nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pastes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /peɪsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paste Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: conciliar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conciliāris. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪlɪə/ 1. Of or pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council. Labels: formal, uncommon Example: The next few years saw increasing tension between those wishing to develop this conciliar mechanism and successive popes seeking to build on the papacy's newly restored integrity. Example: This was the era which witnessed the beginnings of the conciliar movement, which sought to subordinate the papacy to the decisions of Church Councils.
Word: rubber bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. The original form of contract bridge; so called because bonuses are awarded for scoring sufficient points to win games and thereby a rubber, which is the best of three games. Labels: uncountable
Word: trademarked Part of Speech: adj 1. Registered as a trademark. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trademarked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trademark Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: copular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English copula Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English copular From copula + -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpjələ(ɹ)/ 1. Being or relating to a copula. Labels: not-comparable Example: a copular verb
Word: corear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English rear English corear From co- + rear. 1. To rear or bring up (children) together. Labels: transitive
Word: corresponder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English correspond Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English corresponder From correspond + -er. 1. One who corresponds, or writes letters.
Word: Vegliote Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the Vegliot dialect
Word: Vegliote Part of Speech: noun 1. The northern dialect of Dalmatian, spoken on the island of Veglia.
Word: Vegliot Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Veglia, the name of an island where the language was spoken. 1. The northern dialect of Romance Dalmatic, spoken on the island of Veglia.
Word: Vegliot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Veglia, the name of an island where the language was spoken. 1. A person who spoke Vegliot (now extinct).
Word: Vegliot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Veglia, the name of an island where the language was spoken. 1. Pertaining to the Vegliot dialect or the people who spoke this dialect.
Word: reciprocal pronoun Part of Speech: noun 1. A pronoun referring to an antecedent in the plural, and expressing a mutual relation. Example: The English reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.
Word: cesura Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caesura. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: countesses Part of Speech: noun 1. genitive of countesse Labels: form-of, genitive 2. plural of countess Labels: form-of, plural 3. plural of countesse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duchesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duchess Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of duchesse Labels: form-of, plural 3. genitive of duchesse Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete
Word: duchesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of duchess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: princesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of princess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baronesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baroness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sauces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sauce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sauces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sauce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vivas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Samson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Sampson, Sampsoun, Samson, from Latin Samson, from Ancient Greek Σαμψών (Sampsṓn), from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן. Pronunciation: /ˈsæmsən/ 1. An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress. Example: And Delilah ſaid to Samſon, Tel me, I pray thee, wherein thy great ſtrength lyeth, and wherewith thou mighteſt be bound, to afflict thee. 2. Any very strong man. Labels: broadly 3. A male given name from Hebrew. 4. An English surname derived from the given name, or from Samuel + son.
Word: biblicists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biblicist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contract bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A card game in which four players, forming two partnerships, first bid then play by taking tricks. Labels: uncountable Example: A forerunner of contract bridge was called auction bridge.
Word: programmed function key Part of Speech: noun 1. A function key whose function can be assigned by the user or by a program.
Word: PF key Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of programmed (or programmable) function key. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: propositional function Part of Speech: noun 1. An expression containing algebraic symbols that serve to represent words or other elements of a sentence or proposition
Word: psi function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function of a complex variable obtained by differentiating the logarithm of a gamma function; the digamma function 2. The Schrödinger wave function
Word: quadratic function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose value is the solution of a quadratic polynomial
Word: radial distribution function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function which specifies the average density of atoms, molecules etc in three dimensions from a given point.
Word: radicofunctional name Part of Speech: noun 1. The name of an organic compound that uses two words, the first specifying the radical and the second the functional group, e.g. "alkyl halide" or "benzoyl peroxide".
Word: positives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of positive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: random function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose formula is always the same, but whose initial value is chosen at random from a set of possible values (its domain). 2. A function chosen at random from a set of functions. 3. A function that returns a random or pseudo-random value that is distributed according to a specific probability distribution associated with the function.
Word: rational function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function expressible as the quotient of two (coprime) polynomials (and which thus has poles at a finite, discrete set of points which are the roots of the denominator). Example: Our first problem is that of interpolation in prescribed points to a given function by a rational function whose poles are given. Example: By Theorem 2.3.2., we have that the right-hand side of this equation can be equal to a rational function only if that rational function is equal to zero.
