nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tandoori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani तन्दूरी (tandūrī) / تندوری (tandūrī), from Classical Persian تنوری (tanūrī). Pronunciation: /tænˈdʊɹi/, /tɑnˈdʊɹi/, /tænˈdʊəɹi/, /tænˈdɔːɹi/ 1. A dish that was cooked in a tandoor. 2. A curry meal. Labels: UK, informal Example: Call me when you get in and invite me out for a tandoori — Oh, and by the way, Jude e-mailed to say she's still having a ball with Marcus and everything's as sweet as a nut. Example: Having a relaxing stress-free pint with my fiancée, going for a tandoori afterwards and hoping that she'll come back to my place for B and B, or who knows, maybe even invite me to hers.' 3. An Indian restaurant, especially one with a tandoor. Labels: UK, informal Example: He's done those lads at a tandoori when they started giving him grief. Example: Now, of course, there is a tandoori in every high street (and a balti and a Thai takeaway as well); proving, if proof were needed, that people's tastes even in conservative Britain are nothing like so conservative as is often supposed.
Word: tandoor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani तंदूर (tandūr) / تندور (tandūr), from Classical Persian تنور (tannūr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/, “oven”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru), all meaning "(clay) oven". Compare also Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬏𐬭𐬀 (tanūra). Doublet of athanor. Pronunciation: /tænˈdʊə(ɹ)/, /tɑːnˈdʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A cylindrical clay oven used in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent to make flat bread or to cook meat. Example: You can cook naan in a normal oven, but the results will inevitably disappoint; even Indians generally wait to savour them in restaurants, as very few homes are equipped with a tandoor.
Word: sorority Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité. Pronunciation: /səˈrɒrɪti/, /səˈrɔrəti/ 1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood. 2. A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Labels: Philippines, US Example: Every day is a party at this sorority! Example: And Florida State University suspended all frats and sororities for two months after the November 2017 death of Pi Kappa Phi pledge Andrew Coffey, which has since been determined to have been due to hazing, according to police. […] When Jo Hannah Burch pledged a sorority at Young Harris College, a private liberal arts college in North Georgia, she too was looking to meet new people.
Word: steamroller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam + roller. Pronunciation: /ˈstimˌroʊlɚ/ 1. A steam-powered heavy road roller. Labels: historical 2. Any heavy road roller. Labels: broadly, informal 3. Any seemingly irresistible force. Labels: figuratively Example: Well, I'm a steamroller, babe / I'm bound to roll all over you Example: England's last line-out in World Cup rugby had been stolen by New Zealand in a dramatic conclusion to the final three years ago, but the driving maul remains a potent weapon and flanker Sadia Kabeya was decisive as England fired up the steamroller once more. 4. A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end. Labels: slang Example: It's more about him testing his wares. He rolls joints. He doesn't own a bong, hookah, smoking pipe, chillum, vaporizer, scale, dugout system, grinder, or steamroller.
Word: steamroller Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From steam + roller. Pronunciation: /ˈstimˌroʊlɚ/ 1. To level a road using a steamroller. Labels: transitive 2. To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: pan pipes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of panpipes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-normally
Word: peritoneal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peritone(um) + -al. Compare New Latin peritonaeālis. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛrətəˈni.əl/, /ˌpɛrɪtəˈniːəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum. Labels: not-comparable Example: After opening the bladder (incision extending 1 inch pubically from peritoneal fold) the prostate was injected deeply with 1 per cent. cocain while the pericapsular region was injected with the 1 : 400 novocain solution.
Word: pleural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pleura + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈplʊɹ.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax. Labels: not-comparable Example: The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line. 2. Thin and transparent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pleural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pleura + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈplʊɹ.əl/ 1. An internal segment of the turtle carapace.
