nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: escapism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English escape Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English escapism From escape + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/ 1. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “If you look at literature on why people watch reality TV, that’s one of the main reasons: escapism,” said Danielle J. Lindemann, the author of “True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us.” 2. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The performance of an escape artist. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: escarole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole. Pronunciation: /ˈɛskəɹəʊl/, /-ɹɒl/, /ˈɛskəɹoʊl/ 1. A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually Example: Endive, or Chicory—This, for salad, takes the same place in winter that lettuce occupies in summer and when well grown is equally valuable. There are two very distinct varieties; [...] The other sort is the "Escarole" of the French, and is sweet in flavor, with a wider and flatter leaf, which comes earlier in the season but does not usually form so close a head, although it is preferable in flavor. [...] Sow twice, early in July and the first week in August. The broad leaf, (which is the Escarole,) for the first crop, and some White Curled for the second crop. Example: Paul's greatest pleasure was the cultivation of various salads. He owned four large beds in which he grew romaines, lettuces, escaroles, and almost all the known species of these edible leaves.
Word: escritoire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium. Pronunciation: /ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/, /ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/ 1. A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface. Example: To surprise him, by finding on his table the books he liked, or the escritoire he had occasion for, gave Louisa the most delightful moments life had hitherto afforded her;... Example: Fine promenades, domed saloons, long galleries, sunny balconies, confidential passages, bridal chambers, state-rooms plenty as pigeon-holes, and out-of-the-way retreats like secret drawers in an escritoire, present like facilities for publicity or privacy.
Word: run into Part of Speech: verb 1. To enter by running. Labels: literally Example: He ran into the building. Example: Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early. 2. To collide with. Example: He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree. Example: I've sustained some front-end damage after running into a pothole. 3. To cause to collide with. Example: He lost control of the vehicle and ran it into a tree. 4. To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively). Labels: broadly Example: I ran into your cousin the other day. Example: Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems. 5. To reach, to flow into (a body of water). Labels: dated Example: 1849, Charles Anthon, A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography, for the Use of Schools and Colleges, Harper & Brothers, Publishers (1871), page 58, Œāso, on the coast, at the northern extremity of the Pyrenees, where the River Magrăda, now Urumea, runs into the sea. 6. To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary. Example: 2003, Julie M. Crandall and Mary Helen Brown, "The Millennium Waltz: A Story in Three-Quarter Time", Chapter 18 in Robin Patric Clair (ed.), Expressions of Ethnography: Novel Approaches to Qualitative Methods, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 189, Of course, a show might start at a certain time, and one must place bets at the sports book at the right time, but for the most part, day runs into night and night runs into day without notice or comment. 7. To cause to blend into. Example: You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other. 8. To reach a large figure. Example: By the end, the cost of the project ran into the millions of dollars. 9. To amount to. Labels: transitive Example: debts running into millions
Word: pruina Part of Speech: noun 1. A white powdery bloom found on some lichens. Labels: uncountable
Word: poot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Americanism; probably onomatopoeic, or related to poop (perhaps a blend of poop(y) + toot); compare toot. Pronunciation: /puːt/ 1. A fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one. Labels: childish Example: all that stretching and bending will often produce an unwitting poot or two. 2. Wind broken during an urge to defecate, resulting from the bacterial fermentation of accumulated feces in the colon. Labels: especially, mildly, vulgar
Word: poot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Americanism; probably onomatopoeic, or related to poop (perhaps a blend of poop(y) + toot); compare toot. Pronunciation: /puːt/ 1. To fart. Labels: childish 2. To expel a poot (sense 2). Labels: mildly, specifically, vulgar
Word: poot Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Americanism; probably onomatopoeic, or related to poop (perhaps a blend of poop(y) + toot); compare toot. Pronunciation: /puːt/ 1. A mild expression of disgust or frustration. Example: "Oh, poot! I missed again," she complained with a pretty pout. 2. The sound of brief flatulence. Labels: onomatopoeic
Word: WHINSEC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sanctimoniously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sanctimonious Middle English -ly English -ly English sanctimoniously From sanctimonious + -ly. 1. In a sanctimonious manner.
