nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stibium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian sdmder. Ancient Greek στίμμῐ (stímmĭ) Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)der. Latin stibiumder. English stibium From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi), itself originating from Egyptian s-d-m-N33C:Z2ss (sdm). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪbi.əm/ 1. antimony Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: 2019 Dec 12, Subramanyan & Aravindan, 'Stibium: A Promising Electrode toward Building High-Performance Na-Ion Full-Cells', Chem, volume 5, issue 12. 2. kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics. Labels: uncountable Example: 1922, E.A.W. Budge. 55. Marble stibium pot inscribed with the name of Paȧtenu (?) pA-A-i-Xrd-t:n-w-A51 [37,192]. 56. Hæmatite stibium pot, the upper part of which is plated with gold [32,151]. 57. Stibium pot, with cover, on four-legged stand [29,931]. — A Guide to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Egyptian Rooms, and the Coptic Room, page 269. British Museum, Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Word: superplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English superplastic From super- + plastic. 1. Exhibiting superplasticity.
Word: superplastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English superplastic From super- + plastic. 1. A superplastic substance.
Word: superplasticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English plastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English plasticity English superplasticity From super- + plasticity. 1. the deformation of a solid beyond its normal breaking point Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: semanteme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semantic + -eme. 1. an indivisible unit of meaning. Example: Toong Cheong spoke more rapidly now, and urgency and embarrassment reduced his speech to essential semantemes.
Word: secretion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/ 1. Any substance that is secreted by an organism. Labels: countable 2. The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland. Labels: uncountable
Word: secretion Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of hiding something.
Word: softened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɒfənd/, /ˈsɔfənd/, /ˈsɑfənd/ 1. Made soft. 2. aspirated.
Word: softened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɒfənd/, /ˈsɔfənd/, /ˈsɑfənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of soften Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: silverbeet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silver + beet (from the colour of the leaf stalks). 1. The vegetable Beta vulgaris cicla; chard. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: Not so useful in the salad bowl, silverbeet is great sauteed slowly in olive oil, or added to a parmesan-y frittata, or fried with anchovies, garlic and chilli and forked through hot spaghetti.
Word: sthenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin sthenicus, from Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “strength”). Pronunciation: /ˈsθɛnɪk/ 1. Characterized by nervous energy; robust, strong. Labels: archaic Example: The resultant outcome of them is in any case what [Immanuel] Kant calls a ‘sthenic’ affection, an excitement of the cheerful, expansive, ‘dynamogenic’ order which, like any tonic, freshens our vital powers.
Word: sthenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from asthenia. Pronunciation: /ˈsθiːniə/, /ˈsθiniə/ 1. strength, vigour or vitality Labels: uncountable
Word: yucky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yuck + -y. Compare Old English ġyċċiġ (“putrid”). Pronunciation: /ˈjʌkɪ/, /ˈjʌki/ 1. Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust. Labels: childish, colloquial, often Example: The food that I ate today was very yucky. Example: "Don't rule out desalination because it is expensive, or recycling because it sounds yucky, or building a dam," Mr Turnbull told Australian media."
Word: frigate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French frégate, from Italian fregata, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪɡ.ət/ 1. Any of several types of warship: Labels: historical 2. Any of several types of warship: Labels: historical 3. Any of several types of warship: Labels: historical 4. Any of several types of warship: Labels: historical 5. Any of several types of warship: 6. A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate. Example: Frigates are light escort and scouting vessels. They often have extensive GARDIAN systems to provide anti-fighter screening for capital ships, and carry a squad of marines for security and groundside duty. Unlike larger vessels, frigates are able to land on planets. 7. A frigatebird (Fregata spp.). Example: These frigates are all so lazy, that they perch by day on the trees, at the edge of the sea, awaiting the other birds […]
Word: superellipse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English ellipse English superellipse From super- + ellipse. 1. a geometric shape constituting a transition between a rectangle and a circle; a closed curve, of which the circle and ellipse are special cases, whose parametric equation is x = a.cos^(2/r)t, y = b.cos^(2/r)t
Word: superellipsoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From superellipse + -oid. 1. A closed surface, of which the sphere and ellipsoid are special cases, whose parametric equation is x = a.cos^(2/r)t, y = b.cos^(2/r)t, z = c.cos^(2/r)t.