Word: problematization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English problematize 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 problematization From problematize + -ation. 1. The process of problematizing, or something problematized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: problematize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek προβάλλω (probállō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρόβλημα, προβλήματος (próblēma, problḗmatos) 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 problematize From Ancient Greek πρόβλημα, προβλήματος (próblēma, problḗmatos) + English -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləmətaɪz/, /ˈpɹɑbləmətaɪz/ 1. To make something into a problem. Labels: transitive Example: "If the mob are involved in building a casino," Tina says, "offing some guy who's problematizing their plans is nothing to them. […] 2. To consider something as if it were a problem. Labels: transitive Example: Dr Allen said it could affect social cohesion and potentially drive harmful rhetoric around migration when Australia's population change was problematised. 3. To propose problems. Labels: intransitive Example: Hear him problematize.
Word: panettone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian panettone, from Lombard panaton, an augmentative of pan (“bread”). Pronunciation: /ˌpænəˈtoʊni/, /ˌpanɪˈtəʊnɪ/, /ˌpanɪˈtəʊneɪ/ 1. A soft Italian sourdough brioche from Milan, with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas as a dessert. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have long admired panettone, the ultimate raisin bread, the ideal toast and French toast, a great base for poached fruit, and a substitute for bread in bread pudding which redefines the dish. Panettone looks like the back of an Italian Renaissance cathedral […] Example: In this tasty holiday recipe, traditional panettone is stuffed with a creamy filling. This is a traditional Christmas bread recipe from Milano which can now not only be found across Italy, but worldwide.
Word: pandoro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pandoro (literally “golden bread”). Pronunciation: /panˈdɔːɹəʊ/ 1. A sweet bread loaf of Veronese origin, in the shape of a star, traditionally eaten at Christmas.
Word: panforte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian. 1. A dense flat cake, a speciality of Siena, made with honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied fruit, cocoa and spices.
Word: honey bee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hony bee. 1. Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
Word: mauling Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of something being mauled.
Word: mauling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of maul Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cat state Part of Speech: noun 1. A superposition of the most extreme states possible in a system, analogous with Schrödinger's cat, which is in a superposition of dead and alive.
Word: Elizabethan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Elizabeth + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns), referring to Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Elizabeth II (1926–2022), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762). Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/, /əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/ 1. Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. Example: This Elizabethan Era, and all its nobleness and blessedness, came without proclamation, preparation of ours. Priceless Shakspeare^([sic]) was the free gift of Nature; given altogether silently;—received altogether silently, as if it had been a thing of little account. And yet, very literally, it is a priceless thing. Example: Although the potato actually has no exciting value, it was believed, in the seventeenth century, to possess definite aphrodisiac qualities, and is frequent mentioned in this respect in Elizabethan drama. 2. Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. Example: Some people have expressed the hope that my reign may mark a new Elizabethan age. Frankly I do not myself feel at all like my great Tudor forbear, […] But there is at least one very significant resemblance between her age and mine. For her Kingdom, small though it may have been and poor by comparison with her European neighbours, was yet great in spirit and well endowed with men who were ready to encompass the earth. Example: (The second Elizabethan era, that is. I’m not a maniac.) 3. Pertaining to the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, from 1741 to 1762. Example: In any case, his [Peter III’s] action was a complete reversal of the Elizabethan policy, and his offer of unconditional peace eliminated Russia’s chance to secure concessions from Frederick. Example: The extent of her [Catherine the Great’s] knowledge and her appetite for reading made her one of the best-read women in Europe and the most unusual and outstanding woman in Elizabethan Russia.
Word: Elizabethan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Elizabeth + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns), referring to Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Elizabeth II (1926–2022), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762). Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/, /əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/ 1. A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. Example: Here too [Francis] Drake had luck: he took advantage of the Sultan of Ternate's war with the Portuguese garrison upon Tidore to make a treaty with him to sell his produce exclusively to the English. The literal-minded Elizabethans attached great importance to this: on the principle of never throwing an argument away, they regarded it as giving them a right to share in the spice-trade. 2. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. Example: The ‘New Elizabethans’ were to be in continuity with their past, but also youthful, inventive, exploratory – a spirit most clearly to be seen in the arts.