Word: sanctimoniousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sanctimonious 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 sanctimoniousness From sanctimonious + -ness. 1. The property of being sanctimonious. Labels: uncountable Example: This kind of smiling, bossy sanctimoniousness was a little too pervasive for Toby, especially among the female members of the sect.
Word: evading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of evade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: et tu, Brute Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Borrowed from Latin et tū, Brūte (literally “and you, Brutus”). Used figuratively from 1591 (sometimes jocularly) to express shock and sadness at the treachery of a good friend. Although apparently an Elizabethan invention, a “genuine antique reproduction”, it appears to have been well known in England before its use in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Pronunciation: /ɛt ˈtu ˌbɹuteɪ/ 1. "You too, Brutus" or "even you, Brutus"; expressing a recognition of betrayal. Example: [Prince Edward:] Et tu Brute, wilt thou stab Cæsar too? A parlie sirra to George of Clarence. Example: [Casca stabs Cæsar in the Neck. Cæsar catches hold of his Arm. He is then stabbed by several other Conspirators, and at last by Marcus Brutus.] Cæsar: Et Tu Brute?—Then fall, Cæsar. [Dies. The senators and people retire in confusion.]
Word: Mandeali Part of Speech: name 1. An Indo-Aryan language of Himachal Pradesh, Mandi District, India. It is closely related to Dogri, Pahari, and Hindi.
Word: lime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm (“glue”), German Leim (“glue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lim (“glue”), Faroese and Icelandic lím (“glue”), Latin limus (“mud”). Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lime, which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations. 2. Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable Example: Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest. Example: Like the lime which foolish birds are caught with. 3. A limelight; any spotlight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act. Example: Then out of the blue, a spotlight much like the “limes” in a theatre, lit up what seemed like a Punch and Judy tent […] He struggled even more, when from out of the shadows and into the bright light of the limes, stepped Uncle Jolly.
Word: lime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm (“glue”), German Leim (“glue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lim (“glue”), Faroese and Icelandic lím (“glue”), Latin limus (“mud”). Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). Labels: transitive Example: If I were you, I'd lime. 2. To smear with birdlime. Labels: transitive 3. To smear with birdlime. Labels: rare, transitive Example: URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam. HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Example: Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have been limed and caught by the ensnaring inn. 4. To apply limewash. Labels: transitive
Word: lime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Lime (17th c.) and line (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete lind, from Middle English lynde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindijō. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before tree, the change to -m- before labials as in bark or wood). Doublet of linden, which see. Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The linden or lime tree is the favourite haunt of the Elves and cognate beings; and it is not safe to be near it after sunset. Example: But there was nothing of an ascetic's expression in her bright full eyes, as she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows of limes, whose shadows touched each other. 2. The wood of this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lemon. Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree. Labels: uncountable 4. Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: WARNING: This is a lime. While it does not show explicit sex, as a lemon would, references to sexual situations abound. Example: Even with all the sex in Garden of EVA, I still think the main stories are better for just being the lemon-scented limes that they are.
Word: lime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lemon. Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. Containing lime or lime juice. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the aroma or flavor of lime. Labels: not-comparable 3. Lime-green. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2. Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach. Labels: Barbados, Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal
Word: lime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2. Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. A casual gathering to socialize. Labels: Caribbean
Word: lime Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪm/ 1. Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: radioactive waste Part of Speech: noun 1. Waste containing radioactive nuclides. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dealing with all the radioactive waste left on site is a slow-motion race against time, which will last so long that even the grandchildren of those working on site will not see its end. The process will cost at least £121bn. Example: For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
Word: capillaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capillary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white man's burden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the poem The White Man's Burden (published 1899) by Rudyard Kipling. 1. The supposed responsibility of European people to govern and care for their colonial subjects. Example: Uncle Sam has found his box of tricks heavy, and is having a whiff before going on with his white man's burden to the end. Example: Germany's appearance as a colonizing power in Africa was greeted in no unfriendly spirit by either France or Great Britain. Each of the latter felt that it was already possessed of about all it could comfortably look after, and both realized that another shoulder under "The White Man's Burden" in the Dark Continent might make the load easier for all.
