nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prerogative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman prerogative (noun), from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), noun use of the feminine singular of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/, /pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv/, /pəˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/ 1. An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege. 2. A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement. Example: Despite being a constitutional monarchy, the British sovereign still retain many royal prerogatives. Example: The military fame of a subject was considered as an insolent invasion of the Imperial prerogative; and it became the duty, as well as interest, of every Roman general, to guard the frontiers intrusted to his care, without aspiring to conquests which might have proved no less fatal to himself than to the vanquished barbarians. 3. A right, especially when due to one's position or role. Example: I hear my chair in the hall; and to keep Lord Marchmont waiting, when he has announced his intention of supping at home, far exceeds my prerogative; so good night, dearest, you will either see or hear from me to-morrow. Example: "Ah, that's your prerogative as an Intelligence officer, Jimmy. But it's been your prerogative for weeks, months, and nothing has happened, as I told you […]" 4. A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
Word: prerogative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman prerogative (noun), from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), noun use of the feminine singular of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/, /pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv/, /pəˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/ 1. Having a hereditary or official right or privilege. 2. Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state. Example: Law-eroding prerogative developments cannot only be witnessed in hybrid regimes, but also in democratic states, which resort to reflections and practices of an ‘enemy criminal law’, and in the European Union’s recent crisis politics.
Word: homocytotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English cytotropic English homocytotropic From homo- + cytotropic. 1. Affecting cells of the species in which it originated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.
Word: heterocytotropic 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- English cytotropic English heterocytotropic From hetero- + cytotropic. 1. Affecting cells of a species other than that in which it originated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trans fat Part of Speech: noun 1. An unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.
Word: tularæmia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of tularemia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: -lysis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”). Compare lysis. Pronunciation: /-lɪ.sɪs/ 1. decomposition or breakdown Labels: morpheme 2. dissolving Labels: morpheme 3. disintegration Labels: morpheme
Word: character assassination Part of Speech: noun 1. A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris.
Word: public figure Part of Speech: noun 1. A famous person whose life is the subject of public interest.
Word: hospitalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hospitalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: "I'm encouraged by recent reductions in the national 'R' rate and a drop in COVID-related hospitalisations.
Word: decreation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English creation English decreation From de- + creation. 1. destruction Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hospitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization. Pronunciation: /ˌhɒs.pɪ.tə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌhɑ(ː)s.pɪ.tə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /-aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Insurance that pays a patient's expenses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hosannahing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hosannah Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hosanna Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). Pronunciation: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/ 1. A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.
Word: hosanna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). Pronunciation: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/ 1. A cry of ‘hosanna’. Example: When we arrived in New York, we found a day of extreme brilliance. It would be impossible ever to forget the first sight of the groups of slender towers that form the skyline of New York City, chanting hosannas to an autumn sky. Example: Imagine God in Heaven surrounded by the choirs of adoring angels singing hosannahs unendingly.
Word: hosanna Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). Pronunciation: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/ 1. To give a cry of ‘hosanna’. Labels: intransitive
Word: hosannah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hosanna. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hosannah Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of hosanna. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1907-09, Mark Twain, "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" when they were singing or hosannahing, the noise was wonderful
Word: hawker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably Borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːkə/, /ˈhɔkɚ/, /ˈhɑkɚ/ 1. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods. Example: The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair. Example: First-generation hawkers were mostly immigrants from China, and to a smaller extent from India and the Malay Archipelago. A 1950 Hawkers Inquiry Commission report stated that 84 per cent of the hawkers in Singapore were Chinese. 2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner. 3. A seller of food in a hawker centre. Labels: Singapore
Word: hawker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hawkere, from Old English hafocere, hafecere; by surface analysis, hawk + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːkə/, /ˈhɔkɚ/, /ˈhɑkɚ/ 1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
Word: panic buying Part of Speech: noun 1. The buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: harmonisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English harmony English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English harmonisation From harmony + -isation. 1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of harmonization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: syrup of figs Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of laxative made from figs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A wig. Labels: Cockney, countable, slang
Word: cavort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originated in the United States in 1793, as cauvaut, applying to horses, probably from the colloquial intensifying prefix ca-/ka- + vault (“jump, leap”); later generalized. Early sources connect it to cavault, a term for a certain demeanor of horses. Alternatively, a variation of curvet. Pronunciation: /kəˈvɔːt/, /kəˈvɔɹt/, /kəˈvoːt/ 1. To prance, frolic, gambol. Example: […] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […] 2. To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously. Labels: intransitive Example: And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; […] Example: He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape. 3. To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature. Labels: informal Example: As he moves back into the shadows, the stage is taken over by a troupe of Pan-like dancers, leaping and cavorting in an obscene ballet. Example: We can't even write stories about moguls like Rupert Murdoch or Barry Diller unless it involves photographs of them cavorting with young flesh.
