nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: coil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull. Pronunciation: /kɔɪl/, /kwaɪl/ 1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece. Example: A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart. 2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center. Example: The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier. 3. To wind cylindrically or spirally. Example: to coil a rope when not in use Example: The snake coiled itself before springing. 4. To build a pot (etc) with clay coils. 5. To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare
Word: coil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /kɔɪl/, /kwaɪl/ 1. A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil. Example: a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […] Example: If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile?
Word: coil Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɔɪl/, /kwaɪl/ 1. A wad of cash. Labels: informal, slang
Word: incentive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”) + -ive. The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/ 1. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. Example: I have no incentive to do housework right now. Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]. 2. A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. Example: Management offered the sales team a $500 incentive for each car sold.
Word: incentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”) + -ive. The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/ 1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating. Example: Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry. 2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. Example: Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.
Word: muzzle blast Part of Speech: noun 1. A flash of light, heat and smoke at the muzzle of a firearm, caused by escaping gases when a projectile is released.
Word: muzzle brake Part of Speech: noun 1. A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.
Word: en masse Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French en masse (literally “in [a] mass”). Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈmæs/, /ɒ̃ ˈmæs/, /ɑn ˈmæs/, /ɪn ˈmæs/ 1. In a single body or group; as one, together. Labels: not-comparable Example: [L]et the clergy, en Maſſe, preach him down, admoniſh their ſeveral congregations to be attentive to the duty they owe to the beſt of kings and to their country, and to ſeek to deprecate, by the holineſs of their lives, the wrath of the Almighty. Example: In the case of the very large caps called detonators, which are used in firing dynamite and gun cotton, is there not some risk of explosion en masse?—Yes, if you get large quantities of percussion powder together, there would be greater danger; […] 2. In large amounts or numbers, massively. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French reculer. Further from Latin re- + cūlus. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːkɔɪl/ 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the recoil of nature, or of the blood 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The recoil from formalism is skepticism. 3. The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French reculer. Further from Latin re- + cūlus. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔɪl/ 1. To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. Labels: intransitive Example: He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess. Example: For decades, humankind steeled itself for the rise of thinking machines. As we marveled at their ability to beat chess champions and predict protein structures, we also recoiled from their inherent uncanniness, not to mention the threats to our sense of humanity. 2. To recoil before an opponent. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: that rude rout […] forced them, how ever strong and stout / They were, as well approv'd in many a doubt, / Backe to recule […] 3. Of a firearm: to quickly push back when fired. Labels: intransitive 4. To retire, withdraw. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Ye both forwearied be: therefore a whyle / Iread you rest, and to your bowres recoyle. Example: Thus vvhen this Courtly Gentleman vvith toyle / Himſelfe hath vvearied, he doth recoyle / Vnto his reſt, and there vvith ſvveete delight / Of Muſicks skill reuiues his toyled ſpright, […]
Word: trigamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪ.ɡə.mi/ 1. The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A third marriage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bigamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously, bigamy; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman bigamie and Middle French bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) (modern French bigamie (“bigamy”)), and its etymon Late Latin bigamia (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage”), from Late Latin, Latin bigamus (“bigamous”) + -ia (variant of -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Bigamus is derived from bis (“twice, two times”) + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage; matrimony”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”)). The English word is analysable as bi- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡəmi/ 1. The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But now we may find in S. Margarets life, who it is that is Chriſtes wife: whereby we are ſo much wiſer than we were before. But looke in the life of S. Katharine, in the golden legend, and you ſhall find that he was alſo married to S. Katharine, and that our ladie made the marriage, &c. An excellent authoritie for bigamie. Example: A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow [Elizabeth Woodville], / Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies / Made priſe and purchaſe of his [Edward IV's] luſtfull eye, / Seduct the pitch and height of al his thoughts, / To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie, / By her in his vnlawfull bed he got. 2. A second marriage after the death of a spouse. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Bigamie was a counterplea (deuiſed at yͤ Councell of Lyons, vpon mislike of ſecond marriage) to be obiected, when the priſoner demaundeth the benefite of the Clergie, to wit, his Book, as namely to ſay, that he which demaundeth the priuiledge of the Clergie, was married to ſuch a woman at ſuch a place, within ſuch a Dioceſſe, and that ſhee is dead, and that hee hath married another woman within the ſame Dioceſſe, or within ſome other Dioceſſe, and ſo is Bigamus.