Word: play the white man Part of Speech: verb 1. To act with honour, decency, and responsibility. Labels: UK, informal, intransitive
Word: enterobacteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enterobacterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enterobacterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron)der. New Latin entero-bor. English entero- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium English enterobacterium From entero- + bacterium. 1. Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
Word: autarky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (autắrkeiă, “independence, self-sufficiency, autarky; satisfaction with one’s resources, contentment”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (Autắrkeiă) is derived from αὐτάρκης (autárkēs, “self-sufficient; content with what one has”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine nouns); while αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) is from αὐτο- (auto-, prefix meaning ‘self’) + ᾰ̓ρκέω (ărkéō, “to be enough for, satisfy, suffice; (passive) to be satisfied with”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to guard, protect; to hold; to lock”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəki/, /-tɑː-/, /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ 1. A personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence. Labels: uncountable Example: Autarchie, or contentednes, vvhich is a vertue vvhereby vve are contented vvith thoſe things vvhich vve preſently enioy, & haue iuſtly gotten, & meekly ſuffer poverty & other diſcommodities, neither are broken through vvant or penury, nor gape after other mens goods or ſubſtance, nor covet things needleſſe and vnneceſſary. Example: Let vs rather turne our eyes, to behold and vvonder at the Diuine royalties and endovvments of it, it being in man the principall part of GODS Image, and that by vvhich Man reſembleth moſt the Autarchie and ſelf-ſufficiencie of GOD, vvhich I graunt is proper to his Infiniteneſſe, to be content and compleat vvithin it ſelfe: […] 2. (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy. Labels: specifically, uncountable Example: Selfe-ſufficiencie is the end.] To haue all things, and to vvant or deſire nothing, is Selfe-ſufficiencie, Ariſtot: Polit. Lib. 7. Cap. 5. This autarchie or ſelfe-ſufficiencie, is the end and the good contained in the forme of a Citie, and conſequently is the end of all other ſocieties. Example: If it were proved that these objects, that is to say prosperity, power, economic independence, could be attained by a policy of effective and complete autarky, there is no doubt that it would soon be carried into effect; […] But be that as it may, autarky does not permit the attainment of the objects which we have just mentioned. In reality, autarky is nowhere put into application. 3. A self-sufficient country or region which is not dependent on international trade to function economically. Labels: countable, specifically Example: Does this mean that the era of autarkies and of economic nationalism is ended? Example: Local government entities are not autarkies, they don't lead fully independent financial policies, but still they have sufficient flexibility at the municipal level in their investments to be able to quantify and monitor their performance.
Word: abominable snowmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abominable snowman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cradle cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: salvific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin salvificus, from Latin salvus (“saved, safe”) + facio (“make”). Pronunciation: /sælˈvɪf.ɪk/ 1. Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption. Example: Less well recognized, however, is the central role played in much of early medieval Pure Land Buddhism by deathbed practices and accompanying beliefs about the radical salvific power of one's last nenbutsu, whether understood as the contemplation of the Buddha Amitābha (or Amitāyus, Jpn. Amida) or the invocation of his name. Example: 2012, Magdalen Ross (translator), Athanasius Schneider, 7: Adoration and the Sacred Liturgy, Alcuin Reid (editor), From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization, Continuum Books (Burns & Oates), page 84, The fragrance [of this sacrifice] is the most pleasing perfume, the most holy, the most salvific and the most beautiful; […] .
Word: crostata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian crostata. 1. A kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.