Word: punch-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from punch up. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌntʃˌʌp/ 1. A fight with the fists. Labels: informal
Word: punch-up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from punch up. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌntʃˌʌp/ 1. Misspelling of punch up. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Jell-O Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. Clipping of gelatin and jelly, both ultimately from Latin gelō (“to freeze, cause to congeal”), following a then relatively popular trend in the United States to add “O” to the end of products, which according to The Dictionary of Trade Names Origins started because the letter is pleasing to the eye. By surface analysis, jell (“jelly”) + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛloʊ/, /ˈdʒɛləʊ/ 1. A brand of dessert made from gelatin. Labels: Canada, US Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O. 2. Any brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix. Labels: broadly Example: The store brand Jell-O is just as good and one third the price. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.
Word: nihilate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin nihilō (“to reduce to nothing”). 1. To annul. Labels: obsolete 2. The action of consciousness, which is the origin of negation in facticity.
Word: broad bean Part of Speech: noun 1. An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba). Example: The term 'bean' originally referred to the seed of the broad bean.
Word: leftenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic rendering of lieutenant (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, US (archaic)) Pronunciation: /lɛfˈtɛn.ənt/, /ˈlef.ʈe.nenʈ/, /ˈlef.ʈɪ.nenʈ/ 1. Archaic form of lieutenant. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: He is said to be a leftenant. Of the police force. A leftenant. 2. Misspelling of lieutenant. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: stressed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of stress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stressed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stɹɛst/ 1. Suffering stress (either physical or mental). 2. Having a stress or accent.
Word: mammogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mammo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English mammogram From mammo- + -gram. 1. An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer. Example: If I had found out in 2010, when I had the mammogram, I would not have wanted preventive surgery because I hoped to have another child, and I wanted to breastfeed again. Example: An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. […] This is a marked difference from the task force’s previous guidance, which was to start biennial mammograms by age 50.
Word: fall on deaf ears Part of Speech: verb 1. To be ignored. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears. Example: Then there's the sad fact that for many, this place is all they know. It's home. Soooo, conversation relating to living beyond the walls falls on deaf ears sometimes.
Word: have someone's guts for garters Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By metaphor from the way that humans use animal intestines as catgut for various tensile applications; compare have someone's hide. 1. To reprimand severely. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: If you go out and play and get your clothes dirty, I'll have your guts for garters!
Word: retinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retinae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.əˌni/, /ˈɹɛt.əˌnaɪ/ 1. plural of retina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈteɪnz/, /ɹəˈteɪnz/, /ɹi-/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈteɪnz/, /ɹəˈteɪnz/, /ɹi-/ 1. plural of retain Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: nastier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of nasty: more nasty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: antsier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of antsy: more antsy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: restain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English stain English restain From re- + stain. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈsteɪn/ 1. to stain again
Word: extract the urine Part of Speech: verb 1. to mock, make fun of something Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Example: Now, Merilyn is neither bizarre nor eccentric in the ordinary sense but when she started talking about the ‘presence’ in her shop I thought she was extracting the urine. Example: Actually Connie it refers to the way we extract the urine out of the apparent social differences between each country.