Word: faced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English -ed English faced From face + -ed. Pronunciation: /feɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of face Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English -ed English faced From face + -ed. Pronunciation: /feɪst/ 1. Having a specified type or number of faces. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! / Where got'st thou that goose look? Example: c. 1694, William Bradshaw and Robert Midgley, Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Volume 7, London: 1754, Letter VI, p. 148, https://books.google.ca/books?id=unlKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false He either heaves out fulsome hypochondriac Sighs, with supercilious Looks, and Chaps set like the Furrows of a sour-faced Hagi; or else he is tickled into a loud ungovernable Laughter, and all his Carriage is ridiculous and wanton. 2. Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cuffs were faced with velvet. 3. With a specific kind of face. Labels: not-comparable Example: stony-faced
Word: faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of shit-faced. Pronunciation: /feɪst/ 1. drunk Labels: slang Example: That night was the first time I ever got faced.
Word: millirem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English rem English millirem From milli- + rem. 1. One thousandth of a rem
Word: matey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mate + -y. 1. Sociable or friendly. Labels: UK Example: You've been very matey with that new bird. Example: She asked in what sort of accident I had broken my back, and when I told her that I had been shot down she became much more matey.
Word: matey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mate + -y. 1. Diminutive of mate, friend. Labels: diminutive, form-of, informal Example: Hello, matey, just back from the pub? Example: “No, no, matey, I means no harm. Ye see, I think I done ye a bad turn onst, an′ I′m minded t′ do ye right afore I goes off. You bring a writer here, matey, an′ I′ll tell ye what.” 2. A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. Labels: slang Example: Ahoy mateys, scrub the deck! Example: c. 1906, Herbert Strang (pseudonym), In Clive′s Command, 2006, Echo Library, page 35, “Well, we are and we en′t, eh, mateys? The Waterman′s Rest en′t exactly the kind of place to spend shore leave; it en′t a patch on Wapping or Rotherhithe. […] ” 3. A dockyard worker. Labels: slang Example: He got the dockyard 'mateys' to install a primitive form of steam heating which he had seen in Navy ships […] Example: Mediterranean peoples are thought to be excitable, but the Maltese stood up to the blitz with great aplomb, especially the dghaisa men who plowed back and forth across the harbours regardless of the raids, the mateys who made the devastated dockyard work, and all who served in units of the armed forces.
Word: matey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maty (“native house servant in India”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pally Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pal + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of friary. Pronunciation: /ˈpali/ 1. Like a pal; friendly. Example: The O′Briens are the palliest of pals with the Prince of Wales and when HRH is in Biarritz he and Jay are inseparable. Example: Words are the friendliest and palliest things I know.
Word: pally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pal Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pally From pal + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpali/ 1. An affectionate term of address. Labels: US Example: ‘Sit here, pally.’ He pushed me down. Example: Well, a lot of water has flown under the bridges since then, pally, and while I have been laying off lately, I′m still the same old Joey, which is more than I can say for that O′Hara creep. 2. A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address. Labels: Australia, US Example: What do you think you are doing, pally?
Word: pally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of paladin + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpali/ 1. A paladin. Labels: slang
Word: repressed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress English -ed English repressed From repress + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of repress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress English -ed English repressed From repress + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹɛst/ 1. Subjected to repression. Example: repressed homosexuality Example: repressed people 2. Showing the suppression of emotions or impulses.
Word: repressed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pressed English repressed From re- + pressed. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈpɹɛst/ 1. Pressed again.
Word: benis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbi.nɪs/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of penis. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
Word: notturno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian notturno (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nocturnus, from noctū (“by night”), from nox (“night”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Doublet of nocturne. Pronunciation: /nɒˈtʊə(ɹ)nəʊ/ 1. A nocturne.
Word: externalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1840 external + -ism 1. Excessive regard to outward acts or appearances, especially in religion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of judging by outward appearance or acts. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nipponism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Nippon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Nipponism From Nippon + -ism. 1. Anything of Japanese origin. 2. A Japanese word or phrase used in English. 3. A Japanese way of using English words. 4. The belief that Japan has a higher culture or wider territorial rights.
Word: sixty-four Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following sixty-three and preceding sixty-five. Example: As a consequence of the previous rules, each of the sixty-four squares is invariably indicated by a unique combination of a letter and a number.
