nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: enclosing Part of Speech: noun 1. That which encloses. Example: And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. […] And they set in it four rows of stones: […] the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings. 2. The act or situation by which something is enclosed. Example: Duane Duck is a play of boxes, explicit and implicit, frangible or firm; indeed, Duane Duck is a play about boxes, a performance of all manner of relations to enclosings.
Word: enclosing Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a region, containing all points of a given set within its bounds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inside joke Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsaɪd ˌd͡ʒəʊk/, /ˈɪnsaɪd ˌd͡ʒoʊk/ 1. A joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details (an ingroup). Labels: idiomatic Example: After the incident with the potato peeler, references to potatoes became an inside joke among the witnesses.
Word: Sharon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæɹən/ 1. A plain in Israel. Example: I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2. A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name. Example: Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with.” 3. A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name. Example: My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer. Example: The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'. 4. A surname. 5. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 6. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 7. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 8. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 9. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 10. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 11. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 12. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 13. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 14. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 15. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 16. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 17. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 18. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 19. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 20. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 21. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 22. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 23. A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place: 24. A place in Canada: 25. A place in Canada: 26. A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.
Word: Sharon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæɹən/ 1. A working-class female. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang Example: 2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl 'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.
Word: capitate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin capitātus (“having a head”), from caput (“head”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). The noun comes from the clipping of capitate bone. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtət/ 1. Having a distinct globular tip. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1913 Henry Gray: Anatomy Descriptive and Applied The capitate bone is the largest of the carpal bones, and occupies the centre of the wrist. It presents, above, a rounded portion or head, which is received into the concavity formed by the navicular and lunate; a constricted portion or neck; and below this, the body. The superior surface is round, smooth, and articulates with the lunate. 2. Topped with a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites or the antennae of some insects. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1884 A. de Bary Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns. Oxford University Press Capitate hairs occur on most leaf-forming plants, especially Dicotyledons and Ferns, as a rule in company with non-glandular hairs. It is true they are absent from many large groups... To this category belong in the first place the great majority of the universally distributed glandular hairs ... Meanwhile we need only remark here, that the glandular hairs are characterised by no special form, but rather by definite properties of the cell walls; therefore the terms capitate and glandular hair are not equivalent. In the case of many capitate hairs, it is as yet uncertain whether they possess the characteristic properties of glandular hairs... Example: Capitate antennae are thin through most of the structure, then abruptly widen, so it looks like the head of a pin sitting on the end of the antennae. This antennal shape is commonly found in butterflies.
Word: capitate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin capitātus (“having a head”), from caput (“head”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). The noun comes from the clipping of capitate bone. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtət/ 1. The capitate bone of the wrist.
Word: capitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from capitation. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪteɪt/ 1. To pay health-care providers using a capitation system. Labels: US
Word: mohawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk. Labels: alt-of
Word: rog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English roggen, ruggen, variation of rokken (“to rock”), from Old English roccian. 1. To shake. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: rog Part of Speech: noun 1. Intoxication through freebasing. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: rog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of interrogatory. 1. Synonym of interrogatory. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: rog Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of roger. Pronunciation: /ɹɒdʒ/, /ɹɑdʒ/ 1. Synonym of roger.
Word: rog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ROG (“receipt of goods”). Labels: alt-of
Word: manchester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the city of Manchester (England), once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods. Pronunciation: /ˈmænt͡ʃɛstɚ/, /ˈmæntʃɪstə/ 1. A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric. Labels: obsolete Example: Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron. 2. Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable Example: My love of linen stems from two sources. My first proper job working in the manchester department at Target, where I learnt how to style a miniature bed into a showroom-worthy display. Example: David Jones says more than half-a-million shoppers will visit its four Victorian stores. The most popular items are Christmas decorations, women's shoes, men's shirts and manchester.
Word: idiosyncracy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Considerable trouble was experienced initially in getting it to work, and it was not until the piling was almost complete that the idiosyncracies of the machine were really understood.
Word: daydream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/, [ˈdeɪdɹiːm], [ˈdeɪd͡ʒɹiːm] 1. A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality. Example: With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.