Word: crostate Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crostata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nightsuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + suit. 1. Western-style nightclothes Labels: India
Word: transmission media Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transmission medium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pagophagia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos, “ice”) + -phagia. 1. The pathological consumption of ice, a manifestation of pica, often resulting from iron or nutritional deficiencies. Labels: uncountable Example: Compulsive consumption of ice (or pagophagia), for example, is often associated with iron deficiency.
Word: transmission medium Part of Speech: noun 1. any material substance which can propagate waves or energy
Word: entrail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trail English entrail From en- + trail. 1. To interweave or bind. Labels: archaic Example: And in the thickest covert of that shade / There was a pleasant arbour, not by art / But of the trees' own inclination made, / With wanton ivy twine entrailed athwart, / And eglantine and caprifole among, / Fashioned above within their inmost part / That neither Phoebus' beams could through them throng / Nor AEolus' sharp blast could work them any wrong. Example: 1598, William Cecil, letter to his son, reprinted in Annals of the reformation and establishment of religion, 1824, by John Strype, page 479, Trust not any with thy life, credit, or estate: for it is mere folly for a man to entrail himself to his friend; as though, occasion being offered, he shall not dare to become his enemy. 2. To outline in black. Example: A cross entrailed. Example: "Entrailed: outlined, always with black lines. See Adumbration, and Cross entrailed."
Word: entrail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English entraille, from Old French entraille (compare modern French entrailles), from Late Latin intrālia, modification of Latin intrānea, contraction of interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.tɹeɪl/, /ˈɛn.tɹəl/ 1. singular of entrails; an internal organ of an animal. Labels: form-of, singular, usually Example: She might even bust an entrail if she went on a little farther in the official code Example: Those blackguards have no more respect for an entrail, or a sinew, or a vital organ, than if they were gutting dog-fish. 2. Entanglement; fold. Labels: archaic Example: "About her cursed head, whose folds displaid / Were stretcht now forth at length without entraile."
Word: cantore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kantoor and its obsolete spelling cantoor, from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix). Doublet of computer, counter, and kontor. Pronunciation: /kænˈtɔː(ɹ)/ 1. a Dutch trading post, a branch office of the Dutch merchants Labels: obsolete Example: 1742, The speech of Borcel, the Dutch embassador at Paris, to the king of France, received and exhibited on the 25th of April 1657, A Collection of the State-papers of John Turloe, Esq., Secretary, First, to the Council of State But, sire, in the place of all this I am informed, that there is still further and further proceeded every where; and that they are not only not contented with the seizing and arresting of the Netherland ships and goods laden aboard the ships, but besides by an extreme rigour of the execution, they have seized upon all the cantores and warehouses of the merchants at Roan, not only those of the subjects of their H. and M. L. but also of all those, whom they suspected to have any effects in their hands belonging to Netherlanders subjects of my masters; … Example: Satire, in Two Parts, Upon the Imperfection and Abuse of Human Learning, by Samuel Butler When all a student knows of what he reads // Is not in 's own, but under general heads // Of common-places, not in his own power, // But, like a Dutchman's money, i' th' cantore, // Where all he can make of it at the best, // Is hardly three per cent. for interest; …
Word: trichobezoar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + bezoar. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪkəˈbiːzɔɹ/ 1. A bezoar composed of hair.
Word: phytobezoar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English bezoar English phytobezoar From phyto- + bezoar. 1. A bezoar composed of undigestible plant material.
Word: skyward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sky Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English skyward From sky + -ward. 1. At or toward the sky. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars. Example: No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.
Word: skyward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sky Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English skyward From sky + -ward. 1. Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aboricultural Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of arboricultural. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: aboriculturist Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of arboriculturist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: arboricultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arboriculture + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees. Labels: not-comparable Example: His arboricultural knowledge stood him in good stead when he planted the olive grove.
