nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tetraploid. 1. A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.). Labels: informal Example: Tets are 44-chromosome conversions from 22-chromosome diploids, created by elaborate means involving colchicine, a chemical found naturally in crocuses. Only a tet can pollinate a tet, but some tets can pollinate themselves.
Word: tet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral. 1. A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.
Word: tet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral. 1. Tetrahedral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tetradrachm. 1. Clipping of tetradrachm. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: I've bought a couple of Greek tets that must have been dipped because all the toning is off them. They're white, but otherwise nice. Other tets I've bought have been cleaned as well but have more gray and other coloring and therefore look better.
Word: tet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tetra. 1. A tetra (freshwater fish). Labels: informal Example: All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine. There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.
Word: tet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tetanus. 1. Clipping of tetanus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: “It's a tet shot,” Roddy told him, relieved. A tetanus injection was the usual thing for a cut or puncture wound on a horse.
Word: tet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See teat. 1. Obsolete form of teat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Genital part is all nervy; the Tail ſmall; and the Hind hath Udders betwixt her Thighs, with four Speans or Tets, like a Cow.
Word: zeroed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zero. Cf. also zeroized. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zeroing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zero Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zeroing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act, or the result of zeroing
Word: zeroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeroes Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s. Labels: plural, plural-only, rare
Word: zeroes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of zero Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Jacobus Part of Speech: noun 1. A former English gold coin from the Jacobite period. Labels: historical
Word: mirthlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English mirthless Middle English -ly English -ly English mirthlessly From mirthless + -ly. 1. In a mirthless manner; sadly. Example: Miriam laughed again, but mirthlessly, to hear him thus mix her up with women in a general way. Example: And presently he grew conscious that the gods had played a very good practical joke on him, and he laughed at himself mirthlessly.
Word: cryptodepression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- (“hidden”) + depression (“area lower in topography than its surroundings”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪptəʊdɪˈpɹɛʃən/, /ˌkɹiptoʊdəˈpɹɛʃ(ə)n/ 1. The portion of a lake which lies below sea level. Example: When the bottom of the lake lies below mean sea level, it is said to occupy a cryptodepression, the depth of which is the depth below sea level of the deepest point of the basin. Example: The lake's elevation above sea level is 74.01 meters (242.8 feet) which makes its depth of cryptodepression to be 170 meters (558 feet).
Word: notional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From notion + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊʃənəl/, /ˈnoʊʃənəl/ 1. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary. Example: Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, fanciful, ideal Example: The idea that a rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo rather than ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh is socially conventional even though its sound correspondence is at heart notional. 2. Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research. Example: This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture. 3. Stubborn. Labels: Maine 4. Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category. 5. Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount Example: Gold traded at $909.00 an ounce, up 0.2 percent from New York's notional close of $906.65 on Wednesday. Example: Under the agreements, Harvard paid the banks fixed interest rates on a total notional amount of $3.52 billion in exchange for floating-rate payments from them. 6. Full of ideas or imaginings. Labels: informal Example: She knew what Pete would say if she told him about it — he would say she was getting notional; and she did not want Pete to think of her as a notional woman. Notional women sometimes had a hard time marrying unless they had money.
Word: notional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From notion + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊʃənəl/, /ˈnoʊʃənəl/ 1. A fake company used as a front in espionage. Example: Numerous CIA notionals, created to counter Communist organizations in Western Europe during the Cold War years, remain active and unrevealed.
Word: single union agreement Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement between an employer and a union such that the union will represent all the workers at a particular workplace.