Word: Soames Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Soame. 1. A surname.
Word: Batista Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romance (Spanish Batista and Portuguese Batista). 1. A surname from the Romance languages, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Word: branding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbrændɪŋ/ 1. The process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living animal or person (usually a livestock animal). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Punishment for theft was inflicted, either by fine, imprisonment, or hard labour, or by branding. Example: Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were. 2. The promotion of a commercial brand of product or service in order to give it greater public awareness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: marketing, promotion 3. The trade dress thus presented (trademarks, wordmarks, colorways, liveries, and so on). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: labeling Example: They are contractually obligated to remove all of our branding from the merchandise if they sell it to anyone else. That means they have to cut open the packages and then either sell the kitchenware in bulk or repackage it.
Word: branding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbrændɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of brand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: running iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A branding iron which is not bent into the shape of the mark but rather requires the user to write the desired brand (and thus allows writing any brand). Example: So flagrantly did these gentlemen miswield the “running iron,” that several States eventually forbade its use by anybody, and everywhere its mere possession gave rise to suspicion.
Word: medicine men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medicine man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Medicine Hat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Blackfoot saamis (“eagle-feather headdress worn by medicine men”) 1. A city in Cypress, Alberta, Canada. Example: Smith, speaking during a town hall in Medicine Hat Tuesday, said step one for the premiers was to agree to the federal government’s staggered countertariff plan targeting exports to the U.S. that Canada can easily get elsewhere.
Word: quaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quakinge, quakyng, from Old English cwacung (“quaking, trembling”), equivalent to quake + -ing. 1. The action of the verb quake. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English quakynge, quakand, from Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), present participle of Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”); equivalent to quake + -ing. 1. Shaking uncontrollably, especially due to fear or awe; trembling or shivering.
Word: quaking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quakynge, quakand, from Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), present participle of Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”); equivalent to quake + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of quake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scald Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”). Cognate with Old Swedish skalda, skolda, skolla, skala, Swedish skålla, Danish skolde, Norwegian skålda, skaalda, Icelandic skálda. Also compare Old Norse skálda (“to rot, fall off, of hair”), to skalli (“baldness”), borrowed as Middle English scalle (“hair loss infection, rash, blistering”), English scall. Pronunciation: /skɔld/, /skɑld/, /skɔːld/, /skɒld/ 1. To burn with hot liquid. Example: to scald the hand Example: Mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead. 2. To heat almost to boiling. Example: Scald the milk until little bubbles form.
Word: scald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald From Middle English scalden, assumed to stem from Old Northern French escalder (compare central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”). Cognate with Old Swedish skalda, skolda, skolla, skala, Swedish skålla, Danish skolde, Norwegian skålda, skaalda, Icelandic skálda. Also compare Old Norse skálda (“to rot, fall off, of hair”), to skalli (“baldness”), borrowed as Middle English scalle (“hair loss infection, rash, blistering”), English scall. Pronunciation: /skɔld/, /skɑld/, /skɔːld/, /skɒld/ 1. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam. 2. A paste, made by mixing flour with hot or boiling water (causing starches in it to gelatinize and hold more water) and allowing that mixture to sit and cool, which is added to bread dough to produce a softer bread that takes longer to stale. Example: […] stir in the flour by hand, and afterwards add the boiling water, and stir vigorously as already described for Virgin barm. The scald should not be so stiff as for Virgin, and should taste sweet when newly made. Example: THE NIGHT BEFORE: MIX THE LEAVEN AND PREPARE THE SCALD. [...] mix the rye starter with the whole rye flour and room temperature water. Cover with a lid and let rest overnight, or 8 to 10 hours. Make the scald[:] In a 1-pint deli container (or similar container), combine the dark rye flour and boiling water and mix thoroughly until there is no dry flour. [...] let rest overnight […] 3. Poor or bad land. Labels: Appalachia
Word: scald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of scall or scalled. Compare cognate Old Swedish skold, skoldh, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“rash”). Pronunciation: /skɔld/, /skɑld/, /skɔːld/, /skɒld/ 1. Scaliness; a scabby skin disease. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Her craftie head was altogether bald, / And as in hate of honorable eld, / Was ouergrowne with scurfe and filthy scald[…]. Example: Some heale Horses, some cure men, some the plague, some the scald [translating teigne], some the cough, some one kinde of scab, and some another[…].
