nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics From dynamic + -ics. Pronunciation: /dɑɪˈnæm.ɪks/, /dʌɪˈnamɪks/, /dəˈnamɪks/ 1. Loudness of sound. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Loudness of sound. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Forces that stimulate growth, change, or development. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The changing dynamics in international politics led to such an outcome. Example: Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.
Word: false cognate Part of Speech: noun 1. A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not. Example: False cognates are words in different languages that are similar in form and meaning but have different roots. They appear to have a common linguistic origin (regardless of meaning) but actually do not. [...] The two terms, "false cognates" and "false friends," are sometimes used incorrectly or interchangeably by some teachers[. ... Learn to] recognize false cognates, which are pairs of words in different languages that are similar in form and meaning but have different roots. Example: I don't speak Chinese, but "Mama" is a false cognate, means the same thing in English, Swahili, Navajo-- 2. A false friend: a word that appears to have the same meaning as another given word, but in fact does not (without regard to whether or not the two terms are cognate). Labels: proscribed Example: False cognates, on the other hand, are words in two languages that are identical or similar in form and may mislead the bilingual to think that they have the same or similar meaning, while their meaning is actually different, e.g., become-bekommen in English-German, […]
Word: Lingua Franca Nova Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Dr. C. George Boeree, the inventor of the language. 1. A constructed language created by C. George Boeree based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan using either Latin or Cyrillic alphabets with grammar based on that of Romance Creoles.
Word: snailery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snail Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English snailery From snail + -ery. 1. A place where snails are bred or kept.
Word: draco Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹeɪkəʊ/, /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/ 1. A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle. Example: Chop trees with the draco
Word: constellations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constellation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuatro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cuatro. Doublet of four and quatre. 1. Any of several stringed instruments of Latino origin; a Venezuelan ukulele-like instrument with four strings; a Puerto Rican violin-like instrument with ten strings in five courses (most commonly).
Word: hyp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɪp/, /haɪp/ 1. Hypochondria. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips? Example: Guess I've got a bad case of the hyps. 2. Hypnotism. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats. Example: [W]hen a dream or the hyp has given us falſe terrors, or imaginary pains, we immediately conclude, that the infernal tyrant owes us a ſpite, and inflicts his wrath and ſtripes upon us, by the hands of ſome of his ſworn ſervants amongſt us. 3. A hypnotist. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The hyp is booked through the end of the month. 4. A hypotenuse. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Alternative form of hype (“hypodermic [needle]”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Itinerant short con and carny hyp men have burned down the croakers of Texas. . . .
Word: hyp Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɪp/, /haɪp/ 1. To make melancholy. Labels: colloquial, dated
Word: achromatopsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Achromatopsie, from Ancient Greek ἀχρώματος (akhrṓmatos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), + -opsie. By surface analysis, a- + chromato- + -opsia. Pronunciation: /ˈə.kɹɒ.mə.tɒp.siə/ 1. Total color blindness; the total inability to distinguish colors due to the absence of cone cells in the eyes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aciculāris. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/ 1. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: needlelike, pinlike Example: 1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279, Sometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.” 2. Having sharp points like needles. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like. Labels: not-comparable Example: the acicular foliage of coniferous trees Example: […] though fond of foliage, their trees always had a tendency to congeal into little acicular thorn-hedges, and never tossed free.
Word: acierage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French aciérage, from acier (“steel”). 1. The process of electroplating a copper engraving with iron or steel. Labels: historical
Word: microcontroller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + controller. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹə(ʊ)kənˌtɹəʊlə/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊkənˌtɹoʊlɚ/ 1. A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy. Example: The microcontroller is a mini computer which can be programmed to perform different tasks, including monitoring things and making things happen. It is pre-programmed for use with the games projects. See project 17 for how to select games on it.