Word: tacks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tæks/ 1. plural of tack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tacks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tæks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: backpacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English backpacking From backpack + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of backpack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backpacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack English backpack Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English backpacking From backpack + -ing. 1. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. Labels: uncountable Example: The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot. 2. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. Labels: uncountable
Word: currency overlay Part of Speech: noun 1. The separation of currency risk outsourcing costs from asset allocation and security selection costs. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sherman Part of Speech: name Etymology: (English surname): From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/ 1. A surname 2. A surname 3. A surname 4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: Sherman Part of Speech: name Etymology: (English surname): From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 22. A number of places in the United States: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Sherman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (English surname): From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/ 1. A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II; Named after American general William Tecumseh Sherman. Coined by British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in 1942. Labels: historical 2. An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement. Named after American general William Tecumseh Sherman, who famously refused. Labels: informal Example: A lot of photographers nominated the printers, who promptly pulled a Sherman. Granted, some printers, typically of the smaller variety or those who had existing departments, answered their party's call. More did not.
Word: twinning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From twin + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of twin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: twinning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twin + -ing. 1. The act of producing twins. 2. The act of giving birth to twins. 3. The pairing of similar objects (such as towns). 4. The formation of twin crystals. 5. A type of identity transformation where a subject transforms into a copy or clone of someone else. 6. The conversion of a road into a dual carriageway.
Word: twinning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twin + -ing. 1. Producing two offspring from one pregnancy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɪts/ 1. plural of fit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: constructing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of construct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: constructing Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of construction. Example: Only the construction of wood and canvas castles, temples, and the like would require some time: and not as much as might be thought, given both London's fixed structures - such as conduits, and the Cross in Cheapside - upon which and around which structures could be erected, and London's practice in the frequent necessary constructings of such pageants.
Word: claimed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kleɪmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of claim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chambers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chamber + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/ 1. A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: Thanks, my lord, for your veniſon, for finer or fatter / Never rang'd in a foreſt, or ſmoak'd in a platter; / […] / I had thoughts, in my chambers, to place it in view, / To be ſhevvn to my friends as a piece of virtu; […] Example: I am sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his mouldy old office, or his dusty chambers. I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him. 2. Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court. Labels: broadly, plural, plural-only 3. Originally, a set of rooms at an Inn of Court used by one or more barristers as an office and residence; now, the office of one or more barristers in any building. Labels: UK, broadly, plural, plural-only Example: [B]e you mannerly to her, becauſe you are to pretend only to be her Squire, to arm her to her Lavvyers Chambers; but I vvill be impudent and baudy, for ſhe muſt love and marry me. Example: […] I dismissed my coach at the gate, and tripped it down to my counsel's chambers; for lawyer's fees take up too much of a small disputed jointure to admit any other expenses but mere necessaries. 4. Euphemistic form of chamber pot (“a container used for defecation and urination”); also, synonym of potty (“a small (chiefly plastic) pot used by children for defecation and urination when toilet-training”). Labels: euphemistic, form-of, plural, plural-only Example: [W]heres the chamber gone Ive a holy horror of its breaking under me after that old commode […] 5. In full king's chambers: parts of the sea next to the coast of England and Wales delimited by imaginary lines connecting headlands, over which the Crown asserted exclusive jurisdiction; these have now been superseded by the concept of the territorial sea. Labels: UK, historical, plural, plural-only Example: [W]e cannot be ſecure, vvhile ſuch huge Fleets of Men of VVar, both Spaniſh, French, Dutch, and Dunkirkeers, ſome of them laden vvith Ammunition, Men, Arms, and Armies, do daily ſail on our Seas, and confront the Kings Chambers; […] Example: The exclusive territorial jurisdiction of the British Crown over the enclosed parts of the sea along the coasts of the island of Great Britain, has immemorially extended to those bays called the King's Chambers; i.e. portions of the sea cut off by lines drawn from one promontory to another. 6. A midmorning break at Eton College. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Drury presented himself at Chambers before 11 o'clock school one day with a conspicuous black eye.
Word: chambers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chamber + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/ 1. plural of chamber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chambers Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chamber + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chamber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bursting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɝstɪŋ/, /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ 1. Very eager (to do something). Example: I was bursting to tell him the secret. 2. Urgently needing to urinate. Labels: often Example: Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting. Example: The kid is bursting to go to the toilet. 3. So full (with something) as almost to erupt. Example: The newly stocked refrigerator is bursting with fresh vegetables. Example: Her heart was bursting with repressed emotion.
