nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: HE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of high explosive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: This here is sixty-six tons of straight-up, HE-spewing dee-vine intervention! 2. Initialism of higher education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: LSST said the allegations were untrue. It described its mission as challenging: "We are providing a valuable service to communities that are often overlooked or are underserved by the public HE sector, and in doing so we are making transformational change." 3. Initialism of health education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of His Excellency / Her Excellency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of His Eminence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of home entertainment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of human era (“current epoch”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Abbreviation of hydroelectricity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 9. Initialism of home economics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of hydrogen embrittlement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Hesse: a state of Germany. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: HE Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of hydroelectric. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: HE Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of how embarrassing. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: viburnum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vīburnum. Pronunciation: /vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/, /vaɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/ 1. Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers. Example: Thus he diſcovered two or three kinds of oaks, a few viburna, and ſome trees of the maple genus, with a wild ſort of Japaneſe pear. Example: Adowa moschatellina. — Although it quite differs from the elder-trees, viburna and honey-suckles as far as the general appearance is concerned, says Siclain, it occurs in the neighbourhood of these plants.
Word: vicariousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vicarious 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 vicariousness From vicarious + -ness. 1. The quality of being vicarious. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vicennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vicennium + -al or directly from Latin vīcenniālis, from vīcennium (“20-year span”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming suffix), from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from vīciēs (“20 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vice- (“twenty”) + -ennial. 1. Occurring once every twenty years. Labels: not-comparable 2. Lasting for twenty years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vicennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vicennium + -al or directly from Latin vīcenniālis, from vīcennium (“20-year span”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming suffix), from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from vīciēs (“20 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vice- (“twenty”) + -ennial. 1. A twenty-year period Example: The maps are presented at 20-year intervals (vicennials) because of the nature of the data, particularly for years prior to 1960 when estimation procedures were not nearly as developed as today. 2. A twentieth anniversary, particularly Example: Among the well established anniversaries celebrated by Chautauqua classes from year to year are the vicennials. A strong sense of comradeship is developed among members who come to Chautauqua twenty years after graduation... 3. A twentieth anniversary, particularly Labels: historical Example: The feast of Constantine's vicennials fell on the 25th of July this year: it was the commencement of the twentieth year of his reign. It is supposed, that to avoid interrupting affairs or greater moment, this ceremony was deferred till the end of the council, which broke up the 25th of August. Example: Roman coins mentioning the vota publica for Macrinus are RIC IV.1 5–13; on vota publica for the decennials and vicennials of emperors in the 2nd and 3rd c. ad, see Chastagnol 1984.
Word: vichyssoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vichyssoise (literally “from Vichy”). Pronunciation: /ˌvɪʃiˈswɑːz/ 1. A thick, creamy soup made from potato, leeks, onions, and chicken stock, and normally served cold. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: videodisk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of videodisc. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: videophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video- + phone. 1. A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions. 2. A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions. Labels: dated
Word: viewership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English viewer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English viewership From viewer + -ship. 1. percentage of viewers that watched television programs or other video broadcasts. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: After the pandemic, MLG lost a lot of its viewership and profits which led it to close. The MLG Twitter account is no longer active and the mlg.com website directs to Battlenet instead of its old website.
Word: vigilantism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vigilante 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 vigilantism From vigilante + -ism. 1. The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said.
Word: vigilantist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vigilante 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 vigilantist From vigilante + -ist. 1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a vigilante. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vignettist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vignette 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 vignettist From vignette + -ist. 1. a person who makes vignettes; a vignetter
Word: book signing Part of Speech: noun 1. An event where an author signs copies of her/his books for fans.
Word: book signings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of book signing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vileness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vile 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 vileness From vile + -ness. 1. The state of being vile. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A vile act. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: villeinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vilenage, villeinage, villenage, from Old French vilenage, villenage, Anglo-Norman vileinage, villeinage, and Medieval Latin vileināgium, villenāgium. By surface analysis, villein + -age. 1. The state of being a villein. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A feudal system involving villeins; serfdom. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: altricial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin Altrices (a former division of birds), plural of altrīx, the feminine of altor (“nourisher”), from alere (“to nourish”). Pronunciation: /ælˈtɹɪʃəl/ 1. Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth. Example: Altricial young are typical among carnivores, which might be expected to be hampered in their hunting behaviour if the pregnant mother has to carry its young for a long period. Example: First, humans are altricial, with immature newborns and a long childhood.
