nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: polariscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English polariscope From polar + -scope. 1. A polarimeter.
Word: proctoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From procto- + -scope. 1. A tube-like instrument, equipped with a light, used to examine the rectum. Example: Proctoscopy was then done and the child was cured promptly by small multiple incisions followed by dilation with the finger and rectal dilators. Perhaps we have "dwelt in a fool's paradise" in not having these patients examined with the proctoscope and treated proctologically and surgically. I have no quarrel with any one who takes this view. Perhaps we were dealing with exceptions and coincidences. There are doubtless cases that require surgery, or are best treated surgically. And yet from this series it would seem that many of these constrictions are of such a nature that they can be safely dilated with the finger without the use of dangerous force; that, once sufficiently dilated, they remain so, and that one is justified in trying the simpler procedure first. SUMMARY: In six cases of infantile congenital anorectal stricture, apparently all of the simple diaphragmatic type, in which abdominal (colonic) distention was the outstanding symptom, the obstruction was promptly relieved by finger dilation.
Word: rectoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recto- + -scope. 1. A proctoscope.
Word: radarscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English radiotelegraphyclip. English radio Latin dētēctiōder. Latin dētēctiōnembor. English detection Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Germanic *andi Old English and Middle English and English and Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range Middle English -ynge English -ing English ranging English RADAR English radar Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English radarscope From radar + -scope. 1. An oscilloscope used as the viewing screen of a radar system.
Word: resectoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English resect Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English resectoscope From resect + -o- + -scope. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɛktəskəʊp/ 1. A hollow and flexible surgical instrument typically inserted through the urethra or vagina, used for performing a biopsy or resection at the level of the prostate, uterus, or urinary bladder. Example: If there is much fibrosis or sclerosis of the bladder neck, a resectoscope may be used to take a few “bites” of this tissue in much the same manner that a transurethral resection is done on the male prostate.
Word: retinoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English retino- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English retinoscope From retino- + -scope. 1. An instrument used for examining the refraction of light within the eye.
Word: skiascope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -scope. 1. A retinoscope.
Word: riflescope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rifle + scope. 1. A telescopic sight for a rifle.
Word: roentgenoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Röntgen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English roentgenoscope From Röntgen + -o- + -scope. 1. A fluoroscope.
Word: seismoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seismo- + -scope. 1. An instrument that indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
Word: sigmoidoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English sigmoidoscope From sigmoid + -o- + -scope. 1. An instrument used for examining the sigmoid colon.
Word: spectrohelioscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- English helioscope English spectrohelioscope From spectro- + helioscope. 1. An instrument used for observing solar radiation.
Word: slogo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slogan + logo. 1. A corporate slogan used as a logo.
Word: spectroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spectro- + -scope. 1. An optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis .
Word: spinthariscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπινθαρίς (spintharís, “spark”) + -scope. 1. An early device for observing individual nuclear disintegrations. Labels: historical
Word: statoscope Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used for indicating or recording small changes in barometric pressure or in the altitude of an aircraft.
Word: stereomicroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope English stereomicroscope From stereo- + microscope. 1. a microscope with two eyepieces, used for observing stereoscopic images Example: Taxon sampling will include ten specimens with multiple males and females per species, or as much as is available, and examined to acquire morphological character data with various stereomicroscopes, compound microscopes, scanning electron microscope, and/or a laser scanner.
Word: stereoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo- + -scope. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹioʊ̯skoʊ̯p/ 1. An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs (stereographs). Example: The idea has been repeated under different aspects; sometimes, possibly, it has been repeated too often; but different aspects in such a case do help, as in a stereoscope, to give solidity to the thing seen.
Word: tachistoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek τάχιστος (tákhistos) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English tachistoscope From Ancient Greek τάχιστος (tákhistos, “most fast”) + English -scope. 1. A device that displays a series of brief images; used by psychologists to investigate perception, memory and learning. Example: Any task involving words is likely to be affected by word frequency. For example, Howes and Solomon (1951) show that the visual duration threshold necessary for correct report of those words when they are presented via a tachistoscope (an old-fashioned machine that presents visual materials for an exact small amount of time milliseconds^([sic])) depends on the word frequency: People can do it more reliably for higher-frequency words.