Word: hobble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒbəl/ 1. One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off. Labels: in-plural 2. An unsteady, off-balance step. Example: We made it and we hobbled up the stairs. Or I hobbled. My sons didn't hobble, I hobbled. 3. A difficult situation; a scrape. Labels: archaic, informal Example: "Saddle a horse—any horse—only let him be sure and fleet," cried Ashwoode, "and I'll pay you his price thrice over!" "Well, it's a bargain," replied the groom, promptly; "I don't like to see a gentleman caught in a hobble, if I can help him out of it. […] 4. An odd job; a piece of casual work. Labels: Newfoundland, UK, dialectal
Word: hobble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒbəl/ 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles. Example: Near-synonyms: shackle, enshackle Example: you hobble your old horse and turn him grazing 2. To walk lame, or unevenly. Example: The friar was hobbling the same way too. Example: Pepa runs all over Madrid in high heels and tube skirts that make her hobble and give the impression of restraining a naturally energetic woman. 3. To move or proceed roughly or irregularly. Labels: figuratively Example: The hobbling versification, the mean diction. 4. To disable; to impede. Example: Near-synonyms: nobble, hamper, hinder, embarrass 5. To commit (a person) for trial. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Example: […] hobbled straightaway!" "Hobbled, Gibbon?" inquired Lady Bligh. "Taken up and committed for trial, my lady."
Word: ITU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Telecommunication Union, originally called the International Telegraph Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Triathlon Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of International Typographical Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of IT University of Copenhagen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Istanbul Technical University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ITU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of intensive treatment unit. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cottager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/, /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/ 1. A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant. Example: The silver hair and benevolent countenance of the aged cottager, won my reverence; while the gentle manners of the girl enticed my love. Example: A cottager, I mark’d a throne Of half the world as all my own, And murmur’d at such lowly lot!
Word: cottager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cottage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cottager From cottage (“to have sex in a public lavatory”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/, /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/ 1. One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging. Labels: UK, slang
Word: obsequiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obsequyousnesse, equivalent to obsequious + -ness. 1. The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us. Example: The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.
Word: observable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English observe Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English observable From observe + -able. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/, [əbˈzɜː.və.bɫ̩], /əbˈzɝ.və.bəl/, [əbˈzɝ.və.bɫ̩] 1. Able to be observed. Example: The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe. Example: In 1913, in the same year that Mother's Day became a nationally observable holiday, the American people passed another milestone: for the first time in American history more than one person in one thousand was divorced. 2. Deserving to be observed; worth regarding; remarkable. Example: Both were observable figures; one a personable individual of foreign cut, the other—obviously in spite of his well-wrapped-up form—a pronounced cripple.
Word: observable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English observe Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English observable From observe + -able. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/, [əbˈzɜː.və.bɫ̩], /əbˈzɝ.və.bəl/, [əbˈzɝ.və.bɫ̩] 1. Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties. Example: Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived. Example: In quantum mechanics, observables correspond to Hermitian operators. Also, they act a lot like random variables. Taking their expected value one may recover something resembling a classical observable.
Word: observance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French observance, from Latin observantia. Equivalent of observe + -ance. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvəns/, /əbˈzɜːvəns/ 1. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Observation or the act of watching. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thomas Merton was a monk in the Order of Cistertians of the Strict Observance. 5. That which is to be observed. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Reverence; homage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demoniacal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin daemoniacus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːməˈnaɪəkəl/ 1. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon or evil spirit; devilish, demonic, fiendish. Example: sarcastic, demoniacal laughter Example: Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits.
Word: observant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French observant. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvənt/, /əbˈzɜːvənt/ 1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful. Example: The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date. 2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful. Example: I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions. Example: We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle. 3. Practicing a religion. Example: She is an observant Catholic who goes to church regularly.
Word: V8 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From V- + 8. Pronunciation: /ˌviːˈeɪt/ 1. An internal combustion engine with eight cylinders arranged in two banks of four in a V-shaped configuration, usually as part of a single engine block. Example: He spent extra for a V8 because he doubted that a straight-six would be enough for towing his trailer. 2. A vehicle with such an engine. Labels: dated, metonymically Example: He rolled up in a brand-new V8.