Word: bank statement Part of Speech: noun 1. A communication from a bank to a person holding an account in that bank, usually issued monthly, detailing the value of the holdings in that account and the effects of all transactions occurring with respect to that account. Example: Turian Merchant: This isn't a proof of purchase. Human Customer: It's a bank statement. It shows that I bought something from you and when I bought it.
Word: bank statements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bank statement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recursive function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function that uses recursion and can call itself until a certain condition is met. 2. Any function whose value may be obtained using a finite number of operations using a precisely specified algorithm.
Word: regular function Part of Speech: noun 1. a meromorphic function
Word: restricted function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function used in an operating system that is not available to application programs.
Word: application program Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.
Word: buffalo-berry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of buffaloberry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sample function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function used to obtain a set of samples from a given population
Word: scalar function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose domain is a vector space and whose value is its scalar field
Word: scattering function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function which describes the intensity of scattered radiation in any given direction
Word: buttered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of butter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: buttered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəɹd/ 1. Spread with butter. Example: hot buttered toast 2. Of a turn, achieved by the buttering action.
Word: swoosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From imitation of the sound. Pronunciation: /ˈswʊʃ/, /ˈswʉʃ/ 1. To move with a rushing or swirling sound Example: The fishing rod swooshed through the air. Example: skiers swooshing through the snow
Word: swoosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imitation of the sound. Pronunciation: /ˈswʊʃ/, /ˈswʉʃ/ 1. A swooshing movement or sound Example: "What the hell is a swoosh?" the McDonald's rep asked. "You know — a swoosh. Like when you go fast. 'Swoosh!'" 2. A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement. Example: Even TV announcers at the last Winter Olympics were spotted with a swoosh on their jackets. Example: lf, on the other hand, you're one of the thousands of graphic designers whose education was based primarily in the art department; almost all of your clients have MBAs and neutral blue swoosh logos […] 3. A presentation of a sauce, purée or other food item, which is placed in a dollop and smeared across the plate.
Word: Schrödinger wave function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist. 1. A function which is a solution of Schrödinger's wave equation; the psi function
Word: chacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: simple function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any complex-valued measurable function whose range is finite.
Word: single-valued function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function in which each point in the domain maps to just one point in the range
Word: staff function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any secondary business activity that supports the line functions of a business, but does not directly affect customers or profits
Word: symmetric function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function, of multiple variables, whose value is independent of the order of the variables, i.e. f(a,b) = f(b,a).
Word: cat o' nine tails Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cat-o'-nine-tails. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trigonometric cofunction Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of trigonometric functions that have equal values when their arguments are complementary angles, e.g. sine and cosine.
Word: marog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sotho marog. 1. Any of several edible plants of the Amaranthus genus, used locally in South Africa as spinach. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20060811214247/http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Show/SAfrica/sapaper/saessay.htm Amaranthus hybridus (Figure 38) and other Amaranthus species are either grown for their seeds (Inca wheat) or harvested as spinach (marog). Example: 2003, http://www.dispatch.co.za/2003/04/12/features/GARDEN.HTM HERE in sunny South Africa amaranth is better known as marog and is used extensively as a nourishing 'spinach' vegetable.
Word: truth function Part of Speech: noun 1. A Boolean function whose value is interpreted as truth or falsity
Word: Turing computable function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer. 1. Any function whose value may be computed using a Turing machine.
Word: vasoconstrictor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor New Latin cōnstrictorbor. ▲ Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constrict ▲ Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English constrictor English vasoconstrictor From vaso- + constrictor. 1. Any substance that causes vasoconstriction. Example: “Anyone have any nasal spray?” I asked. “Afrin specifically?” Afrin is basically neosynephrine, a potent vasoconstrictor, and would be ideal to put on a tissue stuffed deeply in the nose.
Word: user-defined function Part of Speech: noun 1. A program or subroutine, provided by the user rather than being built into the system, that may return a value and may take input parameters.
Word: vector function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose range is n-dimensional
Word: work function Part of Speech: noun 1. The minimum energy needed to remove an electron from the surface of a material 2. A social gathering hosted by an employer for their employees to attend; a formal party.
Word: vasoconstriction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin cōnstrictiōbor. English constriction English vasoconstriction From vaso- + constriction. Pronunciation: /ˌveɪzəʊkənˈstrɪkʃən/, /ˌvæsəʊkənˈstrɪkʃən/ 1. Constriction or narrowing of a blood vessel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jangler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jangle + -er. 1. Someone who, or something that jangles. 2. A chatterer. 3. Someone who argues noisily.
