nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: heterotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der. Latin -ōticusder. French -otiquebor. English -otic English heterotic From hetero- + -otic. 1. Of or pertaining to heterosis. Example: An instructive example of a heterotic individual is ʽThe Toast of Botswana’. The Toast is a cross between a female goat and a male sheep. 2. Describing a hybrid form of string theory (See Heterotic string theory on Wikipedia)
Word: heterotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der. Latin -ōticusder. French -otiquebor. English -otic English heterotic From hetero- + -otic. 1. A hybrid organism of this kind.
Word: fermionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fermion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English fermionic From fermion + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fermions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pansexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pansexual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English pansexuality From pansexual + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌpæn.sɛk.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌpæn.sɛk.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/ 1. A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They know nothing of flower power or meditation, pansexuality, or mind expansion. 2. Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: Pansexuality encompasses all kinds of sexuality. It differs, however, from pansexualism, a perspective that declares “all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct.” Pansexuality includes heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and sexual behavior that does not necessarily involve a coupling. It includes, for example, masturbation, celibacy, fetishism, and fantasy. Moreover, pansexuality includes heteroerotic and homoerotic play and sexual aggression, sometimes mislabeled as “horseplay.”
Word: Patrylo Part of Speech: name 1. A surname of Ukrainian origin.
Word: reflex hammer Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used by a physician to tap the body and test for certain reflexes.
Word: live and let live Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly a calque of Dutch leven en laten leven, which was mentioned by Gerard de Malynes in a 1622 book about trade law (in the then-current spelling leuen ende laeten leuen). 1. To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Hout, neighbour," said Mrs. Howden, "we suld live and let live—we hae been young oursells, and we are no aye to judge the warst when lads and lasses forgather." Example: ‘Live and let live’ is my motto: let me alone and I'll let you alone.
Word: boucharde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French boucharde. 1. A bush hammer.
Word: Christingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, possibly from dialectal German Christkindl, Christkindle (“the Christ child, believed to deliver presents to children on Christmas Eve; the presents so brought”), from Christ (“Christ”) + Kindl, Kindle (dialectal diminutive of Kind (“child”)). The -ingle portion of the word may be a corruption of Kris Kringle (“Santa Claus”) (also derived from German Christkindl, Christ Kinde) among the German community in the United States. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪstɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. A small Christmas gift for children symbolizing Jesus Christ as the “light” of the world. A typical modern Christingle is made of an orange with sweets skewered into it, a candle inserted into the top, and a red ribbon wrapped round it. Example: I lit the three Christingles, / I lit them one by one, / On the merry, merry Christmas Eve, / When all the work was done. / I lit the three Christingles, / And they burned with a joyous ray, / But the faces that bent above them / Were fuller of light than they. Example: A Christingle is an orange with a red ribbon around it. A small candle is set in the top. Four sticks, usually cocktail sticks, are placed in the orange. Pieces of fruit or small sweets are placed on the sticks. A Christingle is full of symbolism. The orange represents the world. The red ribbon is the blood of Jesus shed for everyone at his crucifixion. The candle represents Jesus, the Light of the World. The four sticks are either the four seasons or the four corners of the world. The fruit and sweets represent the food that God provides. 2. A church service for children incorporating Christingles, usually held during Advent. Example: The Christingle service always attracts lots of people so the giving out of the oranges has to be limited little children; otherwise, some big children (i.e., teenagers) have been known to try their luck and line up for an orange too! I always used to take my two daughters, Victoria and Alexandra, to the Christingle.
Word: homogeneous space Part of Speech: noun 1. A manifold or topological space X on which G acts by symmetry in a transitive way.
Word: I approve this message Part of Speech: phrase 1. Said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with the elective law passed in 2002. Labels: US 2. Said before or after one makes a declaration to attach a mock solemnity to a strongly held belief. Labels: US, humorous
Word: Mol Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
Word: kier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse ker (whence also Icelandic ker (“tub”)). 1. A bleaching vat. Example: The oil is added to the saturated liquor, which is afterwards introduced into the kier. There is no change required in the bleaching operation. Example: The traditional sequence of pre-treatment is shortened by single stage bleaching, where kiers are still in use.
