nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: off Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of. Cognates Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others. Pronunciation: /ɒf/, /ɔːf/, /ɔf/, [ɔːf], /ɑf/ 1. In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. Labels: not-comparable Example: He drove off in a cloud of smoke. Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness. 2. Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. Labels: not-comparable Example: Please switch off the light when you leave. Example: The dinosaurs died off long ago. 3. So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated. Labels: not-comparable Example: He bit off the end of the carrot. Example: Some branches were sawn off. 4. Offstage. Labels: not-comparable Example: noises off 5. Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase. Labels: not-comparable
Word: off Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of. Cognates Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others. Pronunciation: /ɒf/, /ɔːf/, /ɔf/, [ɔːf], /ɑf/ 1. Not positioned upon; away from a position upon. Example: He's off the roof now. Example: I took it off the table. 2. Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to. Example: The phone is off the hook Example: The coat fell off the peg. 3. Outside the area or region of. Example: The suspect is now believed to be off the campus. Example: I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page. 4. Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday. Example: off work; off school 5. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. Example: His office is off this corridor on the right. Example: We're just off the main road. 6. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. Example: The island is 23 miles off the cape. 7. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. Example: He used to be gone a lot of the time, off working on an oil rig. 8. Removed or subtracted from. Example: There's 20% off the list price. 9. No longer wanting or taking. Example: He's been off his feed since Tuesday. Example: He's off his meds again. 10. Out of the possession of. Labels: colloquial Example: He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him. 11. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering. Example: I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off. Example: Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972 12. Under the influence of. Labels: slang Example: The guy was off a perc. 13. As a result of. Labels: informal Example: The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player. Example: The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
Word: off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of. Cognates Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others. Pronunciation: /ɒf/, /ɔːf/, /ɔf/, [ɔːf], /ɑf/ 1. To kill. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Most sorely missed is the relationship between Eggsy and Colin Firth’s delightfully avuncular mentor figure Harry Hart, who was offed, seemingly definitively with a bullet to the brain towards its end. 2. To switch off. Labels: Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, transitive Example: Can you off the light?
Word: off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of. Cognates Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others. Pronunciation: /ɒf/, /ɔːf/, /ɔf/, [ɔːf], /ɑf/ 1. Beginning; starting point. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off. Example: 2023 Royal Ascot suit ... are you ready for the off?(title)
Word: PEI Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /piː.iː.aɪ/ 1. Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PEI Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /piː.iː.aɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of polyethyleneimine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Initialism of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: sterilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sterile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sterilize From sterile + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹɪlaɪz/, /ˈstɛɹəlaɪz/ 1. To deprive of the ability to procreate. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny). Example: In China, the issue of forced abortions has resurfaced with the allegations by escaped activist Chen Guangcheng, but the outgoing premier Wen Jiabao has publicly called for a ban not only on forced abortion, but also of “fetus gender identification.” Nevertheless, many women who have abortions in China are also sterilized against their will. 2. To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive 3. To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […] Example: The bottled juice must be heated to a temperature and for a time sufficient to attain a sterilizing temperature at the coolest point, usually the center of the bottle. 4. To render a planet like Earth permanently uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, causing their complete extinction. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive 5. To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: […] (minus, of course, any information that might identify the agent and other operational personnel), or he might code it or "sterilize" it, and reward the foreign station chief in some other way. Example: The same phenomenon is also detectable in the records of the meetings of NATO committees: the priority of avoiding any manifestation of internal disagreements led to the production of 'sterilized' records of discussions which evidently were significantly more lively than shown in the official papers.
Word: v-chip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Stands for violence chip, coined and devised by Tim Collings, promoted by the William Jefferson Clinton Administration. 1. Any censorship technology that allows parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.