Word: irreligious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin irreligiōsus. By surface analysis, ir- + religious. Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/ 1. Having no relation to religion. 2. Contrary to religious beliefs and practices. Example: [T]he virtuous reader may condemn her for showing too great regard to a base-born infant, to which all charity is condemned by law as irreligious […] 3. Contrary to religious beliefs and practices.
Word: properties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑpɚtiz/, /ˈpɹɒpətiz/ 1. plural of property Labels: form-of, plural
Word: irreligiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English irreligious Middle English -ly English -ly English irreligiously From irreligious + -ly. 1. In an irreligious fashion.
Word: divergent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent. Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/, /daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/, /dɑeˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ 1. Growing further apart; diverging. Example: Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now. Example: Four zebras stood despondent facing divergent directions like an old European film or a '90s band photo. 2. (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit. 3. Disagreeing from something given; differing. Example: a divergent statement 4. Causing divergence of rays. Example: a divergent lens
Word: humidify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ūmeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English humidify From humid + -ify. Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ/ 1. To increase the humidity in the air. Example: The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons.
Word: humidifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ūmeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English humidify 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 humidifier From humidify + -er. 1. A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air. Example: Even the plants look expensive. A humidifier hisses beneath her calatheas.
Word: disciplinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From discipline + -arian or disciplinary + -an. Pronunciation: /dɪsɪplɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. One who exercises discipline. Example: He is the chief disciplinarian in the school. Example: Miss Brownell had the reputation in Blair Water of being a fine teacher—due mainly to the fact that she was a strict disciplinarian and kept excellent “order.” 2. One who believes in discipline as a tool for regulation or control. Labels: broadly
Word: disciplinarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From discipline + -arian or disciplinary + -an. Pronunciation: /dɪsɪplɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Relating to discipline. Example: Disciplinarian system.
Word: regency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English regencie (cf. regente), from Medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regēns, present participle of regō. By surface analysis, regent + -cy; compare also + -ency (“abstract-noun suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənsi/ 1. A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The time during which a regent is in power. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demystification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English mystification English demystification From de- + mystification. 1. The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bastinado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”). 1. A blow with a cudgel or stick. Example: [H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados. 2. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
Word: bastinado Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”). 1. To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon. Labels: transitive
Word: spinsterhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spinster Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English spinsterhood From spinster + -hood. 1. The condition of being a spinster. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: sheʼs long ago resigned herself to eternal spinsterhood, to a future without the joys of marriage and motherhood 2. The time during which one is a spinster. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tidbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tid English bit English tidbit From Old English tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + English bit (“morsel”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪd.bɪt/, [ˈtʰɪd̚.bɪt̚] 1. A part of poultry when prepared as food Labels: US Example: The best mode of cutting up this Poultry is by raising, one after another, the four members, beginning by a thigh and wing on the same side, the tidbits and the white-meats; then break off the rump, and cut the body horizontally. Divide each thigh into two, and wing into three pieces; the body and the rump making six distinct ones; the white meats remaining entire. Place each piece on the dish in such a manner that all may be seen. All this should be done as quickly and cleverly as possible, in order to prevent the pieces getting cold. The tidbit is a veiny piece under the thigh, at the beginning of wing. Example: If in any case he ever reserved the tidbits of his own table for his own taste, he was never weary of sending the whole joint, tidbit and all, nay even when the whole joint was itself a tidbit, to his neighbor's table. 2. A tasty morsel (of food). Labels: US Example: Only a tidbit to a ravenous mouth. (Said when the little tidbit Denmark flies down the huge gullet of Prussia; or when Saghalin falls into Russia's maw.) 3. A short item of news, gossip, or information. Labels: US Example: Maya: Maybe we should leave a juicy tidbit for someone to read! Example: In the congressional apportionment that followed the 1910 census, the average district had 210,328 people, according to the Census Bureau. We make note of this historical tidbit simply to emphasize the obvious fact that DC’s current population is far greater than the population of many of the districts of generations past. 4. Generically, any small thing. Labels: US Example: This little book is very entertaining—quite a literary tidbit.