Word: scald Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of scall or scalled. Compare cognate Old Swedish skold, skoldh, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“rash”). Pronunciation: /skɔld/, /skɑld/, /skɔːld/, /skɒld/ 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. Labels: obsolete Example: and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion, 2. Paltry; worthless. Labels: obsolete Example: Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d? And haue a thouſand horſmen tane away? And which is worſe to haue his Diadem Sought for by ſuch ſcalde knaues as loue him not? Example: Saucy lictors / Will catch at us like strumpets, and scald rhymers / Ballad us out o' tune.
Word: scald Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɔld/, /skɑld/, /skɔːld/, /skɒld/ 1. Alternative form of skald. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The fire was spreading rapidly through all parts of the castle, when Ulrica, who had first kindled it, appeared on a turret, in the guise of one of the ancient furies, yelling forth a war-song, such as was of yore chaunted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons.
Word: medicine man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwinini (“doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”). 1. A Native American shamanistic healer. Example: And the Jossakeeds, the Prophets, The Wabenos, the Magicians, And the Medicine-men, the Medas, Painted upon bark and deer-skin Figures for the songs they chanted Example: Sitting Bull is commonly thought of as a warrior. In point of fact he was not. He was a “medicine man;” which means that he included within himself the three professions of the priesthood, medicine and law. 2. A traditional healer among other indigenous or ancient peoples. Example: When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee. Example: "I'm sorry kiddies," he said, "but I haven't very much faith in Medicine Men." 3. The pitchman at a medicine show. Example: One of the most successful of the tent road-showmen is Dr. J. Van Cleve, old-time medicine man, who operates out of Portland. Van Cleve pitches his tent for a week and shows a different film program each night combined with a vaude show. Example: the medicine man offered free entertainment in exchange for an opportunity to sell hope to a nation of individually troubled people.
Word: containment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English containment From contain + -ment. Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪnmənt/ 1. The state of being contained. Labels: uncountable Example: A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes. 2. The state of containing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Something contained. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The containment of a rich man's estate. 4. A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back. 5. A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant. Labels: countable 6. An inclusion. Labels: countable
Word: TriBeCa Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Tribeca. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Kim Hastreiter, a founder of Paper Magazine, credits Mr. McNally with helping establish TriBeCa as an artists’ haven in the 1980s.
Word: Tribeca Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of triangle + below + canal (“Canal Street, New York”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈbɛkə/ 1. A region of lower-west Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States; the Triangle Below Canal Street.
Word: synchicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French synchicité. 1. The degree of synchronization between multimedia elements, e.g. between audio and video or between audio and subtitles. Labels: uncountable
Word: soaked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səʊkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of soak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soaked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səʊkt/ 1. Drenched with water, or other liquid. 2. Very drunk; inebriated. Labels: UK, slang 3. Punched; beaten up; physically assaulted. Labels: US, slang
Word: nihilartikel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Nihilartikel, apparently coined as a hoax in the German-language Wikipedia in 2003 and later picked up by the English Wikipedia, from where it spread to blogs, books, etc., which are now used again as references for these sites, leading to a form of citogenesis. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪlˌɑɹt.ɪkl̩/, /ˈniː.hiːl.ɑːɹtˌiː.kəl/ 1. A deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or academic work, generally identifiable as false, usually included to brand the intellectual property so copies can be identified. Example: 2005 May 1, Eve Maler, “The Language Log”, Pushing String, at www.xmlgrrl.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061111100505/http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/archives/2005/05/01/the-language-log/ The post never does find the word it’s looking for, but it eventually alights on a discussion of the Nihilartikel, a fake dictionary or encyclopedia entry created for playful or copyright-trap reasons. Example: A nihilartikel was once inserted into Wikipedia that lasted for five months.
