nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fetii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pluralisation of fetus by erroneous analogy with words like radii and gladii; compare penii and see the usage note below. 1. Misconstructed plural form of fetus (the standard plural is fetuses). Labels: form-of, misconstruction, nonstandard, plural, proscribed, rare Example: The hypocrisy was in the Roe decision. Blackmun basically said that fetii have no rights granted by the Constitution, but proceeded to give them rights. If he truly believed that the Constitution gives fetii no rights, why then proceed to give them the little protection he did? Example: On the subject of dead fetii in party hats: I’ve posted this link before, but it seems more “born still angles [sic]” have been added to the collection. The first one (looks like Yoda, clasping a teddy bear) has passed its sell-by date and has grown moldy. Not for the weak of stomach.
Word: scalariform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin scala (“ladder”), + -form. 1. Having the form of a ladder Labels: not-comparable
Word: selectee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From select + -ee. 1. A person who is selected.
Word: settleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From settle + -able. 1. That can settle or be settled.
Word: settleable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From settle + -able. 1. Something that can settle.
Word: slightish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slight + -ish. 1. Somewhat slight Labels: not-comparable
Word: talkee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From talk + -ee. 1. A person who is talked to (or at) Example: What you type gets sent across the network immediately. That means your talkee sees exactly what you type, including mistakes and "mistalks," so think before you type!
Word: tennantite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally named "gray sulphuret of copper in dodecahedral crystals" in 1817 by mineralogist James Sowerby. Renamed in 1819 by William Phillips in honour of Smithson Tennant (1761-1815), an English chemist who discovered the elements iridium and osmium. Tennant + -ite 1. A sulfide mineral of iron, copper and arsenic that is an ore of copper
Word: theatricalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theatrical + -ism. 1. theatrical style or behaviour
Word: theatricalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theatrical + -ization. 1. The act, or the result, of theatricalizing
Word: tostone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tostón, probably as a back-formation from the plural, tostones. Tostón is from tostar (“to toast”). 1. A Mexican dish of fried, sliced unripe plantain.
Word: understater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From understate + -er. 1. A person who understates
Word: unordinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ordinary. 1. Not ordinary.
Word: unwooded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wooded. 1. Not wooded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: characteristic function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set. 2. A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
Word: viropexis Part of Speech: noun 1. The process whereby certain viruses become attached to a cell surface membrane and are incorporated into the host cell. Labels: uncountable
Word: burglariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From burglarious + -ly. 1. As a burglar; in order to burgle. Labels: dated Example: John Hornby was committed on Monday last to Newgate by Justice Ward, for Burglariously entering the House of a Watchmaker in Essex-street and feloniously stealing thence seven Watches; […] Example: Cheops erected the first Pyramid / And largest, thinking it was just the thing / To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid; / But somebody or other rummaging, / Burglariously broke his coffin's lid […]
Word: webworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From web + worm. 1. Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar.
Word: Sylheti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi). Pronunciation: /sɪlˈhɛti/ 1. Of, from or pertaining to Sylhet Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sylheti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi). Pronunciation: /sɪlˈhɛti/ 1. A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group associated with the Sylhet region in South Asia.
Word: Sylheti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sylhet + -i. Compare সিলেটি (śileṭi), سِلْهَتِيّ (silhatiyy), ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ (síloṭi). Pronunciation: /sɪlˈhɛti/ 1. A language or a dialect of Bengali spoken in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam and some parts of the Indian state of Tripura.
Word: supples Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of supple Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: supplete Part of Speech: verb 1. To supplement, especially in terms of grammatical suppletion. Labels: transitive
Word: implete Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill. Labels: formal, transitive Example: We see how Christ operates over the cosmos to save all men for all time through His power to envelope (contain) all space and to implete (fill) all space.
Word: inventrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inventrīx. By surface analysis, inventor + -trix. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛntɹɪks/ 1. A female that invents. Labels: archaic Example: Trouveuſe: f. An inventrix; or a woman that findeth out. Example: Two proletariat inventrices on the way to an inventor’s congress
Word: inventrices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛntɹɪsiːz/ 1. plural of inventrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inuentrix Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of inventrix. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: admoves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of admove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: admove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin admoveō (“to move, bring, conduct, lead, or carry someone or something to or toward”). 1. To move toward. Labels: obsolete Example: Thus if unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron we admove the North pole of the Loadstone, the powders or small divisions will erect and conform themselves thereto: but if the South pole approach, they will subside, and inverting their bodies respect the Loadstone with the other extream.