Word: parametric equation Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of equations that defines the coordinates of the dependent variables (x, y and z) of a curve or surface in terms of one or more independent variables or parameters.
Word: yardstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard + stick. Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːdˌstɪk/, /ˈjɑɹdˌstɪk/ 1. A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long. 2. A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged. Labels: figuratively Example: 2008 April 8, Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, “Attacks in Baghdad spiked in March, U.S. data show”, in International Herald Tribune, 2008 April 8 edition, “Africa & Middle East” section, Attacks against civilians in the capital remained relatively unchanged: 69 in March from 62 in February. ¶ However, another yardstick, the number of civilian deaths tracked by the Iraqi government, shot up last month after several months of decline. Example: The Court has taken a number of factors into consideration in performing the “balancing of interests test” while examining cases concerning limitations on the institution of paternity claims. […] The yardstick against which the above factors are measured is whether a legal presumption has been allowed to prevail over the biological and social reality and if so whether, in the circumstances, this is compatible with the obligation to secure “effective” respect for private and family life, taking into account the margin of appreciation left to the State and the established facts and the wishes of those concerned (ibid. § 55).
Word: parametric Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/, [pæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk], /ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/, [ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk], /ˌpɛɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or defined using parameters. In mathematics, this typically means related to parametrization / parametric equation. Labels: not-comparable Example: parametric designs Example: parametric programming
Word: parametric Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/, [pæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk], /ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/, [ˌpæɹ.əˈmɛt͡ʃ.ɹɪk], /ˌpɛɹ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ 1. A parametric equation.
Word: battle-cruiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of battlecruiser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sunchoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sunflower + artichoke. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌtʃoʊk/ 1. Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke (tuber). Labels: US 2. Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke (plant or species). Labels: US
Word: Jerusalem artichoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, possible corruption of Italian articiocco girasole (“sunflower artichoke”), with girasole mistaken for the word Jerusalem. 1. A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers. 2. The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Word: summation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sum Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English summation From sum + -ation. Pronunciation: /sʌˈmeɪʃən/ 1. Summarization; summary; summing up. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In a summation of changed times, we have a lost station site in Bournemouth (now occupied by a coach park) as well as its former hotel (still clinging on as apartments). 2. Summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tendance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tend (“to attend”), and compare attendance. 1. The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And up they rose as vigorous as the Sun, / Or to the Culture of the willing Glebe, / Or to the cheerful Tendance of the Flock. 2. attendance (The act of attending or waiting) Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: What but love, kindness, and all affection is her tendance upon poor Emily. To her, is she not all meekness, all love, all forbearance? 3. People in attendance; attendants. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] his lobbies fill with tendance, / Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear,
Word: surtout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French surtout. Pronunciation: /sɜːˈtuː(t)/ 1. A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat. Example: Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever. Example: The house had been new painted, and smelt of varnish and turpentine, and a large streak of white paint inflicted itself on the back of the old boy’s fur-collared surtout. 2. A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.
Word: chiffre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffre. Doublet of cipher and zero. 1. A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated). Example: At the end of the eighteenth century, French opera composers like A. E. Grétry (Richard Coeur de Lion, 1784), L. Cherubini (Medeé, 1797), and J. Fr. Le Cueur (Ossian ou les Bardes, 1804) began to “assign musical chiffres to precise dramatic situations or single figures on the stage, which were played again when these figures appeared again,” according to Bern University professor Anselm Gerhard.
Word: sump pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A pump used for the removal of liquid from a sump or sump pit. Example: Basements tend to flood, and ours, certainly, was perennially damp, despite the constant workings of the dehumidifier and sump pump.
Word: banque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Middle French banque French banquebor. English banque Borrowed from French banque (“bank”). 1. Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sump pit Part of Speech: noun 1. A hole dug in the ground, beneath the basement of a house, in which rainwater or other moisture collect. Labels: US
Word: gestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from French gestion. 1. The act of managing, conducting or administrating something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: battlecruiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of battleship + cruiser, from being a cruiser-like ship with battleship-like capabilities and possibly operating in the battleline. 1. A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers. Example: US Navy hull classification symbol: CC (Only used for the cancelled Lexington-class) 2. A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship. 3. A boozer; a public house. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: So he'd effectively had to learn a new language; no longer would he order a pint at the 'battle cruiser' […]
Word: Xingu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Xingu. Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈɡu/ 1. A major river in Brazil that flows north into the Amazon delta. 2. A cultural reservation in central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.
Word: Xingu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Xingu. Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈɡu/ 1. Any of several indigenous tribes of Amerindian peoples who live in the Xingu reservation. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: anorakish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anorak Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English anorakish From anorak + -ish. 1. Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject. Labels: UK, informal Example: Joining a 'computer group' may sound incredibly anorakish but you'll probably find that most of the other members are bearably human! Example: College readers of Tolkien's work had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow.
Word: answering machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that automatically records voicemails from unanswered telephone calls. Labels: dated
Word: photo-voltaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English voltaic English photo-voltaic From photo- + voltaic. 1. Alternative spelling of photovoltaic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: eat someone out of house and home Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation. 1. To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner. Labels: idiomatic Example: [H]e hath eaten me out of houſe and home, he hath put all my ſubſtance into that fat belly of his, but I will haue ſome of it out againe, or I will ride thee a nights like the mare.
Word: suburban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban. Pronunciation: /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/ 1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs. Example: Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air. Example: Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.
Word: suburban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban. Pronunciation: /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/ 1. A person who lives in a suburb. 2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.
Word: crank angle degree Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit (equal to one "ordinary" degree) used to measure the piston travel (position) e.g. to adjust ignition. When the piston is at its highest point, known as the top dead center (TDC), the crankshaft angle (crank angle) is at 0 crank angle degrees (CAD). Example: The exhaust valve opening is selectively varied to begin at about 160 or more crank angle degrees past top dead center.(www.freepatentsonline.com)
Word: out of house and home Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof. Labels: idiomatic Example: Poets will drink you out of house and home leaving your living room in disarray
Word: photovoltaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Italian Voltabor. English Volta Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English voltaic English photovoltaic From photo- + voltaic. 1. Producing a voltage when exposed to light. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the truly impressive part of this entry is the photovoltaic film that has been applied to the platform and entrance roofs (all 272 square metres of it). It is a UK first for the railway, and is expected to generate 36kW of electricity to meet the needs of the station itself and to feed the surplus back to the grid.
Word: monotheist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- (“one, singular”) + theist (“believer in God or gods”) after the model of earlier atheist, polytheist, &c. 1. A believer of monotheism, the doctrine that there is a single divine being in the universe.
Word: Arian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Arianus, from Arius + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from ἄρειος (áreios, “Arean, warlike”), from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Cf. Arean. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/ 1. A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church. Labels: historical Example: The Arians celebrated the virtue of their pious confessor; the Catholics ambitiously claimed his alliance; and the Pagans, who might be susceptible of shame or remorse, were deterred from the repetition of such unavailing cruelty. 2. A believer of Arianism, particularly (historical) the official Arian churches lasting to the 7th century. 3. Synonym of unitarian, any Christian who denies the Trinity. Labels: derogatory, usually 4. Synonym of heretic, any Christian differing from any of the beliefs of the speaker. Labels: dated, derogatory
Word: Arian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin Arianus, from Arius + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from ἄρειος (áreios, “Arean, warlike”), from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Cf. Arean. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism. Labels: not-comparable Example: The highways of the East were crowded with Homoousian, and Arian, and Semi-Arian, and Eunomian bishops, who struggled to outstrip each other in the holy race: […]. Example: He flirts with the Arian heresy, which doubted Jesus’s full divinity, and he embraces Quaker-style religious pacifism, arguing that just-war theory is out of date in an age of nuclear arms and total war.
Word: Arian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aries + -ian, from Latin aries (“ram”). 1. Synonym of Aries, a person born under the influence of Aries.
Word: Arian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aries + -ian, from Latin aries (“ram”). 1. Of or related to Aries, its nature, and its influence. Example: The Arian nature is to create the idea...
Word: Arian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Aryan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Arian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Arianus, from Aria + -anus (“-an”). Equivalent to Aria + -an. 1. Of or related to Aria, the region around Herat in Afghanistan, particularly in the context of its ancient history. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Athenian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens + -ian. Pronunciation: /əˈθiː.ni.ən/ 1. An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece. Example: Euen plaine Cittizens, hauing well deſerued of the Common-weale, were therefore among the Athenians ennobled. Example: Here the satire is directed against the passion of the Athenians for the excitement of the law-courts[…]
Word: Athenian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens + -ian. Pronunciation: /əˈθiː.ni.ən/ 1. Of or related to Athens, particularly (historical) ancient Athens, its empire, and its people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare. Labels: Greek, not-comparable
Word: mythologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to mythology
Word: lagomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Lagomorpha + -ic Pronunciation: /ˌlæɡəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Shaped like a hare or rabbit. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: harelike, rabbitlike 2. Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha. Labels: not-comparable
Word: open mic Part of Speech: noun 1. A music, poetry, or comedy stage platform with open invitation, that is, where anyone is invited to perform.
Word: Decembrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst). 1. A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt. Labels: historical Example: Thus on the death of Alexander I in 1825 the succession of his brother Nicholas I was delayed and confused by doubts over the heir and was marked by the bloody mutinies of the Decembrists; Nicholas died during the Crimean War when a contemporary wrote that his only choice was between abdication and death; his son, Alexander II, was assassinated by terrorists a quarter of a century later. Example: 2003, Catherine O'Neil, With Shakespeare's Eyes: Pushkin's Creative Appropriation of Shakespeare, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses, page 81, Many of the Decembrists listed Pushkin's poetry as a source for their "free-thinking," and there were reports of frightened people (Pushkin himself was one of them) hastily burning unfinished poems that had circulated in manuscript.
Word: Decembrist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst). 1. According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists. Labels: not-comparable Example: The word civicism (grazhdanstvennost’) originated in the enlightenment ideal of civic Rome, perceptions of the poet as a patriotic citizen and son of the fatherland, and Decembrist dreams of a republic. Example: War and Peace grew out of Tolstoy's attempts to write a Decembrist novel, a work that first began to take shape in October 1856, when "The Distant Field" was begun.
Word: grooves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grooves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of groove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: two thumbs up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel co-hosted a movie review program, At the Movies. The two had different tastes, and often verbally sparred and traded humorous barbs. When both critics gave the film a thumbs up, it was assumed that the film was very good. 1. Strong approval. Labels: idiomatic 2. A hand gesture indicating strong approval. Labels: dated Example: Two thumbs up means everything on time and perfect. Example: As he walked out of the court house, he showed two thumbs up and reached in his pocket to display his registration slip to some 30 other Negroes
Word: copycat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”). Pronunciation: /kɑpiˈkæt/ 1. One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: And in it all they are merely copy-cats—servile followers of the aristocratic creed, but without the genuine prestige of the old-time nobilities. Example: I wanted to make them brilliant. I wanted to make them interesting. And of course I could not do it by myself. I am nothing but a copycat. I just quoted a lot of things I had heard you say; and I did worse than that, Peter. 2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has recently been committed by someone else. Example: a copycat strangler
Word: copycat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”). Pronunciation: /kɑpiˈkæt/ 1. Imitative; unoriginal. Example: copycat crime Example: “Because of my size, I was a natural leader in junior high school. Gangs are the most copycat of subcultures. It used to be zoot suits; now it's tattoos. When I was thirteen, I got a tattoo.”