Word: bursting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɝstɪŋ/, /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of burst Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bursting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɝstɪŋ/, /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something bursts. Example: the burstings of balloons Example: The locomotive involved in the derailment of the 4.33 a.m. train from Ruabon to Barmouth on the night of October 6, due to the bursting of the banks of the Shropshire Union Canal near Llangollen, was 2-6-0 No. 6315; the position into which the locomotive fell so completely defied all attempts to re-rail it that it was cut up on the spot.
Word: beams Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /biːmz/ 1. plural of beam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beams Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /biːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adapted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈdæptɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of adapt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adapted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈdæptɪd/ 1. Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium. Example: That movie was an adapted novel.
Word: wrongs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɒŋz/, /ɹɔŋz/, /ɹɑŋz/ 1. plural of wrong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrongs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɒŋz/, /ɹɔŋz/, /ɹɑŋz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wrong Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: worms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɝmz/, /wɜːmz/ 1. plural of worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɝmz/, /wɜːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of worm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: washed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɒʃt/, /wɑʃt/, /wɔʃt/, /wɔɹʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of wash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: washed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /wɒʃt/, /wɑʃt/, /wɔʃt/, /wɔɹʃt/ 1. Ellipsis of washed up. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: my goat washed Example: Millennials’ very existence has become so embarrassing to Gen Z-ers that they’ve coined a phrase for it: “millennial cringe.” […] We are now unc and frequently also washed.
Word: whipped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʍɪpt/ 1. Of food: prepared by whipping or beating. Example: whipped cream 2. Ellipsis of pussywhipped. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: He knew he was whipped when he turned down a football game so they could shop for linens. 3. Very tired; worn out; exhausted. Labels: slang Example: Look, hon ... you're totally whipped. I'll see if riding in the car puts [our baby] to sleep.
Word: whipped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʍɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of whip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vibrating Part of Speech: adj 1. That vibrates. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vibrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vibrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unyielding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + yielding. 1. Not giving in; not bending; stubborn. Example: unyielding pressure Example: unyielding support
Word: unprotected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English protected English unprotected From un- + protected. 1. Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed. Example: The dread of leaving his daughter deſolate and unprotected in a ſtrange country, had been ſo great, that he had denied himſelf even the few comforts he could have obtained, becauſe he deſired to reſerve the little money he had left to ſend her back to Warſaw, […] Example: A well-gilt top to a book is a great preventive against damage by dust, while to leave books with rough tops and unprotected is sure to produce stains and dirty margins.
Word: unprotected Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unprotect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: touches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of touch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: touches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of touch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: storms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɔɹmz/, /stɔːmz/ 1. plural of storm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɔɹmz/, /stɔːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of storm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sporting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, sport + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/, /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/, /ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/, /ˈspoətɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sport Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sporting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, sport + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/, /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/, /ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/, /ˈspoətɪŋ/ 1. Pertaining to sports Labels: not-comparable Example: He got a job in a sporting goods store. 2. Exhibiting sportsmanship. Labels: comparable Example: Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself. 3. Fair, generous; game. Labels: comparable Example: It was very sporting of her to let us off like that. 4. Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: New Yorkers coined the term “sporting culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.
Word: sporting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, sport + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/, /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/, /ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/, /ˈspoətɪŋ/ 1. The act of taking part in a sport. Example: […] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]
Word: sticking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sticking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkɪŋ/ 1. A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks. Example: Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand. 2. Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc. Labels: historical, in-plural Example: six ounces of clods and stickings boiled
Word: sickening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sicken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sickening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ 1. Causing sickness or disgust. Example: sickening cruelty Example: sickening toxic fumes 2. Amazing, fantastic. Example: Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination. Example: Latrice lives every day by her mantra, “It’s OK to make mistakes. It’s OK to fall down. Get up, look sickening, and make them eat it!” Translation: rise above your downfalls in life, and always look amazing while dismissing the haters.
Word: sickening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, sicken + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ 1. The act of making somebody sick. Example: In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.