Word: Borel σ-algebra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Émile Borel (1871–1956), who pioneered measure theory. 1. The smallest σ-algebra which contains the topology of a given topological space.
Word: Borel set Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Émile Borel. 1. Any of the members of a Borel σ-algebra. Example: A Lebesgue measurable set is expressible as a union of a Borel set and a Lebesgue null set.
Word: emoves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of emove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: emove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French esmouvoir, from classical Latin ēmoveō; see emotion. 1. To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion. Labels: archaic, poetic, transitive Example: What brought you to this Seat of Peace and Love? While with kind Nature, here amid the Grove, We pass’d the harmless Sabbath of our Time, What to disturb it could, fell Men, emove Your barbarous Hearts? Is Happiness a Crime?
Word: WGARA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of who gives a rat's ass?. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: First of all if a mechanical engineer can input 1 watt and output 4 watts it is a WGARA (who gives a rat's a--) as to whether its fusion or not.
Word: half-open interval Part of Speech: noun 1. An interval in the real line which contains one of its endpoints but not the other one: i.e., it either contains its supremum or its infimum but not both.
Word: transmoves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transmove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Borel measurable Part of Speech: adj 1. Such that the inverse image of any open set in its codomain is a Borel set of its domain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Continuous functions are Borel measurable.
Word: transmove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move English transmove From trans- + move. 1. To move or change from one state into another; to transform. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: That to a centaure did himselfe transmove Example: The spring-time sky above their head, / Whose island clouds the breezes led / To far-off, western, boundless plain / And there transmoved to needed rain; […]
Word: come to blows Part of Speech: verb 1. To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll follow you, Floating Tom, into the Mingo camp, on such an arr'nd, and will strive to do my duty, should we come to blows; though, never having been tried in battle, I don't like to promise more than I may be able to perform. Example: [T]here is a variety of drunkenness. . . . Some stagger about in each other's arms, whispering maudlin words—others start quarrels upon the slightest pretext, and come to blows and have to be pulled apart. 2. To degrade into a fight or physical conflict (in reference to an argument or to a situation of tension or antagonism). Labels: impersonal Example: They exchanged insults, without it coming to blows.
Word: Borel function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function which is Borel measurable.
Word: Morgellons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 2004 by Mary Leitao after a description of an illness in Thomas Browne's A Letter to a Friend (c. 1656, pub. 1690), “that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh Hairs on their Backs”, apparently a corruption of Masquelons, from Provençal masclous (“little flies”). Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɛlənz/, /mɔɹˈd͡ʒɛlənz/, /mɔɹˈɡɛlənz/ 1. An unproven skin disorder, usually thought to be delusional parasitosis, characterized by skin lesions in which fibers are found. Labels: uncountable 2. A disease causing hairs to grow on the backs of children. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But Hairs make fallible Predictions, and many Temples early gray have out-lived the Psalmist's Period. Hairs which have most amused me have not been in the Face or Head, but on the Back, and not in Men but Children, as I long ago observed in that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh Hairs on their Backs, which takes off the Unquiet Symptomes of the Disease, and delivers them from Coughs and Convulsions.
Word: foot soldiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foot soldier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pacific silver fir Part of Speech: noun 1. A fir native to the coastal region of Pacific North America (Abies amabilis).
Word: white fir Part of Speech: noun 1. A North American species of fir tree (Abies concolor).
Word: Fraser fir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Scottish botanist John Fraser (1750–1811), who made numerous botanical collections in the region. 1. A North American species of fir tree (Abies fraseri).
Word: defleas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deflea Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: white firs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white fir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fraser firs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fraser fir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arrides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arride Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attine Part of Speech: adj 1. Belonging to the Attini tribe of fungus-growing ants Labels: not-comparable
Word: attine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ant of the Attini tribe.