Word: altricial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Altrices (a former division of birds), plural of altrīx, the feminine of altor (“nourisher”), from alere (“to nourish”). Pronunciation: /ælˈtɹɪʃəl/ 1. Such an animal.
Word: vincible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”). 1. Capable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable. Labels: not-comparable Example: He, not easily vincible in spirit […] drew his sword. Example: vincible by human aid
Word: vindicator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vindicātor, equivalent to vindicate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯tə/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰə], /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯ɾə/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾə], /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯tɚ/ 1. A person who vindicates. Example: Little thought the good-natured vindicator of Lady Anne's offspring (to all of whom he was sincerely attached) that he had drawn upon one that which she held to be the great misfortune of her life a short time afterwards.
Word: violist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English viol 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 violist From viol + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.əl.ɪst/ 1. A person who plays the viol.
Word: violist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English viola 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 violist From viola + -ist. Pronunciation: /viˈəʊ.lɪst/, /viˈoʊ.lɪst/ 1. A person who plays the viola. Example: But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune? Example: And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
Word: violoncellist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English violoncello 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 violoncellist From violoncello + -ist. 1. a person who plays the violoncello
Word: predictive text Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for inputting text on a device where individual buttons correspond to several characters that attempts to guess which word was intended (typically out of a writable vocabulary), as opposed to a system where disambiguation is achieved through repeated presses of the same key. Labels: uncountable 2. A system, as in a word processor, that attempts to predict and autocomplete the text being typed. Labels: uncountable Example: […] whereas before it more ^([sic]) akin to a typewriter, nowadays, with built in functions such as spelling check and predictive text, Microsoft Word has evolved to the point where it appears to “know” what you would like to do.
Word: viperous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English viper Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English viperous From viper + -ous. 1. of or pertaining to a viper 2. venomous, malicious or treacherous Example: viperous as the suicide foam of captive Judas (iii) Example: Back home the portrait of Trujillo, which every good citizen had hanging in his house, beamed down on him with insipid, viperous benevolence.
Word: vireo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“to be green”). Pronunciation: /ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/ 1. Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage. Example: The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses. Example: Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and South America, with one, the Black-whiskered Vireo, largely restricted to the West Indies. Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants. 2. Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes. Example: Family Vireonidae Vireos The vireos are slim grayish green birds that stay high up in the trees most of the time.
Word: virology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From viro- + -logy. Pronunciation: /vaɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: virtuosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts Latin -tūs Latin virtūs Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Late Latin virtuōsusbor. Italian virtuosobor. English virtuoso Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English virtuosity From virtuoso + -ity (“quality of”); the terminal -o drops out. Compare Middle English vertuosite (“virtuous quality or character”). Pronunciation: /ˌvɜː(ɹ)tjuˈɒsɪti/ 1. The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Greek art and culture, which had become international, degenerated to mere virtuosity, empty of any ideal. Example: At any rate, there is fun to be had not only from the De Vriesian virtuosity in pun and parody, but in following his literally incredible plot. 2. Lovers of the elegant arts as a class. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: virtuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vertuousnesse; equivalent to virtuous + -ness. 1. The state of being virtuous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: virulence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪɹjələns/, /ˈvɪɹələns/ 1. The state of being virulent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most strains of this virus have no virulence. Example: Francis was enraged at the interference, and opposition made him more in earnest; but just at this time, the civil war, which had hitherto left their part of the country comparatively quiet, arose with great virulence in their immediate vicinity. 2. The degree of how virulent a thing is. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This strain has higher virulence than most others.
Word: package management system Part of Speech: noun 1. A package manager: the tool used by an operating system to manage software installation. Example: In Red Hat, use the glint package management system and the Applications subdirectory to locate the font files. Example: It is, however, weak on configuration amenities for newcomers, and it uses no package management system comparable to RPM or Debian's package manager, so it is more difficult to maintain.
Word: clothes shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that sells clothes.
Word: Frankish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Frank + -ish. Compare Middle English Frenkisch, Frenkis (“Frankish, French”), Old English Frencisc (“Frankish, French”). More at French. Doublet of French. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Franks. Example: The Frankish monk Smaragdus, who wrote at the beginning of the 9th century […] 2. Of or pertaining to the Franks. 3. French.
