretty much the same group of players to create a fresh champion team. 2. Synonym of denervated. Labels: uncommon
Word: enervated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɝveɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of enervate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Lombard rate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Lombard (“banker or moneylender”) 1. An interest rate charged by a central bank for very short-term loans to other banks against an approved collateral.
Word: eyeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”). 1. Having no eyes (organs of sight). Labels: not-comparable Example: Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents. Example: I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm. 2. Having no sight; blind. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having no eye: having no hole. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: eyeless needle
Word: endwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English end Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English endwise From end + -wise. 1. Upright, or standing on end. 2. With the end towards the front or towards the observer. 3. Towards the ends.
Word: endwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English end Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English endwise From end + -wise. 1. On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end. Example: ... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention. Example: But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ...
Word: dongle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Likely a descendant of dangle, reflecting that electronic accessories such as computer peripherals often are plugged in via a flexible cable (although wirelessness is also often relevant). Claims that the word comes from a man named "Don Gall" were made up by an advertisement. First usage 1980-1985. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒŋɡl̩/, /ˈdɑŋɡl̩/ 1. Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters. Example: FreedomPop will offer three different flavors of broadband: a USB dongle that allows you to connect your computer to the internet, a WiFi hotspot device, and an iPhone case that allows you to override the phone's existing network and use it as a FreedomPop hotspot. 2. A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection. Example: Take the dongle, for example. It is the summit of copy protection, an explicit melding of software and hardware. Without the right hardware key—the dongle—plugged into the machine's parallel port, the software won't run.
Word: end product Part of Speech: noun 1. A final product, especially one resulting from a series of stages or processes. Example: In the final reckoning, Spain paid the price for the Achilles heel that troubled them in the early stages of this competition, namely an inability to crown glorious passing and approach play with an end product.
Word: beta version Part of Speech: noun 1. An early version of a program or application that contains most of the major features, but is not yet complete. Sometimes these versions are released only to a select group of people, or to the general public, for testing and feedback. This is the second major stage of development following the alpha version, and comes before the release candidate.
Word: scanslation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of scan + translation. 1. Alternative form of scanlation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: alpha version Part of Speech: noun 1. An early preview version of a program or application, typically unstable, but useful to show what the product will do. Sometimes no more features are added after this release, but bug fixes continue. This release comes after a pre-alpha version and before a beta version.
Word: training Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of train Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: training Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ/ 1. Action of the verb to train. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The activity of imparting and acquiring skills. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training. 3. The result of good social upbringing. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pre-alpha version Part of Speech: noun 1. A program or application that is not feature-complete and is not usually released to the public. Developers are usually still deciding on what features the program should have at this stage of software development. This stage comes before the alpha version, and is the first software development stage given to a program.
Word: eyes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪz/ 1. plural of eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /aɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of eye Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hands Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hæn(d)z/, [hɛəndz], [heəndz], [hɛːndz] 1. plural of hand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hands Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hæn(d)z/, [hɛəndz], [heəndz], [hɛːndz] 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tranquillity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas. Pronunciation: /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/ 1. The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.
Word: arms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ɑɹmz/, /ɑːmz/ 1. Weaponry, weapons. Labels: plural 2. A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement Labels: plural Example: The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant guardant or. Example: The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.
Word: arms Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ɑɹmz/, /ɑːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
Word: arms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See arm. Pronunciation: /ɑɹmz/, /ɑːmz/ 1. plural of arm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comes Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /kʌmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The term utopia comes from a Greek pun. Example: See, how this river comes me cranking in...
Word: comes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin comes (“a companion”). Doublet of comte, conte, and count. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊmiːz/, /ˈkəʊmɪs/ 1. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
Word: contentment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛntmənt/ 1. The state or degree of being contented or satisfied. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment. Example: Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment. 2. Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: HW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hardware. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of heightless weight. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of high water. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of homework. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hot Wheels. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Wilma Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a contraction of Wilhelmina.
Word: Wilma Part of Speech: intj 1. A substitute for wilco when used for the phonetic W.