Word: devotos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devoto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Elamite 𒄬𒆷𒁶𒋾 (ḫalˡᵃ-tam₆-ti /⁠haltamti⁠/)bor. Sumerian 𒉏𒆠 (elamᵏⁱ /⁠Elam⁠/)bor. Akkadian 𒉏𒈠𒆠 (Elamtu)bor. Hebrew עֵילָם (ʿêlām)bor. English Elam Borrowed from Hebrew עֵילָם (ʿêlām), borrowed from Akkadian 𒉏𒈠𒆠 (Elamtu), borrowed from Sumerian 𒉏𒆠 (elamᵏⁱ /⁠Elam⁠/), borrowed from Elamite 𒄬𒆷𒁶𒋾 (ḫalˡᵃ-tam₆-ti /⁠haltamti⁠/). Pronunciation: /ˈiːləm/, /ɛˈlɑːm/ 1. An ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa. Labels: historical
Word: Elam Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Elam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯑꯦꯂꯥꯝ (ʼelām). 1. A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Word: Susa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Sus and Shush. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːzə/, /ˈsuːsə/ 1. An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran. Labels: historical
Word: penningar Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: simple functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of simple function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sustinent Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to sustain; offering sustenance. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: hooktop heng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Created by Pullum & Ladusaw in 1986 by extending the name of the visually similar heng. 1. A character (ɧ) used for the sound used in some dialects of Swedish that resembles both IPA [x] and [ʃ]. Labels: no-plural
Word: vice presidencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vice presidency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vice-presidencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vice-presidency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varder Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of vada (“to see”). Labels: Polari, alt-of, alternative Example: And then, sometimes the blinds is all drawed down, on account of the sun, and that cooks our goose; or, it's too hot for people to stop and varder—that means, see. Example: Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
Word: Archimedean property Part of Speech: noun 1. A property of the set of real numbers, that for any real number there is always a natural number greater than that real number.
Word: orter Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of ought to. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction, dialectal Example: "I orter ha' warned you," said Dan.
Word: laggar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Hindi लग्गर (laggar). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɡə/, /ˈlʌɡəɹ/ 1. The jugger (Falco jugger), a mid-sized falcon native to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, Iran, and Myanmar, which is similar to the European lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) and the American prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus). Example: Falconry is a difficult art to master, some species more so than others. Sakers and Luggers are known to be problematic, and easy to lose, or to lose patience with.
Word: countably additive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a measure: that satisfies countable additivity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: positive measure Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose domain is a σ-algebra, whose codomain is [0,∞], and which is countably additive.
Word: retorque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + torque. 1. To torque again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: In T.S.B. 09-028 issued on May 2, Honda says the noise, which comes at slow speeds, may be from incorrectly torqued mounting bolts, which need to be retorqued. 2. To turn back. Labels: obsolete
Word: complex measure Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose domain is a σ-algebra, whose codomain is the set of complex numbers, and which is countably additive.
Word: measurable sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of measurable set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vynour, from Old French vignor. By surface analysis, vine + -er. 1. A winegrower. Labels: obsolete
Word: counting measure Part of Speech: noun 1. A positive measure which, for each subset of a given measure space, assigns a value equal to the number of points in that subset.
Word: kakie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans [Term?], after the khaki colour of the British uniforms. 1. An English soldier in the Boer war. Labels: derogatory, historical
Word: barrel shroud Part of Speech: noun 1. A ventilated covering for the barrel of a firearm that prevents accidental burns to the operators
Word: aren'chu Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: The [ɑːnˈtjuː] of aren't you is pronounced [ɑːnˈtʃuː] by some speakers; the (always prevocalic) combination [tj] often becomes [tʃ]; aren't + -chu. Pronunciation: /ɑːnˈtʃuː/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of aren’t you. Labels: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: “You’re reg’lar gen’man ‛bout it, aren’chu?” Example: “Aren’chu gonna kiss me good night?”
Word: plus ones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plus one Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flash suppressor Part of Speech: noun 1. An attachment to the muzzle of a firearm which reduces the amount of visible light created when fired
Word: ordered field Part of Speech: noun 1. A field which has an order relation satisfying these properties: trichotomy, transitivity, preservation of an inequality when the same element is added to both sides, and preservation of an inequality when the same strictly positive element is multiplied to both sides.
Word: completeness axiom Part of Speech: noun 1. The following axiom (applied to an ordered field): for any subset of the given ordered field, if there is any upper bound for this subset, then there is also a supremum for this subset, and this supremum is an element of the given ordered field (though not necessarily of the subset).