Word: Frankish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Frank + -ish. Compare Middle English Frenkisch, Frenkis (“Frankish, French”), Old English Frencisc (“Frankish, French”). More at French. Doublet of French. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/ 1. The language of the Franks, an ancient West Germanic language, ancestral to Dutch. 2. French.
Word: horloge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horologe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: besetment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English beset Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English besetment From beset + -ment. 1. The state of being beset. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A common threat to icebreakers is besetment, where they are trapped in the ice and unable to ram the ice to escape.
Word: icebreakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of icebreaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: AANBUS Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Australian Antarctic Building System: a modular construction system used by Australia for its buildings in Antarctica. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: sciomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin sciomantia, from Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəˌmænsi/ 1. divination using shadows Labels: uncountable 2. divination using ghosts or spirits Labels: uncountable
Word: bibliomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + -mancy. 1. Divination by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, especially from the Bible. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: visitant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French visitant, present participle of visiter. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪtənt/ 1. One who visits; a guest; a visitor. Example: 1612-13, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi Act I, Scene III, Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness, / That is not kept in chains and close-pent rooms, / But in fair lightsome lodgings, and is girt / With the wild noise of prattling visitants, / Which makes it lunatic beyond all cure. Example: One visit is enough to begin an acquaintance; and this point is gained by it, that when the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger. 2. A spectre or ghost. Example: Matsumura felt almost sure that his ghostly visitant had been none other than the Soul of the Mirror. Example: In the afternoon, Aaron felt the cypresses rising dark about him, like so many high visitants from an old, lost, lost subtle world, where men had the wonder of demons about them, the aura of demons, such as still clings to the cypresses, in Tuscany, 3. A migratory bird that makes a temporary stop somewhere. Example: Reëstablishment of such facilities would probably soon draw occasional visitants in special need of rest in their desert flights.
Word: visitant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French visitant, present participle of visiter. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪtənt/ 1. Visiting. Example: 1677, Thomas d’Urfey, Madam Fickle, or, The Witty False One, London: James Magnes & Richard Bentley, Act III, Scene 2, p. 33, Now the plots unravell’d: I begin to have a knowledge of the visitant Kinsman that us’d to molest us. Example: Sermons were not encouraged, as the demand on the use of the famous altar by visitant priests and their pilgrims was heavy on Sunday mornings, and even a short sermon held up the next Mass on the list.
Word: visualizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From visualize + -er. 1. Someone who visualizes; especially someone whose mental imagery is visual. 2. That which provides a visualization. Example: […]an HTML visualizer that converts HTML code to a Web page[…] 3. A video accompanying a song, usually simpler than a typical music video, intended to be a visual representation of the song. Example: Fittingly, “Mood Swings” ft. Lil Tijay has found a viral star to anchor its music video in actress, model, and former Kylie Jenner bff Jordyn Woods. In the visualizer, Jordyn Woods is the central baddie with a fatty, posing in pools and in sports cars with other baddies Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez. Example: The same weekend the album was released, a movielike thing called “The Release Party of a Showgirl” played in cinemas around the world. This “film” would consist of a new music video, behind-the-scenes content and a string of visualizers. 4. A person in the advertising industry who produces artwork for presentations.
Word: vitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize 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 -ization English vitalization From vital + -ization. 1. The act of vitalizing; enlivenment; vivification. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
Word: vitally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vital Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English vitally From vital + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.tə.li/ 1. In a manner that imparts vitality 2. To an extent that is vital; indispensably
Word: viticulturist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis Proto-Italic *wītis Latin vītisder. English viti- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English viticulture 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 viticulturist From viticulture + -ist. 1. A person who grows grapevines.
Word: vivaciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vivacious 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 vivaciousness From vivacious + -ness. 1. the state of being vivacious; vivacity Labels: uncountable
Word: vizor Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of visor. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The knight had pushed the vizor of his helmet back to be sociable,... Example: He was a big man and looked terrifying in his armour and facelessness because of the helmet and vizor.
Word: southern lights Part of Speech: noun 1. The aurora of the southern hemisphere. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The Southern Lights were again seen last night.
Word: iambus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ïambus (“a certain poetic meter”), from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). 1. Synonym of iamb.