Word: tranquillize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of tranquilize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hours Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaʊə(ɹ)z/, /ˈuːæz/, /ˈaʊɚz/ 1. plural of hour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laws Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɔːz/, /lɑz/ 1. plural of law Labels: form-of, plural 2. The police. Labels: US, slang, uncommon 3. A minced oath for Lord. Labels: dated, possibly Example: Laws, bless us, who'd have thought it! Example: Laws bless my soul, my dear little lamb! what's the matter?
Word: laws Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɔːz/, /lɑz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of law Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: letters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtɚz/, /ˈlɛtəz/ 1. plural of letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: letters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtɚz/, /ˈlɛtəz/ 1. Literature (school subject). Example: Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago. 2. The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge). Example: Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning. Example: He read widely throughout these days, for his father had a taste for modern letters, and new books lay littered about the rooms.
Word: letters Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtɚz/, /ˈlɛtəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of letter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transliterated Part of Speech: adj 1. Represented in the characters of another alphabet Labels: not-comparable
Word: transliterated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transliterate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: release candidate Part of Speech: noun 1. A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.
Word: release version Part of Speech: noun 1. A version label given to packaged computer software that has been made available to one or more target audiences.
Word: équipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French équipe. 1. A team.
Word: cooking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/, /ˈkɵkɪŋ/, /ˈkuːkɪŋ/, /ˈkʉkɪŋ/ 1. The process of preparing food by using heat. Labels: uncountable Example: The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […] Example: The cooking took a long time. Fionn built a spit from the ash that the salmon had knocked down. 2. An instance of preparing food by using heat. Labels: countable, rare Example: In the tiny kitchen a dozen men and a boy tried to hush their breathing, and sweltered. For it was very hot, and the pent-up odor of past cookings was stifling to men used to the open Example: This culinary process is but the first in a series of cookings, of which the intracorporeal cookings constitute the rest. 3. The result of preparing food by using heat. Labels: uncountable Example: My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal. Example: I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university. 4. The result of preparing food by using heat. Labels: uncountable Example: What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking. Example: One of the most common styles of Japanese cooking is called nimono. 5. The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house. Labels: uncountable Example: ‘Pint of bitter, please,” said Reggie. ‘Pint of cooking,” said the landlord.
Word: cooking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/, /ˈkɵkɪŋ/, /ˈkuːkɪŋ/, /ˈkʉkɪŋ/ 1. Designed or suitable for culinary purposes. Labels: not-comparable Example: I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet. Example: This tree bears cooking apples. 2. In progress, happening. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking. 3. Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bone a shoulder of mutton and lay in the following pickle for 24 hours, viz.:…half pint of cooking claret…and long peppers. Example: JOHN JASPER: Mama says for you to come on upstairs and bring her a pint of cooking sherry. BODIDDLY: You know your Mama ain’t gonna do no cooking this time of the night!
Word: cooking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/, /ˈkɵkɪŋ/, /ˈkuːkɪŋ/, /ˈkʉkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cook Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lacking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlækɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lacking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlækɪŋ/ 1. The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present. Example: Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.
Word: lacking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlækɪŋ/ 1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc). Example: This cheese is lacking in pungency. Example: The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.
Word: lettres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lettre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French taille (“cut”, noun). Doublet of tally. Pronunciation: /taɪ/ 1. A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The main royal tax was the taille, a tax on landed wealth, distributed among the généralités and assessed and levied in a variety of ways, and it was supplemented by a range of other direct taxes [...]. 2. The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: duvetyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French duvetine, from duvet, from Middle French *dumet, diminutive of Old French dun, dum, ultimately from Old Norse dūnn. 1. A heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Phoebus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖβος (Phoîbos). Pronunciation: /ˈfiː.bəs/ 1. An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios. Labels: Greek Example: Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, To whom I am a neighbour, and neere bred. Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, And let vs make inciſion for your loue, To proue whoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine. 2. An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo. Labels: Greek, Roman Example: By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; […] Example: The heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate lie in woods, When autumn’s old and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves have not the ocean floods, As my rent mind hath torments all the night,
Word: dernier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French dernier, a contraction of derrenier, from Old French derrain (“final, last”) (by analogy with premier), from Vulgar Latin *dēretrānus, from Latin dē (“from, away from”) + retrō (“back; backwards; behind”) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɜːnjeɪ/, /ˈdɜɹnjeɪ/ 1. Final, last. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Then as I'm a Chriſtian, I ſuſpect we have both been equally involv'd in the misfortune of a Miſtake. Sir, I am in the dernier Confuſion to avow, that tho my Daughter Conſtantia has been liable to ſeveral Addreſſes; yet ſhe never has had the Honour to be produc'd to his Grace. Example: That thoſe laws of Ed[ward] 3 for Annual Parliaments are pro bono publico [for the public good], and of the greateſt concern to the Nation, beſides they are made concerning the higheſt Court of Judicature, of the Dernier Reſort, and which regulates and keeps all the reſt in order, needs not a proof to any reaſonable man.