Word: syntactically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English syntactic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English syntactically From syntactic + -ally. 1. According to the rules of syntax. Example: The sentence was syntactically correct, but made no sense. Example: Thus, there is a third kind of judgment, which we shall call characterization. The wa-phrase and ga-phrase serve syntactically to distinguish predicational judgment not only from nonpredicational description but also from characterizational judgment.
Word: mulled wine Part of Speech: noun 1. Red wine with spices (e.g. cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger) served hot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mulled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mʌld/ 1. simple past and past participle of mull Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ASE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Automotive Service Excellence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Association for Science Education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Alliance to Save Energy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of American Society of Echocardiography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of The All-Seeing Eye. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Automated Software Engineering (a journal published by Springer, and an unrelated series of conferences) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Adaptive Server Enterprise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Amman Stock Exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of Association for Social Economics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of Android Scripting Environment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Currently, it is possible to run PHP scripts on Android via PFA's unofficial ASE build or its PhpForAndroid application. 11. Initialism of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A high-end IC packaging and testing plant in Kaohsiung owned by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., a 100-percent-owned subsidiary of ASE Technology Holding Co., has been selected as a "lighthouse factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF). In a statement, ASE said on Saturday that the Kaohsiung bumping plant had been included by the WEF in the organization's Global Lighthouse Network (GLN), a community of manufacturing sites and value chains that are leaders in the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies. 12. Initialism of [https: /studyabroadbath.org Advanced Studies in England]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 13. Initialism of [https: /www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/10480 Annals of Software Engineering]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 14. Initialism of [https: /www.ecotox.org.au/aje Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 15. Initialism of Association of Space Explorers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 16. Initialism of [https: /surgicaleducation.com Association for Surgical Education]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 17. Initialism of [https: /www.astronomyedinburgh.org Astronomical Society of Edinburgh]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 18. Initialism of [https: /ethnohistory.org American Society for Ethnohistory]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 19. Initialism of [https: /ase.org.au Australian Society of Endodontology]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of aromatic stabilization energy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, physical, uncountable
Word: AUT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Auckland University of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of American University of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Advanced Universal Technologies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Amirkabir University of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Association of University Teachers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of Blu-ray Disc. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of birthday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Bachelor of Divinity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of battledress. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Behçet's disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of bipolar disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of Bowen's disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of biographical dictionary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of brush damp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of business development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of bondage and discipline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of broker-dealer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BD Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of Building Design: a British architectural magazine founded in 1970. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Book of the Dead. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French BD. 1. Comics.
Word: BD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of baby dance. 1. An act of sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception. Labels: colloquial
Word: BD Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Initialism of baby dance. 1. To have sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception. Labels: colloquial Example: We haven't BD since day 21 (we had already BD 11 times in past 2 weeks). Example: Temperature is up. That means I ovulated yesterday, so I can figure out how well we did this cycle. Hmmm, BD’d two days before ovulation and the day of. That’s pretty good.