Word: bitches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈbɪt͡ʃəz/ 1. plural of bitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bitches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪz/, /ˈbɪt͡ʃəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bitch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jeepers Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of Jesus. 1. used to express surprise or dismay
Word: applecart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apple + cart. 1. A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street
Word: applecart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from upset the applecart. 1. A planned situation.
Word: upset the applecart Part of Speech: verb 1. To disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan. Labels: idiomatic Example: “There are three reasons,” Trent answered. “First, he may find his way to England and upset the applecart; […]” Example: She told me herself just now that the worst was over. And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart.
Word: eka- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas Sanskrit एक (eka)bor. English eka- Borrowed from Sanskrit एक (eka, “one, first”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪkə/ 1. Used to form prototype names for as-yet undiscovered elements, when prepended to the known element above them in the same group of the periodic table. Labels: morpheme
Word: postgraduate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English graduate English postgraduate From post- + graduate. Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/ 1. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
Word: postgraduate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English graduate English postgraduate From post- + graduate. Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/ 1. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. Labels: not-comparable Example: In May, a proclamation was issued specifically targeting Chinese nationals and denying them F and J visas used to attend graduate and postgraduate programs in the US. Trump’s new action suspends the issuance of new visas H-1B visas for professional workers; H-2Bs for non-agricultural seasonal workers, J-1s for cultural exchanges and L-1s for intracompany transfers.
Word: Visayan Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /viˈsaɪən/ 1. Of or relating to the Visayans or the Visayas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Visayan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /viˈsaɪən/ 1. A native or descendant of the Visayan people of the Philippines.
Word: Visayan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /viˈsaɪən/ 1. A subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines.
Word: ingratitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + gratitude, from Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + Latin grat(us) + -itude. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/, /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtjuːd/, /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtʃuːd/ 1. A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]” Example: Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.
Word: podex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pōdex. 1. The anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human. Labels: rare Example: If these native babes went around with their podexes exposed they wouldn't have any because the mosquitoes would eat them off. 2. The rear end of any animal. Labels: rare Example: Ligament which stretches over the surface of the uterus, running obliquely from the podex to the raceme.
Word: pharmacist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pharmacy 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 pharmacist From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/ 1. A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions. Example: He has served as a prescriptionist to the leading pharmacists of the old country, and been employed in many of our American cities. Example: By Admir, pharmacist by profession and hobby dronist by passion. 2. One who studies pharmacy. Labels: literary
Word: retail pharmacy Part of Speech: noun 1. A pharmacy in which drugs are sold to patients, as opposed to a hospital pharmacy. Labels: countable 2. The concept of pharmacy as a retailing activity. Labels: uncountable
Word: foreign policy Part of Speech: noun 1. A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Example: Willing to upend the nation’s postwar role as a bulwark against authoritarianism, he promises to usher in a foreign policy rooted in “America First” transactionalism. 2. Used retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bismarck's foreign policy.
Word: underwater basket weaving Part of Speech: noun 1. A college or high school course or major that is easy and absurd but will not result in finding a job or contributing anything valuable to society. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Sure, somewhere out there, college slackers were taking broom ball and underwater basket weaving.
Word: gainsharing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gain + sharing. 1. A compensation system in which companies share the financial value of performance gains, such as productivity, cost savings, or quality, with their workers. Labels: uncountable
Word: farfetched Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of far-fetched. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: philanderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From philander (“lover”) + -er, from Ancient Greek φίλανδρος (phílandros), from φίλος (phílos, “love”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Pronunciation: /fɪˈlæn.də.ɹɚ/, /fɪˈlæn.dɚ.ɚ/, /fɪˈlæn.də.ɹə/ 1. One who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men). 2. Someone who engages in casual sex, usually frequently. Example: A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand of the powers—the only vote that matters
Word: ballad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of balada and ballade. Pronunciation: /ˈbæləd/, /ˈbælɪt/ 1. A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. Example: The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander. Example: Of all varieties of poetry, the Ballad, in the form which it affects among us, in distinction to other countries, is, perhaps, one of the most attractive. 2. A slow romantic song. Example: On Friday nights, the roller rink had a time-block called "Lovers' Lap" when they played nothing but ballads on the overhead speakers. Example: He was playing the guitar and singing a ballad to his girlfriend while she was playing the drums.