Word: censorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English censor Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English censorship From censor + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/, /ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/ 1. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press." Example: During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort. 2. The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: media democracy Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of government in which the populace votes but the media hold power through influence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: censorware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English censor Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English censorware From censor + -ware. 1. Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage, on the basis of content being regarded as objectionable. Labels: uncountable
Word: angelus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Angelus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nomen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊmən/, /ˈnoʊmən/ 1. The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens. Labels: historical Example: The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […] Example: Greeks and other provincials who gained Roman citizenship kept their Greek names as cognomens, to which they added Roman nomens and praenomens—usually those of the ones to whom they owed their citizenship. 2. The birth name of a pharaoh, the fifth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title zꜣ-rꜥ. Labels: historical Example: The adytum is unsculptured, but two monoliths within it bear the name of Physcon and Cleopatra; and in the front chamber of the naos is that of the Ethiopian king “Ashar (Atar)-Amun*, the everliving,” who in some of his nomens is called “the beloved of Isis.” Example: The following is a list of the prenomens and nomens of Egyptian kings which are of common occurrence, with transliterations into Roman letters. 3. A taxonomic name. Example: Over the decades and centuries, Linnaeus’s binominal system reached ever greater prominence as a standard to categorize and stabilize organismal biology, and it became necessary to trace taxon names, so that duplication and confusion could be addressed or avoided. As a consequence, different areas of biology developed 'codes' of nomenclature, according to which the availability of such nomina could be governed.
Word: adagio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian adagio. Pronunciation: /əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/, /əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/ 1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully. 2. A passage having this mark. 3. A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts. Example: We took a little walk. Part of the time her earrings banged against my chest and part of the time we did the splits in unison, like adadio dancers.
Word: adagio Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian adagio. Pronunciation: /əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/, /əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/ 1. Played rather slowly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: adagio Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian adagio. Pronunciation: /əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/, /əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/ 1. Describing a passage having this mark. Labels: not-comparable
Word: addendum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the gerundive of Latin addere (“to add”). Pronunciation: /əˈdɛn.dəm/, /əˈden.dəm/ 1. Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document. Example: An addendum was added to the contract to clarify payment terms. Example: The author included an addendum at the end of the book. 2. A postscript. 3. The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
Word: adducer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adduce + -er. 1. One who adduces.
Word: adduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“to bring to oneself”), from ad + ducō (“to lead”). Compare French adduction. Equivalent to adduct + -ion or adduce + -tion. See adduce. Pronunciation: /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/, /ˈeɪˈdiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/ 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters 2. The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: circumduction
Word: adductor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct + -or. Pronunciation: /əˈdʌktəɹ/, /əˈdʌktə/ 1. A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor. Example: The adductor of the eye turns the eye toward the nose. Example: He has also shown that the adductor muscles of the dactyl are very strong and so arranged as to produce the effect , while the opposing muscles are slender
Word: adenitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)der. English adeno- Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English adenitis From adeno- + -itis. Pronunciation: /ædəˈnaɪtɪs/ 1. Glandular inflammation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Red Cross Part of Speech: name 1. An international humanitarian organization that cares for the wounded, sick, and homeless. Example: ‘De Red Cross is doinʼ all dat kin be done otherwise fuh de sick and de ʼfflicted.’ 2. The symbol of this organization. 3. An unincorporated community in Kentucky. 4. A town in North Carolina.
Word: patron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ 1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. Example: patron of my life and liberty Example: the patron of true holiness 2. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. Example: St. Joseph is the patron of many different places. 3. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble. 4. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant. Example: This car park is for patrons only. Example: In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes. 5. A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights. Labels: Roman, historical 6. One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. Labels: UK 7. A padrone. 8. A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.) Labels: historical, obsolete Example: Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron, in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths, seven leagues off. Example: [...] would obtain permission from the West India Company to settle in certain areas in the New World and cultivate the land. Sometimes absentee patrons would give the colony to a group of interested persons and the patrons would finance ...
Word: patron Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ 1. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion 2. To treat as a patron. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: vase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas. Pronunciation: /vɑːz/, /vɔːz/, /veɪs/, /veɪz/, /vɑz/ 1. An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers. Example: a vase of flowers Example: [T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls. 2. The body of the Corinthian capital.
Word: vase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas. Pronunciation: /vɑːz/, /vɔːz/, /veɪs/, /veɪz/, /vɑz/ 1. To place in a vase or similar container. Labels: transitive Example: She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs. Example: After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar. That seemed a fitting centerpiece for the table.