Word: CBD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of case-based discussion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of central business district. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of consortium board of directors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of component-based development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of chemical and biological defence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of chronic beryllium disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of cut and blow-dry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Abbreviation of cannabidiol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: It’s hard to say the precise moment when CBD, the voguish cannabis derivative, went from being a fidget spinner alternative for stoners to a mainstream panacea. Example: “It is a kind of a new snake oil in the sense that there are a lot of claims and not so much evidence,” said Dustin Lee, an assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University who is planning a human trial of CBD for use in quitting smoking. 9. Initialism of common bile duct. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of corticobasal degeneration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: tangentiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tangential Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English tangentiality From tangential + -ity. 1. The quality of being tangential. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tiered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɪə(ɹ)d/, /tɪɹd/, /tiɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of tier Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tiered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɪə(ɹ)d/, /tɪɹd/, /tiɚd/ 1. Having or made of tiers. Example: a tiered wedding cake Example: tiered seating 2. Having or made of tiers. Labels: in-compounds Example: two-tiered justice system
Word: murrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian. 1. a glass mosaic cane made by fusing together layers of coloured glass
Word: murrine Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of murrhine (“made of murra”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: CCA Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Initialism of controller of certifying/certification authorities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cocurricular activity. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of certified cropadvisor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Citrix certified administrator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of chromated copper arsenate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of consumer and corporate affairs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of clear channel assessment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of cold cranking amperes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of congenital contractural arachnodactyly. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of common carotid artery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of continuous configuration automation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of customer care assistant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of collaborative combat aircraft: a combat drone wingman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The contracts “represent the next critical evolution of air power,” the Air Force said. The drones are designed to fly alongside warplanes flown by human pilots. But unlike today’s Reaper drones, which must be flown remotely, the new drones are being built to fly autonomously with limited human command. […] The military says it plans to buy about 150 of the new drones, which it calls collaborative combat aircraft or CCAs, by the end of the decade and about 1,000 total.
Word: CCA Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Initialism of California College of the Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Centre for Contemporary Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Coastal Conservation Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Corrections Corp of America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Canadian Cat Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of California Culinary Academy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Call Centre Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Canadian Construction Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of Christian Conference of Asia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of Canadian Cycling Association, former name of Cycling Canada Cyclisme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of Center for Computational Aesthetics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 12. Initialism of Chandigarh College of Architecture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 13. Initialism of Centre for Corporate Accountability, closed down in 2009. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 14. Initialism of Corporate Council on Africa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 15. Initialism of Career College Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 16. Initialism of Commonwealth Copyright Administration. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 17. Initialism of Computer Corporation of America, a computing company founded in 1965 and acquired in 2010 by Rocket Software. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 18. Initialism of Canadian Chiropractic Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 19. Initialism of Canadian Council of Archives. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 20. Initialism of Caribbean Contemporary Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 21. Initialism of Canadian Conference of the Arts, discontinued in 2012. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 22. Initialism of Canadian Cartographic Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 23. Initialism of Calgary Construction Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 24. Initialism of Common Component Architecture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 25. Initialism of Computability and Complexity in Analysis, a book. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 26. Initialism of Coca-Cola Amatil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 27. Initialism of Centre for Creative Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 28. Initialism of C Code Analyzer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 29. Initialism of Conference of Consulting Actuaries. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 30. Initialism of Colon Cancer Alliance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 31. Initialism of Continental Chess Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: murderous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality). Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːdəɹəs/, /ˈmɜːdɹəs/, /ˈmɝdəɹəs/, /ˈmɝdɹəs/ 1. Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers. Example: Aſſaſſinat: m. A murther, or murtherous act committed for gaine, or in hope of a revvard; alſo, a ſuddaine aſſault, made of ſet purpoſe, and vvith a murtherous intent, although th' aſſaulted be not killed. Example: Every time I heard the bell strike, that denotes the time on board a ship, I full of terror counted the hours until four o'clock; feeling sure that when that hour came, my enemies would begin their murderous attack. 2. Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal. Example: murderous behaviour Example: She gave me a murderous look. 3. Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal. Labels: figuratively, often Example: The rapid ſquadrons ſwift as thought engage, / And ſeek the hoſtile troops who ſhun their rage, / 'Midſt the thick clouds which ſmoak and duſt afford / With dreadful luſtre gleams the murderous ſword; […] Example: In neceſſary ſelf-defence men have a right to kill their aſſailants. But duelling is unlawful and murderous, a remain of the ancient Gothic barbarity. 4. Very difficult. Labels: broadly Example: a murderous exam Example: conditions were murderous
Word: stormy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to storm + -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmisch (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɔɹmi/ 1. Of or pertaining to storms. 2. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain. Example: a stormy season or a stormy day Example: It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […] 3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury. Example: a stormy sound or stormy shocks 4. Violent; passionate; rough. Example: stormy passions a stormy relationship Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She was real at ease & at peace with herself. Didn't seem to have the stormy feeling I've had lately.