Word: daydream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/, [ˈdeɪdɹiːm], [ˈdeɪd͡ʒɹiːm] 1. To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather. Labels: intransitive Example: Stop daydreaming and get back to work!
Word: einstein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in honor of Albert Einstein, who explained the photoelectric effect. 1. One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance. Labels: dated Example: The einstein (symbol E) is an obsolete unit with two conflicting definitions. 2. A genius; a very smart person. Labels: informal Example: He's a prodigy — they call him their little einstein. 3. A genius; a very smart person. Labels: broadly, informal, sarcastic Example: Yeah, that guy is a real einstein — he always finds a way to mess up the simplest order.
Word: einstein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German ein Stein, "one stone", coined by scientists in recent decades, but with tongue-in-cheek tacit acknowledgment of the homonymy with einstein and Einstein; "a pun playing with the famous scientist's name and the German term "ein Stein" for "one stone". 1. A shape that can be repeated to cover a plane with a nonrepeating pattern. Example: In less poetic terms, an einstein is an “aperiodic monotile,” a shape that tiles a plane, or an infinite two-dimensional flat surface, but only in a nonrepeating pattern. (The term “einstein” comes from the German “ein stein,” or “one stone” — more loosely, “one tile” or “one shape.”)
Word: infarction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin infarctiō, equivalent to infarct + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɑːk.ʃən/, /ɪnˈfɑɹk.ʃən/ 1. The process which causes an infarct. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the slightest connection with tubercule— as, for example, old cancerous masses, lymphatic glands swollen by a hyperplasia of cells, hæmorrhagical infarctions, abscesses, &c.— undergo exactly the same caseous transformation. Example: Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.
Word: zygomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zygoma + -tic. Doublet of zygomaticus. Pronunciation: /ˌzʌɪ.ɡə(ʊ)ˈmat.ɪk/, /ˌzɪɡ.ə(ʊ)ˈmat.ɪk/, /ˌzaɪ.ɡəˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: They show (1) the left orbit and zygomatic arch of President Kennedy magnified from Zapruder frame 230
Word: zygomatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zygoma + -tic. Doublet of zygomaticus. Pronunciation: /ˌzʌɪ.ɡə(ʊ)ˈmat.ɪk/, /ˌzɪɡ.ə(ʊ)ˈmat.ɪk/, /ˌzaɪ.ɡəˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. Ellipsis of zygomatic bone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: ethmoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/ 1. A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
Word: ethmoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/ 1. Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: popsicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trade name Popsicle, a blend of pop (“father”) + Epsicle (original trade name), itself a blend of Epperson (surname of the inventor) + icicle. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.sɪ.kəl/, [ˈpɒp.sɪ.kl̩], /ˈpɑp.sɪ.kəl/, [ˈpɑp.sɪ.kl̩] 1. Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like on a stick. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: “I think this is the hottest day I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Ikumi Cooray, 25, said Friday, waiting for a tram in Melbourne as a popsicle melted in her hand. 2. Something cold or frozen. Labels: figuratively Example: Turn up the thermostat! We're all turning into popsicles in here!
Word: june Part of Speech: verb 1. To rush. Labels: Southern-US, dated, slang
Word: scapula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”). 1. Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder.
Word: november Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of November from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of
Word: cabin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane. Pronunciation: /ˈkæbɪn/ 1. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. Labels: US Example: Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin. Example: And that was how long we stayed in the cabin, pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered. 2. A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people. Labels: informal 3. A private room on a ship. Example: the captain’s cabin Example: Passengers shall remain in their cabins. 4. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping. Example: Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold. 5. The passenger area of an airplane. 6. The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service. 7. A signal box. Labels: informal 8. A small room; an enclosed place. Example: So long in secret cabin there he held her captive. 9. A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional. Labels: India Example: There’s Kaul’s boss, the overweight owner of a pharmaceutical firm who spends his days wolfing down junk food in the privacy of his cabin.