Word: telestereoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English telestereoscope From tele- + stereo- + -scope. 1. A binocular telescope used for producing a stereoscopic image of a distant object.
Word: telethermoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English thermoscope English telethermoscope From tele- + thermoscope. 1. A device used for measuring and recording the temperature of distant objects.
Word: ultramicroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope English ultramicroscope From ultra- + microscope. 1. a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
Word: urethroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urethro- + -scope. 1. An instrument for examining the interior of the urethra.
Word: zymoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zymo- + -scope. 1. Synonym of zymometer.
Word: vituperous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parāre (“to furnish, provide, contrive”). 1. Vituperative. Labels: rare 2. Worthy of blame. Labels: rare
Word: sandspit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + spit. 1. A small sandy point of land or a narrow shoal projecting into a body of water from the shore
Word: aborigine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin aborīginēslbor. English aboriginesbf. English aborigine Back-formation from aborigines. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ 1. A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The native flora and fauna of an area. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: sark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”). Cognate with Scots sark, serk (“shirt, shift”), North Frisian serk (“shirt”), Danish særk (“gown, shirt”), Swedish särk (“shirt, chemise”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”). Pronunciation: /sɑːk/ 1. A garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices. Labels: archaic Example: Near is the kirtle, but nearer the sark. 2. Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: The next thing the watchers saw was the laird struggling up the far bank and casting his coat from him, so that he rode in his sark. Example: Then lorek's rear claws dug into the links of Iofur's chain-mail sark and ripped downward. The whole front came away, and Iofur lurched sideways to look at the damage, leaving lorek to scramble upright again.
Word: sark Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɑːk/ 1. To cover with sarking, or thin boards. Labels: transitive
Word: herm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Herma, a Latinization of Hermēs, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês). Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːm/, /ˈhɜɹm/ 1. A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
Word: herm Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːm/, /ˈhɜɹm/ 1. Clipping of hermaphrodite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: herm Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːm/, /ˈhɜɹm/ 1. Clipping of hermaphrodite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: romans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhaustion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin exhaustiōbor. English exhaustion Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/ 1. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract. 2. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away. Example: As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once. 3. The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually 4. The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum). Labels: dated, uncountable, usually 5. An exhaustive procedure Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: declassification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English classification English declassification From de- + classification. Pronunciation: /diːˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The process of declassifying. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eka-actinium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eka- + actinium. 1. unbiunium (element 121) Labels: uncountable 2. untriennium (dvi-lanthanum) (element 139) Labels: uncountable
Word: blood clots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood clot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rice rat Part of Speech: noun 1. A New World rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail. 2. A rat of the species Oryzomys palustris, found in rice fields and grassy marshes of Mexico, Central America and the southern United States.
Word: OOTO Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of out of the office. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: blood clot Part of Speech: noun 1. A clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.
Word: mud wrestling Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of entertainment in which people wrestle in mud. Labels: uncountable Example: "I don't like female mudwrestling, It's stupid, it's embarrassing" Example: There is also the story of the brave young man who makes his living mudwrestling with anacondas. 2. A dirty and disreputable dispute. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: We know our school system is beset by mayhem and indifference. We know all about the petty, niece-nephew-and-cousin-hiring satraps who populate the local school boards. And we know about the political mud-wrestling matches over too many millions of dollars and thousands of bureaucrats to imagine. Example: When will we stop the political mud wrestling and begin to wrestle with the most potentially destructive force ever to challenge this Nation?