Word: ballad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of balada and ballade. Pronunciation: /ˈbæləd/, /ˈbælɪt/ 1. To make mention of in ballads. Labels: obsolete 2. To compose or sing ballads. Labels: intransitive
Word: balladeer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English balladeer From ballad + -eer. 1. A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
Word: balladeer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English balladeer From ballad + -eer. 1. To sing a ballad Example: Revisiting familiar lied texts […] or simply balladeering in The Light That Is Felt, Ives begins songs the way we expect him to and then takes us someplace we would not have thought of going.
Word: lodestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested from 1515, from Middle English lode (“guide”) + stone. From use as a guide tool by mariners. See also: lodestar. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊdˌstoʊn/ 1. The mineral magnetite. Labels: obsolete 2. Any naturally occurring magnet. 3. The focus of one's attraction or attention Labels: broadly Example: an ideological lodestone
Word: alpha testing Part of Speech: noun 1. A process where a software application approaching full functionality is made available to a group of sophisticated users. Labels: uncountable
Word: Greco- Part of Speech: prefix Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹikoʊ-/, /ˈɡɹɛkoʊ-/ 1. Combining form of Greece and Greek. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme Example: Greco-Roman wrestling is an Olympic sport bringing back the style of the Ancient Greeks and Roman physicality.
Word: bottom dollar Part of Speech: noun 1. The last of one's money; all of one's money. Labels: idiomatic
Word: signum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sign. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡnəm/ 1. A sign, mark, or symbol. 2. A medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the eight canonical hours. 3. A function that extracts the sign of a real number x, yielding −1 if x is negative, +1 if x is positive, or 0 if x is zero.
Word: vandalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vandalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλία (glía), γλοία (gloía, “glue”), γλοιός (gloiós, “a glutinous substance, gum”) Pronunciation: /ˈɡliːə/, /ˈɡliə/, /ˈɡlaɪə/ 1. The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: vandalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vandalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glioma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glia Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English glioma From glia + -oma. Pronunciation: /ɡlaɪˈəʊmə/ 1. A tumour that arises from glial cells in the brain or spinal cord
Word: sourpuss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sour (“bad-tempered”) + puss (“slang for mouth”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊə(ɹ)ˌpʊs/ 1. A person who is habitually gloomy, sullen or miserable; a grouch; a scowling person. Labels: informal Example: They butt heads sometimes because Jenna can be pretty selfish and tone-deaf, and Jeordie can be a little bit of a sourpuss.
Word: sourpuss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sour (“bad-tempered”) + puss (“slang for mouth”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊə(ɹ)ˌpʊs/ 1. To make a gloomy, sullen or miserable facial expression; to scowl. Labels: intransitive, uncommon Example: “Oh, stop your sourpussing. We got what you needed.”
Word: mesothelioma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -thelium English mesothelium Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English mesothelioma From mesothelium + -oma. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛsoʊˌθiliˈoʊmə/, /ˌmɛzoʊ-/, /ˌmɛsə-/, /ˌmɛzə-/, /ˌmis-/ 1. An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He died a few weeks later, his mesothelioma perhaps caused by the asbestos-lined ceiling he cracked open at 430 King's Road. [Malcom] McLaren had stood there regaling in the mess, while everybody else ran for safety.