Word: impunities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impunity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: First Laddie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun on the term First Lady, with laddie. 1. A man who is the spouse of a sitting president. Labels: US, humorous Example: Clinton suggests 'first laddie' title from UPI Example: The perils of having two presidents in the White House from The Australian
Word: clabbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clabber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clabbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clabber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clabbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of clabber Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He clabbered the milk.
Word: clabbered Part of Speech: adj 1. Thickened or curdled. Example: The milk became clabbered. Example: He churned the milk as it soured and clabbered.
Word: having to Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of have to Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: progestin Part of Speech: noun 1. A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disconcertion Part of Speech: noun 1. Anxious embarrassment Labels: uncountable Example: Shadows flickered like disconcertion across their bestial faces as they saw the three men rising to meet them instead of fleeing. Example: One of the reasons that Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and Pee-wee himself, caused so much disconcertion was that the world the characters inhabited was supposedly childlike and innocent, which, in our warped culture, means not sexual. But Pee-wee displayed that "innocence" as little more than sexual repression.
Word: Dianetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by author and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through”) + νοῦς (noûs, “mind”); an alteration of dianoetic. Literally, “through the soul”. Pronunciation: /daɪəˈnɛtɪks/ 1. A self-help system designed by L. Ron Hubbard, today chiefly employed in Scientology. Labels: uncountable Example: In psychology, Dianetics drops into line without disturbing anything concerned with staffs or research or teaching posts, for psychology is simply the study of the psyche and now that there exists a science of the psyche it can go ahead with a will. Thus, Dianetics is the enemy of none, and Dianetics falls utterly outside all existing legislation, none of which anticipated or made any provision for a science of mind.
Word: reactive mind Part of Speech: noun 1. A portion of the brain akin to the subconscious where painful memories, or engrams, are stored.
Word: knot span Part of Speech: noun 1. The range of parameter values between two successive knots in a spline.
Word: urogenital papilla Part of Speech: noun 1. A tubular ending of the urogenital ducts behind the anus in teleost fish. 2. A structure that is located ventral to the anus in female pigs.
Word: stopword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stop + word. 1. Alternative form of stop word. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Between” is a stopword in MySQL.
Word: foundries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊndɹiz/ 1. plural of foundry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vouchsafing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who vouchsafes something.
Word: vouchsafing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vouchsafe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hilts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hilt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hilts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hilt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tonics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tonic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: despotisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of despotism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oral gratification Part of Speech: noun 1. In Freudian psychology, the satisfaction felt in infancy when the need for food, especially from the mother's breast, is fulfilled, and which in later life can be associated with such dysfunctional behaviors as excessive eating, drinking, or smoking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oral gratification was offered almost continuously—between-meal nourishment, before-bed treats, chewing gum and toys which could be sucked and chewed. Example: These experiences left him with a rather unsteady control over his angry impulses, particularly when denied oral gratification such as a drink of liquor.
Word: preceptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preceptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intrusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intrusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of squash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: smoking dope Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smoke dope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crucibles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crucible Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantomimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantomime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantomimes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pantomime Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: regicides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regicide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desolations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desolation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fakirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fakir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /huːts/ 1. plural of hoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoots Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /huːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hoot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: almshouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of almshouse. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stenographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stenographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bayous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bayou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fook Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An eye dialect of fuck. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːk/, /ˈfʊk/ 1. Fuck. Labels: Northern-England, vulgar Example: I thought, Who the fook is Faulkner? And how's he related to us Windsors?
Word: fook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An eye dialect of fuck. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːk/, /ˈfʊk/ 1. To fuck. Labels: Northern-England, transitive, vulgar
Word: fooking Part of Speech: adj 1. fucking; a strong intensifier. Labels: Northern-England, vulgar
Word: fooking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fook Labels: Northern-England, form-of, gerund, participle, present, vulgar
Word: aqualung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung. 1. A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
Word: aqualung Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung. 1. To scuba dive.
Word: colliding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of collide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: colliding Part of Speech: noun 1. A collision.
Word: mass burial Part of Speech: noun 1. The burial of multiple bodies in a mass grave.
Word: Siberian crane Part of Speech: noun 1. A large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia. Example: Baby Siberian cranes learning to fly rose briefly against the sky.