Word: folksy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From folks + -y or folk + -sy. Pronunciation: /fəʊksi/, /foʊksi/, /foʊlksi/ 1. Characteristic of common folk. Example: It’s not hard to see why most people don’t feel like they fit in well with either party. But as long as the folksy and brainy contingents stay on opposite sides of the dance floor, we can look forward to a lot more of this. Bifurcation by education is always bad, but it’s worse for the educated group, because they’ll always be outnumbered. You simply cannot build a political coalition on the expectation that everybody’s going to do the reading. If the brainy group is going to survive, it has to find a way to reunite with the folksy. So maybe it’s worth taking some cues from the most successful ideologies of all time, the ones that have kept the brainy and folksy strains intertwined for thousands of years. 2. Characteristic of common folk. 3. Characteristic of common folk. Example: Near-synonym: chummy Example: Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.
Word: inaccuracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically in- + accuracy. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈakjʊɹəsi/, /ɪnˈakjəɹəsi/, /ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/ 1. The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy. Labels: uncountable 2. A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false. Labels: countable Example: This book has a few factual inaccuracies, but only because of the limits of contemporary knowledge. For instance, at the time of writing, Ribbon Falls was thought to be the highest waterfall in the world; today we know that Angel Falls in Venezuela has this distinction. 3. Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision. Labels: uncountable 4. A move that is considered suboptimal, but not as bad as a mistake or blunder. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: yuck Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) . Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour. Example: Yuck! This peanut butter is disgusting!
Word: yuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) . Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. Something disgusting. Labels: uncountable Example: I fetched an orange from a basket and peeled it […] “Make sure you peel as much of the yuck off as possible,” she said. “I hate the yuck." 2. A general insult. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Alright, settle down, you yucks!
Word: yuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) . Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. To say "yuck"; to express disgust. Example: I yucked and yicked and spit in the dirt . Example: Dom was yucking and yelling. He was clumsy and barely got as many with two hands as Mouse did with one. 2. To vomit or gag; Example: She thought it was overpoweringly gross and yucked great dribbles over the front of her lace blouse . Example: And she yucked. She forced herself to eat again. And again she yucked. 3. fuck. Labels: euphemistic Example: I can see these pro-lifer's screams of “Stop killing the foetus” turn to “I ain't taking no mother yucking nickker home to my mother yucking house." Example: But when I was out there, I yucked up everything.
Word: yuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1930s theatrical slang, probably Imitative. Compare the variant yuk. Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh. Example: Given this insecurity, the creators of “The Simpsons” took an extraordinary risk: they decided not to use a laugh track. On almost all other sitcoms, dialogue was interrupted repeatedly by crescendos of phony guffaws (or by the electronically enhanced laughter of live audiences), creating the unreal ebb and flow of sitcom conversation, in which a typical character’s initial reaction to an ostensibly humorous remark could only be to smile archly or look around while waiting for the yucks to die down.
Word: yuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1930s theatrical slang, probably Imitative. Compare the variant yuk. Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. To laugh or joke. Labels: often Example: And I so miss the laughs we yucked when I used to point out to you the irony of people's names in town . Example: His buddies yucked and laughed as they motored away.
Word: yuck Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. To yank or grab. Example: Briggs yucked the mare about, and she stood straight up seven or eight times. Example: I took it bad when it were lifted and yucked into a truck and shifted
Word: yuck Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. Alternative form of yawk (“to inflict a violent impact upon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yuck Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jʌk/, /jʊk/ 1. Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”). Labels: US, slang Example: Amy tells us that her husband, Jim Nelson, is deployed to Afghanistan […] as a nuclear operations officer — a result of graduating from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2007 with a master's in Applied Physics. I guess I should have been looking for Jim to partner up with for physics help as a Yuck!
Word: yum Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /jʌm/ 1. Indicating delight at the flavor of food. Example: Yum! This apple pie is delicious! 2. Indicating delight in other things. Labels: broadly, informal Example: Grandpa bought an RCA Color TV. Mmm. See my Beatles in color. YUM.