Word: intentional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin intentiōnālis. By surface analysis, intention + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, [ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩], /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/, [ɪnˈtʰenʃənɫ̩] 1. Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily. 2. Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter. Example: It should, however, be borne in mind that even in the cohortative proper, the -ah does not add to the simple imperfect the ‘intentional’ signification expressed by that mood: the signification is already there, and the new termination merely renders it more prominent. Example: When Kafka’s novels are analyzed with the autistic frame of reference in mind the behavior of his protagonists make more sense and will reveal that Kafka’s protagonists focus on external behavioral cues which are guided by Kafka’s education and mindset of a lawyer. As such Kafka’s protagonists are a reflection of the thinking and behavior of Kafka the author. Critics and literary scholars misinterpret Kafka’s work by focusing on aspects such as the psychological and mental state of the characters, which are of limited actual concern for the externally intentional focus of the writer Kafka. 3. Done with intent. 4. Object to intention, only appearing due to wilful perception. Labels: obsolete
Word: intentional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin intentiōnālis. By surface analysis, intention + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, [ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩], /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/, [ɪnˈtʰenʃənɫ̩] 1. Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it. Labels: archaic 2. The cohortative mood as found in Hebrew (terminology borrowed from Julius Friedrich Böttcher † 1863 and now outmoded), and constructions of similar purpose in even more exotic languages. Example: Tariana distinguishes interrogative and imperative moods. Interrogative mood is marked through a separate set of evidentials fused with tense (see §14.2). Imperatives are discussed in §16.1. Modalities include: frustrative (§16.2), intentional (§16.3), apprehensive (§16.4), uncertainty (§16.5), conditional (§16.6), purposive (§16.7) and counter-expectation (§16.8). […] The intentional is marked with the clitic -kasu. It can occur with any group of verbs, marking imminent action, as in 16.60 and intention, as in 16.61.
Word: Turing machine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer Alan Turing (1912–1954), who introduced the concept in 1936 to give a mathematically precise definition of computability. Turing called it an a-machine; the term "Turing machine" was coined by his doctoral advisor Alonzo Church. 1. An abstract computing machine that has a finite number of possible internal states and operates on an infinite memory tape by first reading a symbol from a cell in the tape, and then, deterministically, based on that symbol and the machine’s state, writing a symbol in that cell, moving to a neighboring cell, and/or changing state. Example: Another class, P, is a subset of NP, and includes all decision problems that can be solved by a (deterministic) Turing machine in polynomial time.
Word: genotoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English geno- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English genotoxic From geno- + toxic. 1. Capable of damaging genetic material such as DNA, and thus causing mutations or possibly cancer.
Word: supposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-Norman supposicion, from Latin suppositiō, suppositiōnem (“supposition”), from sub- (“under”) + positiō, positiōnem (“position; theme”), from positus (“position”), from the perfect passive participle of pōnō, pōnere (“put, place”). Pronunciation: /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən/ 1. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The supposition that Geoffrey had been chloroformed was a reasonable hypothesis at that stage of the disclosure. 2. The act or an instance of supposing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grey matter Part of Speech: noun 1. Brains; a person's ability to think. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: "I'd better be putting my grey matter into that algebra instead of wasting it plotting for a party dress that I certainly can't get." Example: "Inspector Pepys!" gasped Bernard Megger, swallowing between the words, "I shall remember you!" "You will be wasting grey matter!" replied the man. 2. Literal brains as a general substance. Labels: uncountable Example: He fell from the 5th floor. There is grey matter on the path behind his head. I'm afraid he's dead. 3. A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter. Labels: uncountable
Word: observer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English observe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English observer From observe + -er. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɝvɚ/, /ɑb-/, /əbˈzɜːvə/, /ɒb-/ 1. One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice. Example: Most impartial observers agreed that Sampras had not served well. Example: Between 8 and 9 p.m., the recorder at a meteorological station at Harrow, Middlesex, picked up 1,470 lightning flashes within a radius of 10 to 15 miles, and observers at the station described the storm as "probably one of the most spectacular of the century." 2. One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc. Example: I shall be an observer of the local customs. 3. A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate. Example: The UN sent many observers to the country's first elections. Example: When the army reached Tsun-i, an enlarged Politburo meeting was called. Teng attended as an observer. 4. A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization. Example: The Vatican and Palestine have observer status at the UN. 5. A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft. Example: The only crew-member to survive the crash was the Canadian observer. 6. A sentry etc. manning an observation post. Example: We waited till dusk when the observers' vision was poorest. 7. Synonym of spotter.
Word: obsess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin obsessus, perfect passive participle of obsideō (“sit on or in, remain, besiege”), from ob- (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”); see sit, session, etc.; compare assess, possess. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɛs/ 1. To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion. Example: Some people are obsessed with sports. Example: The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy. 2. To dominate the thoughts of someone. Labels: transitive Example: Thoughts of her obsess my every waking moment. 3. To think or talk obsessively about. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: Stop obsessing over it, will you!