Word: crazily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English crazy Middle English -ly English -ly English crazily From crazy + -ly. 1. In a crazy manner. 2. Very, extremely. Example: Word is the club's crazily rich Middle Eastern owner's have got wind of the player's sorrow and, according to Maxifoot, are preparing an offer "worthy of a pharaoh" for Ronaldo, who has long been considered a mummy's boy. Example: With this crazily brilliant, pocket-sized hotel clinging like an eagle's lair to the cliffs just outside Sorrento, owner Marco DeLuca has created somewhere that's so much more than just a place to sleep.
Word: crazier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of crazy: more crazy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Virgil Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːdʒɪl/, /ˈvɝdʒɪl/ 1. Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid. 2. A male given name from Latin. Labels: US, mainly Example: A wedding dance at the Avon Ballroom on July 22nd for Mary Paterek and Virgil Loucks (imagine, a youth named Virgil, he must be the youngest Virgil in Minnesota, maybe the last of the Virgil line). 3. A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada. 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States:
Word: vide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See divide. Pronunciation: /vaɪd/ 1. Clipping of divide (to split or separate into two or more parts.). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ambitransitive, clipping 2. Clipping of divide! (an order for the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups [the ayes and the nays] for the counting of the members’ votes). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: vide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin vidē (“see (thou)”), second-person singular imperative of videō (“to see”). Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪdi/, /ˈvɪdi/, /ˈvidi/, /ˈvideɪ/ 1. A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis; see; consult; refer to. Labels: imperative, singular, verb Example: (For comments, vide page 151).
Word: cumbre Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of cumber. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: forme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of form. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […] 2. Alternative form of form (“type etc. secured in a chase”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1978, David A. Bloestein, Introduction, John Marston, David A. Bloestein (editor), Parasitaster: Or, The Fawn, page 47, Both these formes, with running titles intact, were retained to print sheet D of Q2. Example: 1994, Jay L. Halio, Introduction, Jay L. Halio (editor), William Shakespeare, The First Quarto of King Lear, page 21, Q2 was printed in twenty-two formes.
Word: gild the lily Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A common misquotation of a line from William Shakespeare's play King John. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪld ðə ˈlɪli/ 1. To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. Labels: idiomatic 2. To add superfluous attributes to something. Example: Poor Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, so maligned for her imaginative pictures of Lovere and Lake Iseo, may surely be forgiven for having gilded the lily, for adding an extra touch of romance where the romantic already so abounded
Word: giclee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of giclée. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: giclée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French giclée (“spray”). Pronunciation: /ʒiˈkleɪ/ 1. the use of inkjet printing to manufacture artistic prints Labels: uncountable
Word: Giemsa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Gustav Giemsa. 1. A complex of stains used to investigate chromosomes; a mixture of eosin and methylene blue in glycerol and methanol. Labels: uncountable
Word: Gibson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gibb + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪbsən/ 1. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A community in Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A small town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Gibson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gibb + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪbsən/ 1. A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions. Example: "I doubt it, Tommy," the Majority Leader said, coming up behind him so unexpectedly that the little Justice jumped and almost spilled his Gibson. Example: I found Willie in the airport bar drinking a Gibson. 2. An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company. Example: Many older Gibsons have become collector's items: […] But older Gibsons are also good player's guitars. Example: We'd like to think that his spirit lives on under the western sky he so loved, strumming his Gibson somewhere and belting out a Woody Guthrie ballad to an audience of coyotes and rabbitbrush.