Word: amicus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of amicus curiae. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ɪ.kəs/, /əˈmi.kəs/ 1. Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. Labels: informal
Word: eject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave. Labels: transitive Example: The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar. Example: Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent. 2. To throw out or remove forcefully. Labels: transitive Example: In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident. Example: The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire. 3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour. Labels: US, transitive 4. To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject. Example: As the crippled jet spiralled down, the pilot pulled the escape handle, ejecting first his rear-seater, then himself. 5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine. Labels: transitive Example: Press that button to eject the video tape. 6. To cause (something) to come out of a machine. Labels: transitive 7. To come out of a machine. Labels: intransitive Example: I can't get this cassette to eject.
Word: eject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ēiectum (“(that which is) thrown out”), from ēiciō (“to throw out”) (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject and object. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.d͡ʒɛkt/ 1. an inferred object of someone else's consciousness Labels: countable
Word: seis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sei Labels: form-of, plural
Word: über Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of uber. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: I'm wearing baggy jeans, an oversize sweatshirt and a straw hat sprouting a straw daisy. I'm hideous. An über eyesore. Example: The premise: Mankind’s survival is tethered to an über mother figure.
Word: über Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of uber. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: I can't tell you how frustrated we get when we see Transgressive being described as an über hip or trendy label. Example: It's a stupid, talentless competition which is über camp so they send Jedward.
Word: sub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-. Pronunciation: /sʌb/, /sʊb/ 1. To substitute for. Labels: US, informal 2. To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education. Labels: US, informal 3. To replace (a player) with a substitute. Labels: UK, informal Example: He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time. 4. To bring on (a player) as a substitute. Labels: UK, informal, often, uncommon Example: He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes. 5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit. Labels: UK 6. To subtitle (usually a film or television program). Labels: Internet, slang, transitive 7. To lend (a person) money. Labels: UK, slang, transitive Example: I kept up the pleasantries as we were drying our hands and, realizing I didn't have any change for the lodger, I asked him, one drummer to another like, if he could sub me a quid for the dish. 8. To subscribe. Labels: intransitive, slang 9. To take a submissive role. Example: You've never subbed before. Jessica will be expecting a man on stage that follows orders and enjoys what she's going to be doing. Do you want to be spanked? Possibly whipped? Example: Wasn't like she'd never subbed before. She'd been a sub longer than she'd been a Dominatrix–ten years she'd spent in a collar.
Word: sub Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Latin sub. Pronunciation: /sʌb/, /sʊb/ 1. Under.
Word: sub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sub. Pronunciation: /sʌb/, /sʊb/ 1. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating. 2. To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample. Example: 1997, Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax, page 166, Ensure that gloves are worn when handling subbed slides. Although the following protocol describes subbing with gelatin, slides may also be coated with either 3-(triethoxysilyl-)propylamine (TESPA) or poly-L-lysine for in situ hybridization.
Word: atap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of attap. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: gato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gato. Doublet of cat. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑ.toʊ/, /ˈɡæ.toʊ/ 1. cat, kitty Labels: Southern-US, Southwestern, US Example: Loaf, uh, we did the math, I guess she just turned nine. She would've turned nine somewhere in June. Middle-aged gato.
Word: hic Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /hɪk/ 1. An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness. Example: "This wine - hic! - tasted good."
Word: German Empire Part of Speech: name 1. A former German empire and country that existed between 1871 and 1918. Capital: Berlin. Labels: historical
Word: adjuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin adiuratio. 1. A grave warning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress. 2. A solemn oath. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Abkhazian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Abkhazia Middle English -n English -n English Abkhazian From Abkhazia + -n. Pronunciation: /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ən/, /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Abkhazia, a disputed territory in Georgia. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Abkhaz language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Abkhazian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Abkhazia Middle English -n English -n English Abkhazian From Abkhazia + -n. Pronunciation: /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ən/, /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
Word: Abkhazian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Abkhazia Middle English -n English -n English Abkhazian From Abkhazia + -n. Pronunciation: /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ən/, /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ən/ 1. The Abkhaz language, spoken in Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
Word: Dutch treat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch (“inferior, a poor substitute”) + treat. 1. An occasion, such as a restaurant visit, in which everyone pays the bill for their own expenses.