Word: devious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1590s, "out of the common or direct way," from Latin devius (“out of the way, remote, off the main road”), from de via, from de (“off”) (see de-) + via (“way, road”). Compare deviate. Originally in the Latin literal sense; the figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1630s. Related to deviously, deviousness. Figurative senses of the Latin word were "retired, sequestered, wandering in the byways, foolish, inconsistent." Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.vi.əs/ 1. Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank. 2. Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route. Labels: archaic Example: The wandering Arab never sets his tent Within her walls; the Shepherd eyes afar Her evil towers, and devious drives his flock. Example: Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.
Word: fertilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/ 1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it. 2. To make more creative or intellectually productive. Labels: figuratively Example: to fertilize one's imagination Example: He [countertenor Anthony Roth Constanzo] also enjoys being the catalyst whereby opera fertilises other art forms: recently, he's collaborated with Japanese kabuki actors, and a project with dancers from New York City Ballet is in the offing. 3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
Word: fertilizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fertilize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fertilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fertilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fertilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fertilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: detestable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French détestable. By surface analysis, detest + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/ 1. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking. Example: detestable person Example: detestable food
Word: coolness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”). Pronunciation: /ˈkuːlnəs/ 1. Moderate chilliness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I know a place of all sweet coolnesses; / a little island, like an emerald, set / in the clear argent of a river, that is / Itself a shining net Example: Surely there is between human kind and trees a kinship immemorial, antedating the fret and fever of the nerves, bringing old coolnesses to serve as refuge, making us know the time when spring was no torment, autumn no regret. 2. Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France? Example: Luckily for England, they have a world-class striker with a golden touch in [Harry] Kane, who was coolness personified to carefully direct in the winner. 3. Conflict or hostility or an instance of such that stands in contrast to expected friendliness or interest. Labels: countable, dated, usually Example: In the midst of enemies, Irish and English, Court treacheries and coolnesses, Strafford depended solely upon Laud, and no one other support. Example: "These things are certainly very annoying," said Belinda. "I've often experienced similar affairs. But, in my case, no doubt they were explainable. My tongue does run away with me sometimes," she concluded, with an engaging smile. I laughed. Belinda and her friends and coolnesses were a standing joke. 4. Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A regulatory backstop would still be needed, however, because the problem can cut both ways – that is, the utility can also exhibit coolness toward aspects of water conservation. In Kingston, members of [the] local council felt that they lacked sufficient influence over the utility (a municipal corportation) to advance a conservation agenda. At the same time, utility staff had difficulty harmonizing water rates due to council resistance (see Chapter 4). 5. Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion. Labels: often, slang, uncountable, usually Example: When I argue that Beverly Hills, 90210 makes use of 'An Americana Cool,' then I mean to propose that the show makes use of a wide variety of culturally codified coolness(es) that is/are anchored in a mainstream American symbology, in an Americana of patterned American styles, gestures, and codes.
Word: cheerfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cherefulnes; equivalent to cheerful + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəlnəs/, /ˈt͡ʃɪəfəlnəs/ 1. The state of being cheerful; joy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giueth, let him doe it with simplicitie: hee that ruleth, with diligence: hee that sheweth mercy, with cheerefulnesse. Example: The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns - a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms - days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.
Word: calmness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English calm 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 calmness From calm + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ(l)mnəs/, /ˈkɑːmnəs/ 1. The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metaphorical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English metaphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metaphoric English -al English metaphorical From metaphoric + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl/, /ˌmɛtəˈfoɹɪkəl/, [ˌmɛɾ.əˈfoɹ.ɪ.kɫ̩], /ˌmetəˈfɔɹɪkəl/, [ˌmeɾ.əˈfɔɹ.ɪ.kɫ̩] 1. Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic. Example: metaphorical answer Example: metaphorical depiction
Word: mover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move 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 mover From move + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːvə/ 1. Someone who or something that moves. 2. A dancer. 3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another. Example: I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time. 4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting. 5. A product that sells well. Example: "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up. 6. A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves. Labels: in-compounds
Word: gladness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glad + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlædnəs/ 1. The state of being glad; joy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness. Example: But as time, as time will, drew on, and Watt's period of service on the ground floor approached its term, then this wish and this fear, and so this sorrow and this gladness, like so many other wishes and fears, so many other sorrows and gladnesses, grew duller and duller and gradually ceased to be felt, at all.