Word: copycat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”). Pronunciation: /kɑpiˈkæt/ 1. To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way. Labels: transitive Example: Because beasts don't talk with words, they talk with sounds, and I copycatted my language from beasts and birds[…] Example: In a genre that is rife with copycatting, Ms. Cain deserves some credit for having gotten a potentially interesting new series off the ground.
Word: short story Part of Speech: noun 1. A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
Word: newsmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + maker. 1. One whose actions make the headlines of news reports; one who affects the course of public discourse.
Word: self-portrait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English portrait English self-portrait From self- + portrait. 1. The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
Word: kangas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kanga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abkhazia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), ultimately from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti). Pronunciation: /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/ 1. A geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community. 2. Kingdom of Abkhazia (a former kingdom in the Caucasus region).
Word: ticked Part of Speech: adj 1. Ticked off; annoyed. Labels: Canada, US, slang 2. flecked, multicolored
Word: ticked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd. Pronunciation: /kɹʌd/ 1. Dirt, filth or refuse. Labels: uncountable Example: Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning. 2. Something of poor quality. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable 3. A contemptible person. Labels: countable 4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel. Labels: uncountable 6. Feces; excrement. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable 7. Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease. Labels: US, slang, uncountable 8. A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time. Labels: uncountable 9. Cottage cheese. Labels: Pennsylvania, Western, countable, uncountable
Word: crud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd. Pronunciation: /kɹʌd/ 1. To clog with dirt or debris. Labels: transitive Example: The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.
Word: crud Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd. Pronunciation: /kɹʌd/ 1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn. Example: Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work! Example: Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!
Word: Western Apache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Apache. 1. The Apache peoples living primarily in east central Arizona. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Western Apache Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Apache. 1. The Southern Athabascan language spoken by the Western Apache people.
Word: Mescalero Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a certain Native American tribe.
Word: Mescalero Part of Speech: name 1. The language spoken by these people.
Word: Jicarilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli. 1. A Southern Athabascan (Native American) people.
Word: Jicarilla Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli. 1. An Athabascan language spoken by the Jicarilla people.
Word: Chiricahua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”). 1. A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Word: Chiricahua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”). 1. The Apache language these people speak.
Word: envoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/ 1. A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador. 2. A representative. Example: special envoy to the United Nations Example: In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed. 3. A diplomat. 4. A messenger. 5. Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clamorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clamor + -ous; compare Latin clāmōrōsus and French clamoreux (obsolete), from Latin clāmōrem. Pronunciation: /ˈklæməɹəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to clamor. Example: a clamorous fire alarm Example: […] he took the bride about the neck, And kiss’d her lips with such a clamorous smack That at the parting all the church did echo. 2. Of or pertaining to clamor. Example: clamorous trumpets Example: The clamorous owl that nightly hoots 3. Of or pertaining to clamor. Example: We are disgusted with that clamorous grief, which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears and importunate lamentations. Example: […] in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard. 4. Of or pertaining to clamor. Example: a clamorous market Example: Life had long been astir in the village, and clamorous labor Knocked with its hundred hands at the golden gates of the morning. 5. Of or pertaining to clamor. Example: Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return. Example: […] Overbury in the mean time might write clamorous and furious Letters to his Friends, 6. Having especially (and often unpleasantly) bright or contrasting colours or patterns. Example: She led them along a path edged with round, whitewashed stones and equally rounded basils of a clamorous green. Example: It was impossible to overlook the clamorous parrots on the new missionary’s Hawaiian shirt.
Word: insalubrious 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 in- English salubrious English insalubrious From in- + salubrious. Pronunciation: /ɪnsəˈluːbɹɪəs/ 1. Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health. Example: What in the name of Common Sense is to recommend Brinshore?—A most insalubrious Air—Roads proverbially detestable—Water Brackish beyond example, impossible to get a good dish of Tea within 3 miles of the place—& as for the Soil—it is so cold & ungrateful that it can hardly be made to yeild^([sic]) a Cabbage. Example: But while the were a few pockets of the city centre that were desirable places in which to live, for the most part London's traditional areas were overcrowded and insalubrious.
Word: flea market Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French marché aux puces. 1. An outdoor temporary market selling inexpensive antiques, curios, etc. Example: Although things are sold cheaper at the flea market, it's always a good idea to check whether the item is stolen. 2. A permanent indoor market of stalls in a warehouse selling inexpensive antiques, outdated goods, curios, etc. Example: The Towne Hall is a big inflatable building in the middle of the Snooze ’n’ Crusie. It is Derelict Las Vegas: convenience store, video arcade, laundromat, bar, liquor store, flea market, whorehouse.
Word: palpitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin palpitō, palpitātus (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”). Pronunciation: /ˈpælpɪteɪt/ 1. To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart. Labels: intransitive Example: When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement. 2. To cause to beat strongly or rapidly. Labels: transitive Example: The allergy medicine palpitates my heart. 3. To shake tremulously Labels: intransitive Example: I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating Example: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
Word: dishevel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French descheveler (modern French écheveler, ultimately from Old French chevel). Pronunciation: /dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvl̩/ 1. To throw into disorder; upheave. Labels: transitive Example: The wind disheveled the papers on the desk. 2. To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: With garments rent, and haire discheueled, / Wringing her hands, and making piteous mone; Example: Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind. 3. To spread out in disorder. Labels: intransitive
Word: necropolis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Koine Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead, cemetery”) (used to describe part of the city of Alexandria, Egypt), from Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to disappear; to perish”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- (“city; fortification”)). The English word is analysable as necro- + -polis, and is cognate with French nécropole, German Nekropolis, Late Latin necropolis. The plural form necropoleis is derived from Ancient Greek νεκροπόλεις (nekropóleis). Pronunciation: /nɛˈkɹɒpəlɪs/, /nɛˈkɹɒplɪs/, /nɪ-/, /nɛˈkɹɑpələs/, /nə-/ 1. A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city. Labels: also, figuratively, historical Example: In Turkey, the tombs, according to the custom of the ancients, are always without the towns; and as each tomb has uſually a large ſtone, and ſome maſonry, they conſtitute what may almoſt be called a ſecond town, which may be named, as formerly at Alexandria, Necropolis, or the city of the dead. Example: It was a lovely morning, as I said, and the Turks, who are early risers, were sitting on the graves of their kindred with their veiled wives and children, the marble turbans in that thickly-sown nekropolis less numerous than those of the living, who had come, not to mourn the dead who lay beneath, but to pass a day of idleness and pleasure on the spot endeared by their memories. 2. An ancient site used for burying the dead, particularly if consisting of elaborate grave monuments. Example: These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. [...] M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense necropolis that surrounds Jerusalem, like a funeral enceinte. Example: The ancient Greeks generally buried their dead in their nekropoleis or their gardens; often on the road leading to their towns, or before the gates. This pious feeling of affection and reverence for the dead, is a touching feature in the character of the modern Greeks. 3. A city or settlement where most people are dead and/or dying. Example: You think London isn't a necropolis? Let me tell you it is. And people love it. Our cemeteries are popular tourist attractions. Example: Jerusalem was a necropolis where old or sick pilgrims were content to die and be buried until the Resurrection.
Word: dancefloor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dance floor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. Glitterballs. Lassies writhing on little checkerboard handkerchiefs of dancefloor.
Word: encina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish encina. 1. holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak Example: The form of this tree is much more beautiful than that of the encina, as it grows with more freedom, and, in the districts suited to it, attains a great height.