Word: adoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”). From adore + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. An act of religious worship. Labels: countable Example: We incessantly look forward, and endeavour, by prayers, adoration, and sacrifice, to appease those unknown powers, whom we find, by experience, so able to afflict and oppress us. 2. Admiration or esteem. Labels: uncountable Example: […] if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly...she is worthy of all your adoration, worthy of the adoration of the world. 3. The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination; an intense love sometimes bordering on veneration or infatuation. Labels: uncountable Example: Because of Gerald's adoration for Katie, he was blind to her flaws. Example: He adored Sorais quite as earnestly as Sir Henry adored Nyleptha, and his adoration had not altogether prospered. 4. The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV). Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pontificate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pontificatus, from pontifex (“high priest”), from pons (“bridge”) + facere (“make”). Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/, /pɔnˈtɪf.ə.kət/, /pɔnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/ 1. The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
Word: pontificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the past participle stem of Medieval Latin pontificō, from Latin pontifex (“high priest”), from pons (“bridge”) + facere (“make”). Pronunciation: /pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/, /pɔnˈtɪf.ə.keɪt/, /pɔnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/ 1. To preside as a bishop, especially at mass. Labels: intransitive 2. To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct. Labels: intransitive 3. To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length. Labels: intransitive Example: During a policy discussion awhile^([sic]) back about New York issues, when Mr. Clinton began to pontificate, she told him that he did not exactly know what he was talking about and to hush up. Example: "Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."
Word: pontifex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin pontifex. Doublet of pontiff. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒn.təˌfɛks/, /ˈpɒn.tɪˌfɛks/ 1. A pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical Example: Every traditional civilization is characterized by the presence of beings who […] embody within the temporal order the living and efficacious presence of a power that comes from above. One of these types of beings is the pontifex, according to the inner meaning of the word and according to the original value of the function that he exercised.
Word: brave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there). Doublet of bravo. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪv/, /bɹæɪv/, /bɾev/, [bɾeːv], /bɾeːv/ 1. Strong in the face of fear; courageous. Example: For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne. Example: Do not fret, dear. You must be brave and strong, and help me through the horrible task. If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help. 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence. Labels: obsolete Example: Is it not paſſing braue to be a King, And ride in triumph through Perſepolis? Example: Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. 3. Making a fine show or display. Example: Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, In euery part exceding braue and rich. Example: Wear my dagger with the braver grace. 4. Foolish or unwise. Labels: UK, euphemistic
Word: brave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there). Doublet of bravo. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪv/, /bɹæɪv/, /bɾev/, [bɾeːv], /bɾeːv/ 1. A Native American warrior. Labels: dated 2. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. Labels: obsolete Example: Hot Braves, like thee, may fight; but know not well / To manage this, the laſt great Stake of Hell. Example: In no other land, in modern times, have towns so absolutely died and disappeared, as in the old mining regions of California. […] For, observe, it was an assemblage of two hundred thousand young men—not simpering, dainty, kid-gloved weaklings, but stalwart, muscular, dauntless young braves, brimful of push and energy, and royally endowed with every attribute that goes to make up a peerless and magnificent manhood—the very pick and choice of the world's glorious ones. 3. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. Labels: obsolete Example: Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves.
Word: brave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French braver, from brave. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪv/, /bɹæɪv/, /bɾev/, [bɾeːv], /bɾeːv/ 1. To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke. Labels: transitive Example: For Cassius is aweary of the world; Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother; Checked like a bondman; all his faults observed, Set in a notebook, learned, and conned by rote, To cast into my teeth. Example: The ills of Love, not those of Fate, I fear, These I can brave, but those I cannot bear […] 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Face not me. Thou hast braved many men; brave not me. I will neither be faced nor braved.