Word: gemot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”). Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈməʊt/, /ɡɪˈmoʊt/ 1. A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England. Labels: historical Example: a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […] Example: Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […] 2. Any assembly. Labels: broadly, rare Example: I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.
Word: galimatias Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French galimatias, first attested in 1653 in Sir Thomas Urquhart's translation of Rabelais's works. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæləˈmeɪʃi.əs/, /-ˈmæti.əs/ 1. Nonsense, gobbledygook. Labels: uncountable Example: […] and the old lady listened in silence, solemnly, rather coldly, as if she thought such talk a good deal of a galimatias: she belonged to the old-fashioned school and held that a young lady was sufficiently catalogued when it was said that she had a dazzling complexion or the finest eyes in the world. 2. A confused mixture; hodgepodge. Labels: uncountable
Word: galvanisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English galvanise 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 galvanisation From galvanise + -ation. 1. Alternative form of galvanization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Gamay Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several varieties of red grape used for making Beaujolais and other red wines. Example: Yet the 2016 Éxilé rosé from Lise et Bertrand Jousset in the Loire Valley, made mostly of gamay, was yeasty let light and lithe, while the 2016 Indigeno from Ancarani in Emilia-Romagna, made of trebbiano, was taut and earthy.
Word: goit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote. Pronunciation: /ɡɔɪt/ 1. A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills. Labels: UK Example: We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns.
Word: goit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git. Pronunciation: /ɡɔɪt/ 1. A fool. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: goits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɪŋkt/ 1. Connected, either with links, or as if with links. 2. Having links (between modules, records, etc).
Word: linked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɪŋkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of link Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arguments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɡjʊmənts/, /ˈɑɹɡjəmənts/ 1. plural of argument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arguments Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɡjʊmənts/, /ˈɑɹɡjəmənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of argument Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Scarborough Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Skarði + borg (“fortress”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/ 1. A coastal town in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA040880). It should now be a civil parish, with a town council elected on 1 May 2025. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The Borough of Scarborough, a former local government district in North Yorkshire, abolished without replacement in 2023. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A district and former municipality of Toronto, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A neighbourhood in the village of Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County, New York, United States, named after the English town. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old Norse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: meninges Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”). Pronunciation: /məˈnɪndʒiːs/ 1. The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: meninges Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”). Pronunciation: /məˈnɪndʒiːs/ 1. plural of meninx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NLA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of network location awareness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: NLA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of no longer available. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: RPC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Russian Paralympic Committee (an organization). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Regional Playback Control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of remote procedure call. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ICS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Indy Car Series, the premier open-wheel racing series in the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Continence Society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of International Commission on Stratigraphy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The ICS will then determine which set of rock layers, called strata, best illustrates that change, and it will choose which layer marks its lower boundary. 4. Initialism of Ice Cream Sandwich. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ICS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of intercostal space. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of Internet connection sharing. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of information and computer science or informatics and computer science, a combined discipline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: 1986, Judith S Shoemaker, Predicting Cumulative and Major GPA of UCI Engineering and Computer Science Majors, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), 2, Currently there are two oversubscribed majors at UCI: Engineering (ENG) and Information and Computer Science (ICS). 4. Initialism of inhaled corticosteroid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of integrated care system. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of incident command system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: humans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of human Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of human Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: planets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplænɪts/ 1. plural of planet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iwa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻiwa (“frigatebird”). 1. A great frigatebird (Fregata minor).
Word: loops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /luːps/ 1. plural of loop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loops Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /luːps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of loop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: immunogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From immuno- + -genic. 1. that produces a reaction from the immune system; antigenic.
Word: affectivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English affective Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English affectivity From affective + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌæfɛkˈtɪvɪti/ 1. An ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the same time, the kinds of affectivities evoked in us, such as fear and gratitude, also depend partly on how we envision and interpret the objects in question.
Word: attribution theory Part of Speech: noun 1. Any theory attempting to explain the process by which individuals explain the causes of behaviour and events.