Word: fresnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist. 1. A unit of frequency equal to 10¹² hertz, or one terahertz. 2. A Fresnel lens or a light feature using such a lens
Word: Stopp Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Stopp. 1. A surname from German.
Word: brick-a-brack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bric-a-brac. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: amino sugars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amino sugar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ranchero sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A piquant tomato-based sauce that includes onions, green chilis, such as serranos or jalapenos, and seasonings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seminude Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English nude English seminude From semi- + nude. 1. Scantily dressed; partially naked. Labels: not-comparable Example: The folder is full of photographs of nude and seminude women. 2. Partially exposed. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: seminude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English nude English seminude From semi- + nude. 1. An artwork depicting a partially naked person. Example: Hanover's pictures rarely show the sexual act; his nudes and semi-nudes are sensual rather than frankly sexual.
Word: gluonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gluon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gluonic From gluon + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or mediated by gluons. Example: The two steps in the gluing of matter—quarks into nucleons, and nucleons into nuclei—remain mysterious, and both will be investigated at cebaf. A series of experiments on hadronic excitations will probe the consistent quark model; others will look for gluonic states or for strange quarks inside the proton or neutron. Example: GlueX is an experiment located at the Jefferson Lab, whose purpose is to study nuclear confinement by mapping the spectrum of exotic mesons generated by the excitation of the gluonic field binding the quarks.
Word: semi-nude Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of seminude. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: moer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans moer. 1. To beat; to thrash. Labels: South-Africa, transitive
Word: moer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans moer. 1. Something big or powerful; a whopper; a hell of a thing. Labels: South-Africa Example: Lying dead on the surface of the Monument dam was a moer of a big carp. Example: “Some of the teams are coming in,” he said. “They had a moer of a contact. Get your cameras and let's go.”
Word: gravitino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From graviton + -ino. 1. A subatomic particle, related to the graviton, predicted by supersymmetry Labels: particle
Word: spindrift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots spindrift; further etymology uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is a variant of spoondrift (archaic), apparently due to the pronunciation of this word in southwestern Scotland, which is derived from spoon + drift (“mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water”); spoon is a variant of spoom (“to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted”). However, this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary because spoondrift is attested later than spindrift and it seems unlikely that the Scots spelling would have superseded the English one, and because the early use of the Scots word in the form spenedrift by James Melville (1556–1614) is unlikely to have derived from spoondrift. The word was popularized in English from the late 19th century by its use in the novels of the Scottish-born author William Black (1841–1898): see, for example, the 1878 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪndɹɪft/, /ˈspɪnˌdɹɪft/ 1. Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was no snow as yet up here at Dare; but wild tempests shaking the house to its foundations; and brief gleams of stormy sunlight lighting up the grey spindrift as it was whirled shorewards from the breaking seas; […] Example: The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately producing the storm-wrack and spin-drift of the tempest-tossed sea. 2. Clouds of sand, snow, etc., whipped along the ground by the wind. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: isobare Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of isobar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: perfect storm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1936 in the newspaper The Port Arthur News. 1. A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions. Labels: informal Example: 1796, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries ..., p. 161, But on the 24th of April, the wind again blew a perfect storm, and our other ships of the squadron separated, nor did any of them rejoin the commodore. Example: 1914, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and Edward Lind Morse, Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals, p. 190, Ten o'clock. Beginning to blow hard; taking in sails one after another. — Three o'clock. A perfect storm; the gale a few days ago but a gentle breeze to it. 2. A convergence of multiple adverse factors that together create a critical, disastrous, or unusually severe situation. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: 1862, Frank Moore, Edward Everett, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, p. 149, They sent a perfect storm of bullets, over, under, and into our men. Example: Tory said he was worried that "a perfect storm" of economic factors could put tourist operators and their communities in peril.