Word: obstacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbstəkəl/, /ˈɑbstəkəl/ 1. Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively Example: A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.
Word: obstetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”). Pronunciation: /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/ 1. Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy). Labels: not-comparable Example: obstetric clinic Example: For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself.
Word: obstetrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obstetric. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɛ.trɪks/, /ɑbˈstɛ.trɪks/ 1. The care of women during and after pregnancy. Labels: uncountable Example: A pilot study conducted in 2023 by the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Erlangen University Hospital in Germany involved 104 patients and concluded that clinical breast examinations by MTEs who were visually impaired were as accurate in identifying potentially cancerous tumors as doctors trained in this procedure.
Word: obstetrician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obstetrics + -ician. Pronunciation: /ˌɒbstəˈtɹɪʃən/, /ˌɑbstəˈtɹɪʃən/ 1. A physician who specializes in childbirth. Example: The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before. Example: “Each time they’d build, they’d try to outbuild all the rest of them,” said Dr. Randall F. Hipple, a retired obstetrician who helped establish a seven-block stretch of the street as a National Historic District.
Word: obstinacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obstinate + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈɑbstɪnəsi/, /ˈɒbstɪnəsi/ 1. The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity. Example: "I don't know where," replied the girl. "Then I do," said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection. 2. A group of bison; the collective noun for bison. Labels: collective, countable
Word: obstructive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English obstruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English obstructive From obstruct + -ive. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/, /ɑbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/ 1. Causing obstructions. Example: I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive. Example: The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.
Word: obstructive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obstruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English obstructive From obstruct + -ive. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/, /ɑbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/ 1. One who obstructs something.
Word: obtainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English obtain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English obtainable From obtain + -able. Pronunciation: /əbˈteɪnəbl̩/ 1. Able to be obtained. Example: 2007, Bill Mason, Connetquot targeted: BLACK POWDER HISTORY, Newsday.com, 14 July, Potassium nitrate, sulphur and charcoal are combined in proportions and through methods easily obtainable in books and on the Internet.
Word: obtrude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin obtrūdō (“thrust off or against”), from ob- (“ob-”) + trūdō (“thrust”). Pronunciation: /əbˈtɹuːd/, /ɒbˈtɹuːd/ 1. To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area. Labels: transitive Example: By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude. Example: It was unusual with Margaret to obtrude her own subject of conversation on others; but, in this case, she was so anxious to prevent Mr. Thornton from feeling annoyance at the words he had accidentally overheard, that it was not until she had done speaking that she coloured all over with consciousness […] 2. To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into). Labels: intransitive Example: How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them! Example: Sometimes I dreamed strangely of disturbed earth, and of hair, still golden and living, obtruded through the coffin-chinks. 3. To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in. Labels: reflexive Example: She obtruded herself upon the Queen; she protested her party views; she asked for petty favours, and attributed the refusals to the influence of Abigail. Example: This scarcity of knowledge also obtruded itself in 1998, when three scientists in Wales published a report called "What Sort of Men Take Garlic Preparations?"
Word: obtrusion Part of Speech: noun 1. An interference or intrusion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An encroachment beyond proper limits. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obtuseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obtuse Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English obtuseness From obtuse + -ness. 1. The quality of being obtuse. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that is obtuse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obverse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin obversus, 1650s. Pronunciation: /ˈɑb.vɚs/, /ɑbˈvɝs/, /əbˈvɝs/ 1. Turned or facing toward the observer. Labels: not-comparable Example: The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription. 2. Corresponding; complementary. Labels: not-comparable Example: When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed. 3. Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top. Labels: not-comparable Example: an obverse leaf
Word: obverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin obversus, 1650s. Pronunciation: /ˈɑb.vɚs/, /ɑbˈvɝs/, /əbˈvɝs/ 1. The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design. Example: The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse. 2. A proposition obtained by obversion. Example: White racism says that all black people are the same, with no right to or understanding of these words. Too much of what I have seen of black society simply assumes the obverse, that black people should have no interest in these words, that these words are irrelevant to or destructive of "black culture."