Word: yum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /jʌm/ 1. Delicious. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: This apple pie is yum!
Word: yum Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /jʌm/ 1. Acronym of Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header.
Word: yummy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English yum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English yummy From yum + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈjʌm.i/ 1. Delicious. Labels: childish, colloquial, often
Word: yummy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English yummy From yum + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈjʌm.i/ 1. Ellipsis of yummy mummy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: The Yummies were the women who, next to the Starlets and Professional Have-It-Alls, Meredith envied most, and therefore half-despised. You could see them at the latte bars, drinking green tea smoothies, hoisting their fat-cheeked offspring from one hip to the other, comparing notes on washable diapers and baby-friendly resorts.
Word: delicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *lakjō Latin laciō Latin dēliciō Latin dēliciae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Late Latin dēliciōsusbor. Anglo-Norman deliciousbor. Middle English delicious English delicious From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, /də-/, /di-/ 1. Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. Example: It was quite dark by the time Tarzan had gorged himself. Ah, but it had been delicious! Never had he quite accustomed himself to the ruined flesh that civilized men had served him, and in the bottom of his savage heart there had constantly been the craving for the warm meat of the fresh kill, and the rich, red blood. Example: After the sugar beets are strained, pour in a large amount of honey and let it rest for thirty minutes. This will form the base for our delicious honey tender. 2. Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: The irony is delicious! Example: Nymphidia is a delicious piece of airy and fanciful invention. 3. Having tremendous sex appeal. Labels: slang
Word: Keynesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Keynes Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Keynesian From Keynes + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnziən/ 1. Of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946. Example: That’s why supply and demand get out of balance in a slump, according to the so-called New Keynesian model that Fed officials and other policy makers lean on. Example: Long story short, they settled on a plan to challenge the Keynesian orthodoxy of the time: that governments existed to do things for people, that markets left entirely to their own devices tended to eat the poor, and that the occasional judicious application of public money to shared problems was not, in fact, the first step on the road to Stalinist perdition — a philosophy so radical it had just finished winning World War II.
Word: Keynesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Keynes Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Keynesian From Keynes + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnziən/ 1. A proponent of Keynesian economic doctrine. Example: We Are All Keynesians Now [title] Example: If I'd believed in all their policies, [...] I would've been a Keynesian and a Friedmanite, a grammar school preserver and destroyer, a nationalisation freak and a privatisation maniac; but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).
Word: mart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market. Pronunciation: /mɑɹt/, /mɑːt/ 1. A shop, a store, a market. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, in-compounds, usually Example: FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart 2. A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace. Example: In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast. Example: Their facility is one of the largest livestock auction marts in the Scottish Highlands. 3. A bargain. Labels: obsolete Example: Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.
Word: mart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market. Pronunciation: /mɑɹt/, /mɑːt/ 1. To buy or sell in, or as in a mart. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. 2. To traffic. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: mart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Mārs. See Mart. Pronunciation: /mɑɹt/, /mɑːt/ 1. A battle; a contest. Labels: obsolete
Word: mart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /mɑɹt/, /mɑːt/ 1. A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart). Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: mart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scottish English, from Middle English, from a Scottish Gaelic root, see mart (“cow prepared for killing”). Pronunciation: /mɑɹt/, /mɑːt/ 1. A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter). 2. Salt beef. Labels: broadly
Word: WiFi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Wi-Fi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: WiFi Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of Wi-Fi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A WiFi-ing We Will Go ? Example: Just like the aforementioned consumer and durable products made their way into the remotest parts of the country, the smartphones are 4G-ing and WiFi-ing their way into the hamlets today.