Word: teratoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Teratom; equivalent to terato- + -oma. Pronunciation: /tɛɹəˈtəʊmə/ 1. A benign or malignant tumour, especially of the gonads, that arises from germ cells and consists of different types of tissue such as skin, hair, or muscle. Example: ‘What is a teratoma?’ asked Jack, holding the object in his hand. ‘A kind of grenado?’ ‘It is an inward wen, a tumour: we find them, occasionally, in the abdominal cavity. Sometimes they contain long black hair, sometimes a set of teeth: this has both hair and teeth.’
Word: snazzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin unknown; the following etymologies have been suggested: * A blend of sna(ppy) + (ja)zzy. * From Irish snas (“finish, polish; good appearance”) + English -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Pronunciation: /ˈsnæzi/ 1. Appealing or stylish in appearance or manner; classy, flashy. Labels: slang Example: [Y]ou come here with your ritzy ways and your snazzy talk, and right from the start you start shoving your nose into things that aren't your business. Example: The snazziest tune here is another murmuring cover—this time, Todd Rundgren's "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference." 2. Appealing or stylish in appearance or manner; classy, flashy. Labels: slang Example: a snazzy dresser Example: "Men come in and have no hesitancy about buying jazzbo neckties, "snazzy" collars, passianate^([sic – meaning passionate?]) hats or thunderous hosiery, but they lower their voices and cast their eyes from side to side to avoid detection when they say they want to purchase a two-ply undergarment," said one local gents furnishing merchant. "One would think they were giving an order to their pet bootlegger," he added. 3. Adept or ingenious in behaviour or operation; excellent, nifty. Labels: slang Example: Those Friday afternoon dances in the gym are really snazzy. Example: Certainly, of those migrating to the iPhone from other devices, a good number of them are former Treo users who found Apple's device to be a souped-up, snazzier and even easier-to-use version of the Treo.
Word: bet one's bottom dollar Part of Speech: verb 1. To be absolutely sure of something; to be certain enough of something to wager everything. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Near-synonyms: bet a dollar to a doughnut, bet one's boots, make book Example: He talks about it a lot, but I would bet my bottom dollar that he has never actually been there.
Word: court of last resort Part of Speech: noun 1. The final court of appeal in a jurisdiction; a supreme court.
Word: behavioral force Part of Speech: noun 1. Any type of influence, such as peer pressure, that compels people in a society to behave according to certain norms.
Word: benefice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French benefice, from Latin beneficium. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ 1. Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it. Example: If after long expectation, much expense, travel, earnest suit of ourselves and friends, we obtain a small benefice at last, our misery begins afresh […] Example: She saw how many, even of good men's children, profaned the ministry, […] that she was vehemently against addicting any to that office, that had not, besides good wits and parts, so great a love to God and souls, as to come to it with absolute self-denial, resolved to serve Christ at the dearest rates, and take his acceptance and the winning of souls for their benefice. 2. A favour or benefit. Labels: obsolete 3. An estate in lands; a fief.
Word: benefice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French benefice, from Latin beneficium. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ 1. To bestow a benefice upon Example: There are two volumes, "The Open Door for Man's approach to God" (London, 1650) and "A Consideration of Infant Baptism" (London, 1653), by John Horne, who was beneficed at All Hallows, King's Lynn. Example: You clergymen of the Established Church have been richly endowed and beneficed expressly for this work--why don't you DO it?