Word: cabin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane. Pronunciation: /ˈkæbɪn/ 1. To place in a cabin or other small space. Labels: transitive 2. To limit the scope of. Labels: broadly Example: There was a time when this Court’s precedents may have portended the kind of First Amendment liability for purely private property owners that the majority spends so much time rejecting. […] But the Court soon stanched that trend. See Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U. S. 551, 561–567 (1972) (cabining Marsh and refusing to extend Logan Valley); Hudgens v. NLRB, 424 U. S. 507, 518 (1976) (making clear that “the rationale of Logan Valley did not survive” Lloyd). 3. To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: I'll make you […] cabin in a cave.
Word: cherry red Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep bright red color, like that of a cherry. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cherry red Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a deep bright red colour, like that of a cherry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: braille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪ̯l/, /ˈbɹeɪ.əl/, [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯l], /ˈbɹaɪ̯/, [ˈbɹʷaɪ̯] 1. A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books.
Word: braille Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪ̯l/, /ˈbɹeɪ.əl/, [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯l], /ˈbɹaɪ̯/, [ˈbɹʷaɪ̯] 1. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system. Example: I played back my recorded notes and brailled them. Example: the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes [...] He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book [...] came to be brailled 2. to identify something by touch. Labels: broadly, informal
Word: braille Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪ̯l/, /ˈbɹeɪ.əl/, [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯l], /ˈbɹaɪ̯/, [ˈbɹʷaɪ̯] 1. Of, relating to or written in braille. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Freecycle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of free + recycle. 1. An Internet-based community where people can freely give unwanted items to others.
Word: moksha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- Sanskrit मुच् (muc) Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ) Proto-Indo-European *-os Sanskrit -अ (-a) Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa)bor. English moksha Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “liberation”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒkʃə/, /ˈməʊkʃə/, /ˈmoʊkʃə/ 1. In Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation. Labels: uncountable Example: The more merit you earn, the more you are likely to abridge the number of reincarnations you have to go through to reach the kind of enlightened state which gets you to moksha. Example: It is one of the four key lessons of the Bhagavad-Gita: desire or lust; wealth; the desire for righteousness or dharma; and the final state of total liberation, or moksha.
Word: pronunce Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of pronounce. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: That they pꝛonunce not rudely / haſtely / confuſely oꝛ coꝛruptely. but with cleyne / dyſtyncte / and playne tongue. Example: [T]hou womã / nat a Chꝛiſtiane / but the myniſter of the deuyll / yͤ fell thꝛetnỹg of our loꝛde diſpleaſed with yͤ / ſhalbe pꝛonunced vpon the / ſayeng by Eſaie yͤ pꝛophet: […]
Word: muscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late 17th century; from muscle (Latin mūsculus) + -ar. Compare French musculaire. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌs.kjʊl.ə/, /ˈmʌs.kjə.lɚ/ 1. Of, relating to, or connected with muscles. Labels: relational Example: It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that. 2. Brawny, thewy, having strength. Example: It was a strange figure—like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, [...] The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength. 3. Having large, well-developed muscles. 4. Robust, strong. Labels: figuratively Example: Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that [Narendra] Modi was able to earn. Example: The conservative movement faces real internal contradictions. On the one hand, there is deep skepticism of Washington-based power — think of the tea party and its “Don’t tread on me” bumper stickers. On the other, there is an eager embrace of a muscular view of the presidency for Trump, and before him, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. 5. Full-bodied Example: muscular wine
Word: ischium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪskɪəm/, /ˈɪskiəm/ 1. The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. Example: And he still carried, after five or six years, and though he dressed it in a mirror night and morning, on his right ischium a running sore of traumatic origin.