Word: Benedictine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bénédictin, from Latin benedictus, named after Italian 6th century Saint Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae). Recorded in English from the 17th century. By surface analysis, Benedict + -ine. 1. A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict of Nursia. Example: Some of her most interesting remarks on writing appear in her letters to Sister Mariella Gable, a strong-minded Minnesota Benedictine who admired O'Connor greatly. In the fifties, O'Connor tells a friend, when Sister Mariella's bishop ordered her to stop teaching Catcher in the Rye, she defied him and was banished. 2. A type of liqueur originating from the Benedictine cloister of Fécamp in France, made from cognac together with herb and spice extracts. Example: Cripps differed from Partridge there, and proceeded to prove, by personal instances, that the safest thing for a man to drink was benedictine. Example: Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.
Word: Benedictine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French bénédictin, from Latin benedictus, named after Italian 6th century Saint Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae). Recorded in English from the 17th century. By surface analysis, Benedict + -ine. 1. Of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting public buildings in Faraday cages. 2. Of or pertaining to the Benedictine Order. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bezoar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons. Pronunciation: /ˈbi.zɔɹ/, /ˈbiː.zɔː/ 1. A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball. 2. An enterolith.
Word: enterolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined based on Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, entero- + -lith. Pronunciation: /ˈɛntəɹəˌlɪθ/, /ɛnˈtɛɹəˌlɪθ/ 1. A mineral concretion in the intestinal tract. 2. A bezoar. Labels: UK
Word: microtremor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + tremor. 1. Any of the continuous background movements of the Earth's surface and interior, having a period of 1 to 9 seconds, not associated with any seismic activity
Word: gravitomagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gravito- + magnetism. 1. The property of a spinning mass that twists spacetime. Labels: uncountable
Word: gravitomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gravito- + magnetic. 1. Describing the component of a gravitational field analogous to the magnetic component of an electromagnetic field Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to gravitomagnetism Labels: not-comparable
Word: chafed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chafe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop. Compare typologically rehearsal, rehearse (related to French herser (“to harrow”) << Latin hirpex, another meaning shift from the idea of turning). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹəʊ.fi/, /ˈstɹoʊ.fi/ 1. A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other. 2. The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage. 3. A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
Word: strophes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strophe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galleass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1540s, from Old French galleasse, from Italian galeaza ‘large galley’, from Latin galea. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæli.æs/ 1. A type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails. Labels: historical Example: The delectableſt luſtie ſight and mouingeſt obiect, me thought it was that our Ile ſets forth, and nothing behinde in number with the inuincible Spanish Armada, though they were not ſuch Gargantuan boyſterous gulliguts as they, though ſhips and galeaſſes they would haue beene reckoned in the nauy of K. Edgar, who is chronicled& regiſtred with three thouſand ſhips of warre to haue ſcoured the narrow ſeas, and ſailed round about England euery Summer. Example: [T]he greateſt of their Galliaſſes fell foule vpon another ſhip, and loſt her Rudder, ſo that guideleſſe ſhe droue vvith the tide vpon a ſhelue in the ſhoare of Callis, vvhere ſhee vvas aſſaulted by the Engliſh.
Word: galliot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat. 1. A light galley. Example: Having seen the minutes of the proceedings on the capture of the galliot the Betsy of Washington, North Carolina, captain Reynold Brown, taken the 5th of this month by the French privateer le Poisson Volant (Flying Fish) captain Thomas de Haunot—[…]. Example: The Holy See received 19 galleys and two galliots, Spain was given 58 galleys and six galliots, while the Venetian share was 39 galleys and four galliots.
Word: galiot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of galliot. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: By 1795 five large galleys, each with sails and thirty-two or thirty-four oars, one large and two small cannons, and eight swivel guns; four galiots, each with eight swivel guns; and a gunboat with one cannon were available for duty above New Orleans. Example: Most of the state cargo vessels were outfitted as brigs (two-masted, square-rigged ships carrying 150 to 300 tons) and galiots (two-masted, oblique-rigged ships carrying up to 100 tons).