Word: gravitationally challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Fat. Labels: euphemistic, humorous Example: [T]he chunky Mr. Ackerman took to the stage. First he told fat jokes. . . . "I'm not fat. I'm gravitationally challenged." Example: In America fat is the new f-word—instead, it's nutritionally endowed, or person of mass, or gravitationally challenged. 2. Of a person, having a poor sense of balance; subject to intervals of dizziness. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, often Example: Consider that the person asking is Mr. Bean, the diminutive, awkward, gravitationally challenged, accident-prone incarnation served up by Rowan Atkinson.
Word: -iasis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: A Latin word-forming element meaning "process" or "morbid condition". Originally from Ancient Greek ἴασις (íasis). By surface analysis, -i- + -asis. 1. A pathological condition or process. Labels: morpheme
Word: upper limit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of limit superior
Word: lower limit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of limit inferior
Word: freedom ride Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːdəm ˌɹaɪd/, /ˈfɹidəm ˌɹaɪd/ 1. In the United States in the 1960s (chiefly 1961), any one of a number of trips taken by bus or other forms of transport through parts of the southern U.S., made by groups of civil rights activists demonstrating their opposition to racial prejudice and segregation. Labels: US, historical Example: It is a slight miracle, I think, that in the almost two years since February of 1960 there has not been a fatality. But we have come amazingly close to it several times. Let me mention the case of William Barbee who was on the Freedom Ride when it arrived at Montgomery and met with mob violence.[…] Example: Segregation must be stopped. It must be broken down. Those of us on the Freedom Ride will continue. No matter what happens we are dedicated to this. We will take the beatings. We are willing to accept death. We are going to keep coming until we can ride anywhere in the South. 2. A similar excursion undertaken by protesters in Australia in 1965 in opposition to unfair discrimination against Indigenous Australians. Labels: Australia, broadly, historical Example: The year of the first Aboriginal freedom ride is the year the principal of Fineflour Central boards up a group of kids in the toilet block roof. Example: Led by young activists, black and white, who were conducting ‘freedom rides’ modelled on those of the civil rights movement in the United States, a change in attitudes was in progress which would lead in 1967 to the removal, by a large majority in a referendum, of the provision in the Constitution that prevented the Parliament from making 'special laws' in the interests of Aboriginals.
Word: freedom rider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freedom ride + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːdəm ˌɹaɪdə/, /ˈfɹidəm ˌɹaɪdɚ/ 1. In the United States during 1961, a civil rights activist who participated in one or more trips by bus or other forms of transport, known as freedom rides, through parts of the southern U.S. to demonstrate opposition to racial prejudice and segregation. Labels: US, historical Example: A Negro leader said today the "freedom riders" whose arrival here touched off race riots last Saturday will continue their test of Southern bus station segregation barriers. [...] [T]he Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. [...] told a news conference the group met for four hours last night and decided that "the freedom ride must continue, we will not specify the exact time, but it will continue." 2. A participant in a similar excursion undertaken by protesters in Australia in 1965 in opposition to unfair discrimination against Indigenous Australians. Labels: Australia, broadly, historical
Word: resorbent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin resorbens, present participle of resorbere. 1. swallowing up Example: Again resorbent ocean's wave / Demands the waters which it gave / From thousand rills with copious currents fraught.
Word: big-breasted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having large breasts.
Word: exterge Part of Speech: verb 1. to clean Labels: obsolete Example: Medicks prescribe Dentifricies to exterge and dealbate the teeth
Word: supersederes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersedere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depletor Part of Speech: noun 1. A thing that depletes
Word: opplete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin opplētus, perfect passive participle of oppleō (“to fill”). 1. full; crowded Labels: obsolete Example: So opplete with imperfection.
Word: repleat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + pleat. 1. To pleat again. Labels: transitive
Word: demulce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēmulceō (“to soothe”); dē- + mulceō (“to stroke”). 1. To soothe, assuage, pacify or soften. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Saturne was eftsones demulced
Word: colorspace Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of color space. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: color space Part of Speech: noun 1. A numerical representation of all the possible colors/colours in a particular display or printing system.