Word: CED Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms or acronyms 1. Initialism of community economic development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of computer education and design. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of counseling and educational development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Camurati-Engelmann disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Capacitance Electronic Disc. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Civil Engineering Department 7. Community and Economic Development 8. Cooperative Education Division
Word: CED Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms or acronyms 1. Initialism of Collins English Dictionary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Cultural Entomology Digest, an entomology magazine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Committee for Economic Development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Cambridge Electronic Design 5. Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. 6. Council for Entrepreneurial Development 7. Capacitance Electronic Disc 8. College of Environmental Design 9. Christian Engineers in Development 10. Centre for Education and Documentation 11. Chemical Exchange Directory Example: CED gives suppliers data preparation sheets for collecting details on each product. Example: CED provides online access to the Service and also offers the Supplier Information Service (SIS), an online product catalog for suppliers. 12. Centre for Executive Development 13. Council on the Education of the Deaf 14. Centre for Educational Development 15. Canada Economic Development 16. California Environmental Dialogue 17. Consolidated Energy Design 18. CONNECT: Entrepreneur Development
Word: AUC Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin AUC, (anno) ab urbe condita (“from the founding of the city”) or anno urbis conditae (“in the year of the city's having been founded”), both in reference to Rome's legendary establishment by Romulus. The era was not in common use by the Romans, who preferred dating by the years' consuls, but Roman historians give several dates for this era. The one most commonly used in the present day is Varro's, which dates from the third year of the sixth Olympiad (753 bc). 1. According to the Roman era, which reckons the number of years passed from the foundation of the city of Rome by Romulus, now usually taken as 753 bc. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: The Senate (A.U.C. 514) decreed that the eldest son alone should bear his father's praenomen.
Word: AUC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English initialisms. 1. Initialism of area under curve (the area under the curve in a plot of concentration of drug in blood plasma against time). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AUC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of Spanish Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia. 1. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a paramilitary group active from 1997 to 2006. Labels: historical Example: The payments continued after the U.S. government designated the AUC as a foreign terrorist organization in September 2001.
Word: AUC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism. 1. Initialism of assets under custody. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: abhorrences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abhorrence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aberrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aberration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abeles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbiːlz/ 1. plural of abele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abductions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩s/ 1. plural of abduction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abductees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æb.dəkˈtiːz/ 1. plural of abductee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abducted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abduct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abducted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌktɪd/ 1. Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Police are searching for an abducted child.
Word: abdications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abdication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CET Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Central European Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Durov appeared in a Parisian court at 10 am CET on Dec. 6, alongside his lawyers David-Olivier Kaminski and Christophe Ingrain. 2. Initialism of CERN Expenditure Tracking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Comcast Entertainment Television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Abbreviation of Cetus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Initialism of College of Engineering, Trivandrum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Computer Education Trust. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Center for Educational Technology/ies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Centre for English Teaching. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of Creative Energy Technologies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of Center for Educational Telecommunications. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of Center for Employment Training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 12. Initialism of Center for Entrepreneurship and Technologies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 13. Initialism of Center for Excellence in Teaching. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 14. Initialism of Center for Ecological Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 15. Initialism of Centre for Environmental Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 16. Initialism of College of Engineering and Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 17. Initialism of Centre for Education and Training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CET Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Central England temperature. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Common Entrance Test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of College English Test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism