nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cyanocobalamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- English cobalamin English cyanocobalamin From cyano- + cobalamin. 1. A synthetic form of vitamin B₁₂ (cobalamin). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The cyanocobalamin molecule contains the element cobalt (Co). Cattle and sheep grazing areas deficient in this element develop vitamin B12 deficiency, as the rumen microorganisms are then unable to manufacture the vitamin.
Word: ragout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ragoût. Compare ragù of the same origin, borrowed from Italian. Pronunciation: /ɹæˈɡuː/, /ˈɹæɡuː/ 1. a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together Labels: countable, uncountable 2. any stew, soup, or sauce Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: ragout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French ragoût. Compare ragù of the same origin, borrowed from Italian. Pronunciation: /ɹæˈɡuː/, /ˈɹæɡuː/ 1. To prepare (food) as a ragout. Labels: transitive
Word: haslet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hastelet, from Anglo-Norman hastilet (“roast meat”), diminutive of haste (“spear, spit, roast meat”), from Latin hasta (“spear”). Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzlɪt/, /ˈheɪslɪt/, /ˈhæzlɪt/, /ˈhæslɪt/ 1. The internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig. 2. A meatloaf made of these organs. Example: Shortly before serving lay the haslet on a warm dish, melt 1 ounce butter in a small saucepan […]
Word: harslet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of haslet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: buccan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French boucan, from Old Tupi moka'ẽ. See buccaneer. 1. A framework or grill upon which meat is laid to dry, or to be roasted. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Meat prepared in this way. Labels: uncountable
Word: buccan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French boucan, from Old Tupi moka'ẽ. See buccaneer. 1. To dry meat on such a frame.
Word: roulade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler. Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈlɑːd/, /ɹuˈlɑd/ 1. An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable. Example: He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: […] Example: He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades. 2. A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
Word: roulade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler. Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈlɑːd/, /ɹuˈlɑd/ 1. To sing an elaborate embellishment of several notes to one syllable.
Word: daube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French daube. 1. A stew of braised meat, usually beef. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Christ, I tell you true, Irene, that child won't listen to nobody! I'm trying to cook her some spaghettis and daube, and she keeps on playing in my pot.”
Word: dapifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin dapifer, from Latin daps (“feast”) + -fer (“bearer”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæpɪfə/ 1. The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal. Labels: historical 2. The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household. Labels: historical 3. The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court. Labels: historical
Word: terefah Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of treyf. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Of course, one might say that since we are all mortal, life itself is a terminal illness! That would put us all in the category of terefah.
Word: terephah Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of treyf. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Seriland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Seri + land. 1. An area of Sonora, Mexico traditionally inhabited by the Seri people. Example: On entering Seriland, as the territory was spontaneously designated by different members of the expedition... Example: It is especially fortunate that Seriland should have been explored by an ethnologist eminently fitted to describe the physiographic features of that little-known region.
Word: braxy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaksi/ 1. An inflammatory disease of sheep. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Meat from sheep that have died from this disease, or that have died from accident or disease in general. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: If they suffocated before they could be slaughtered, their meat was unfit for human consumption, though it found its way on to the market as ‘braxy’, in shops patronized only by the very poor.
Word: braxy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaksi/ 1. Diseased with braxy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pythagoras' theorem Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Pythagorean theorem. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Seri Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an indigenous group of Sonora, Mexico. Example: The Céres, like the Malay pirates of India, neither gave nor received quarter.
Word: Seri Part of Speech: name 1. The language of this group, variously considered an isolate or a member of the Hokan family.
Word: Seri Part of Speech: adj 1. Of the Seris or their language. Example: It is believed that the Céres Indians have discovered a method of poisoning their arrows.
Word: poopoo Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of pooh-pooh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive Example: She poopooed the idea. 2. To defecate. Labels: childish, informal, intransitive
Word: poopoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of poo-poo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bouilli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bouilli (“boiled”). Pronunciation: /buːˈjiː/ 1. Meat stewed with juice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Proofs of the presence of the white man are found all over the Territory in the shape of old bouilli tins, &c., and often when out after a strayed horse, I have imagined myself to be in wilds untrodden except by the foot of the blackfellow, but the sight of an unassuming empty sardine tin would remind me that the ubiquitous digger had been there first.
Word: pemmican Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛmɪkən/ 1. A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry. 2. A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: pemican Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pemmican. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Levite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ̈́της (Leuī̈́tēs). By surface analysis, Levi + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.vaɪt/ 1. A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste. Example: And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 2. A clergyman. Labels: humorous, obsolete 3. A type of loose dress. Labels: historical Example: A habit-maker […] is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure […] . Example: Gainsborough shows her wearing a blue and white striped silk wrapping gown, known as a levite: a clever and subtle choice of costume, vaguely ‘oriental’ in mood, deriving its name from the theatre.
Word: Levite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ̈́της (Leuī̈́tēs). By surface analysis, Levi + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.vaɪt/ 1. Of or related to Levi, the Levites, or their priestly role. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Donatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Eponym, Donatus Magnus + -ism 1. An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion. Labels: uncountable
Word: beestings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English bȳsting, derived from bēost, from Proto-West Germanic *beust. Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.stɪŋz/ 1. The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He took a jug of ‘beestings’ milk from the press, the milk of a cow that has recently calved, and drank it down in six big gulps.
Word: beestings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.stɪŋz/ 1. plural of beesting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nobiliary Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining or related to nobility. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heresiarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hérésiarque, from Ecclesiastical Latin haeresiarcha (or directly from the Latin word), from ecclesiastical Byzantine Greek αἱρεσιάρχης (hairesiárkhēs, “leader of a sect”), from Ancient Greek αἵρεσῐς (haíresĭs, “heresy”) + -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs, “leader, ruler”), corresponding to heresy + -arch. Pronunciation: /hɛˈɹiːzɪɑːk/, /ˈhɛɹɪsɪˌɑːk/, /həˈɹiziɑɹk/ 1. The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. Example: He died in 1223, and seems to have had no successor; not is it an ascertained point that more than one such hæresiarch was ever recognized. Example: Is the heresiarch a less pernicious member of society than the murderer? Is not the loss of one soul a greater evil than the extinction of many lives? […] If then, the heresiarch causes infinitely greater evils than the murderer, why is he not as proper an object of penal legislation as the murderer? We can give a reason,—a reason, short, simple, decisive, and consistent. We do not extenuate the evil which the heresiarch produces; but we say that it is not evil of that sort against which it is the end of government to guard.
Word: nobiliary particle Part of Speech: noun 1. A preposition found in names, indicating nobility.
Word: Comcáac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Seri comcaac, plural of cmiique "person; Seri". 1. Seri; of the Seris. Example: 1981, Stephen A. Marlett, The Structure of Seri, thesis Fortunately, however, just as they had adapted themselves to their harsh physical environment, the Comcaac [koŋˈkɑ́ːk] people, as the Seri call themselves, have shown their ability to control to a great degree the ever-encroaching technological world. Example: Nabhan builds on this theme by discussing ecological interactions recognized by O’odham and Comcáac foragers of the Sonoran Desert, emphasizing the importance of local language as a carrier of such knowledge.
Word: Comcáac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Seri comcaac, plural of cmiique "person; Seri". 1. The Seris, an indigenous group of Sonora, Mexico. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The Comcáac or “Seri,” as they are commonly called in Mexico, number fewer than 600 individuals residing in two permanent villages and several temporary fishing camps on the Sea of Cortez coast of Sonora, Mexico near Tiburón Island, which is also part of their aboriginal territory. Example: 2003, Gary Nabhan, Singing the Turtles to Sea: The Comcáac (Seri) Art and Science of Reptiles Although they do not embrace an agricultural tradition per se, the Comcáac have likely been moving plants around for many decades.
Word: fateful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fate + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪtfəl/ 1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate. Example: It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards. 2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Word: havelock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Havelock, after Sir Henry Havelock. 1. A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.
Word: last straw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of the straw that broke the camel's back. 1. A small addition to an already heavy burden which causes it to exceed the capacity. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: That's the last straw; it's a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit! Example: First to fail, inevitably, are the airlines. For Flybe, which was already losing money at the rate of £2 million a day, Coronavirus was the last straw.
Word: legitimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus. By surface analysis, legitimate + -ion. Pronunciation: /lɪdʒɪtɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The process of making or declaring a person legitimate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast of Aporia, an outlet whose owners advocate for a revival of race science and have spoken of seeking “legitimation by association” by platforming more mainstream figures. 2. Legitimacy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: I am not Sir Roberts sonne, / I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, / Legitimation, name, and all is gone […]. 3. The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking.
Word: respites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of respite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: respites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of respite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: docetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Docetae + -ism, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí) coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). Related to latter component of synecdoche. Pronunciation: /doʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/, /ˈdoʊsɪˌtɪz(ə)m/, /dəʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/, /ˈdəʊsɪˌtɪz(ə)m/ 1. The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His Passion and Resurrection in history were therefore not fleshly events, even if they seemed so; they were heavenly play-acting (the doctrine known as Docetism, from the Greek verb dokein, ‘to seem’).
Word: docetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Docetae + -ic, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). Pronunciation: /dəʊˈsɛtɪk/ 1. Of or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is a docetic view of this miracle, which conceives of the body of Christ as permanently exempt from the law of gravity. Example: In these letters Ignatius spoke much of his concern at what are recognizable as forms of gnostic belief, including docetic views of Christ's Passion.
Word: docetist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). 1. One who believes in docetism.
Word: docetist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). 1. Synonym of docetic, of or related to docetism or docetists. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Apocryphal Acts of John expresses the Gnostic and docetist heresy of distinguishing the Cosmic Christ from Jesus the Christ.
Word: Alvíssmál Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Alvíssmál. 1. The Sayings of Alvís (or) The Sayings of the All-Wise; the tenth poem of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Baldrs draumar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Baldr draumar (“Baldr's dreams”). 1. The Dreams of Baldur; the eleventh book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Hávamál Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Hávamál. 1. The Sayings of the High One; the second book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: old folks Part of Speech: noun 1. One's elderly relations. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: We're hoping to see all our old folks at the wedding reception. 2. The old people of a particular place or social situation. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Let's plan a block party that's just as fun for the old folks as the younger folks. 3. Senior citizens. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Some old folks prefer the amenities of 55+ communities, while others prefer a cabin in the woods.
Word: muskie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muskellunge + -ie. 1. muskellunge; a large freshwater gamefish of the pike family. Labels: informal Example: As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.
Word: chital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi चीतल (cītal), from Sanskrit चित्रल (citrala, “variegated, spotted”) from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “spotted, bright; spot, mark”). 1. a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
Word: vitamin D Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vitamin + D (“4th letter”). From being the fourth vitamin discovered. Coined in 1922 by Elmer McCollum, who discovered the vitamin. 1. Any of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and preventing rickets, that can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight. Labels: uncountable 2. A dick (“penis”), especially in a sexual context. Labels: humorous, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: vitamin D1 Part of Speech: noun 1. Ergocalciferol and lumisterol; a constituent of vitamin D. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin D2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Ergocalciferol or calciferol; a constituent of vitamin D. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin D3 Part of Speech: noun 1. Cholecalciferol; a constituent of vitamin D. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin D4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Dihydroergocalciferol; a constituent of vitamin D. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin D5 Part of Speech: noun 1. Sitocalciferol; a constituent of vitamin D. Labels: uncountable
Word: harmonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French harmonium, coined by French harmonium inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840. By surface analysis, harmony + -ium. First attested in 1847. Pronunciation: /hɑːˈməʊ̯.niː.əm/, /hɑɹˈmoʊ̯.ni.əm/, /hɐːˈmɐʉ̯.niː.əm/, /hɐːˈməʉ̯.niː.əm/, /haɹˈmo.ni.əm/ 1. A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through. Example: Pianos, melodiums, harmoniums, eolinas, &c. too dear at any price. Example: The only other man was a little grey-headed fellow with a pleasant face and quick, twinkling eyes, who sat at a harmonium in the corner. 2. Synonym of Hooke's atom.
Word: undress with one's eyes Part of Speech: verb 1. To gaze at someone lasciviously. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: She felt like he was staring at her as if she were naked. She wondered if he undressed all the girls with his eyes or physically undressed them with his hands. Example: After about two drinks I was a very unbothered bitch, so when he stepped out looking like a bag of money, I couldn’t help but undress him with my eyes. I couldn’t lie. Homeboy was looking mighty good, but I turned my attention back to the TV.
Word: pretty please Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪti ˌpliz/ 1. An emphatic form of please. Labels: childish, humorous Example: Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with sugar on top?! Example: Cynthia: Please? Centurion: No, sorry. I can't do that. Cynthia: Pretty please? Centurion: What does that mean? Cynthia: Just... the same as "please", except I'm pretty. Centurion: Still no.