Word: iceboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English iceboat From ice + boat. 1. An ice yacht. 2. An icebreaker; a ship that breaks through ice.
Word: iceboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English iceboat From ice + boat. 1. To travel by ice yacht. Labels: intransitive
Word: pumping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pumping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌmpɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is pumped. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Focus on the number of pumpings per day, not the time between pumpings. 2. The act of injecting silicone into the body to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: icebound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ice + bound. 1. Completely surrounded by ice and therefore unable to move. Example: KGB had always been on the lookout for hard facts, but then reported those facts to people besotted with a dream, who then bent the truth in the service of that dream. When the truth had finally broken through, the dream had suddenly evaporated like a cloud of steam in a high wind, and reality had poured in like the flood following the breakup of an icebound river in springtime.
Word: ignobly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ignoble Middle English -ly English -ly English ignobly From ignoble + -ly. 1. in an ignoble manner Example: No villanous bounty yet hath past my heart; Vnwisely, not ignobly haue I giuen. Example: Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his chocolate had been ignobly waited on by only three men; he must have died of two.
Word: ignominiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ignominious Middle English -ly English -ly English ignominiously From ignominious + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). Ignominious is derived from Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignominieux (modern French ignominieux), or from its etymon Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”), from ignōminia (“disgrace, dishonour, shame, ignominy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ignōminia is derived from ig- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning not)) + nōmen (“name; good name, reputation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs.li/, /ˌɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs.li/ 1. In a manner which is ignominious (“especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful”). Example: Men ignorant in letters, ſtudious for their bellies, and ignominiouſly lazie, vnleſſe ſome fevv that giue themſelues to nauigation; and become indifferent good Pilots. Example: But the death of the royal captive, vvho vvas ignominiouſly beheaded, diſgraced the triumph of Rome and of Chriſtianity; […]
Word: ignorantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ignorant Middle English -ly English -ly English ignorantly From ignorant + -ly. 1. In an ignorant manner. Example: Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was. For herein that Monſter of Prerogative is […] advanced […] to claim abſolute obedience, without reſerve of Conſcience, Religion, Honour, or Reaſon; not only that which ignorantly is called Paſſive, never to reſiſt him, not only on any Pretence, but for any Cauſe, even tho' he ſhould command his Popiſh Janizaries to murder and maſſacre all Proteſtants, which is the tender mercy and burning fervent charity of Papiſts; […] Example: vilenesses they commit in their wine (meaning when they know not what they do) for the deeds themselves so ignorantly committed they find pardon amongst wise judges, but for their temulency a condemnation 2. Accidentally.
Word: ikon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of icon (religious image). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The walls themselves were gold and set with ikons and various religious motifs in bright hues.
Word: iodize Part of Speech: verb 1. To treat or react with iodine.
Word: ionizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ionize 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 ionizer From ionize + -er. 1. a device that ionizes
Word: ipecac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of ipecacuanha, from Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪp.ɪ.kæk/ 1. The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mary Reynolds could list her physician-owner's entire materia medica (the common term for pharmacological supplies) for slaves in one breathː "Dr. Kilpatrick gave sick [slaves] ipecac and asafoetide and oil and turpentine and black fever pills. 3. The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ipecacuanha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”). Pronunciation: /ɪpɪkakjuːˈænə/ 1. The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This ipecacuanha is a most disagreeable medicine! Example: A general labor “shortage” crimped Amazonian drug supply chains: the difficulty of procuring ipecacuanha, for example, stemmed not only from the health hazards of the emetic's acrid juice and pungent dust to workers but from bosses' reluctance to reassign indebted rubber tappers to uproot the plant. 2. The flowering plant Carapichea ipecacuanha. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: itty-bitty Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of itsy-bitsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dishing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dishing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃɪŋ/ 1. Shaped like a dish; concave.
Word: dishing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃɪŋ/ 1. A dish shape or deformation; a concavity. 2. The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served. Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: The new musical coatings given to these old forms and fiavourings have ever been the curse of musical progress in this country, and it is high time that such “dishings-up” were turned away from, once and for ever, by the music-loving public.