Word: craving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. A strong desire; yearning. Example: [W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths. Example: The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
Word: craving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: continual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el, equivalent to continue + -al. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪnjuəl/, /kənˈtɪnjəl/ 1. Recurring in steady, rapid succession. Labels: not-comparable Example: the continual noise of dogs' barking Example: The history of this station is one of continual rebuilding. 2. Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed 3. Forming a continuous series. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed
Word: communal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commūnālislbor. French communalbor. English communal Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal. Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/, /kəˈmju.nəl/, /kəˈmjʉː.nəl/, /ˈkɔm.jə.nəl/ 1. Pertaining to a community or a commune. 2. Shared by a community; public. 3. Defined by religious ideas; based on religion. Labels: India Example: communal violence Example: communal politics
Word: adaptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus 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 apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. Labels: uncountable Example: To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain. Example: Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control. 2. A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. Labels: countable Example: It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever. 3. The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates. Labels: uncountable 4. The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment. Labels: uncountable Example: ACCLIMATIZATION, the process of adaptation by which animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of surviving and flourishing in countries remote from their original habitats, or under meteorological conditions different from those which they have usually to endure, and at first injurious to them. 5. An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed. Labels: countable Example: This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects. 6. The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium. Labels: uncountable Example: Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film. 7. An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium. Labels: countable Example: Having partly a bibliographic value, and partly confirming the statements above as to Balzac's influence, the following details concerning theatrical adaptations of some of his novels may serve as a supplement to this chapter. 8. The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wrongfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒŋfəli/ 1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly. Example: If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…] Example: There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.
Word: scalpel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum. Pronunciation: /ˈskælpəl/ 1. A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork. Example: He feels a tingling behind his ears, anticipating the scalpel and the drill.
Word: scalpel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum. Pronunciation: /ˈskælpəl/ 1. To hit, thrust, or pierce with a scalpel.
Word: unproductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English unproductive From un- + productive. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ 1. Not productive; useless; fruitless. Example: Juggling is an amusing pastime, but generally unproductive. 2. No longer used to produce new words (see examples).
Word: adaption Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈdæpʃən/ 1. Alternative form of adaptation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: suppression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin supprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin suppressiōbor. English suppression Borrowed from Latin suppressiō. Pronunciation: /səˈpɹɛʃən/, /səˈpɹeʃən/ 1. The act or instance of suppressing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. 2. The state of being suppressed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In these circumstances the Communist guerrillas had survived Kuomintang suppression and in the autumn of 1931 they had launched a rising in the Huanglung Mountains of north Shensi. 5. A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seasick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English see seke, equivalent to sea + sick. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːsɪk/ 1. Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship or boat at sea. Example: People who get seasick easily shouldn't join the navy.