Word: resilient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin resiliō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ēns Latin resiliēnsder. English resilient From Latin resiliēns, resilientem (“rebounding”, present active participle of resiliō) (whence -ent), from saliō (“leap, jump”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/, /ɹɪˈzɪli.ənt/ 1. Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances) 2. Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances) 3. Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people) Example: He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost. 4. Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people)
Word: Afghani Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Proto-Iranian *Hápa Bactrian *apāka- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Bactrian *-āna Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der. Classical Persian افغانbor. English Afghan English -i Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni)bor. English Afghani From Afghan + -i, or borrowed from Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni). 1. Of or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Afghani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Proto-Iranian *Hápa Bactrian *apāka- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Bactrian *-āna Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der. Classical Persian افغانbor. English Afghan English -i Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni)bor. English Afghani From Afghan + -i, or borrowed from Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni). 1. Alternative letter-case form of afghani (“Afghanistan's unit of currency”). Labels: alt-of Example: A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […] 2. An Afghan; a native, inhabitant or national of Afghanistan. Labels: proscribed, uncommon Example: This is not the way Afghanis conduct business. For the Afghans, time is not of the essence.
Word: Afghani Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Proto-Iranian *Hápa Bactrian *apāka- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Bactrian *-āna Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der. Classical Persian افغانbor. English Afghan English -i Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni)bor. English Afghani From Afghan + -i, or borrowed from Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni). 1. A surname from Persian.
Word: martian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Martian (“of or pertaining to the planet Mars”). Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: martian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Martian packet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: marxism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Marxism. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: Morse Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)s/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice. 2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse. 3. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Morse Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)s/ 1. Clipping of Morse code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable Example: We sent a message in Morse.
Word: Morse Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)s/ 1. To transmit by Morse code. Labels: transitive Example: It was Gibson who was right. Code 78A was Morsed back to Grantham – 'bomb despatched and hit wall but no breach observed'. No doubt the wording of Operation Chastise's operation order now started to hit home […]
Word: platonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of Platonic, which see. The sense “non-sexual” dates to the 17th century in English, and to the 15th century in Latin; see platonic love for details. Pronunciation: /pləˈtɒnɪk/, /pləˈtɔnɪk/, /pləˈtɑnɪk/ 1. Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love. Example: They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors). Labels: alt-of Example: Plato gave so brilliant and impressive a defense of this common human feeling, that the doctrine of the reality of abstract objects has been known as the platonic theory of ideas ever since.
Word: rota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊtə/, /ˈɹoʊtə/, [-ɾə] 1. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: on a rota basis Example: [The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer.
Word: rota Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊtə/, /ˈɹoʊtə/, [-ɾə] 1. A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music. Example: Along the creek bed he came, plucking a rota, a zither of five strings with bone-yoke facings and a beaverskin carrying-bag thrown over his shoulder.
Word: ellipses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪpsɪz/, /iˈlɪpsɪz/, /əˈlɪpsɪz/, /əˈləpsəz/ 1. plural of ellipse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ellipses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪpsiːz/ 1. plural of ellipsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whippersnapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Extension of *whip-snapper (“a cracker of whips”), or perhaps from snipper-snapper. Compare also whipperginnie (“term of abuse for a woman”), late 16th c. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/, /ˈʍɪpəɹˌsnæpəɹ/ 1. A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience. Labels: colloquial Example: These whippersnappers have never had to walk far or carry water. Example: "Throw me a nine iron Fatman, I want to make sure of getting inside you young whippersnappers."
Word: protégé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French protégé, past participle of protéger (“to protect”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌʒeɪ/ 1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor). Example: His status as a protégé of the great artist had many benefits, but was ultimately a burden. Example: While Yau was in China, he visited Xi-Ping Zhu, a protégé of his who was now chairman of the mathematics department at Sun Yat-sen University.
Word: zinnia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Zinnia. Coined in 1767, after Johann Gottfried Zinn, German botanist (d. 1759). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪn.i.ə/, /ˈzi.ni.ə/, /ˈzɪn.jə/, /ˈzi.njə/ 1. Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid. Example: […]the Consul at this moment greeted Mr. Quincey's cat, momentarily forgetting its owner again as the grey, meditative animal, with a tail so long it trailed on the ground, came stalking through the zinnias: […] Example: Santa sighed at the unfairness of it all and slammed the picture down on the mantelpiece among the bowl of wax fruit and the bouquet of paper zinnias and the statue of the Virgin Mary and the figurine of the Infant of Prague.