Word: vaqueros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaquero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circuit race Part of Speech: noun 1. A mass-start road-cycle race somewhat similar to a criterium in that it consists of several laps of a closed circuit, but where the length of each circuit or lap is slightly longer, up to a couple of miles per lap.
Word: -arian Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from various words ending in “arian”, some directly derived from Classical or Medieval Latin words ending in -arius by adding -an to the stem, other indirectly via Old French words ending in "arien(ne)" or "erien(ne)" or from English words ending in “ary” to which -an was suffixed; note the same phenomenon in -ary. Equivalent to -ary + -an. 1. A believer in something. Labels: morpheme 2. An advocate of something. Labels: morpheme 3. A native or inhabitant of somewhere. Labels: morpheme, uncommon
Word: -arian Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: By surface analysis, -ari(um) + -an and -ari(a) + -an. 1. Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium. Labels: morpheme Example: aquarium + -arian → aquarian (“of or pertaining to aquariums”) Example: planaria + -arian → planarian (“of or pertaining to planaria”)
Word: articular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin articularis. By surface analysis, article + -ar. 1. Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body. Labels: not-comparable Example: an articular disease; an articular process 2. Of or relating to the grammatical article. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -phone. 1. a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone
Word: hydrostatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English statics English hydrostatics From hydro- + statics. 1. The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure. Labels: uncountable Example: 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 30, "to estimate his skill in hydrostatistics or astronomy; ..."
Word: hydrothermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English thermal English hydrothermal From hydro- + thermal. 1. Of, or relating to hot water. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to emanations of hot water that are rich in minerals, or to the rocks formed from them. Labels: not-comparable
Word: three-up Part of Speech: noun 1. A gambling game played with three coins. Labels: uncountable
Word: highfaluting Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of highfalutin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lay-by Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.baɪ/ 1. A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities such as food vendors or public telephones. Labels: Philippines, UK, countable, uncountable 2. A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, uncountable Example: 1930 October 16, Hordern Brothers (Sydney retailer), advertisement, quoted in 1966, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, chapter X, section 2, page 206, Avail yourself of our Lay-By Service
Word: signification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French significacion, from Latin significātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Evidence for the existence of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A meaning of a word. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: voyeurism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Old French veoir Middle French veoir French voir French -eur French voyeurbor. English voyeur 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 voyeurism From voyeur + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪəˌrɪz(ə)m/, /vɔɪˈɜːrɪz(ə)m/, /vwɑˈjɜːrɪz(ə)m/ 1. The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following sensational or sordid subjects. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually
Word: knife pleat Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of sharply pressed pleating, especially in a skirt or kilt, in which all of the folds are turned in one direction, with each pleat being three layers of fabric thick.
Word: mountain bike Part of Speech: noun 1. A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.
Word: pictographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pictograph. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cricoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor. New Latin cricoīdēsbor. English cricoid Borrowed from New Latin cricoīdēs, from Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs, “ring-shaped, annular”), from κρίκος (kríkos, “ring”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌɪ.kɔɪd/, /ˈkɹaɪˌkɔɪd/ 1. Of, relating to, or being a cricoid cartilage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cricoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor. New Latin cricoīdēsbor. English cricoid Borrowed from New Latin cricoīdēs, from Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs, “ring-shaped, annular”), from κρίκος (kríkos, “ring”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌɪ.kɔɪd/, /ˈkɹaɪˌkɔɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of cricoid cartilage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: What luck that Mr. Romeo still gripped and twisted and cracked that crooked cricoid as X-rayed by the firemen and mountain guides in the street.
Word: honk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /hɒŋk/, /hɑŋk/, /hɔŋk/ 1. To use a car horn. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk. 2. To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn. Labels: intransitive 3. To make the vocal sound of a goose. Labels: intransitive 4. To vomit. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again. GARTH: What if he honks in the car? 5. To have a bad smell. Labels: Australia, UK, slang 6. To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose. Labels: informal Example: She honked my titties.