Word: wobulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of wobble + oscillator. 1. Alternative form of wobbulator. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coffin nails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coffin nail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stoats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stoat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stoats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stoat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shopping mall Part of Speech: noun 1. A collection of retail stores, usually one with an indoor common area joining the stores, that is usually anchored by department stores. Labels: US
Word: 10BASE5 Part of Speech: noun 1. An early form of Ethernet cable
Word: bija Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja). 1. The origin or cause of things. Labels: Hinduism
Word: mesoxerophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) + xero- + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant whose tolerance to moisture is intermediate between that of a mesophyte and a xerophyte
Word: acidophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -phyte English acidophyte From acid + -o- + -phyte. 1. Any plant that thrives in an acidic environment
Word: acrophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acro- (“sharp; peak”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant, such as an Alpine, that grows at a high altitude
Word: 10BASE2 Part of Speech: noun 1. An early thin form of Ethernet cable
Word: aerophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- (“air”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛː.ɹə(ʊ).fʌɪt/, /ˈɛ.ɹoʊˌfaɪt/, /ˈɛ.ɹəˌfaɪt/ 1. epiphyte
Word: agrophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agro- (“agriculture”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant used as an agricultural crop
Word: citrus fruit Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the fruits in the common genus Citrus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.
Word: aletophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλήτης (alḗtēs, “wanderer, vagrant”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant that grows by the wayside or where the natural vegetation has been disrupted. Labels: rare Example: In the present treatment they have been divided according to biological characteristics into hylophytes or forest plants, poophytes or meadow plants, and aletophytes, ruderal or waste plants. Example: dry mesophytes over shallow soil in an otherwise mesic habitat, pyrophytes around an old campsite fireplace, aletophytes on trails through the community, etc.
Word: amphiphyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amphi- (“near”) + -phyte (“flower”). 1. Any plant that grows on the edges of water or wetlands, and is sometimes submerged.
Word: anemophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anemo- (“wind”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. A type of plant found growing in hollows created by wind in sand dunes, a blow-out plant.
Word: anthophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antho- (“flower”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
Word: anthropophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- (“human”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. A plant introduced into a new habitat by humans
Word: apophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apo- (“away from; lacking”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any native plant growing in disturbed land, such as in an abandoned field
Word: archaeophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaeo- (“ancient; early”) + -phyte (“a plant that grows in a specified habitat”). Archaeo- is derived from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient, primeval”), from ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ, “beginning, origin”) (from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to command, rule”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “suffix forming adjectives”); while -phyte is from Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón, “plant; tree”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to arise, grow, spring up”) + -ον (-on, “suffix forming nouns”). Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkiː.əˌfaɪt/, /ˈɑː.ki.əˌfaɪt/, /ɑɹˈki.əˌfaɪt/, /ˈɑɹ.ki.əˌfaɪt/ 1. A plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times). Example: [page 126] Archæophytes (Rikli), plants which have occurred constantly with us since pre-historic times, originally, however, growing wild nowhere in the country, field and garden weeds, […] [page 127] Further, the flora of the cultivated areas consists of a very heterogeneous element, e.g., the field weed flora is composed of at least two groups, the true Archæophytes […] and the spontaneous Apophytes […] Example: Anthropochorous plants are divided into (a) those introduced unintentionally, including ephemerophytes (casuals), epoikophytes (colonists, aliens) and archaeophytes (naturalised plants), and (b) those introduced intentionally, including ergasiphytes (foreign cultivated plants) and ergasiphygophytes (escapes from cultivation).
Word: arthrophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arthro- (“joint”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant belonging to the former class Arthrophyta (now Equisetopsida); the horsetails
Word: autophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- (“self”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.
Word: Sandras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sandra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blobby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English blobby, equivalent to blob + -y. 1. Similar in shape to blobs; amorphous and rounded in appearance; partially irregular in appearance like bubbles. Example: They were of all sizes, from little gnomes barely a foot high to stately figures taller than men. […] There were long, pointed noses, and long, soft noses like small trunks, and great blobby noses. Example: The magnitude of the attraction force of blobby elements is usually defined by their volume […] In an animation, blobby surfaces are dynamic and constantly regenerate as they move in and out […]
Word: throwing the baby out with the bathwater Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of throw the baby out with the bathwater Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: threw the baby out with the bathwater Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of throw the baby out with the bathwater Labels: form-of, past
Word: bathwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bath + water. Compare Dutch badwater (“bathwater”), German Badewasser (“bathwater”), Swedish badvatten (“bathwater”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːθwɔːtə(ɹ)/, /ˈbæθwɔtɚ/ 1. The water used in a bath (bathtub). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fall over Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. Of an argument, to fail to be valid. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 3. Of a computer program or system, to crash. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive 4. To break down; to become inoperable. Labels: South-Africa, idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: We'll have to walk; my car has fallen over. 5. To revolt or change allegiance. Labels: archaic
Word: darest Part of Speech: verb 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of dare Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: dareth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dare + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dare Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: match fixing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself. Labels: uncountable Example: He was handed a ban for one year for match fixing in cricket.