Word: janitorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English janitor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English janitorial From janitor + -ial. Pronunciation: /dʒæn.ɪˈtɔːɹ.i.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a janitor.
Word: jarful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jar + -ful. 1. As much as a jar will hold
Word: jarringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jarring Middle English -ly English -ly English jarringly From jarring + -ly. 1. In a jarring manner. Example: But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.
Word: jato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of jet-assisted takeoff. 1. An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft 2. A takeoff assisted by such a unit 3. A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off
Word: JATO Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of jet-assisted takeoff, a method of using booster rockets to allow heavily-loaded aircraft to lift off more quickly and use less runway length for takeoff. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 2. One of the rockets used for the above purpose. Labels: countable Example: An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.
Word: jawed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English jaw Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English jawed From jaw + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd/, /ˈd͡ʒɔd/, /ˈd͡ʒɑd/ 1. Having jaws. 2. Having a specified type of jaw. Labels: in-compounds
Word: jawed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English jaw Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English jawed From jaw + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd/, /ˈd͡ʒɔd/, /ˈd͡ʒɑd/ 1. simple past and past participle of jaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jazzed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of jazz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jazzed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæzd/ 1. Played in a jazz style. 2. Very enthusiastic or excited. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:enthusiastic Example: Think about a time in your life when you had those three things in abundance; maybe when you were really locked in on hitting a sales goal or completing a project you were totally jazzed about.
Word: jazzed up Part of Speech: adj 1. Made more lively, colourful or modern. Labels: colloquial 2. Energetic. Labels: colloquial Example: I'm too jazzed up by the coffee to sleep.
Word: transplantation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process). 1. A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. 4. The resettlement of a group of people. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: organ transplant Part of Speech: noun 1. A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient.
Word: geocache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below). 1. A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching. Example: Regardless of the final name, can we please replace the word "stash" with "cache"? "GPS Cache Hunt" and "Geocache" still sound find. I believe it still works with all of the variations that David came up with (Geocaching, geocacher, etc). Example: The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth.
Word: geocache Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below). 1. To participate in geocaching. Labels: intransitive Example: Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game; Example: And, in line with the third preference that Kahn observed, nearly all of the places I've geocached have been easy to navigate (and would have been easy even without a GPS). 2. To hide or seek a geocache. Labels: transitive
Word: geocaching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache. 1. A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner. Labels: uncountable Example: In addition to the uses cited, a sport called geocaching — a high-tech version of hide and seek or orienteering — has evolved that uses GPS to locate points of interest and hidden items, or caches. Example: State parks officials were a little stunned— and thrilled— with the response to the Geocaching History Challenge. Though it was difficult to determine how many people participated, clearly geocaching was exploding in popularity.
Word: geocaching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache. 1. present participle and gerund of geocache Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Mhairi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Màiri (“Mary”), which in the vocative case becomes a Mhàiri. Pronunciation: /ˈvaːɹi/ 1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic. Example: Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced "vary", which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like "very smelly" was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental foresight.
Word: comen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cumen, ġecumen, past participle of cuman (“to come”). More at come. 1. past participle of come. Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: There is diverse of his gentlemen stolen away therefor, and some are comen to Calais, and one of them is sent to our sovereign lord and king.
Word: suspects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suspect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suspects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suspect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: planks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋks/, [ˈpʰl̥æŋks], /ˈpleɪ̯ŋks/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯ŋks], /ˈplɛ̃ŋks/ 1. plural of plank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋks/, [ˈpʰl̥æŋks], /ˈpleɪ̯ŋks/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯ŋks], /ˈplɛ̃ŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: polarized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a distinctive polarization. Labels: US Example: When the polarizers are aligned in the same direction, they block the same state of polarization, i.e. they both block horizontally polarized light, and both let the vertically polarized light through. The second polarizer therefore has no effect on the light. When the polarizers are aligned perpendicular to one another, one will block the horizontally polarized light and the other will block vertically polarized light — no light at all gets through the pair! Example: Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze. 2. Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes. Labels: US
Word: polarized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of polarize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: polarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/, /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/, /ˈpəʉ.lə.ɹɑez/, [ˈpəʉ̯.lə.ɹɑe̯z], [ˈpɐʉ̯.lə.ɹɑe̯z] 1. To cause to have a polarization. Labels: US, transitive Example: To polarize, and indeed, to artificially distinguish between the secular and the religious is to dismiss the inarguable Judeo-Christian foundation of contemporary secular institutions. 2. To cause a group to be divided into extremes. Labels: US, transitive Example: The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.