Word: rye bread Part of Speech: noun 1. A bread made partly or entirely with rye flour, which may be wholemeal (wholegrain) flour or not. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grapplehook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grapple + hook. 1. a grappling hook
Word: rhinoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s) Ancient Greek ῥῑνο- (rhīno-) English rhino- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English rhinoplasty From rhino- + -plasty. 1. A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose. Labels: uncountable Example: Dr. Sundine specializes in facelifts, necklifts and browlifting, eyelid surgery, as well as rhinoplasty, which involves both technically exacting skill and a keen eye for aesthetic balance. Example: Those can be signs of emotional immaturity, said Casas, a plastic surgeon in Chicago, Illinois. About 10 percent of her teenage rhinoplasty patients are boys. 2. An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure). Labels: countable Example: Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose. Today’s cosmetic doctors are approaching rhinoplasties with a more artistic, individualized approach, using new surgical and nonsurgical techniques to refine rather than revamp one of the most prominent features of the face.
Word: eudemonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Eudaimonia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hyporheic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian hiporeic, from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + Ancient Greek ῥέος (rhéos, “flow”) + Romanian -ic. Coined by Romanian hydrobiologist Traian Orghidan in 1955. 1. Beneath or alongside the bed of a stream, where water percolates through interstices between the rocks leading to mixing of groundwater and surface water
Word: yarrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝarowe, yarowe, yarwe, from Old English ġearwe, from Proto-West Germanic *garwā (“yarrow, yarrow-like herbs”), perhaps derived from *garu (“prepared, ready (of food)”), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion. Cognate with Dutch gerw (“yarrow”) and German (Schaf-)garbe. Pronunciation: /ˈjæɹəʊ/, /ˈjæɹoʊ/, /ˈjɛ(ə)ɹoʊ/ 1. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Yarrow is one of the aboriginal English plants, and from time immemorial it has been used in incantations and by witches. Country folk still regard it as one of our most valuable herbs, especially for rheumatism. 2. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore: Example: “Oh, yarrow! This is it,” she said, extracting a single long stemmed ferny grass with clusters of small white flowers from the bouquet in her hand.
Word: yarrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps imitative of the bird's cry; compare yaffle, hewhole. Pronunciation: /ˈjæɹəʊ/, /ˈjæɹoʊ/, /ˈjɛ(ə)ɹoʊ/ 1. A green woodpecker, of species Picus viridis. Labels: UK
Word: Haidinger Part of Speech: name 1. A crater on the Moon.
Word: ding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”). Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip. Labels: informal Example: Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head. Example: If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles. 2. A rejection. Labels: colloquial Example: I just got my first ding letter.
Word: ding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”). Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. To hit or strike. Labels: transitive 2. To dash; to throw violently. Example: to ding the book a coit's distance from him Example: The butcher's axe (like great Alcides' bat) / Dings deadly downe ten thousand thousand flat. 3. To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. 4. To fire or reject. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: His top school dinged him last week. 5. To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM. Example: […] [E]mployees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave. 6. To mishit (a golf ball). Labels: transitive 7. To fall heavily and continually, with great force. Labels: Scotland Example: The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, […] Example: An awfu' show'r o' sna' and drift / As ever dang down frae the lift; / Right wild an' monstrous Boreas roar'd.