Word: jump on Part of Speech: verb 1. To board a vehicle. Example: Jump on a nº9 bus, and it will take you more or less to the door. 2. To attack verbally, to criticise excessively. Labels: idiomatic Example: I hate the way she's always jumping on me for the slightest little mistake. 3. To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay. Labels: idiomatic Example: Community banks can jump on the opportunity to make changes. Example: So later in life, when the Z's — and even onetime Z's who became A's through marriage — see an item they really like for sale or are offered a deal, they jump on it.
Word: erogenous zone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From erogenous + zone. 1. A part of the human body that is particularly responsive to sexual stimulation. Example: The parts of the body significant in giving sexual pleasure we call "erogenous zones." Example: His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones.
Word: isospin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of isotopic + spin. 1. A quantum number or symmetry related to the strong interaction and hence to differences between atoms with the same number of nucleons. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sturdier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sturdy: more sturdy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: help oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To serve oneself, especially to take food or other supplies, rather than wait to be served by another; used to indicate friendly permission or invitation. Labels: reflexive Example: If you want to take a shower, help yourself to towels; they're in the linen closet. Example: Is it all right if I get some water? —Oh, of course, help yourself! 2. To take something freely; to serve oneself without restraint. Labels: reflexive Example: He said I could help myself to the chocolates. Example: He didn't even ask; he just helped himself to the special tea I was saving. 3. To exhibit self-control. Example: Sorry for eating all the chocolates - I couldn't help myself. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see help. Example: God helps those who help themselves.
Word: darkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English derkish, derkissh, derkyss; equivalent to dark + -ish. 1. Somewhat dark. Example: If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. Example: […] if […] the lead be blown off from the silver by bellowes, that which would else have gone away in the form of unheeded steams will in great part be collected not far from the silver, in the form of a darkish powder or calx; which, because it is blown off from silver, they call litharge of silver.
Word: almanack Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of almanac. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: shopmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shopman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schoolmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfelt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English felt English unfelt From un- + felt. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɛlt/ 1. Not felt or experienced; without feeling or sensing. Example: Thine eye ſhall be inſtructed, and thine heart / Made pure, ſhall reliſh vvith divine delight / 'Till then unfelt, vvhat hands divine have vvrought. Example: 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 104. I felt a spirit of love begin to stir Within my heart, long time unfelt till then; 2. Insincere.
Word: unreason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unreson; equivalent to un- + reason. 1. Lack of reason or rationality; unreasonableness; irrationality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: c. 1566, John Knox, The Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland, Book I, London: 1644, Another day the same Frier made another Sermon of the Abbot of Unreason, unto whom, and whose Laws, he compareth Prelats of that age; for they were subject to no Laws, no more than was the Abbot of Unreason. Example: […] it was long ere these scandalous and immoral sports could be abrogated;—the rude multitude continued attached to their favourite pastimes, and, both in England and Scotland, the mitre of the Catholic—the rochet of the reformed bishop—and the cloak and band of the Calvinistic divine—were, in turn, compelled to give place to those jocular personages, the Pope of Fools, the Boy-Bishop, and the Abbot of Unreason. 2. Nonsense; folly; absurdity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unreason Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unreson; equivalent to un- + reason. 1. To prove to be unreasonable; disprove by argument. Labels: rare, transitive Example: The reason of the unreasonable usage my reason has met with, so unreasons my reason, that I have reason to complain of your beauty :" and how did he enjoy the following flower of composition ! " Example: The elenchus enables him to overturn the formerly secure reasoning of his interlocutors about the subjects they discourse on so confidently—until the Socratic elenchus gradually unreasons them (see especially Meno, 80A—B). 2. To apply false logic or think without logic. Labels: rare Example: After some trouble I have got the Programme, and now send it on to you ; I beg you to transcribe the first ten pages, in which he reasons, or rather unreasons, about homeopathy, and then send the Programme back to me, as I do not know how to procure another copy. Example: In other, happier times, the mind could unreason freely, as if it belonged to no age, emancipated as it was... 3. To make unreasonable; to deprive of reason. Labels: rare Example: Unbelief unreasons a man: so the Apostle joyns them, when he prays to be delivered from unreasonable men; for all men have not faith. Example: My pathetic collapse provoked them. My unreasonableness unreasoned them.