Word: snobbish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English snob Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English snobbish From snob + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/ 1. Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors. Example: St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.
Word: silliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English silly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English silliness From silly + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlinɪs/, /-nəs/ 1. That which is perceived as silly or frivolous. Labels: uncountable Example: The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it. 2. An act that is silly; a result of being silly. Labels: countable
Word: refractive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English refract Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English refractive From refract + -ive. 1. That refracts; causing or relating to refraction.
Word: peeled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses). Pronunciation: /piːld/ 1. With the outermost layer or skin removed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The peeled fruit quickly turned brown. Example: He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it. 2. Dieted down such as having attained a peak contrast of trained muscle volume. Labels: not-comparable
Word: peeled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses). Pronunciation: /piːld/ 1. simple past and past participle of peel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: peeled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English peel Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English peeled From peel (noun) + -ed (“having”). Pronunciation: /piːld/ 1. Having a peel; (in combination) having the specified type of peel. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Genova lemons average 8-10 sections and 5-6 seeds. They are thick-peeled and acid. Thin-peeled fruit at right was cured about 10 days. Example: Only some mammals, such as monkeys (Janson, 1983) and bats (Phua and Corlett, 1989), appear to have the necessary dental capacity to open peeled fruits.
Word: streaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of streak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: headdress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + dress. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌdɹɛs/ 1. A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head. 2. A hairdo.
Word: computed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of compute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: computed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/ 1. Calculated, determined by computation. 2. Derived rather than measured.
Word: crewman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscere Old French creistre Old French creuebor. Middle English crue English crew Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English crewman From crew + -man. 1. A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship. Example: Next year this service is to be operated entirely by automatic control, though the trains will carry at least one crewman. 2. Synonym of armoured crewman. Labels: Canada
Word: crewmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crewman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiteboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kite + board. 1. A specialized lightweight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
Word: kiteboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kite + board. 1. To participate in kiteboarding. Labels: intransitive
Word: borrowings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borrowing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiteboarding Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider. Labels: uncountable 2. A similar sport using a wheeled board on land. Labels: uncountable 3. A similar sport using a snowboard or ski on snow. Labels: uncountable
Word: kiteboarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kiteboard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kiteboarder Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who participates in kiteboarding.
Word: Ofgem Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Biosteel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English steel English Biosteel From bio- + steel. 1. A fibrous material, having a structure similar to spider silk, produced from the milk of transgenic goats Labels: uncountable
Word: chooser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *chosere, cheoser, chesere, cheosere, equivalent to choose + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃuːzə(ɹ)/, /ˈt͡ʃuːzə/, /ˈt͡ʃuzɚ/, /ˈt͡ʃʉːzə/ 1. One who chooses something. 2. A user interface element allowing something to be selected from a list or group. Example: a file chooser; a colour chooser
Word: transgenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + -genic. Pronunciation: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/, /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified. Labels: not-comparable Example: The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg. Example: Common ingredients like corn, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, soy protein, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, yeast extract, sugar and corn syrup are almost always produced from transgenic crops.
Word: transgenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + -genic. Pronunciation: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/, /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
Word: blooded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌ.dəd/ 1. bloody, bleeding. Labels: not-comparable Example: Blackburn's cause was not helped when Morten Gamst Pedersen and Gael Givet collided going for the same ball, both players emerging blooded and dazed but otherwise unharmed. 2. Experienced (especially in warfare). Labels: not-comparable Example: I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing. 3. Following a modifying word in a compound: Labels: not-comparable Example: Mammals are warm-blooded. 4. Following a modifying word in a compound: Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this. 5. Following a modifying word in a compound: Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: He's a full-blooded Irishman. 6. Following a modifying word in a compound: Labels: derogatory, figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes Example: A blue-blooded aristocrat. 7. Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree. Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: blooded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌ.dəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blood Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spintronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of spin + electronic. 1. Of or pertaining to spintronics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spintronics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spin + -tronics, or from spin transport electronics. 1. The storage and transfer of information using the spin state of electrons as well as their charge. Labels: uncountable
Word: bigorexic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bigorexia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bigorexic From bigorexia + -ic. 1. suffering from bigorexia
Word: bigorexic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bigorexia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bigorexic From bigorexia + -ic. 1. a person suffering from bigorexia
Word: saltmarsh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of salt marsh Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That grass – saltmarsh cordgrass, which can grow to be 7 feet tall – was being observed in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Fish and Wildlife Service program. Example: There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
Word: e-learning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English e- English learning English e-learning From e- + learning. 1. Learning conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet. Labels: uncountable
Word: participants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of participant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evo-devo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌiːvəʊˈdiːvəʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of evolutionary developmental biology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable
Word: salt marshes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salt marsh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evolutionary developmental biology Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of biology that studies the interaction of evolutionary and developmental processes. Labels: uncountable
Word: MathML Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of mathematical markup language. 1. An XML-based markup language for defining the appearance and meaning of mathematical formulae.