Word: Wi-Fi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in analogy to Hi-Fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance). Often analyzed as a shortened form of wireless fidelity (similar to how hi-fi is short for high fidelity); this is possibly due to the former slogan of the aforementioned Wi-Fi Alliance, The Standard for Wireless Fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ.faɪ/, /ˈwaɪ.paɪ/ 1. Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11). Labels: uncountable 2. Wireless networking using one of these standards. Labels: uncountable Example: Mimi gave Fifi access to her Wi-Fi. Example: He couldn't connect to the Wi-Fi in this area. 3. The capability to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The refrigerator cost 1000 more dollars just because it had Wi-Fi, and I'm thinking "this is ridiculous"! 4. A Wi-Fi network. Labels: countable
Word: Wi-Fi Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined in analogy to Hi-Fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance). Often analyzed as a shortened form of wireless fidelity (similar to how hi-fi is short for high fidelity); this is possibly due to the former slogan of the aforementioned Wi-Fi Alliance, The Standard for Wireless Fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ.faɪ/, /ˈwaɪ.paɪ/ 1. To equip with Wi-Fi; to Wi-Fi enable. Labels: transitive Example: What type of electronics will be immune from being Wi-Fied? Example: The biggest market may be Wi-Fi-ing people's homes. 2. To connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi. Labels: transitive Example: The hotel manager even claims he's seen Red Sox problem child Manny Ramirez Wi-Fi-ing in the lobby on his Palm. Example: Perhaps someone sees you typing in confidential information while you are "Wi-Fi-ing" in a hotel lobby or a crowded airport waiting area.
Word: niggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quixotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic. Pronunciation: /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/, /kwɪkˈsɑtɪk/, /kwɪɡˈzɑtɪk/, /kiːˈzɑtɪk/, /kiˈɑtɪk/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality. Example: Olivier, as you know, was quixotic, and would not permit a secret service and spies. Example: The message is not subliminal. […] Characters aren’t just quixotic, they cite Cervantes to one another. 2. Overly optimistic and moralistic. 3. Exceedingly idealistic. Example: Call it a brain freeze, another 'Aleppo moment,' or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.
Word: quixotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic. Pronunciation: /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/, /kwɪkˈsɑtɪk/, /kwɪɡˈzɑtɪk/, /kiːˈzɑtɪk/, /kiˈɑtɪk/ 1. A quixotic person or sentiment. Labels: rare Example: The cultural quixotics attribute the change to inscrutable "cultural factors," which is tantamount to abandoning altogether the search for explanation.
Word: roost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”). Pronunciation: /ɹuːst/, /ɹʉwst/, /ɹust/, /ɹʉːst/, /ɾuːst/ 1. The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch). Example: He clapp'd his wings upon his roost. 2. A group of birds roosting together. 3. A bedroom. 4. The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space. Labels: Scotland 5. A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance. 6. Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”).
Word: roost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”). Pronunciation: /ɹuːst/, /ɹʉwst/, /ɹust/, /ɹʉːst/, /ɾuːst/ 1. To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest. Labels: intransitive 2. To spend the night. Labels: figuratively Example: The UPS package centre for central London, a brief walk from Kentish Town tube station, holds a below-ground bay in which 170 vans roost every night. 3. To kick (a ball) a long distance. Labels: transitive
Word: roost Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹuːst/, /ɹʉwst/, /ɹust/, /ɹʉːst/, /ɾuːst/ 1. Alternative form of roust (“a strong tide or current”). Labels: Orkney, Shetland, alt-of, alternative Example: Sometimes the whole tract swung to one side, like the tail of a live serpent; sometimes, for a glimpse, it would all disappear and then boil up again. What it was I had no guess, which for the time increased my fear of it; but I now know it must have been the roost or tide race, which had carried me away so fast and tumbled me about so cruelly, and at last, as if tired of that play, had flung out me and the spare yard upon its landward margin.