Word: prick up one's ears Part of Speech: verb 1. To listen attentively. Example: 'I doubt if you will ever have met "Rainproof" Nogg,' wrote one about this time—a shrewd old lady whose Dutch-sounding name caused pushful young hostesses to prick up their ears even when it reached them at third hand.
Word: armonica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Benjamin Franklin, its inventor; built on Italian armonia (“harmony”). Glass harmonica is a corruption of Franklin's original word, a back-formation influenced by harmonica (a reed instrument invented sixty years later). 1. A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.
Word: ipalnemohuani Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl īpalnemohuani. 1. A sun god in Nahuatl culture.
Word: reductionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reduction 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 reductionism From reduction + -ism. 1. An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena are called "epiphenomena". Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: skullduggery Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of skulduggery. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: And I have another reason which I will express to my St Paul friends, and that is, that they have always been controlled in their political action here by a class of men who have always some traps set for the country members—by men who are always up to this border ruffian kind of trickery—this kind of skullduggery, as it is called in Minnesota. And now St. Paul allows herself to be controlled by these same border ruffian politicians. Example: The crew manager collects all the money from his workers. They operate in more or less close formation, with the manager lurking around the edges, riding herd in his car or walking between cover points. Thus, the solicitor has little chance for skullduggery. His receipts are numbered and he has to account for them.
Word: effable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin effābilis (effor (“to utter”) + -able). Pronunciation: /ˈɛfəbl̩/ 1. Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed. Labels: archaic, uncommon Example: And leave me unto mine, if they be dreams, That take such shapes before me, that I see them; These effable and ineffable impressions Of the mysterious world, that come to me From the elements of Fire and Earth and Water, And the all-nourishing Ether! Example: I could not have chosen better for myself than his highness has chosen for me: my only regret on quitting France is at leaving a prince so effable as Philip, and a courtier so virtuous as St. Simon.
Word: effable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English eff 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 effable From eff (“fuck”) + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɛfəbl̩/ 1. Fuckable; sexually attractive. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: Ted: It's… I… I… I can't explain it. Natalie: Try! Ted: It's… ineffable. Natalie: I'm not effable?
Word: Martuthunira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Martuthunira. 1. An indigenous people of Western Australia. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: […] so the Mardudhunera, neighbors of the Ngaluma, neighbors of the Kariera, have a relationship system differing from that of the Kariera, but corresponding to that of the Aranda […] Example: 1994, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia The Martuthunira visited the islands of the Dampier Archipelago, which they presumably shared with the Yapurarra/Pijurru, and the Mary Anne Group.
Word: Martuthunira Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Martuthunira. 1. Their language.
Word: Martuthunira Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Martuthunira. 1. Of the Martuthunira or their language. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are called Noanamaronga by the Mardudhunera tribe. Example: 1994, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia The reported location and extent of Martuthunira territory also differs from one description to another.
Word: teocalli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish teocalli, from a Nahuatl [Term?] language; compare Classical Nahuatl teohcalli. Pronunciation: /ˌteɪ.əˈkɑ.li/, /ˌti-/, /-oʊ-/, /-kæ-/ 1. An Aztec temple. Example: their Cazique or Lorde had ſente them, to ſee what Goddes were comen in thoſe Teucallis, that is to ſay, Temple Example: And Aztec priests upon their teocallis / Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. 2. A Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple.
Word: lunks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lunk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gala Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentalpha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πένταλφα (péntalpha), from πέντε (pente) and ἄλφα (alpha), five alphas. So called for its resemblance to five alphas superimposed at different rotations. 1. A pentagram.
Word: illiquid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid English illiquid From il- (“not”) + liquid. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪkwɪd/ 1. Lacking liquidity. Example: illiquid assets Example: Investment in illiquid assets may prove to be a mistake if the market turns down. 2. Lacking liquidity. Example: illiquid millionaires
Word: vitamin E Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several fat-soluble vitamins, found in plants, that act as antioxidants and are essential for reproduction; the tocopherols. Labels: uncountable Example: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Put Vitamin E oil on scars, move wounded skin from side to side one minute per day to loosen scar tissue from muscle. Begin exercises to build pectorals again.