Word: occasionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, /əˈkeɪʒnəli/, /əˈkeɪʒənli/ 1. On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. Example: God ſetteth no houres for the morning or evening ſacrifice because they may occaſionally be changed. Example: Some perhaps worship only on alternate Sundays; others still more occasionally. 2. On an occasion, accidentally, by chance. Labels: obsolete Example: Mr Tourville occasionally told his age; just turned of thirty-one. Example: [N]othing gave him so much joy in conversation, as an opportunity of giving the company to understand, how well he was with persons of distinguished rank and character: he would often (for example) observe, as it were occasionally, that the duke of G— was one of the best natured men in the world […]. 3. On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way. Labels: obsolete Example: Were nothing els diſcourſively inſerted (as ſome little elſe occaſionally preſented it ſelfe), what paper more currently fit for the bareſt mechanicall uſes, [...] Example: I think it is plain, that Origen, whatever Character he may have occaſionally given of this Book, did not judge it any part of the Canon...
Word: occultism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French occultisme, analyzable as occult + -ism. 1. The study of the supernatural Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A belief in occult powers and the hope of controlling them Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: occultist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider. Latin *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor. English occult 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 occultist From occult + -ist. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌltɪst/ 1. A person who practises or studies occultism; a practitioner of, or person learned in, the occult. Example: Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs. Example: In the early 1930s, he fell under the spell of a wife-beating, alcoholic, Austrian occultist called Karl Maria Wiligut and a Dutch prehistorian called Herman Wirth, whose views further fed his fantastical illusions.
Word: pulmonic sounds Part of Speech: noun 1. sounds in which the air stream originates in the lungs. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: roach clip Part of Speech: noun 1. A clip or holder, usually a 1 inch alligator clamp, used to hold the end of a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette so it can be smoked without burning the smoker's fingers.
Word: Shug Part of Speech: name 1. A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
Word: rat bike Part of Speech: noun 1. A motorcycle maintained at the lowest possible cost and usually painted black. Labels: slang
Word: Sharma Part of Speech: name Etymology: * Transliteration of Hindi शर्मा (śarmā). * Transliteration of Telugu శర్మ (śarma). 1. A surname from Hindi. 2. A surname from Telugu.
Word: bushwhacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + whacker. 1. One who travels through the woods, off the designated path. Labels: US 2. A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country. Labels: Australia 3. A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War. Labels: US, historical Example: The bushwhackers remained at General Cooper′s camp several days, then crossed the Red River into Texas. Example: 1967 April, Donald Keith, The Time Machine Hunts a Treasure, Boys' Life, page 51, She stared at us. “Hardly. You must be from far off, not to know about Quantrill′s raids. Last March the bushwhackers rode into Aubrey, shot every man in town, stole everything, burned down houses. […] ” 4. Someone who attacks without warning. Labels: dated 5. A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people). Example: 1977 September, Dave Hurteau, Air and Water, Field & Stream, page 90, We spent the rest of the day hopping from pond to pond with the bushwhackers, and we found them very suited for it.
Word: shoesmith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoe + smith. 1. A person who shoes horses for a living. Labels: dated
Word: preventing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈvɛntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prevent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prevented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈvɛntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prevent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preventable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English prevent Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English preventable From prevent + -able. 1. Capable of being prevented.
Word: preventable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prevent Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English preventable From prevent + -able. 1. Something that can be prevented. Example: Nonetheless, we should all like to see fewer of these preventables in our ER and more of that money going to help keep these people safe and healthy.
Word: prevention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/ 1. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a fire prevention campaign Example: Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. 2. Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago. 3. The act of going, or state of being, before. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It is generally knowne and obserued, that Light, and the Obiect of Sight, moue swifter than Sound; For we see the Flash of a Peece [i.e. firearm] is seene sooner, than the Noise is heard. […] And the greater the Distance, the greater is the Preuention: As we see in Thunder, which is farre off; where the Lightning Precedeth the Cracke a good space. 4. Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [Suffolk, York and Beaufort] Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings, And, fly thou how thou canst, they’ll tangle thee: But fear not thou, until thy foot be snared, Nor never seek prevention of thy foes. 5. precaution; forethought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1659, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. LUKE, Chapter 14, verse 3, p. 238, And Jesus […] by way of prevention asked a question of the Doctors of the law and Pharisees that were present, saying, Is the working of a cure on a sick man a thing forbidden, and so unlawfull to be done upon a sabbath day?
Word: bony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊni/, /ˈboʊni/ 1. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous. 2. Full of bones. 3. With little flesh; skinny, thin. Example: That bony fellow could use a few hot dinners. 4. Having prominent bones.
Word: consistency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, consistent + -cy, consistence + -y or consist + -ency. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, /ˈkən.sɪs.ˈʈen.siː/ 1. Local coherence. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Correspondence or compatibility. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product. Example: That consistency of behaviour whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. 4. The degree of viscosity of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste. Example: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. 5. Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.