Word: ding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong, Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. 2. The act of levelling up. Labels: colloquial, especially
Word: ding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong, Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell. Labels: intransitive Example: The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. Example: These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long. 2. To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell. Labels: transitive Example: If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so. 3. To level up. Labels: colloquial, especially, intransitive
Word: ding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng). Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
Word: ding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹). Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy. Labels: Hong-Kong
Word: ding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian Labels: Australia, Western, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: ding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹). Pronunciation: /dɪŋ/, /ˈdɪŋɡ/ 1. In American Chinese cuisine, cubed or bite-sized meat. Labels: uncountable Example: shrimp ding Example: chicken ding
Word: shaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schapere, alteration (perhaps due to Old Norse skaperi, skapari) of Old English sċyppend, sċieppend (“shaper; maker; creator”), equivalent to shape + -er. Cognate with Dutch schepper, German Schöpfer, Danish skaber, Swedish skapare, Icelandic skapari. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪpə(ɹ)/ 1. Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively. Labels: agent Example: one's birth is a shaper of one's fortunes Example: Considered merely as works of art, these products of the Greek imagination [i.e., Greek tragedies] satisfy our highest conception of form. […] The secret of those old shapers died with them; their wand is broken, their book sunk deeper than ever plummet sounded. 2. Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively. Labels: agent 3. Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively. Labels: agent
Word: postgrad Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pousˈɡɹɛːt/ 1. Abbreviation of postgraduate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: postgrad Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pousˈɡɹɛːt/ 1. Abbreviation of postgraduate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: glasser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glass + -er. 1. A person who applies fibreglass and resin to a surfboard during its manufacture. Example: The glasser wraps the board in a thin, brittle layer of fiberglass and resin 2. A glass marble. Labels: Ireland 3. One who uses field glasses or binoculars. Labels: rare Example: One of the keys to glassing effectively is supporting your binoculars. Advanced glassers who scan lots of country for long periods of time, or who use binoculars of 10X power or more, often use a lightweight camera tripod […]
Word: Holy Week Part of Speech: name 1. The week preceding Easter; each of its days is a holy day. Example: Holonyms: Eastertime < calendar Example: Meronyms: Palm Sunday; Holy Monday; Holy Tuesday; Holy Wednesday, Good Wednesday, Spy Wednesday; Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday, Green Thursday, Sheer Thursday, White Thursday; Holy Friday, Good Friday, Black Friday, Golden Friday, Great Friday, Pasch of the Cross; Holy Saturday, Black Saturday
Word: rocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹɑ.kɚ/, /ˈɹɔk.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth. Example: The cradle-rockers had done hard duty for so many years, under the weight of so many children, on that flagstone floor, that they were worn nearly flat, in consequence of which a huge jerk accompanied each swing of the cot, flinging the baby from side to side like a weaver's shuttle, as Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds. Example: "By Jove, old boy," said Cripps, assisting the curate up, "should have warned you about that chair - the infernal rockers are sawn off short, you know." 2. A rocking chair. Example: A few days before he turned 80 He was sittin' out back in a rocker 3. The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.) Example: All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones https://web.archive.org/web/20051212041317/http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm 4. The breve below as in ḫ. Example: Like the editors of other Elamite texts, I omit the diacritic rocker from h in Elamite and from H in logograms in Elamite texts. I retain the rocker in ḫ and Ḫ in Sumerian and Akkadian. Example: Although the exact sound value of s remains uncertain, and there is only one such sibiliant in Hittite, it is traditionally transliterated with a so-called haček: š. This should not be taken, however, as evidence that it was a palatal sound (as sh in show). The same is true for the traditional “rocker” under the laryngeal ḫ: there is no other h-sign, and the diacritic is not strictly necessary. 5. Someone passionate about rock music. 6. A musician who plays rock music. 7. A rock music song. Labels: informal Example: "Girls & Boys" is […] also a tart, sneering rocker, full of ingenious musical gestures […] 8. One who rocks something. Example: It was I Sir (ſaid the Rocker) who had the honour (ſome thirty years ſince) to attend on your Highneſs in your Infancie, […] 9. A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music. Labels: UK 10. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water. 11. A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints. 12. A rocking horse. 13. A rocker board. 14. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle. 15. A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator. 16. A rock shaft. 17. A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade. Example: Cadet Sergeant First Class: 3 Chevrons and 2 rockers. Cadet Master Sergeant: 3 Chevrons and 3 rockers. Cadet First Sergeant: 3 Chevrons, 3 rockers with a diamond inset.
Word: roister Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔɪstə/, /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/ 1. To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour. Labels: intransitive Example: Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.' Example: He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails. 2. To walk with a swaying motion. Labels: intransitive
Word: roister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French rustre, from Latin rusticus. Doublet of rustic. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔɪstə/, /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/ 1. A roisterer. Labels: archaic Example: He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. Example: The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen[…] 2. A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour. Labels: archaic Example: The servants went out on the roister after getting paid.