Word: computational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From computation + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/, /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/, /ˌkɔmpjʊˈtæɪʃənəl/, /ˌkɒmpjʊˈtæɪʃənəl/ 1. Of or relating to computation. Example: computational limits Example: computational scores
Word: venus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəs/ 1. Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
Word: bilbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bilbao, a city in Spain. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlbəʊ/ 1. A device for punishment. See bilboes. 2. A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao. Labels: historical Example: A boy bursts in to the tent, double-edged bilbo in hand.
Word: peter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US, 1902, presumably from shared initial pe-. Compare the use of other men’s names as slang terms for the penis, e.g., dick, willy, johnson, John Thomas, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtə/, /ˈpitɚ/ 1. The penis. Labels: slang Example: You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr. President,” answered O'Brien. Example: ... and you were there, and they acted like you weren't even born yet?' "I'd say, 'Yes, their memories are as long as their peters.'"
Word: peter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Attested from the 18th century. The Canting Academy defines peeter as “A portmantle”; Green’s Dictionary of Slang list a variety of uses for peter – including trunk or portmanteau – in thieves’ cant in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The OED suggests that it may be related to St. Peter being the holder of the keys to God's Kingdom. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtə/, /ˈpitɚ/ 1. A safe. Labels: UK, slang Example: It used to be simple to 'crack a peter'. Safe-breaking (blowing or cracking a 'peter') in the past three or four years shows that the expert cracksman knows his job. Example: The forty quid! Gone! ’Ow could she ’ave gotten in there? The peter ain’t broke, no sign of it bein’ bettied, and I the only one w’ the key. 2. A prison cell. Labels: UK, slang Example: […] the ceremony of 'slopping out', breakfast, across to the main library from nine till half-past eleven, back to my peter for the mid-day meal and two hours' break, then the library again till five o'clock when tea was brought round and the cell door locked for the night.
Word: peter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Italic *sāls Latin sāl Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrae Medieval Latin sāl petrae Old French salpetrebor. Middle English saltpetre English (salt)peter? Proto-Indo-European *pesd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pésdeti Proto-Italic *pezdō Latin pēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Latin -ītum Latin pēditum Old French pet Middle French pet French pet Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French péterbor.? English peter Unknown; the following etymologies have been suggested: * From peter (“to stop (doing or saying something)”) (slang, obsolete, rare). * Since the word was first used in mining contexts, either: ** from French péter (“to explode; to break wind, fart”) (slang), from pet (“emission of digestive gases from the anus, flatus, fart”) (slang), from Latin pēditum (“flatus, fart”), from pēdō (“to break wind, fart”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pesd- (“to break wind softly”), probably imitative; or ** from (salt)peter, a variant of saltpetre (“potassium nitrate”) (the key ingredient in gunpowder), from Middle English salpeter, salpetre [and other forms] with the first element influenced by salt, from Old French salpetre (modern French salpêtre), from Medieval Latin salpetra, from Latin sāl petrae (literally “salt of stone”) (as potassium nitrate occurs encrusted on some stones), from sāl (“salt”) + petrae (the nominative or vocative plural of petra (“rock; stone”), from Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā, “rock formation; stone”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtə/, /ˈpitɚ/ 1. Chiefly followed by out: originally (mining), of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally), to diminish to nothing; to dwindle, to trail off. Labels: intransitive Example: I found a veinlet about 15 in. wide and very rich in gold. Trenching along its outcrop showed that it extended about 100 ft. and then pinched out altogether. A winze sunk on the veinlet showed that it "petered out" entirely at 25 or 30 ft. Example: Mersey Street is particularly attractive. Running up from the bay, it passes between terraced cottages before petering into a footpath that leads over the headland to a golf course and the dune-backed sands of Black Rock.