Word: tone scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A subjective appraisal of a person's spiritual aliveness, usually given by an auditor, ranging from 'total failure' to 'serenity of beingness'.
Word: Greek Orthodox Church Part of Speech: name 1. A group of Eastern Orthodox churches comprising the churches of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Cyprus and Greece.
Word: autocephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From autocephalous + -y. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəˈsɛfəli/ 1. The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: educamate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From educate + -ma-. 1. Mistaken form of educate. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Since I only have a shoddy understanding of the internet, obviously I need to be educated, eh? Educamate me Mr. Man. Example: This is not spam, btw. Go to: http://www.spark.org . Educamate yourself.
Word: stag night Part of Speech: noun 1. bachelor party Labels: UK
Word: asides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪdz/ 1. plural of aside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imperialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imperialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shadow plays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shadow play Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shadowplays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shadowplay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-deprivations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of self-deprivation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haplotyped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of haplotype Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bay windows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bay window Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blanches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blanch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebooks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebook Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebooked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebook Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recoupments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recoupment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reframes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reframe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reframes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reframe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reframing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reframe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reframing Part of Speech: noun 1. Framing anew or again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reframed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reframe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: re-frame Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of reframe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-framed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of re-frame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: re-framing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of re-frame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: re-frames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of re-frame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: all day Part of Speech: adv 1. For the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day. Labels: not-comparable Example: There hasn't been a breath of wind all day. Example: So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. 2. Easily; handily; in spades; by far. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Well, for twenty quid we're having it — it's worth that all day long. 3. In total. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Table 2 needs three tacos, and Table 4 needs six, so that's nine tacos, all day.
Word: all night Part of Speech: adv 1. For the period of an entire night. Labels: not-comparable Example: There hasn't been a breath of air all night. Example: I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day.
Word: difficulter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of difficult: more difficult Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: canette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French canette. 1. A kind of stoneware vessel.
Word: stemmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *sth₂mnís Proto-Germanic *stamniz Proto-West Germanic *stamni Old English stemn Middle English stemme English stem English -er English stemmer From stem + -er. 1. Software used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.
Word: hippophagist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person that eats horse meat. Labels: rare
Word: Maitreya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya, “friendly, benevolent”). Pronunciation: /məˈtɹaɪ.ə/ 1. A bodhisattva who is considered to be a future Buddha. 2. A sage of ancient India. Labels: Hinduism
Word: positioning time Part of Speech: noun 1. Random-access time: the time required to move the hard disk arm to the desired cylinder (seek time) and for the desired sector to rotate under the disk head (rotational latency).
Word: neutralino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neutral + -ino? 1. Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
Word: mandolinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mandolin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English mandolinist From mandolin + -ist. 1. someone who plays a mandolin
Word: Stolen Generation Part of Speech: name 1. Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who as children who were removed from their families by government agencies or church missions, between approximately 1869 and (officially) 1969. Labels: Australia, uncountable Example: This loss of trust probably extends to welfare agencies tarnished by paternalism, patriarchalism and association with the Stolen Generation. Example: Marge Tucker′s 1970 autobiography, If Everybody Cared, was the first by one of the Stolen Generation.
Word: Stolen Generation Part of Speech: noun 1. Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were removed from their families as children, within some given generation (nominal period of time over which children grow up, before having children of their own). Labels: Australia, plural-normally Example: On one level, this image of the reunification of three generations of Aboriginal women offers a satisfying resolution to the story, effectively assuaging social anxieties about past race relations, in particular the issue of the Stolen Generations. Example: Ken′s mother is not the only member of the Stolen Generations to see the need to look back before looking forward.