Word: extremally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From extremal + -ly. 1. To an extremal extent Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemiequilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + equilateral. 1. Describing the shape of a triangle formed by cutting an equilateral triangle in half through one of the apices Labels: not-comparable
Word: percies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of percy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanocoated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nano- + coated. 1. Coated with a nanomaterial (or with a nanolayer of material). Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncommutativities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncommutativity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emulges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of emulge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pseudoharmonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + harmonic. 1. Having the appearance of being harmonic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: emulgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin emulgens, present participle of emulgere (“to milk out”); so called because the kidney was regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine. 1. Of a straining or purifying process. 2. Of the renal arteries and veins. Example: By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […] Example: ...the kidneys, plac'd at the extremities of two large blood-vessels, the emulgent vein and artery, derived from the great vein and artery, very soon after their parting at the heart, the fountain of circulation.
Word: emulgent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin emulgens, present participle of emulgere (“to milk out”); so called because the kidney was regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine. 1. A substance promoting bile or urine production 2. A renal artery or vein.
Word: agism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From age + -ism. 1. Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Although there is no doubt that some agisms are intended as hostile intergroup moves and divergences, there is a great deal of well-intentioned agism.
Word: emulge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin emulgeo, emulsum; e (“out”) + mulgeo (“to milk”); akin to English milk. See milk. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmʌld͡ʒənt/ 1. To milk out; to drain. Labels: obsolete Example: the Water cannot so readily subside and fall downwards , it may be the more plentifully emulged into the Bowels, and so that way discharged, as I have sometimes experienced.
Word: amitotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to amitosis Labels: not-comparable
Word: amitosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + mitosis. 1. cell division by cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of condensed chromosomes Labels: obsolete
Word: studes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthelion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνθήλιον (anthḗlion); see anti-, helio-. 1. A faint, white halo rarely seen in the sky opposite the sun on the parhelic circle
Word: askesis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈskiːsɪs/, /əˈskisɪs/, /æ-/ 1. Alternative form of ascesis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: And this we do find in the Basilican, the Byzantine, and the Romanesque architectures, each more perfect than another, and each lacking in an ever diminishing degree much of the perfect holiness of the Saint of "the most high,"—they came and passed away like different periods in the askesis of a holy soul aiming after the perfection of the spiritual life, and truly therefore they are Christian. Example: The preacher's faith should be nourished by self-discipline, the true askesis. […] What we venture to recommend is that spiritual askesis—self-discipline of all the faculties—which imparts to the preacher's faith the property of being imperturbable, […]
Word: asprawl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + sprawl. Pronunciation: /əˈspɹɔːl/ 1. Sprawling; covered or filled (with something sprawling). Labels: not-comparable Example: 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, New York and London: Street & Smith, Part 2, Chapter 4, p. 129, […] he saw […] a man lying flat upon his face upon the ground, with his arms and legs all asprawl. Example: […] Milton […] fully clothed, asprawl on the couch, lay snoring with a soft, blubbering sound,
Word: asprawl Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From a- + sprawl. Pronunciation: /əˈspɹɔːl/ 1. Sprawling over or across. Example: All through the night which followed her panic flight from the huge, heavy-footed figure that had groped out for her, called to her, and dropped asprawl her own small cloak in the doorway, Denny Bolton’s blood-soiled face and drunkenly reckless laugh had been with her, Example: Hundreds were asprawl the open space between the Cross and the kirkyard.
Word: transpare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See transparent. 1. To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be see-through (literally or figurative) Labels: obsolete, rare Example: c. 1604, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Sonnet LXXIII Oft haue I wish'd whilst in this state I was, That th'alablaster bulwarke might transpare
Word: horrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin horrens, present participle of horrere (“to bristle”). See horror. 1. Standing upright, like bristles; bristled; bristly. Example: Impregnable their front appears, All horrent with projected spears, Whose polished points before them shine, From flank to flank, one brilliant line, Bright as the breakers' splendors run Along the billows to the sun. Example: But higher than all its horrent height of shade Shone sovereign, seen by light itself had made, Above the woes of all the world, above Life, sin, and death, his myriad-minded love.