Word: vitamin F Part of Speech: noun 1. essential fatty acids Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: vitamin G Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the literal vitamin sense, G is the initial of Joseph Goldberger, involved in its discovery. In later figurative senses, G is the initial of the referent. 1. vitamin B₂ or riboflavin. Labels: dated, uncountable 2. time spent in nature, in a garden or greenspace, as a health benefit Labels: informal, uncountable Example: 2006 June 7, Peter P Groenewegen, Agnes E van den Berg, Sjerp de Vries3 and Robert A Verheij "Vitamin G: effects of green space on health, well-being, and social" BMC Public Health vol. 6 no. 149 →DOI The briefest summary of our program is in its title: Vitamin G, where G stands for the green space around us. Notions of beneficial effects of nearby green space have persisted throughout history. Example: There are dozens of ways to connect with nature, and you don’t even need to have your own garden to get your Vitamin G. 3. Guinness stout Labels: Ireland, humorous, uncountable Example: With Krissy Harris (former head bartender at Gramercy Tavern) overseeing the bar program, drinkers may be tempted to set Guinness aside for cocktails ... Of course, Vitamin G loyalists can still find the stuff on tap Example: ...a pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival costs a mind-boggling £7.50. That makes it one of the most expensive pints of "Vitamin G", as it's dubbed, in the world.
Word: vitamin H Part of Speech: noun 1. vitamin B₇ or biotin. Labels: uncountable 2. Haloperidol. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: vitamin J Part of Speech: noun 1. choline Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: vitamin K Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named similarly to the other vitamins, that are named after their order of discovery. This one was assigned its "K" from Danish koagulation by the Danish researcher Henrik Dam. The sense that is a slang alias for ketamine is because of the initial letter of that drug's name, as also with the slang sense of Special K. 1. Any of several related fat-soluble vitamins, found in leafy green vegetables, essential for blood clotting. Labels: uncountable 2. The drug ketamine. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: wooley back Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See woolly back. 1. Alternative form of woollyback (“pejorative: an inhabitant of a rural area”). Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative 2. A term of abuse directed at Highlanders or rural folk in general. Labels: Scotland, derogatory
Word: in view of Part of Speech: prep 1. Considering. Labels: idiomatic Example: Mr. Thomas adds that, by the time it was scrapped, Kingsley was in very bad condition, little more than a shell in fact. In view of the rough usage to which the engine had been subjected, this is not surprising. Example: In view of the wave of terrorism and assassination attempts—both successful and unsuccessful—in the last two decades, the need for a dedicated, highly trained force to protect government leaders has become more and more apparent. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, view, of. Example: They stopped when they were in view of the town.
Word: armonico Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of armónico. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vitamin M Part of Speech: noun 1. Folic acid. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: vitamin P Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of . * (flavonoid): permeation or permeability or the like * (Prozac): Prozac * (cronyism): Hebrew פרוטקציה 1. Any of the water soluble bioflavonoids that promotes the resistance of capillaries to permeation. Labels: uncountable 2. Prozac, an antidepressant. Labels: euphemistic, slang, uncountable 3. nepotism, cronyism, blat Labels: Israel, euphemistic, uncountable
Word: bioflavonoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English flavonoid English bioflavonoid From bio- + flavonoid. 1. flavonoid
Word: vitaminize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English vitamin 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 vitaminize From vitamin + -ize. 1. To add vitamins to a food product as a dietary supplement.
Word: Rankine cycle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist. 1. A thermodynamic cycle used as an ideal standard for the comparative performance of heat engines.
Word: Rankine Part of Speech: name 1. a Scottish and Northern Irish surname, variant of Rankin
Word: Rankin Part of Speech: name 1. A Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald. Example: Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each. 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:
Word: rate-of-climb indicator Part of Speech: noun 1. An aircraft instrument that provides an indication of the vertical change in position.
Word: reaction turbine Part of Speech: noun 1. a power-generation prime mover having nozzles mounted on the moving element; turned by the reaction of the issuing fluid jet
Word: realgar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English realgar, from Medieval Latin realgar, resalgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”). Pronunciation: /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑː/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡə/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑɹ/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡɚ/ 1. A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rearrangement reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. any of many classes of reaction in which an atom or bond moves or migrates from a site in a reactant molecule to a different site in a product molecule
Word: public works Part of Speech: noun 1. Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: put the hammer down Part of Speech: verb 1. To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator. Labels: idiomatic Example: I says, "Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck and I'm about to put the hammer down." Example: She always put the top up and the hammer down.