Word: peter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of blue peter (“play a high card to call for trump”). See further etymology there. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtə/, /ˈpitɚ/ 1. Synonym of blue peter; to call for trump by throwing away a high card while holding a lower one. Labels: intransitive
Word: glaucous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”), 1670s. See Irish glas. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔː.kəs/, /ˈɡlɑ.kəs/, /ˈɡlɔ.kəs/ 1. Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue. Example: I realised I was the only shopper in that rather eerie place where I moved about fishlike, in a glaucous aquarium […] Example: […] inside you could see the wires and cables that ran aft to the rudder and elevators and the cracked and curled and sunblacked leather of the seats and in their tarnished nickel bezels the glass of instrument dials glaucous and clouded from the pumicing of the desert sands. 2. Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.
Word: divisive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīvīsīvus. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/, /dɪˈvɪzɪv/, /dɪˈvɪsɪv/ 1. Having a quality that divides or separates. Example: Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive. Example: [W]hat a change has introduced itself everywhere into human affairs! [...] all is grown acrid, divisive, threatening dissolution; [...]
Word: cacozelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cacozēlia (“a bad, faulty, awkward imitation”), from Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kăkozēlía, “unhappy imitation, affectation”). 1. A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable 2. Bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: gription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of grip + traction. 1. The property of gripping and providing traction. Labels: uncountable Example: The pad is covered with the same Gription Mesh as the belt Example: 1996, “Lego Gription?” [message subject] Scott, in rec.toys.lego <4seh6l$i6e@news.interlog.com>
Word: kilter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of dialectal kelter (“good condition, order”), of unknown origin; possibly related to kilt (“to gather up (skirts) around the body”) (cognate with Danish kilte (“to tuck”)), or Scots kilt (“proper way of doing something, knack”) (probably from kilt (“a slope; a tilt”), possibly a variant of English tilt). In the 19th century, kelter was the more common form in the United Kingdom, while kilter was more common in the United States. Due to the influence of the latter, kilter is now the more prevalent form in all English varieties. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪltə/, /ˈkɪltɚ/ 1. Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. Labels: uncountable Example: not in kilter Example: [T]hey are either round-shouldered, knock-kneed, bow-legged, or parrot-toed; some are also badly cross-eyed. It seems as if they can see two different ways at the same time. Jack says they are lop-sided and out of kilter altogether.
Word: kilter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a variant of dialectal kelter (“odds and ends; litter, rubbish”); further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪltə/, /ˈkɪltɚ/ 1. A hand of playing cards which is useless.
Word: sony Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sonny. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He often would say, ‘My father will not come from Washington time enough to see his sony.'
Word: benediction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English benediccion, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictio, benedictionis, from benedictus (“blessed; well spoken of”). Doublet of benison. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛnəˈdɪkʃən/ 1. A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to pronounce / give / say the benediction Example: the nuptial benediction 2. In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What Consecration is to a Bishop, that Benediction is to an Abbot; but in a different way: For a Bishop is not properly such till Consecration; but an Abbot being elected and confirm’d, is properly such before Benediction. 3. A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [He] later liked to attend benediction in the chapel at Brideshead and see the ladies of the family with their necks arched in devotion under their black lace mantillas; [...] 4. Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] they throng who should buy first, as if my trinkets had been hallowed and brought a benediction to the buyer: Example: Homeward serenely she walked with God’s benediction upon her.
Word: metis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis. Pronunciation: /meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːs/ 1. A person of mixed-race ancestry. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”). Labels: Canada, US, alt-of 3. A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon. Labels: US
Word: metis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis. Pronunciation: /meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːs/ 1. Of mixed heritage Labels: not-comparable 2. Of Métis heritage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtɪs/ 1. Practical intelligence; street smarts. Labels: uncountable
Word: Themis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θέμις (Thémis). Pronunciation: /ˈθiːmɪs/ 1. A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus. Labels: Greek 2. 24 Themis, a main belt asteroid.