Word: athirst Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English athirst, from Old English ofþyrst, past participle of ofþyrstan (“to smart from thirst”), equivalent to a- (“of”, Etymology 8) + thirst (verb). Pronunciation: /əˈθɜːst/ 1. Thirsty. Labels: archaic Example: I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Example: To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […] 2. Eager or extremely desirous (for something). Labels: figuratively Example: I, that forever feel athirst for glory, Could at this moment be content to lie Meekly upon the grass, as those whose sobbings Were heard of none beside the mournful robins. Example: O sleepless heart and sombre soul unsleeping, That were athirst for sleep and no more life And no more love, for peace and no more strife!
Word: atilt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tilt English atilt From a- + tilt. 1. At an angle from the vertical or horizontal. Labels: not-comparable Example: The child listened, her head atilt. Example: When I came to the river, I ached in sympathy with the shipping painfully atilt on the rock-like surface of the brine, which broke against the piers, and sprayed itself over them like showers of powdered quartz.
Word: atilt Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tilt English atilt From a- + tilt. 1. At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over. Labels: not-comparable Example: He wore his hat rakishly atilt. Example: Ale should not be drunk under five dayes old; new Ale is unwholsome, sowre Ale, and dead, and Ale which do stand atilt is most unwholesome. 2. Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust). Labels: not-comparable Example: to run / ride atilt at someone or something Example: What will you do, good grey-beard? break a lance, And run a tilt at death within a chair?
Word: atilt Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tilt English atilt From a- + tilt. 1. Diagonally over or across. Example: A butterfly flew into the garden, danced a stately minuet mid-air, courtsied, and settled atilt the top rail of the old “snake fence.” Example: 1982, Jean Scott Wood Creighton (as J. S. Borthwick), The Case of the Hook-billed Kites, New York: St. Martin’s Press, Chapter 11, p. 29, [He] was balanced atilt a wooden chair, his legs resting on a low file cabinet.
Word: atomize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English atomize From atom + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈætəmaɪz/, [-ɾə-] 1. To separate or reduce into atoms. Labels: transitive 2. To make into a fine spray. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: aerosolize, vaporize 3. To fragment; to break into small pieces or concepts. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: anatomize, analyze, scrutinize Example: An organism is then atomized into 'traits' and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions. 4. To deprive of community and political capital. Example: Near-synonym: disunite 5. To bomb with nuclear weapons. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: pulverize, annihilate
Word: atonality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atonal + -ity or a- + tonality. 1. A style of music that is written without a key. Labels: uncountable 2. A passage written without a key. Labels: countable
Word: atrociously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English atrocious Middle English -ly English -ly English atrociously From atrocious + -ly. 1. in an atrocious manner
Word: atrociousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English atrocious 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 atrociousness From atrocious + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being atrocious. Labels: uncountable Example: 1689, Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, The Loyalists Reasons for His Giving Obedience, and Swearing Allegiance, to the Present Government, Edinburgh: J. Reid, pp. 34-35, If there be joyned to [injustice] an other vice […] , if it be frequent and habitual, in a Person of perfect Age, all these Aggravations augment its Atrociousness. Example: The atrociousness of a crime, depends greatly upon the nature, character, and condition of the victim. […] To steal bread from a full man, is theft; to steal it from a starving man, is both theft and murder.
Word: attainability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English attain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English attainability From attain + -ability. 1. The state of being attainable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: attentiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English attentive 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 attentiveness From attentive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being attentive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: attitudinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian attitudine + -ize, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ize, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˌætɪˈtjuːdɪnaɪz/, /ˌætəˈtud(ɪ)nˌaɪz/, [-ɾə-] 1. To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: In Greenwich, there were many gravelled walks, unshrubbed except for the nurses who dotted them, silent and attitudinized as trees. 2. To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: While she, one hand on his arm, had been attitudinizing her dutiful gratitude, he—as she suddenly realized—had been deciding to rid her of Fordham [her estate manager]. No sentimentalizing, no attitudinizing there! 3. To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Example: He had a great averſion to geſticulating in company. He called once to a gentleman vvho offended him in that point, "Don't attitudeniſe." Example: Charlotte, who has the beſt voice, was brought out to ſing, but was placed a little behind, as her perſon is not quite perfect; Maria, who is the moſt pictureſque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp, […] 4. To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, figuratively, intransitive Example: [W]hoso rhymes a sonnet pays a tax, / Who paints a landscape dips brush at his cost, / Who scores a septett true for strings and wind / Mulcted must be—else how should I impose / Properly, attitudinize aright, / Did such conflicting claims as these divert / Hohenstiel-Schwangau from observing me? Example: In every line that he wrote Cicero was attitudinising for posterity, or reflecting on the effect of his conduct upon his interests or his reputation.