Word: roost Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹuːst/, /ɹʉwst/, /ɹust/, /ɹʉːst/, /ɾuːst/ 1. Alternative form of roust. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bondi Part of Speech: name Etymology: "Bondi," originally "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks." Pronunciation: /ˈbɒn.daɪ/ 1. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Example: The party, Hanukkah by the Sea, is an annual event run by Chabad of Bondi, where the community lights up the menorah on the first day of the holiday. […] The Israeli organization ZAKA has dispatched a delegation, along with logistical equipment, to Bondi to assist in identifying the victims and handling the situation according to Jewish law. 2. A surname. Example: Fetterman told reporters after the vote that he decided to support Bondi because of her qualifications, even though she is not his “ideal” choice.
Word: Bondi Beach Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnd.aɪ biːtʃ/ 1. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Example: One of the terrorists who carried out the shooting attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah party was likely a Muslim man of Pakistani origin, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News. The man's name is Naveed Akram, from Bonnyrigg, and his house had been raided.
Word: fin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”). Pronunciation: /fɪn/, /fən/ 1. One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. Example: The fish's fins minimize water flow. Example: Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all. 2. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. Example: a dolphin's fin 3. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. Example: The fin stabilises the plane in flight. 4. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course. 5. A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it. 6. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead. 7. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet. Example: The divers wore fins to swim faster. 8. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling. 9. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder. 10. The conning tower of a submarine. 11. A person's hand. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."
Word: fin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”). Pronunciation: /fɪn/, /fən/ 1. To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc. Labels: transitive 2. (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water. Labels: intransitive Example: When you spot him finning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid. 3. To swim in the manner of a fish. Labels: intransitive Example: A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth. 4. To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins. Labels: transitive
Word: fin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of cinque, finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”). Pronunciation: /fɪn/, /fən/ 1. a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds. Labels: UK, slang 2. A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: fin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis. Pronunciation: /fɪn/, /fən/ 1. "The end". Labels: archaic 2. Denotes the end of the road. Labels: obsolete
Word: fin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of finasteride. Pronunciation: /fɪn/, /fən/ 1. finasteride Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: Bondi Junction Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɒndaɪ ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/ 1. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: ocarina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -ica Latin *avica Late Latin auca Italian oca Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īna Italian -ina Italian ocarinabor. English ocarina Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal. Pronunciation: /ɒkəˈɹiːnə/, /ɑkəˈɹinə/, /oʊkəˈɹinə/ 1. A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.
Word: acquirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acquire Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English acquirer From acquire + -er. 1. One who acquires. 2. A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
Word: acquisition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquīrō, acquīrere; equivalent to acquire + -ition. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/, /ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/ 1. The act or process of acquiring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself. 2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition. 3. The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acquisitor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who acquires.
Word: activation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation ▲ English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate ▲ English -ation English -ion English activation From active or activate + -ation Pronunciation: /ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/, /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/ 1. Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Alarm activations cause the driver to have to stop the train - and in some cases walk back to reset it. The activations caused 1,032 minutes of delays and nine cancellations. 2. The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process by which molecules are made able to react. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: using shopper activation to convert shoppers into buyers
Word: nonferrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ferrous. 1. Containing no iron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: actrice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French actrice, from Latin actrīx. Doublet of actrix. 1. Female equivalent of actor. Labels: archaic, feminine, form-of Example: These Actrices, perhaps in their first Scenes, found some applause amongst themselves, but the World knows they have not mended their own reputations, by endeavouring to destroy mine; Example: This, if any, is the good which can be learned from Plays; but on the other ſide, the life of Actors and Actrices, their geſtures, actions, carriage, and whatſoever elſe is in them joyned to the bad inclinations of the generality of ſpectators, will quite hinder any good effect, and deſtroy what good diſpoſitions might happen to be in them:[…]
Word: actualization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English actual 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 actualize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English actualization From actualize + -ation. 1. making actual or really existent Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: actuarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From actuary + -al. Pronunciation: /æk.tjuˈɛəɹ.i.əl/, /ækˈt͡ʃuː.ɹiːəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to actuaries. Labels: not-comparable Example: The SOA and CAS jointly sponsor a Web site for those interested in pursuing an actuarial career. 2. Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance. Labels: not-comparable Example: But in dealing with the problem of old-age insurance, some understanding of the actuarial principles becomes imperative, because their neglect has led many useful and well-meant experiments to grief.