Word: Crius Part of Speech: name 1. A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia. Labels: Greek
Word: Iapetus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Iapetus, from Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós), possibly from Pre-Greek. * (moon): Named after the titan. * (ocean): The Iapetus Ocean was the predecessor to the Atlantic Ocean, so this name was chosen because Iapetus is the father of Atlas (see Atlantic). Pronunciation: /aɪˈæpɪtəs/ 1. A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. Labels: Greek 2. A moon in Saturnian system, Solar System: The third largest moon of Saturn 3. A former ocean between former continent of Laurentia (North America) and former continent of Baltica (Europe): An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago. Example: So, in the early Ordovician, Iapetus was wide enough to have one side in high latitudes and the other in the tropics: a massive ocean, indeed. 4. Alternative form of Japheth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: victoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Queen Victoria. Pronunciation: /vɪkˈtɔːɹi.ə/ 1. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front. Example: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. Example: The Muslim ladies who earlier moved out in covered palanquins, dolis and muhafas or completely veiled coaches and victorias are now obliged to go about in tongas, rikshaws and buses leaving aside the earlier scruples.
Word: ibuprofen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English isobut(anol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English i(so)bu(tyl) English pro(pionic acid) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phen(yl) English ibuprofen From i(so)bu(tyl) + pro(pionic acid) + phen(yl). Pronunciation: /ˌʌɪ.bjuː.ˈpɹəʊ.fən/, /ˌaɪ.bju.ˈpɹoʊ.fən/, /ˌaɪ.bjə.ˈpɹoʊfən/ 1. A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ibuprofen is one of several new drugs used for the treatment of various types of arthritis. All these drugs reduce inflammation, and share the same side effects, the most common of which is possible formation of ulcers and upset stomach.
Word: ibuprofen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English isobut(anol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English i(so)bu(tyl) English pro(pionic acid) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phen(yl) English ibuprofen From i(so)bu(tyl) + pro(pionic acid) + phen(yl). Pronunciation: /ˌʌɪ.bjuː.ˈpɹəʊ.fən/, /ˌaɪ.bju.ˈpɹoʊ.fən/, /ˌaɪ.bjə.ˈpɹoʊfən/ 1. To treat with ibuprofen; to administer ibuprofen to someone. Labels: intransitive, rare, transitive Example: By this time, Greg says, he was seeing triple and had a bad headache and Nate was seriously exhausted. Everyone was ibuprofened to the max. We reached the summit at 12:45 p.m., with Greg and Nate suffering the most. Example: He remains behind in the nurse's office to bring down his blood pressure after you've been ice-packed, ibuprofened, and shuffled along to the assistant principal, where you sit alone for twenty minutes, […]
Word: predy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from "make the ship ready". 1. Ready for action. Labels: not-comparable
Word: daniel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdænjəl/, /ˈdanjəl/ 1. The buttocks. Labels: US, slang Example: He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]
Word: Suzy Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of Susan and of related female given names.
Word: hennery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English hennery From hen + -ery. 1. A place where domestic fowl, such as chickens, are reared; a poultry farm. Labels: rare Example: He was picking eggs and replacing the floor of the main hennery with sawdust.
Word: interlocutory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ləˈkjuːtəɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation. Labels: not-comparable Example: [A]s he passed through the crowded anterooms . . . never did Leicester return the general greeting with such ready and condescending courtesy. . . . For all the favourite Earl had a bow and smile at least, and often a kind word. . . . A few of Leicester's interlocutory sentences ran as follows:— "Poynings, good morrow; and how does your wife and fair daughter? . . ." Example: The 13-week stint Hall did on Fox Broadcasting's "The Late Show" last fall proved the impact of his interlocutory style. 2. Interjected into something spoken. Labels: not-comparable 3. Expressed during a legal action that awaits final decision. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or pertaining to legal action that is temporary or provisional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interlocutory Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ləˈkjuːtəɹi/ 1. A person engaged in a conversation, an interlocutor. Labels: rare Example: Lady Britomart is . . . well mannered and yet appallingly outspoken and indifferent to the opinion of her interlocutory. 2. Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
Word: interlining Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English lining English interlining From inter- + lining. 1. A cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment. 2. Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Example: And the interlinings seemed to be writ in a hand different from that in which the papers were writ 3. The scheduling of vehicles to operate more than one route, or the selling of tickets for a trip across multiple carriers 4. The sharing of a segment of track between two rail lines.
Word: interlining Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English lining English interlining From inter- + lining. 1. present participle and gerund of interline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present