Word: horsie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English -ie English horsie From horse + -ie. 1. Alternative spelling of horsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heterogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -genous English heterogenous From hetero- + -genous. 1. Derived from a different individual or species. Labels: not-comparable 2. Alternative spelling of heterogeneous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: scaredy cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scared + -y + cat. 1. Alternative form of scaredy-cat (“coward”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, endearing
Word: reciprocating engine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of piston engine.
Word: pretty much Part of Speech: adv 1. Almost completely; very nearly; mostly; more or less; basically. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: That's my life pretty much, down to such times as I got shipped off, arter Pip stood my friend. Example: Poets are pretty much the same everywhere in their poetry—and in their prose.
Word: gadabout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from gad about. Pronunciation: /ˈɡædəbaʊt/ 1. A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others. Example: I was among the last to board the ferry. ... Chilean tourists, Uruguayan doctors, old Argentine gadabouts of high-society heritage, ladies wearing strident perfumes, families, all of them in those same light blue sneakers, like Smurfs.
Word: bound to Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates something which cannot be avoided. Example: The leaking fuel tank was bound to explode sooner or later. Example: There was bound to be friction between a firstborn and his strong-willed stepmother.
Word: reciprocity principle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any scientific principle that expresses various reciprocal relationships for the behaviour of a physical system.
Word: bound for Part of Speech: adv 1. Moving towards, going in the direction of. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes Example: The plane is bound for England. Example: He is bound for failure.
Word: redbed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + bed. 1. any clastic and sedimentary rock that is pigmented with red ferric oxide
Word: redtop grass Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several bent grasses, of the genus Agrostis, that occur in cool, humid areas of the United States.
Word: bent grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bent + grass. 1. Any of several grasses, of the genus Agrostis, native to temperate climates; grown for pasture, turf and for putting greens and golf courses. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A secondary protective device used near Greystones consists in the planting of bent grass and sea couch grass to aid reclamation of certain areas. Unfortunately, bent grass lends itself to the formation of dunes, which are very vulnerable. Sea couch grass has proved the best so far.
Word: reengineering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reengineer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reengineering Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of technology and management science to the modification of existing systems, organizations, processes and products in order to make them more effective, efficient and responsive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reflecting microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. a microscope whose objective is composed of two mirrors, one convex and the other concave; it is free of chromatic aberration
Word: chromatic aberration Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹoʊˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/, /kɹəˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.
Word: on the house Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. free, complimentary. Example: This voucher entitles you to a free drink on the house. Example: It is obviously a "plum" job, one distinction being that its motormen are granted an allowance of about 6s. [six shillings] towards the cost of Wagons-Lits food in the crew quarters of the train, [...]. Additionally, by the way, each man is allowed a quarter of a bottle of wine "on the house" per trip!
Word: negativo Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From negative + -o. 1. No. Labels: colloquial, rare Example: There is just tooooo much great music that is produced and denied to the public because of the over commercialization of this industry. Do I want to make enough money to exist as a musicain^([sic])/songwriter...YES! Do I want to be rich and attand the Grammy show and make an ass out of myself.....NEGATIVO! Example: Neg! Neg! Negativo, my lil' fat buddy...! You've yet again proved it's always worthwhile to Lurk before you Jerk
Word: shortness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schortnesse, from Old English sċortnes, sċeortnys, equivalent to short + -ness. 1. The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief. Labels: uncountable Example: the shortness of a stubby pencil Example: the patient's shortness of breath 2. The result or product of being short. Labels: countable 3. The property of being short or terse. Labels: uncountable Example: I was chastened by the shortness of her reply.