Word: mattify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English matt Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English mattify From matt + -ify. 1. to produce a matt effect or reduce the shiny appearance of the skin
Word: m-commerce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initial m of mobile plus commerce. Modelled on earlier e-commerce. 1. The use of mobile technology in commerce. Labels: uncountable
Word: moby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mobile + -y. 1. A mobile phone. Labels: UK, slang
Word: moby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Rhyming slang: Moby-Dick and sick. 1. Sick; unwell. Labels: slang Example: So there ends up being puke everywhere […] I was like, 'I told you I was feeling Moby,' but she didn't answer […]
Word: pathopoeic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pathopoeia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pathopoeic From pathopoeia + -ic. 1. of or pertaining to pathopoeia Labels: not-comparable
Word: pathopoeia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παθοποιία (pathopoiía); πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). 1. The arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions. Labels: uncountable 2. Speech that moves hearers emotionally, especially as the speaker attempts to elicit an emotional response by way of demonstrating his or her own feelings. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: pendrin Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein involved in the exchange of chloride and iodide ions across biological membranes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piconet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin beccus Old Spanish bico Spanish picobor. English pico- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net English piconet From pico- + net. 1. a small computer network using Bluetooth protocols
Word: proteomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protein + -omics. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹoʊtiˈɑmɪks/ 1. The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism. Labels: uncountable Example: The derived word "proteomics", which has come into use almost as an afterthought, may be equally useful since it indicates something less well-defined but more ambitious. Proteomics is a field, just as genomics is, rather than a closed and conceptually static body of knowledge (as are the genome and proteome, by definition).
Word: snowblader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snowblade + -er. 1. A person who participates in snowblading
Word: snowblading Part of Speech: noun 1. skiing using snowblades; skiboarding Labels: uncountable
Word: snowblading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snowblade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skiboarding Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of skiing on a short ski called a skiboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: skiboarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skiboard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dunces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dunce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ending Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reverential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin reverentiālis, from Latin reverentia (“reverence”) + -ālis (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛvəˈɹɛnʃəl/ 1. Showing or characterized by reverence; respectful. Example: The supposed religious tone must be banished, so far as it is applied to the book itself or to the words printed in it; but there is a reverential tone, properly applicable to the meaning conveyed by the words, which should be cultivated. Example: The reverential tone intensified as this section progressed. When each spectator had purportedly become her mother, she was invited to share her mother's wisdom, prefaced by the words "I always said."
Word: reverential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin reverentiālis, from Latin reverentia (“reverence”) + -ālis (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛvəˈɹɛnʃəl/ 1. Someone or something that is reverential. Example: But that eccleſiaſtical authority can exiſt (perhaps as far as it ought) without the exerciſe of civil power, we have a proof in this ſect; the degrees of whoſe prieſthood (which are as numerous I believe as in any prieſthood, conſiſting of provincial biſhops, metropolitans (or what amounts to the meaning), deacons, preſbyters, and every order of reverentials) poſſeſs, it ſeems, each one within the circle of their connection, its proper influence, fully and undiſputedly. Example: The verb is not thereby made reflective, but preserves the same signification as if not reverential. The intransitive reverentials are said to be formed from their compulsive form, and the active from their applicative.