Word: footpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foot path, footpath; equivalent to foot + path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/, /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/ 1. Any set path or trail to be used by people walking. Example: I felt refreshed after the short rest, and bade the old man farewell and started for town in company with the scared lad, following the footpath below the Grefsen hill. 2. A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians. Labels: Australia, India, Ireland, New-Zealand
Word: supervision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin supervisiō. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, /ˌsupɚˈvɪʒən/, /ˈsupɚˌvɪʒən/, /ˌsʉːpəˈvɪʒən/ 1. The act or instance of supervising. Labels: uncountable Example: Under his parents' supervision he drilled the holes in the wood. 2. Responsible oversight. Labels: uncountable Example: Do not attempt this without adequate supervision. 3. A tutorial session for an individual student or a small group. Labels: countable
Word: septic tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A small-scale watertight treatment system for domestic sewage in which the flow is slowed to allow sedimentation and sludge digestion by bacteria to take place. 2. A Yank (an American person). Labels: Australian, Cockney, slang
Word: stealthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stealth Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English stealthy From stealth + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛlθi/, /ˈsʈɛːl.d̪iː/, /ˈsʈɛːl.t̪hiː/, /ˈsʈel.d̪iː/, /ˈsʈel.t̪(h)iː/ 1. Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy. Example: stealthy military manoeuvres
Word: solicitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō. Pronunciation: /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The instances you have quoted," replied the other, "are certainly very encouraging! Homer past a life in blindness and beggary; Columbus, in vain solicitation and feverish disappointment; and Luther's was spent in struggle, imprisonment, and danger... 2. an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: sleazy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin obscure. Possibly a corruption of Silesia, through a word meaning Silesian cloth. Silesia was formerly the most important location of Germany’s weaving industry. Pronunciation: /ˈsliː.zi/ 1. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate. Example: There were two or three all-night diners to choose from and they pushed through the door that announced GOOD EATS in the brightest neon. It was the usual sleazy food-machine - two tired waitresses behind a zinc counter loaded with cigarettes and candy and paperbacks and comics. Example: Al bought my furniture at ten percent of its value and Jim drove me to a sleazy side-avenue hotel, where I obtained a room at a low rate. 2. Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual. Example: Sleazy, yeah, I like it sleazy / Oh let's get nasty baby / I like it sleazy / I'll take you for a bad ride Example: Nancy knew it was a sleazy movie because the channel's logo appeared in the lower right corner of the screen. This satellite station only showed sleazy films at this time of the night. Actually its selection of films was trashy at any time, but the after-eleven fare was especially so. […] It's garbage, a step or two removed from pornography. 3. Untrustworthy, unethical. Example: She hated Ed Feinberg, the sleazy, lying, blood-sucking small-timer. Still he was a man; if he had called her up in the old days, in Seattle, she'd have entertained him. Example: The Gold Dust was a sleazy place, a clip joint with crooked gambling tables in the back and a fleet of B-girls who would give you a few minutes' vapid conversation and a peek at the tops of their breasts if you bought them a three-dollar drink […] 4. Thin and flimsy. Labels: dated Example: Shortly after his return in infirm old age to his native land, a little narrative of his adventures, forlornly published on sleazy gray paper, appeared among the peddlers, written, probably, not by himself, but taken down from his lips by another. Example: I hesitate to describe Sophy Epstein's dress. You won't like it. In the first place, it was cut too low, front and back, for a shoe clerk in a downtown loft. It was a black dress, near-princess in style, very tight as to fit, very short as to skirt, very sleazy as to material.
Word: Shinto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/, /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/ 1. Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits. Example: The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion.
Word: Shinto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/, /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to, Shintoism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sedative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling. By surface analysis, sedate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛdətɪv/ 1. An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep. Example: Michael Jackson probably died after he rapidly injected himself with a dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol on top of a large dose of sedatives he swallowed when Dr. Conrad Murray was away, the defense’s propofol expert testified Friday. […] White also concluded that Jackson swallowed a large dose of lorazepam several hours earlier, which would have left "a very high concentration" of the sedative in his body.
Word: sedative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling. By surface analysis, sedate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛdətɪv/ 1. Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
Word: deglove Part of Speech: verb 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 glove English deglove From de- + glove. Pronunciation: /diːˈɡlʌv/ 1. To peel back the skin from part of the body as if removing a glove, especially as the result of an accident. 2. Taking away a glover (performer)'s LED light gloves as a joke punishment or sign of disrespect.
Word: danceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder. Anglo-Norman dauncerbor. Middle English dauncen English dance 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 danceable From dance + -able. 1. Suitable for dancing. 2. Danceworthy. Example: “Assignment time! Hatchi machi! (gasps) I got conference room cleanup duty. In your face!” “Last time I checked, that was very lame.” (humming) “Why would you dance? That's not a danceable job.”