Word: fiancée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French fiancé Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French fiancéebor. English fiancée Borrowed from French fiancée. Pronunciation: /fiˈɒ̃.seɪ/, /fiˈɒn.seɪ/, /fiˈɑn.seɪ/, /ˌfi.ɑnˈseɪ/ 1. A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged. Labels: formal Example: Toward the end of 1860, as told in his book, Lindley, together with his Portuguese fiancée Marie, a British friend he called “L.”, and a Greek friend B. Philip, joined the Taiping Army at Tianjing (Nanjing) — the capital of the Taiping Kingdom.
Word: vicissitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Portuguese vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”). Pronunciation: /vɪˈsɪs.ɪˌt(j)uːd/, /vaɪˈsɪs.ɪˌtuːd/ 1. Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability. 2. A change, especially in one's life or fortunes. Labels: in-plural, often Example: And God made.. the Stars, and set them in the firmament of Heaven to illuminate the Earth, and rule the day in their vicissitude... Example: Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the fourteenth day of the present month.
Word: dental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛn.təl/, [ˈdɛnɾəɫ], [ˈdɛɾ̃əɫ], [ˈdɛnəɫ], [ˈdɛnɾɫ̩] 1. Of or concerning the teeth. Labels: relational Example: dental care 2. Of or concerning dentistry. Labels: relational 3. Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth. Example: dental fricative 4. Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal. Labels: uncommon
Word: dental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛn.təl/, [ˈdɛnɾəɫ], [ˈdɛɾ̃əɫ], [ˈdɛnəɫ], [ˈdɛnɾɫ̩] 1. Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth. 2. A dental sound. Example: 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.
Word: meteorology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología), from μετέωρα (metéōra, “celestial phenomena”), nominalized from the neuter plural of μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”), + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) + -ology (“study of”). First attested in 1563. Pronunciation: /ˌmiːtɪəˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: study of meteorology Example: department of meteorology 2. The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: meteorology report
Word: dens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /dɛnz/ 1. plural of den Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dens Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /dɛnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of den. Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). Doublet of dent and tooth. Pronunciation: /dɛnz/ 1. A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.
Word: nox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Italic *nokts Latin noxlbor. English nox Learned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. 1. The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.
Word: nox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nox (“night; darkness”), by analogy with lux from Latin lūx (“light; daylight, day”). Doublet of night. 1. millilux (unit of illuminance) Labels: rare
Word: nox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From N (“nitrogen”) + ox (“oxide”). 1. Alternative form of NOx (nitrogen oxides) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: nos
Word: numinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nūmen (“nod of the head; divine sway or will; divinity”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality). Nūmen is believed to derive either from Latin *nuō (“to nod”) or from Ancient Greek νοούμενον (nooúmenon, “influence perceptible by the mind but not the senses”) (ultimately from νόος (nóos, “mind; thought; purpose”)). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːmɪnəs/, /ˈn(j)umənəs/ 1. Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity. Example: His interest in numinous objects led him on a quest for the Holy Grail. Example: The fetish of Huitzilopochtli, bundled up and screened from profane eyes, now preceded the wandering group, carried on the back of his oracle-priest or sorcerer who alone was holy enough to handle safely the numinous object. 2. Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring. Example: The Will of a King is very numinous; it hath a kind of vast universality in it, it is many times greater than the will of his whole Kingdom, stiffened with ill Counsel and ill Presidents: […] Example: Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth. In the songs Miles, Dean, Serge and Leonard sang was either some fraction of the truth's numinous beauty (as Mucho now believed) or only a power spectrum.