Word: sutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sūtor. 1. shoemaker; cobbler. Labels: obsolete
Word: clots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: verity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English verite, from Anglo-Norman verité or Middle French verité, from Old French verité, from Latin vēritās, from the adjective vērus (“true”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹɪti/ 1. Truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: [...] but in the verity of extolment I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. Example: For the assured truth of things is derived from the principles of knowledg, and causes which determine their verities. 2. A true statement; an established doctrine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Absolutist verities were not only being challenged in more systematic and more daring forms than hitherto; the parameters of political debate were also being widened by both government and its critics. Example: Now populists recycle communist verities: the fetishisation of working-class culture, the vision of a good “people” fighting a bad elite, the belief that the state should control business and the dismissal of parliamentary democracy as a bourgeois sham.
Word: Verity Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹɪti/ 1. A female given name from English derived from the Latin for truth; one of the Puritan virtue names.
Word: virtue name Part of Speech: noun 1. A Puritan given name, such as Hope or Charity, derived from one of the Christian virtues.
Word: longboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + board. 1. A large surfboard, around 9 or 10 feet long with a wide nose. Example: In the past three weeks on Victoria's Surfcoast I've ridden my longboard probably 90% of the time as well. — Coastalwatch.com.au http://www.coastalwatch.com.au/news/news.aspx?newsId=55&newsType=admin&adType=news 2. A large skateboard, measuring about 90 to 150 centimeters (3' to 5'). 3. Synonym of spine board.
Word: longboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From long + board. 1. To travel by longboard.
Word: longboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From longboard + -ing. 1. The recreation or sport of surfing with a longboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: culture shock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the earlier form cultural shock. Pronunciation: /ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃʰɚ ʃɑːk/ 1. A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I experienced tremendous culture shock on moving to Harlem. Example: I went through another, reverse culture shock when I got back to Israel and the efort ^([sic]) required to change from cherished and catered-to visitor to an ordinary working woman kept me away from my typewriter jor ^([sic]) months.
Word: ankle slapper Part of Speech: noun 1. A very small wave.
Word: files Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪlz/ 1. plural of file Labels: form-of, plural
Word: files Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /faɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of file Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Huey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the pronunciation of Hughie. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.i/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Hugh. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Huey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the original US Army designation of the Bell 204/205 helicopter, "HU-1", acronymized into "Huey", and extended to cover the Cobra gunship version of the same platform. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.i/ 1. An American military helicopter, the UH-1 Iroquois. Labels: countable, informal 2. An American military helicopter, the AH-1 Cobra. Labels: countable, informal
Word: Huey Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.i/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Hubert. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Imaginary god who creates surf (waves, and associated conditions), generally used humorously. Labels: uncountable Example: The spilt milk would be offered as a gift to Surf God Huey who would surely reward our kindness with sick waves. — surfingnz.com, Road Trip #6 3. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lateral geniculate nucleus Part of Speech: noun 1. The nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract.
Word: medial geniculate nucleus Part of Speech: noun 1. The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.
Word: red nucleus Part of Speech: noun 1. A collection of cells in the tegmentum involved in movement. 2. Specifically, the title nucleus involved in the rubrospinal movement pathway.
Word: tectum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“to cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.təm/ 1. The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus 2. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.
Word: tegmentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tegmentum. 1. The ventral portion of the midbrain, divided from the tectum by the cerebral aqueduct and the periaqueductal grey.
Word: cerebral aqueduct Part of Speech: noun 1. The channel in the brain which connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle. It is surrounded by the periaqueductal gray.
Word: periaqueductal gray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of periaqueductal gray matter. 1. The region surrounding the cerebral aqueduct in the midbrain, playing an important role in analgesia. Labels: no-plural Example: The periaqueductal gray contains circuits that control the sensorimotor components of rage.
Word: mesencephalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mes- + encephalon. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛzənˈsɛfələn/, /ˌmɛzənˈsɛfəlɒn/ 1. A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
Word: superior colliculus Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination.
Word: inferior colliculus Part of Speech: noun 1. The nucleus just caudal to the superior colliculus, which is involved in the relay of auditory information.