Word: availability bias Part of Speech: noun 1. A tendency of decision-makers to give preference, usually unconsciously, to thoughts with higher availability to (that is, those readily retrievable by) the cognitive activity of the moment, such as recent information, vivid images that evoke emotions, and specific events personally experienced (more than abstractions or other people's reported experiences). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: A-type conflict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening of affective-type conflict. 1. A disagreement that focuses on individual- or personally-oriented issues.
Word: knowledgeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English knowledge 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 knowledgeable From knowledge + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈnɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈnɔl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, [ˈnɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl] 1. Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject. Example: a knowledgeable man 2. Educated and well-informed.
Word: knowledgeable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English knowledge 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 knowledgeable From knowledge + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈnɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, /ˈnɔl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/, [ˈnɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl] 1. A person who has knowledge; an informed party. Labels: India
Word: oe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey. Pronunciation: /oʊ/, /əʊ/ 1. A small island. Labels: literary, poetic, rare Example: I love my father's northern land, / Where the dark pine-trees grow, / And the bold Baltic's echoing strand / Looks o'er each grassy oe.
Word: oe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic ogha; for spelling see Scots. Pronunciation: /ɔɪ/ 1. A grandchild.
Word: Pentecostal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pentecost + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/ 1. Of, or relating to Pentecost. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pentecostal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pentecost + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/ 1. A member of a Pentecostal church. Example: The Pentecostals had drowned them with their discotheque music, frenzied dancing and ecstatic prayer. 2. An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. Labels: obsolete
Word: Charismatic Movement Part of Speech: name 1. A Pentecostal movement within mainstream Protestant and Catholic churches.
Word: churches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈtʃɜːt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of church Labels: form-of, plural
Word: churches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈtʃɜːt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of church Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sapphist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sapphic + -ist, by analogy with Sapphist (“admirer or student of Sappho”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.fɪst/, /ˈsæ.fəst/ 1. A lesbian.
Word: APEC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Acronym of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. 1. A regional trade agreement between Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, the US, and members of ASEAN. Example: The small resource-rich Pacific nation, which is due to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November, has long struggled with violence and lawlessness. Example: Xi enters the APEC leaders’ summit, which officially begins Friday, having already hit his diplomatic stride in the G20 meeting in Bali earlier this week – where his aim was to cast China as an integral part of a global arena alongside Western powers after an absence from the world stage.
Word: pores Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɔɹz/ 1. plural of pore Labels: form-of, plural Example: He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
Word: pores Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɔɹz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: distal goal Part of Speech: noun 1. A long-term or primary goal.
Word: extrinsic reward Part of Speech: noun 1. A reward, such as food, that is tangible and visible to others, and external.
Word: feedforward control Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanism in a system that monitors performance inputs rather than outputs, and reacts so as to maintain a specified state, thus preventing or minimising problems before they occur. Labels: uncountable
Word: up against Part of Speech: prep 1. Facing; challenging, or opposing. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents. 2. In contact with, abutting. Example: If the tree grows up against the garden wall then either the tree will be crowded and stunted or the wall will be pushed out.
Word: intermittency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intermittent + -ency. 1. The state of being intermittent; periodicity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: airbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + bus. Pronunciation: /ˈeɹ.bʌs/ 1. A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one. Example: Before he and my mother were killed together in a holiday air-bus crash five years later, they had seen the new companies drive all competing oils off the market and those of us who had been in at the beginning apparently well set for life.
Word: antitragus 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 tragus English antitragus From anti- + tragus. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tɪˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/ 1. A projection on the lower posterior portion of the auricle of the ear opposite the tragus.
Word: airwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English airwoman From air + -woman. 1. A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
Word: backside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + side. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌsaɪd/ 1. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly Example: I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face. 2. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front Example: The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti. 3. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front Labels: euphemistic Example: Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside. Example: With an arrowe so broad, He shott him into the backe-syde. 4. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front Labels: obsolete 5. The reverse or opposite of anything. Labels: figuratively Example: ...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse... 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
Word: backside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From back + side. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌsaɪd/ 1. Approaching an obstacle backward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antistatic 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- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English antistatic From anti- + static. 1. Preventing the buildup of static electricity. Labels: not-comparable