Word: bravery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/, /ˈbɹeɪv.ɹi/ 1. Being brave, courageousness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others. 2. A brave act. Labels: countable, rare, usually 3. Splendor, magnificence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke? Example: In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon
Word: converse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”). Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːs/, /kənˈvɝs/ 1. To talk; to engage in conversation. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: Companions[…] That do converse and waste the time together. Example: We had conversed so often on that subject. 2. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune. Example: To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. Example: But to converse with heaven — This is not easy. 3. To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study. Labels: obsolete Example: according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety
Word: converse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”). Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːs/, /kənˈvɝs/ 1. Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. Labels: literary, uncountable Example: Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […] Example: [R]eturn to thy maſter, and tell him, e'er vve liquidate our differences by the ſvvord, Manfred vvould hold ſome converſe vvith him.
Word: converse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnvɜːs/, /ˈkɑnvɝs/ 1. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal. Labels: not-comparable Example: a converse proposition
Word: converse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnvɜːs/, /ˈkɑnvɝs/ 1. The opposite or reverse. 2. Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one. Example: All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is not true. 3. One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym. 4. Synonym of transpose.
Word: much Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *mikilaz Proto-West Germanic *mikil Old English miċel Middle English muchel Middle English muche English much From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle. Cognates Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”). Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño. Pronunciation: /mʌt͡ʃ/, /mʊt͡ʃ/ 1. A large amount of. Example: Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time? Example: After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm. 2. Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something. Example: Add this much water and no more. Example: Take as much time as you like. 3. A great number of; many (people). Labels: archaic, nonstandard Example: ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye Example: When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him. 4. many ( + plural countable noun). Labels: Caribbean, UK, regional Example: They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.
Word: much Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *mikilaz Proto-West Germanic *mikil Old English miċel Middle English muchel Middle English muche English much From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle. Cognates Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”). Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño. Pronunciation: /mʌt͡ʃ/, /mʊt͡ʃ/ 1. Large, great. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore / and he with a swerd strake at syr launcelot myȝtely and he put asyde the stroke 2. Long in duration. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: much Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *mikilaz Proto-West Germanic *mikil Old English miċel Middle English muchel Middle English muche English much From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle. Cognates Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”). Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño. Pronunciation: /mʌt͡ʃ/, /mʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To a great extent. Example: I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet. Example: However much I eat, I never get fat. 2. To a great extent. Example: He is much fatter than I remember him. Example: Honestly, I can't stand much more of this. 3. Often; frequently. Example: Does he get drunk much? 4. Used to indicate or compare extent. Example: I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart. 5. Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality. Labels: slang Example: Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much? Example: The moment you've been waiting for—the lowdown on the Overstock hottie. I talked to her by phone last week. (Jealous much, gentlemen? Ad Report Card talks to all the fine ladies.) 6. Almost. Labels: obsolete
Word: much Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *mikilaz Proto-West Germanic *mikil Old English miċel Middle English muchel Middle English muche English much From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle. Cognates Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”). Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño. Pronunciation: /mʌt͡ʃ/, /mʊt͡ʃ/ 1. A large amount or great extent. Example: From those to whom much has been given much is expected. Example: We lay awake for much of the night.
Word: roast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”). Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”). The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊst/, /ɹəʊst/ 1. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. Labels: ergative, intransitive, transitive Example: to roast meat on a spit 2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. Labels: transitive Example: to roast a potato in ashes Example: In eggs boiled and roasted […]there is scarce difference to be discerned. 3. To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat. Labels: ergative, intransitive, transitive Example: Coffee beans need roasting before use. Example: to roast chestnuts or peanuts 4. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. Example: roasted in wrath and fire 5. To admonish someone vigorously. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time. 6. To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He roasted a bully who then fought with him. Example: The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff. 7. To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
Word: roast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”). Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”). The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹoʊst/, /ɹəʊst/ 1. A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted. Example: Near-synonym: joint Example: Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes. 2. A meal consisting of roast foods. Example: Come over this weekend for Sunday roast. 3. The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted. Example: Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast. 4. An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted. Example: “He ain’t no good!” With this she steps back to the table where Miss Montague has just tired of the Cuban, slips her arms about that seraph’s waist, and says: “Your Frank is in Washington and my Jasper has just given me a roast. Reckon we’ll both have to be bachelor girls to-night.” 5. A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes. 6. A social event at which food is roasted and eaten. Labels: Canada, US Example: On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard. 7. A creative insult as a response to something someone said. Labels: slang