Word: mastigophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαστιγοφόρος (mastigophóros, “whip-bearer, constable”) + -ic. By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -ic. 1. Carrying or wielding a whip. Labels: not-comparable Example: The remonstraces of Squire Headlong, silence the disputants, but did not mollify the inflexible Galle, nor appease the irritated Nightshade, who secretly resolved that, on his return to London, he would beat his drum in Grub Street, form a mastigophoric corps of his own, and hoist the standard of determined opposition against this critical Napoleon. 2. Having a flagellum. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mastigophoric infections, including Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis, are endemic and common diagnoses even in the higher socioeconomic strata of developed nations.
Word: Snuffleupagus Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a mammoth-like creature, he has a long trunk like an elephant's, which is called his snuffle. 1. A fictional character from the television series Sesame Street, resembling a woolly mammoth without tusks, who until the show's 17th season was only visible to Big Bird. Example: CFIDS, even bigger than a medical giraffe, is almost like Sesame Street’s elusive giant puppet Snuffleupagus—witnessed only by believers. Example: Like Big Bird’s Snuffleupagus, Ryan’s “girlfriend” is vividly described, but never seen.
Word: willn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From will + -n't. 1. Synonym of won't. Labels: humorous, nonstandard
Word: tuque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French tuque. Pronunciation: /tuːk/, /tjuːk/, /tʊk/ 1. a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom. Labels: Canada 2. Alternative form of toque. Labels: Canada, alt-of, alternative
Word: humidex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of humidity + index. 1. A measurement used by Canadian meteorologists to reflect the combined effect of heat and humidity, as the apparent temperature felt by a person. Labels: Canada
Word: toques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tuque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dekes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dekes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humidexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humidex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patriated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of patriate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: patriating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of patriate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: patriates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of patriate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: heeded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhiːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of heed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aromas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gavial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gharial. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/ 1. Alternative form of gharial. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India). Example: Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
Word: Meiji Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Japanese 明治 (meiji, “enlightened rule”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪd͡ʒi/ 1. Of the Meiji period (1868–1912). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of the Emperor Meiji (1852–1912). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Meiji period Part of Speech: name Etymology: Semi-calque of Japanese 明治時代 (Meiji jidai). 1. The 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji (1868–1912). During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status.
Word: Mount Fuji Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 富士山 (ふじさん, Fuji-san), from 富士 (ふじ, Fuji, the name of the mountain; see there for more) + 山 (-さん, -san, suffix for mountains, which has been translated). Pronunciation: /maʊnt ˈfuː.dʒiː/ 1. The highest mountain in Japan.
Word: low-budget Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a project such as a film, achieved with a relatively small financial outlay.
Word: muff diving Part of Speech: adj 1. Performing cunnilingus; that performs cunnilingus. Labels: not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: Profanity, vile name calling, including "muff diving fink" and manners ordinarily frowned upon […] Example: This wasn’t no excursion to some all broads college with me working to get some muff diving professor and her prize pupil back with me to my room.
Word: muff diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Cunnilingus. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: The Archaeology of Muff Diving.
Word: social housing Part of Speech: noun 1. Rental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: self-propelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English propelled English self-propelled From self- + propelled. 1. Having its own means of propulsion that moves with it. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of particular note were two self-propelled fire-fighting vehicles, adapted from Drewry railcars, enabling a rapid response to a fire anywhere on the extensive site.
Word: disarticulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Disjointed.
Word: disarticulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disarticulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disarticulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English articulate English disarticulate From dis- + articulate. Pronunciation: /dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/ 1. To disjoint. Labels: transitive Example: I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back. 2. To amputate (a limb) at a joint without cutting the bone. Labels: transitive
Word: vanishingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English vanishing Middle English -ly English -ly English vanishingly From vanishing + -ly. 1. So as to vanish, or appear to vanish; especially, very small or rare. Labels: not-comparable Example: vanishingly rare Example: a vanishingly small object on the horizon
Word: finders, keepers Part of Speech: proverb 1. Whoever finds something is allowed to keep it.