Word: splendent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English splendaunt, from Old French splendiant, present participle of esplendiier, and esplendent, and Latin splendēns, splendentis, present participle of splendēre (“to shine”). Pronunciation: /ˈsplɛndənt/ 1. Shining; glossy; lustrous. Example: splendent planets Example: splendent metals 2. Very conspicuous; illustrious. Example: great and splendent fortunes 3. Splendid, marvellous, wonderful. Labels: archaic Example: After the triumph followed the faire Parthenopeian Leria, with a lawrell crowne, accompanied with Melanthia, whose habites and voices represented the pride of Greece,[A] whereupon the great Macedon rested his head: She bare a splendent lampe, communicating the light thereof with hir companion, then the rest more excellent both in voice and song. Example: July 1st, Daun had crossed the Elbe (Daun let us say for brevity, though it is Daun and Karl, or even Karl and Daun, Karl being chief, and capable of saying so at times, though Daun is very splendent since Kolin),--crossed the Elbe above Brandeis; Nadasti, with precursor Pandours, now within an hour's march of Jung-Bunzlau;--and it was time to go.
Word: reconnoître Part of Speech: verb 1. Rare spelling of reconnoitre. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: This is a letter from Andreas Goeding, provost of Werio, a town in Gothland, to the then secretary of the archives of state. The writer’s narrative is as follows:— / “When I was in Saxony, in the year 1687, a fortunate accident enabled me to discover the circumstances accompanying the melancholy end of Gustavus Adolphus. This great monarch had rode out for the simple purpose of reconnoîtring the enemy, attended by a single servant.[…]” Example: On approaching the island, the boats were lowered, and some of the officers and scientific corps started to reconnoître.
Word: veges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: veges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of veg Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: promine Part of Speech: noun 1. The promoting agent in Szent-Györgyi's theory of cell division. Labels: uncountable
Word: suades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: affulgent Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of effulgent. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: God is one: about that there is a certain certitude, but He is both Absolute and Related, Immanent and Transcendent. [...] He is affulgent Light. He is Darkness within darkness. He is the Creator and also the destroyer of what He creates. And, then, He re-creates in order to re-destroy. Example: With the new decade ahead, the contributions of the Department of Surgery should be more affulgent than ever.
Word: circumfulgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From circum- + fulgent. 1. Shining around or about. Example: Turning from the first glance at the circumfulgent splendour, it dwindled into nothing as he looked again at the lady.
Word: effulges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of effulge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: refulges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of refulge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interlucent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin interlucens. 1. shining between Labels: archaic, poetic Example: And not an interlucent star looks forth / To mitigate the gloom.
Word: transluces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transluce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transluce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceōbor. ▲ Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent English transluce As if from Latin trānslūceō (“shine through; be translucent”), but perhaps a back-formation from translucent (ultimately from the same Latin verb). 1. To shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent. Labels: uncommon Example: […] for her stainless soul transluced the fairest skin, making simplicity a grace, filling her large blue eyes with gentle rays; and her arch laughter with innocent mirth. Example: By translucing the paper when the negative is otherwise finished the grain can be reduced to a minimum. The following translucing media may be mentioned: (1) Vaseline, (2) paraffin waxin paraffin, (3) castor oil and alcohol, (4) white wax ... 2. To be translucent or transparent, to allow light to shine through. Labels: rare Example: holy are the doors that admit holy are the rivets that bind holy are the windows that transluce Example: At the end of the dance, when “matter turned to spirit,” the two cliffs once again came together to form an arch but both rock structures were now lighted to transluce and transform into stained glass.
Word: tralucent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tralucens, translucens. See translucent. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈlusənt/ 1. Translucent. Labels: obsolete Example: the air's tralucent gallery
Word: oboles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appertinent Part of Speech: noun 1. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. Labels: obsolete Example: To furnish him with all appertinents / Belonging to his honour;
Word: appertinent Part of Speech: adj 1. Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant. Labels: not-comparable Example: September 30, 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to T. Alsopp Nay, those temptations which are foreknown and foreseen as most appertinent to our particular calling, are commonly least dangerous, or even cease to be temptations to a mind forearmed by principles and aspirations like yours.
Word: praesides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praeses Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condolet Part of Speech: noun 1. A fitting attached to an electrical conduit to facilitate the pulling and routing of wire.
Word: dedolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dedolens, present participle of dedolere (“to give over grieving”); de- + dolere (“to grieve”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdələnt/ 1. Feeling no compunction; apathetic. Labels: obsolete Example: Men are dedolent and past feeling, and having no other Law, but that of the Corporeal Life, become insatiable in Impiety
Word: pavisses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pavis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conticent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin conticens, present participle of conticeo (“to be silent”), from con- + taceo (“to be quiet”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɪsənt/ 1. silent Labels: archaic, rare Example: The guests sit conticent.