Word: audition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”). Pronunciation: /ɑˈdɪʃən/, /ɔˈdɪʃən/, /ɔːˈdɪʃn̩/ 1. A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. Labels: countable Example: I've been to five auditions this week. 2. The sense of hearing. Labels: uncountable Example: His audition was poor. 3. An act of hearing; being heard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Abraham talked on, rather for the pleasure of utterance than for audition, so that his sister's abstraction was of no account. 4. Something heard. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: audition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”). Pronunciation: /ɑˈdɪʃən/, /ɔˈdɪʃən/, /ɔːˈdɪʃn̩/ 1. To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition. Labels: transitive Example: We auditioned several actors for the part. Example: I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos. 2. To take part in such a performance. Labels: intransitive Example: Several actors auditioned for the part.
Word: anile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin anīlis, from anus (“old woman”). Pronunciation: /ˈæn.aɪl/, /ˈæ.naɪl/, /ˈeɪ.naɪl/ 1. Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman. Example: Dr. Wittman, too, was passing over the same ground trodden by Bonaparte in his Syrian expedition, and had an ample opportunity of inquiring its probable object, and the probably success which (but for the heroic defence of Acre), might have attended it ; he was on the theatre of Bonaparte’s imputed crimes, as well as his notorious defeat ; and might have brought us back, not anile conjecture, but sound evidence of events which must determine his character, who may determine our fate. Example: Romanticism, so sanguine and so venturous in its revolutionary youth, grew anile in its premature decrepitude ; mumbled its credos ; cursed its heretics — and died.
Word: anile Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of anil (“indigo”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: sublunar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English lunar English sublunar From sub- + lunar. 1. Situated beneath the Moon. Labels: not-comparable Example: The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps, Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow, And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps, Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps. 2. Of this world; earthly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: descant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus. Doublet of discant. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛskænt/ 1. A lengthy discourse on a subject. Example: Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! 2. A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
Word: descant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus. Doublet of discant. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛskænt/ 1. To discuss at length. Labels: intransitive Example: […] Samballat gaue his daughter Nicaſo to Manaſſes, the brother of Iaddus the High Prieſt, in the time of Darius the laſt Perſian Monarch. This Nehemia mentioneth, but deigneth not to name him, affirming that he chaſed him from him, of vvhich ſome deſcant vvhether it vvere by exile, or excommunication, or ſome other puniſhment. Example: [B]ut shun the establishment of a bachelor who has hung a pendulum between temptation and prudence till the age of———but of all subjects, age is the one on which it is most invidious to descant. 2. To sing or play a descant. Labels: intransitive
Word: goat boat Part of Speech: noun 1. wave ski Labels: derogatory, mildly
Word: goat boat Part of Speech: verb 1. to ride a wave ski. Labels: derogatory, mildly Example: Do us surfers a favour please and goat boat at Nobblers or Sumpters - please. — BBC Cable Bay message forum https://web.archive.org/web/20040207131935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/surfing/pages/cablebay.shtml
Word: abseil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German abseilen, from ab- (“down”) + Seil (“rope”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.seɪl/, /ˈæb.saɪl/, /-saɪl/, /ˈɑp.zaɪl/ 1. To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body. Labels: intransitive Example: Although only five miles north of Winchester, the tunnel is in a rural location with no road access. Contractors were only able to reach the site after cutting through thick vegetation and abseiling down the slope on ropes.
Word: abseil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German abseilen, from ab- (“down”) + Seil (“rope”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.seɪl/, /ˈæb.saɪl/, /-saɪl/, /ˈɑp.zaɪl/ 1. A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device.
Word: intercede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in c. 1570. From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”. Pronunciation: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/ 1. To plead on someone else's behalf. Labels: intransitive Example: Our Lady intercedes 2. To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate. Labels: intransitive Example: I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting / Thir favourable ear, 3. To pass between; to intervene. Labels: intransitive Example: He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.
Word: domesticated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English domesticate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English domesticated From domesticate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of domesticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: domesticated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English domesticate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English domesticated From domesticate + -ed. 1. Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet) Example: But I can take the calves and learn them to work and give milk, and learn them to become domesticated and useful.