Word: korsi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian کرسی (korsi). 1. A traditional Iranian low table with a heater underneath it and blankets thrown over the top.
Word: ant bear Part of Speech: noun 1. aardvark (Orycteropus afer) 2. giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Word: ant bears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ant bear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monofilament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum 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 Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament English monofilament From mono- + filament. 1. A single strand of man-made fiber Example: In the twentieth century, the gill net became almost invisible when hemp twine was replaced first by nylon and then by monofilament. Since monofilament is fairly indestructible, it is estimated that a modern "ghost net" may continue to fish on its own for as long as five years.
Word: gaji Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɑːdʒi/ 1. In the game of sakura, the name of the 0-point card of the willow/November suit, which acts as a wild card. Example: Gaji is the nonpoint-card of November or Willow suit cards. It has no value in points, but can be used like a joker in English cards and may take any of the card^([sic]) in the deck. When a player uses Gaji and takes any cards of a suit the remaining odd card, too, will be his. Example: If the gaji card is part of a player’s hand he can use it like a wild card to capture any card in the field regardless of its suit.
Word: aliasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alias Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aliasing Part of Speech: noun 1. Distortion caused by a low sampling rate, such as a moiré effect or jaggies.
Word: guinea-worm Part of Speech: noun 1. A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin. Example: the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision
Word: vestee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vest + -ee. 1. A dickey, especially one made to resemble a vest and be worn under a coat. 2. A woman's small vest. Labels: US Example: It was difficult to tell what Yashmeen was thinking as she offered her lips. He was concentrating on not getting her vestee wet. 3. The entity or party in which something has been vested. Example: Droits réels is ambiguous, as sometimes denoting jura in rem, and sometimes jura in re (sensu stricto). This arises from the extension of jus in re to dominia, and of jus ad rem to obligationes or jura in personam. Difficulty: Where a thing is subject to a series of rights, – is subject to a series of vested rights (descendible perhaps from present vestees), or to contingent rights to determinate parties, existing or not.#* Example: 1894 Samuel Lodge: The Home of the Champions 2nd ed. The following extract from a private letter of the late Sir Joseph Banks is worth quoting . . . : "It matters not to the heirs . . .whether the estate is held by Knight Service or by Grand Serjeantry. . . Scrivelsby. . . is held by the proprietor with all the benefits by the common law provided for the personal advantages of proprietary of land: it may be bequeathed by will, or alienated by sale or gift; and if so alienated in prejudice of the next heir, he cannot have any claim against the vestee, unless it arises out of special bargains or agreements made and confirmed previously to the alienation."
Word: skift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle. Pronunciation: /skɪft/ 1. Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”). Labels: Appalachia, Scotland, Shetland, dialectal, including Example: Last night we had a little skift of snow. Example: Well, there was a little skift of snow on the ground, and I follered up a ridge of the mountain […]
Word: skift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle. Pronunciation: /skɪft/ 1. Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”). Labels: dialectal Example: A mourning dove had returned to him through snow, skifting over cold earth. It settled on a limb and began dressing its plumage. Example: […] Violent gusts of wind came in rapid succession down the sound of Kilbrannan ; and a skifting rain, flung fitfully but fiercely from the huge black clouds as they hurried along before the tempest that ... 2. To shift; to move or remove. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, possibly Example: Aw could like yo to skift, afore aw […] Example: And a man mun keep watch at t mill toft / To stiddy his mouter-dish — help him to sift it, / And see it's o' tidily done; / And gedder up offal, and heàmmward to skift it, / And hev sooins as sure as a gun.
Word: Mirandese Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mirandese Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Miranda do Douro in the northeastern corner of Portugal. Example: Toward evening a Mirandese came in: he was a man of about fifty, a politician, bright and talkative, and so I left the carabineros to join him.
Word: Mirandese Part of Speech: name 1. An endangered Romance language spoken in the northeastern corner of Portugal, principally in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro and Vimioso. Example: My example is taken from the Portuguese dialect of Mirandese, more specifically Mirandese as spoken in the area of Sendim[…]
Word: jades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person