Word: colonus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnusbor. English colonus Borrowed from Latin colōnus. 1. A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages. Labels: historical
Word: first declension Part of Speech: noun 1. In Latin, a pattern of inflection of a group of nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which have an -a- in their stems. Example: Most first declension nouns are feminine, but a few like agricola and nauta are masculine. 2. In Russian and Ukrainian, a pattern of inflection of a group of (mostly) feminine nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which end in -а/-я in the nominative singular. 3. In Lithuanian, a pattern of inflection of a group of masculine nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which end in -as/-is/-ys/-ias in the nominative singular; also a pattern of inflection of a group of adjectives that end in -(i)as in the masculine nominative singular. 4. In Latvian, a pattern of inflection of a group of masculine nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which end in -s/-š in the nominative singular, with thematic vowel -a-. 5. In Irish, a pattern of inflection of a group of masculine nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which end in a broad consonant in the nominative singular, and a slender consonant in the genitive singular; also a group of adjectives inflected similarly. 6. In Swedish, a pattern of inflection of a group of common-gender nouns that are declined (inflected) in the same way, and which end in -a or a consonant in the nominative singular, and -or in the nominative plural.
Word: mesa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.sə/, /ˈmɛ.sə/ 1. A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges. Example: A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado River. Example: Low mesas, dry, treeless, stretch back from the brink of the canyon, often showing smooth surfaces of naked, solid rock. 2. a structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it Example: The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.
Word: PIE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /piː.aɪ.iː/ 1. Initialism of Proto-Indo-European. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, usually
Word: PIE Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /piː.aɪ.iː/ 1. Initialism of Proto-Indo-European. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, usually
Word: PIE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /piː.aɪ.iː/ 1. Initialism of public-interest entity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PIE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /piː.aɪ.iː/ 1. Initialism of Pan Island Expressway. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PIE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /piː.aɪ.iː/ 1. Initialism of Paedophile Information Exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: spruce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Spruce, spruse (1412), and Sprws (1378) were terms for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, wood, leather). The tree with this name was also believed to have been native to Prussia. The adjective and verb senses ("trim, neat" and "to make trim, neat") are attested from 1594, and originate with spruce leather (1466), which was used to make a popular style of jerkins in the 1400s that was considered smart-looking. Pronunciation: /spɹuːs/, /spɹʉs/ 1. Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The wood of a spruce. Labels: uncountable 3. Made of the wood of the spruce. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: That spruce table is beautiful! 4. Prussian leather; pruce. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: spruce Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Spruce, spruse (1412), and Sprws (1378) were terms for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, wood, leather). The tree with this name was also believed to have been native to Prussia. The adjective and verb senses ("trim, neat" and "to make trim, neat") are attested from 1594, and originate with spruce leather (1466), which was used to make a popular style of jerkins in the 1400s that was considered smart-looking. Pronunciation: /spɹuːs/, /spɹʉs/ 1. Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person). Labels: comparable Example: Hovv often vvould the Svvaines prepare their Morrice & their May / To haue a ſight of her, vvhen all enamoured vvent their vvay? / The ſprevvſeſt Citie-Lads for her vvould faine the Countrie-aire, / And that their prouder Girles had but adultrate beauties ſvvaire, […] Example: [A] baker's boy in a white apron and blue jumpers went by carrying a basket of bread on his head; and from the nearby tobacconist's, a spruce young lieutenant dressed in a black uniform emerged lighting a cigarette.
Word: spruce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Spruce, spruse (1412), and Sprws (1378) were terms for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, wood, leather). The tree with this name was also believed to have been native to Prussia. The adjective and verb senses ("trim, neat" and "to make trim, neat") are attested from 1594, and originate with spruce leather (1466), which was used to make a popular style of jerkins in the 1400s that was considered smart-looking. Pronunciation: /spɹuːs/, /spɹʉs/ 1. To arrange neatly; tidy up. Labels: usually, with-up 2. To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance). Labels: ambitransitive, usually, with-up 3. To tease.