Word: acculturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1880; ad- (“toward”) + culture + -ation (“a process”); equivalent to acculturate + -ion Pronunciation: /əˌkʌl.t͡ʃəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. A process by which the culture of a society changes on contact with a different one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It would be difficult to designate the Ghost Dance of the Indians of North America, for instance, as anything but a phenomenon of acculturation; […]. Example: The cultural complex shows such power of survival mainly because its practitioners know how to adapt to modernization, including Western medicine, just as their ancestors knew how to adapt their careers and art to acculturation processes during the Conquest and subsequent eras. 2. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autocephalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος (autoképhalos), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). By surface analysis, auto- + -cephalous. Pronunciation: /ɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/ 1. Fully independent of the authority of any other church. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The defenders of Anglican independence maintain that there were anciently Churches autocephalous, dependent on no patriarch, and refer to the Churches of Cyprus as thus constituted, and allege that the British Churches enjoyed the same right of self-government and ordained their own prelates. Example: Poroshenko's speech was viscerally anti-Russian, and his loudest applause line came when he vowed to establish an autocephalous (independent from Moscow) Ukrainian Orthodox Church patriarchate. 2. Presiding over an autocephalous church. Labels: not-comparable, usually 3. Independent; not governed by others. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: This is the Weberian continuum which stretches between the poles of “autocephalous” (self-organized and managing) and “heterocephalous” (organized and managed by others) occupations. […]In the more autocephalous occupations—the professions; the arts; independent accountants, draftsmen, and the like; independent small and medium businessmen in merchandising, manufacturing, artisanry, and the service trades—effective organization is less feasible.
Word: disestablishmentarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English establishment ▲ English dis- English establish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disestablishment English -arian English disestablishmentarian 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 disestablishmentarianism From disestablishmentarian + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪs.əstæ.blɪʃmənˌtɛɹi.ənɪzm/ 1. The campaign to disestablish the Church of England. Example: In repeated instances, in fact, Priestman even goes so far as to suggest that disestablishmentarianism (in the arguments of Godwin, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Smith, and Robinson) is simply an early stop on the road toward a more politically radical, full-fledged atheism that is to be found at the endpoint of a conventional narrative of enlightenment.
Word: disestablish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Proto-Italic *staðlis? Latin stabilis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin stabilīre Old French establirbor. Middle English establissen English establish English disestablish From dis- + establish. Pronunciation: /dɪsɪˈstæblɪʃ/ 1. To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status. Example: Ah, but the virtue of public education, it is said, is that it is secular and non-denominational. Don't count on it. Massachusetts, the last state to disestablish religion (1832), didn't until July of 1978 decide that it was unconstitutional for the public school system to subsidize religious schools through so-called textbook loans. Example: Furthermore, disestablishing the Catholic church in February 1795 essentially instituted a free field in religious belief. 2. To abolish (an existing position of employment).
Word: established church Part of Speech: noun 1. A church that is officially recognized as a national or state church by a government; in England it is the Church of England.
Word: myeloma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myelo- + -oma. 1. A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells. Example: While Powell was fully vaccinated, he was also battling multiple myeloma, a cancer that suppresses the immune system, making him more susceptible to the virus and less likely to mount an immune response after being vaccinated.
Word: theftable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First recorded use in the plays of Webster circa 1580; especially apropos the virtue of a Lady: "her very soul and that other tenderness is there and theftable for any knave." 1. able to be stolen Labels: humorous, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: fibroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + -oma. Pronunciation: /faɪˈbɹoʊmə/ 1. A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
Word: neoplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + plasm, after German Neoplasma. Pronunciation: /ˈniːoʊˌplæzəm/ 1. An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants. Example: Other and less common causes for an oromaxillary fistula are infections, cysts and neoplasms of the maxilla which may destroy the intervening bone, resulting in a fistula between the maxillary sinus and the oral cavity. Example: While we cannot firmly attribute the cause of the benign neoplasm to the irregularity in your genetic makeup, we can confirm that the progressive damage renders you unable to conceive a child.
Word: atheroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin athērōma (“tumor/mass full of gruel-like matter”), from Ancient Greek ἀθήρωμα (athḗrōma). By surface analysis, ather- + -oma. 1. An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries. 2. A kind of cyst on the scalp. Labels: obsolete
Word: ameloblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amelo- + blastoma. 1. A rare benign tumour of the upper or lower jaw.
Word: titanium white Part of Speech: noun 1. Titanium dioxide when used as a pigment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phonoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phono- + -scope. 1. A device that shows images demonstrating the movement of a person's face as they speak. 2. An early kind of microphone. Labels: historical
Word: photomicroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope English photomicroscope From photo- + microscope. 1. An instrument (microscope plus camera) that is used for making photomicrographs.