Word: pie in the sky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase is originally from the song “The Preacher and the Slave” (1911) by Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill (1879–1915), which he wrote as a parody of the Salvation Army hymn “In the Sweet By-and-By” (published 1868). The song criticizes the Salvation Army for focusing on people’s salvation rather than on their material needs: : You will eat, bye and bye, : In that glorious land above the sky; : Work and pray, live on hay, : You’ll get pie in the sky when you die. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ ɪn ðə ˈskaɪ/, /ˈpaɪ ən ðə ˈskaɪ/ 1. A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Don't you think I have anything better to do than go scrambling around hundreds of square miles of the toughest wilderness in the state looking for pie in the sky? Example: Old Hare Krishna got nothing on you / Just keep you crazy with nothing to do / Keep you occupied with pie in the sky
Word: pie in the sky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The phrase is originally from the song “The Preacher and the Slave” (1911) by Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill (1879–1915), which he wrote as a parody of the Salvation Army hymn “In the Sweet By-and-By” (published 1868). The song criticizes the Salvation Army for focusing on people’s salvation rather than on their material needs: : You will eat, bye and bye, : In that glorious land above the sky; : Work and pray, live on hay, : You’ll get pie in the sky when you die. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ ɪn ðə ˈskaɪ/, /ˈpaɪ ən ðə ˈskaɪ/ 1. Alternative form of pie-in-the-sky. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After listening to descriptions of local grants between $500 and $50,000 (Montana got a total of $593,691 this year), he said the comparatively small contribution from the endowment could be replaced by a national organization that is privately run. His local critics questioned how that would work, and Jane Alexander, chairwoman of the endowment, scoffed at the idea. I think it's very pie in the sky, she said in a telephone interview. Example: That’s certainly the case for Gretta Whalen, a 32-year-old freelance writer and communications consultant from Los Angeles, who leans toward Sanders. Clinton, she said, “has been around for so long, and we know so much about her, and not all of it is positive.” Sanders, by contrast, seems attractive, and his ideas feel new, even if “some of them are very pie in the sky and would be very difficult to get the rest of the country on board with.”
Word: screening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːnɪŋ/ 1. Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door"). Labels: uncountable Example: I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts. 2. The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: quarries and mines seeking markets for screenings 4. The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient. Example: This train of thought led the Company's Safety Directorate towards the revised standard […] of October 1993, which cemented a national scheme of testing for alcohol and drugs following safety-critical incidents or on suspicion of unfitness for duty, unannounced drugs screening for staff in safety-critical posts, a fixed standard for alcohol/blood levels, and clear guidelines for lunch breaks. 5. The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as: Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 6. The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as: Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 7. A test or method used for this purpose. Labels: countable Example: various screenings to administer first 8. The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Shielding. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: screening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From screen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of screen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: freshly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English freschely, freschliche (also as ferscheli, fersly, ferselich), equivalent to fresh + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃli/ 1. Recently, newly. Example: The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant. Example: Florence, hardly glancing round her, lest she should remind him freshly of their last parting […] led him out to a coach that was waiting at the door, and carried him away. 2. In a rude or impertinent manner. Labels: uncommon
Word: halberd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm, from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard." Pronunciation: /ˈhæl.bɚd/, /ˈhɔl.bɚd/, /ˈhɑl.bɚd/, /ˈhælbəd/, /ˈhælbɜːd/ 1. A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.
Word: shaggy dog story Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; probably from one of two jokes, one in which a protracted search for an alleged remarkably shaggy, talking dog ends in the discovery of the dog which, though it can indeed talk, is disappointingly not so shaggy after all; or one in which an even more protracted search for the shaggiest dog in the world ends in the utterly anticlimactic punchline “Now that’s a shaggy dog!”. 1. An intentionally long-winded joke or tale featuring the narration of typically irrelevant details, and usually ending with an absurd or pointless punchline which is often a pun or Spoonerism on a known catchphrase, with the intended humor deriving from the combination of the excessive length and the anticlimax. Example: The plot as Titus Oates described it to the Privy Council was something of a shaggy dog story, long on digressions and incidental details, but short on hard facts.
Word: blackish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blackysshe, blakkyssh, equivalent to black + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈblækɪʃ/ 1. somewhat black Example: Hác Sá (Black Sand) is the most popular beach in Macau. The sand is indeed a grey to blackish colour and makes the water look somewhat dirty (especially at the tide line), but it's perfectly clean.
Word: wig out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig. 1. To become extremely emotional or excitable; to lose control of one's emotions. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Oh no, you didn't! You called me a what? / Don't make me wig out / How you gonna let some shit like that slip out your mouth? Example: An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began. 2. To behave in an extremely erratic or irrational manner; to lose one's mind. Labels: intransitive, slang 3. To cause to become extremely emotional or excitable. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Yeah, this is Creepy Steeple. That nasty monster's place... This place wigs me out...
Word: wig out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare freak out, etc., and flip one's wig. 1. A chaotic or crazy episode. Labels: slang Example: “Let’s get high!” say Quill, Saturday’s opening act and maybe the most obscure name on the bill. They are also awful. They Live The Life lasts a leaden, eight minutes, ending in a percussive wig out with the band sarcastically chanting: “You’re so free!” This was played during one of the brief sunny spells, but you wouldn’t know it.