Word: torpent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin torpens, present participle of torpere (“to be numb”). 1. Having no motion or activity; benumbed; torpid. Labels: obsolete Example: frail and torpent Memory through so multifarious and numerous an Employment
Word: torpent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin torpens, present participle of torpere (“to be numb”). 1. A numbing agent. Labels: obsolete
Word: sympathy card Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sympathy + card. 1. A greeting card sent to family members of one who has died to express regret. 2. An attempt to gain sympathy or an advantage in a discussion by portraying oneself as a victim in need of sympathy (used with the verb "play").
Word: condolence card Part of Speech: noun 1. A sympathy card.
Word: mades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of made Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adversarial system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of law in which advocates represent the prosecution and the defence and an impartial person (judge) or people (jury) determine the truth of the matter
Word: begrudgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From begrudge + -ery. 1. resentment or envy of the success of a peer; criticism of ostentatious display of success. Labels: Ireland, uncountable Example: a certain sense of resentment at economically successful countries (what the Irish themselves call their national vice of begrudgery) Example: Joseph Lee's Ireland 1912-1985 seems to confirm the intuition of the writers in presenting an Ireland in which an alarming political and economic retardation was linked to begrudgery, "a deadly alloy of envy, jealousy and spite".
Word: boarfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boar + fish. 1. Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families: 2. Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families:
Word: bucketwheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English boket English bucket Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English bucketwheel From bucket + wheel. 1. An excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt
Word: ctenidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κτενίδιον (ktenídion, “comb”). By surface analysis, cteno- + -idium. 1. A respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs 2. A row of spines in some insects
Word: devoves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dechristianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dechristianize + -ation. Pronunciation: /diːkɹɪtʃənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of dechristianizing; the systematic removal of Christianity or Christian elements. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US Example: Fouché, before 1789 a teacher attached to the Oratorian order, engaged in an extraordinary campaign of ‘dechristianization’ in his tour of duty in the department of the Nièvre in September [...].
Word: devove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See devote. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvəʊv/ 1. To devote. Labels: obsolete Example: Twas his own son, whom God and mankind lov'd , His own victorious son , that he devov'd
Word: dechristianize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of de-Christianize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: something to write home about Part of Speech: pron 1. Something exceptional or noteworthy.
Word: epicedium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīum. Doublet of epicede. 1. An epicede: a dirge, lament, elegy.
Word: firepit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + pit. 1. A pit dug in the ground, or constructed from stones, in which a fire is made, principally for cooking.
Word: tessara- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ (téssără), the neuter plural and combining form of τέσσᾰρες (téssăres, “four”); compare tetra-. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsəɹə/ 1. four Labels: morpheme
Word: maple leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maple leaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praevocalic Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of prevocalic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, rare Example: 1905: Etsko Kruisinga, A Grammar of the Dialect of West Somerset, pages 94⁽¹⁾ and 95⁽²⁾ ⁽¹⁾ Transposition of praevocalic r is very common, see § 66. ⁽²⁾ Postvocalic r has become praevocalic in urn, birthday. Example: 1909: William Rennie, The Acharnians of Aristophanes, pages 220⁽¹⁾ and 224⁽²⁾ ⁽¹⁾ The close pronunciation of praevocalic ε in Boeotian would give ἄνθῐα, just as the Attic θεός becomes Boeotian and Laconian θῐός. ⁽²⁾ Praevocalic ε is represented by Boeotian ῐ.
Word: striped maple Part of Speech: noun 1. moosewood (Acer pensylvanicum). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: moose maple Part of Speech: noun 1. Striped maple, Acer pensylvanicum. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Mountain maple, Acer spicatum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mountain maple Part of Speech: noun 1. Moose maple, Acer spicatum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Machiavel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An Anglicisation of the Italian surname Machiavelli, as borne by Niccolò Machiavelli. 1. A person who follows the principles laid down by Niccolò Machiavelli. 2. A schemer or intriguer. Example: The distinction is between the anonymous Continental Op of the detective novel, the man of honour who must nevertheless walk down mean streets, and the thoroughgoing Machiavel, the man who has learned not to be good. Example: In pursuit of these ends, agents will find themselves in conflict with morality and we want them to be the sorts of people who can reject morality, yet we don’t want them to be Machiavels in the worst sense.