Word: roles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹəʊlz/, /ɹoʊlz/ 1. plural of role Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonemes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phoneme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jealously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jealous Middle English -ly English -ly English jealously From jealous + -ly. 1. In a jealous manner. Example: "[…] I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion, something jealously. Example: Ah! my brother, we do well to watch our birthright jealously; the least invasion on the meanest peasant, the slightest encroachment of the powerful, are not matters to be neglected—such are the first steps of tyranny.
Word: jeeringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jeering Middle English -ly English -ly English jeeringly From jeering + -ly. 1. In a jeering manner. Example: You shall find by common experience how your superstitious false worshipers slight the Word of God; they are above it, they speak jeeringly of the Scripture and of warrants from Gods Word; Oh you must do nothing but you must have Scripture for it: They cry up Fathers and antiquity, and such and such Writers, but for the Word of God they usually contemn and scorn it. Example: […] they turned their Anger into ridiculing the Man, and his Sorrow for his Wife and Children; taunted him with want of Courage to leap into the great Pit, and go to Heaven, as they jeeringly express’d it, along with them, adding some very profane, and even blasphemous Expressions.
Word: durably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English durable Middle English -ly English -ly English durably From durable + -ly. 1. In a durable manner.
Word: jell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is a back-formation from jelly. The later noun is from the verb. Reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛl/ 1. Synonym of jelly or gel.
Word: jell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is a back-formation from jelly. The later noun is from the verb. Reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛl/ 1. Synonym of gel. Example: A lot of things are jelling, says Hoffman.
Word: jellylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English jellylike From jelly + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of jelly. Example: 1895, Mark Twain, “How to Tell a Story,” in Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches, edited by Tom Quirk, Penguin, 1994, originally published in The Youth’s Companion, 3 October, 1895, The teller is innocent and happy and pleased with himself, and has to stop every little while to hold himself in and keep from laughing outright; and does hold in, but his body quakes in a jelly-like way with interior chuckles; and at the end of the ten minutes the audience have laughed until they are exhausted, and the tears are running down their faces. Example: However quickly the water was used, there were always larvae of some sort on its surface, jumpy jellylike whiskery things, perfection in their way.
Word: jellyroll Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jelly roll. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jennet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English genet, from Old French genet, from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse; light horseman”), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanātī), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnɪt/ 1. A female ass or donkey; a jenny. 2. A small Spanish horse. Example: Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed.
Word: jerkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jerky Middle English -ly English -ly English jerkily From jerky + -ly. 1. In a jerky manner.
Word: jerkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jerky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English jerkiness From jerky + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being jerky (characterized by sudden uneven motion or progress). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] there was a good deal of jerkiness apparent in the motion of the car, especially when the wheels turned into the numerous ruts of the drive. Example: In 1900 Planck announced that radiant energy could only be propagated in tiny, indivisible bundles which he called quanta. Furthermore these bundles did not proceed through space continuously, but by jumps. It was not long before experimenters were finding this lumpiness and jerkiness everywhere. 2. The behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person). Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: jerkwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan. First appears c. 1852, in the Miami County Sentinel (Peru, Indiana). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ/ 1. A train on a branch line. Labels: US, historical Example: […] by bailing from near streams with buckets, (the brake-man called this operation jerking water) and from this the road gets its name of jerkwater road. 2. A jerkwater town. Example: Twenty-five miles down the narrow arid highway, there is another town like Napoleon, a little smaller. And then twenty-five miles further, another. This chain of jerkwaters stretches for a lazy afternoon, until you finally encounter a cluster of people that almost resembles a modern civilization, with a movie theater and chain restaurants.
Word: jerkwater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan. First appears c. 1852, in the Miami County Sentinel (Peru, Indiana). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ/ 1. Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward. Labels: US, colloquial, derogatory
Word: jet-lagged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jet lag + -ed. 1. Suffering from jet lag.
Word: jetport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jet + port. 1. An airport served by jet aircraft. Labels: dated
Word: jeweled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of jewelled. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jeweled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jewel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jewelled Part of Speech: adj 1. set with jewels
Word: jewelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jewel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trucks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹʌks/ 1. plural of truck Labels: form-of, plural 2. The game of lawn billiards. 3. The wheel-set of railroad rolling stock. 4. Trousers. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: […] a feller feels like a sack tied up in the middle and with the top all open; and then the trucks [trousers] is that awful big up the legs that when the wind blows I ain't allus sure I've got any on, till I tucks my hands in my waist-band to feel.
Word: trucks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹʌks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of truck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person