Word: humiliated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humiliate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humiliated Part of Speech: adj 1. deprived of dignity or self-respect
Word: bearskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bear + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.skɪn/, /ˈbɛəɹ.skɪn/ 1. The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin. Example: In the midst stalked the King, his great limbs muffled, like Goldry’s, in a cloak: and it was of black silk lined with black bearskin, and ornamented with crabs worked in diamonds. 2. A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby. Labels: countable 3. A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: maladaptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adaptive English maladaptive From mal- + adaptive. Pronunciation: /ˌmæləˈdæptɪv/ 1. Of behavior, showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation. Example: It seemed likely that in the apparently maladaptive responses of workers to computer-based technology (what many called “resistance to change”), it would be possible to trace a lineage of ordinary assumptions that referred back to the realities of the past and their points of disjuncture with the future. Example: The learned helplessness explanation of sex differences in depression would be supported if it was shown that a greater degree of uncontrollability and a more maladaptive explanatory style in women account for any sex differences observed in depression in the sample. 2. Of anatomy, physiology, or behavior, showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes. Example: The mismatch is the result of an adaptive lag that occurs when the environment that produced an evolved mechanism changes more rapidly than the time it takes for the mechanism to adapt to the change. This theory posits that many of the physical and psychological traits that were originally selected for because they were at the time advantageous for survival and reproduction may not only no longer be useful but can even be maladaptive.
Word: esthete Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aesthete. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: esthetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic English esthetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English esthetically From esthetic + -ally. 1. Alternative spelling of aesthetically. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: esoterically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English esoteric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English esoterically From esoteric + -ally. 1. In an esoteric manner
Word: estimator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aestimātor; equivalent to estimate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪ.tə/, /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.tɚ/, [ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.ɾɚ], /ˈes.tɪˌmæɪ.tə/, [ˈes.tɪˌmæɪ.ɾə] 1. A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs Example: The Æstimators of the Valor of everie Townes Teinds. 2. A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population
Word: estrous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus.
Word: evacuee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French évacué, évacuée, from évacuer, equivalent to evacu(ate) + -ee. Pronunciation: /ɪˌvæk.juˈiː/ 1. A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war Example: In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice. […] Confusion about who was in charge made the chaos worse, said Annette Bethea, 49, another evacuee from the Rockaways.
Word: evader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evade + -er. 1. A person who evades something. 2. During the Second World War, an Allied pilot shot down over enemy territory who then escaped back to his own side. Labels: historical
Word: evaporator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evaporate + -or. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt.ɚ/, [ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪɾ.ɚ] 1. A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution. 2. The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.
Word: everglade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of ever + glade. 1. A tract of marshland, especially one containing clumps of sawgrass and hammocks of vegetation
Word: muff-diving Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of muff diving. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: You muff-diving, bleached-out, burnt-up old dyke.
Word: muff-diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of muff diving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: [...] sodomy and pederasty and maybe muff-diving. Example: He wondered what muff-diving had to do with love.
Word: everyplace Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From every + place. 1. everywhere Labels: US, informal, not-comparable Example: He told me that Buster took her face 'bout right off. Said there's guts and hair everyplace. There's a platoon or so of Payton's bluejackets up there on the View now.
Word: eviction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ 1. The act of evicting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: order of eviction Example: face eviction 2. The state of being evicted. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: evildoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evil + doing. 1. An evil or wicked act, especially a crime. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: evolutionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English evolutionist From evolution + -ist. 1. A proponent or supporter of evolutionism. Example: Ironically, the argument used today by Roadruck and other designists—that their teachings should receive equal time in schools—mirrors the one employed by evolutionists some 75 years ago. 2. Someone who believes in the capacity of people to change. Labels: broadly Example: Aeschylus is in fact an evolutionist as regards both gods and man.