Word: Lebesgue integral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Henri Lebesgue. 1. An integral which has more general application than that of the Riemann integral, because it allows the region of integration to be partitioned into not just intervals but any measurable sets for which the function to be integrated has a sufficiently narrow range. Labels: singular, singular-only Example: The Lebesgue integral is learned in a first-year real-analysis course. 2. The result of the application of the Lebesgue integral Labels: singular, singular-only Example: Compute the Lebesgue integral of f over E.
Word: dropped egg Part of Speech: noun 1. A poached egg. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dropped, egg.
Word: dropped eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dropped egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: househunting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of house-hunting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Lebesgue integrals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lebesgue integral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yiven Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of yive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rentor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rent + -or. 1. A person who rents a property to a rentee Labels: rare
Word: ca'n't Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of can't. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [Alice:] and I'm sure I ca'n't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh, she knows such a very little!
Word: -eh Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Representing a dialectal pronunciation popular in songs; compare words such as sexay. Pronunciation: /ɛ/, /i/ 1. Used to replace -y, often in lolcat speak. Labels: Internet, humorous, morpheme Example: kitteh (for kitty) Example: sunneh (for sunny)
Word: LOLspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From LOL + -speak. 1. Alternative letter-case form of lolspeak. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: LOLcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From LOL + cat. 1. Alternative letter-case form of lolcat. Labels: alt-of Example: A cluttered virtual desktop is as bad as a cluttered physical desktop. It's visually distracting and makes it easy to get derailed from the task at hand. (“Hey, lemme peek at that hilarious LOLcat just one more time!”)
Word: LOLcats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LOLcat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sweet Swan of Avon Part of Speech: name 1. William Shakespeare, a playwright and poet. Labels: poetic
Word: poissonniers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poissonnier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shaurma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shawarma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: shawirma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shawarma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: shaurmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shaurma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shawirmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shawirma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: headloss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + loss. 1. The difference in pressure between points in a hydraulic system of piping as a result of friction, elevation change etc. Example: The headloss in a 16" pipe is 2 feet, but in a 20" pipe, it is just 1.2 feet.
Word: verballed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of verbal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Kars Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Kars, Ottoman Turkish قارص (Kars), and Armenian Կարս (Kars). As a New Brunswick parish, named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in the Crimean War. 1. A province in northeastern Turkey. 2. A district of Kars Province, Turkey. 3. A municipality, the capital of Kars district and Kars Province, Turkey, historically Armenian. 4. A civil parish and community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5. A village in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Word: QSL cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of QSL card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shuggle Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of shoogle. Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive, transitive Example: The sink is blocked, put a rod down the plug hole and shuggle it about. Example: “It′s a mold for the false bottom of a briefcase. These cups keep things from shuggling about. Do they make briefcases there?”
Word: Hygiea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Hygēa, Hygīa, from Ancient Greek Ὑγίεια (Hugíeia), Ὑγεία (Hugeía). 1. Ancient Greek goddess of health, cleanliness, and sanitation. Her Roman name is Hygēa/Hygīa or Salus. Labels: Greek 2. the tenth asteroid discovered, and fourth largest, (10) Hygiea.
Word: in earnest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English on eornost, of the same meaning of the adverbial sense below. 1. Sincere; determined; truthful. Example: "I wasn't in earnest. I only brought it in joke." Example: She replied, "When did I ever tell you a lie ? I am in earnest."
Word: in earnest Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English on eornost, of the same meaning of the adverbial sense below. 1. With considerable commitment, determination, or effect; significantly. Example: It's snowing in earnest right now. Example: The gentlemen wear swords, and may easily have pistols in their pockets—most likely have, indeed. If they fire at each other without effect, then they’ll draw, and go to work in earnest. 2. Having a sincere intent. (of a person) Example: He was talking in earnest, even though his speech carried an ironic tone. Example: "I haven't got it, yet," he told her, while she was behind the screen, above which, as she dressed, there now and then were flutters of swung garments. "But I'll find someone. If you're really in earnest about this-you are, aren't you?"
Word: comprehenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comprehender Labels: form-of, plural