Word: attractable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English attract 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 attractable From attract + -able. 1. able to be attracted
Word: attractant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɹæktənt/ 1. Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals
Word: attuned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of attune Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attuned Part of Speech: adj 1. Tuned to the correct pitch. 2. Brought into harmony; harmonized. Example: And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia. 3. Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon.
Word: massing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: massing Part of Speech: noun 1. A bringing together into a mass. Example: Jason Rhodes’s idiosyncratic massings of objects and material goods
Word: rhubarb rhubarb Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Chosen as a word for producing indistinct background noise because it contains no very sharp or recognizable phonemes: see rhubarb (“noise”). 1. Background noise of simultaneous conversations, none of which is decipherable since the actors are repeating the word rhubarb or other words with similar attributes. Labels: UK Example: Those glottals glugged like poured pop, each /rebarbative syllable, remembrancer, raise /‘mob' rhubarb-rhubarb to a tribune's speech /crossing the crackle as the hayracks blaze... Example: (stage direction) They all rise and drink. Rhubarb, rhubarb...To convey the next stage of To convey the next stage of general inebriation, the remarks that follow are spoken in a sing-song. 2. Speech which is undecipherable to the listener because it is in a language he or she does not understand; mumbo jumbo. Labels: UK, derogatory Example: Human beings and human speech are historical inventions as well: our actual experience for long enough was of ‘ourselves', the local tribes of people, dogs and horses, and of the ‘others', theria (wild beasts) and barbaroi (who make noises that only vaguely sound like speech, as "rhubarb, rhubarb"). Example: ‘Barbarians' who made noises which sounded like ‘rhubarb-rhubarb' to Greeks who could not (and did not want to) understand them. 3. Blah blah; etc, etc. Labels: UK Example: Not allowed to blah blah blah rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb. Just what I don't need when I'm feeling kind of seedy. Example: Judith recruited me as the voice of the grass roots. I said rhubarb, rhubarb to oblige her, but I felt like a charlatan. I had mobilized out of a genuine sense of outrage at Cathy's treatment, but the demand to enter the Oxford Union was another matter.
Word: rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of rhubarb. 1. Alternative form of rhubarb rhubarb. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Protestantism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Protestant 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 Protestantism From Protestant + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒt.ɪs.tən.tɪ.zəm/, /ˈpɹɑ.tɪs.tən.tɪ.zəm/, /ˈpɹɑ.tɪs.tən.tɪ.zm̩/ 1. The Protestant (rather than the Roman Catholic or Orthodox) Christian faith. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Collectively, the Protestant churches or the Protestants. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The beliefs held by the Protestant churches. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chastisement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French chastiement, from the verb chastier, from Latin castīgō Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/, /ˈt͡ʃæstɪzmənt/, /t͡ʃæˈstaɪzmənt/ 1. The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Besides, the King hath wasted all his rods On late offenders, that he now doth lack The very instruments of chastisement; So that his power, like to a fangless lion, May offer, but not hold. Example: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Word: Hannibal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Hannibal, a rendering of Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”). Pronunciation: /ˈhænɪbəl/ 1. A male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A city in Missouri, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hannibal, as a city, may have many sins to answer for, but ingratitude is not one of them, or reverence for the great men she has produced, and as the years go by her greatest son, Mark Twain, or S. L. Clemens as a few of the unlettered call him, grows in the estimation and regard of the residents of the town he made famous and the town that made him famous.
Word: chained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of chain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chained Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪnd/ 1. Bound with chains. Labels: not-comparable 2. Linked in a chain. Labels: not-comparable 3. Wearing or adorned with a chain. Labels: not-comparable Example: The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
Word: infinitesimal analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. calculus Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Of the new or infinitesimal analysis, we are to consider Sir Isaac Newton as the first inventor, Leibnitz, a German philosopher, as the second; ... 2. a systematic employment of infinitesimals that reduces calculus to algebra; nonstandard analysis. Labels: uncountable