nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: festive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstɪv/ 1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration. Example: The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere. Example: On festive occasions away from home we softened under the influence of Christmas trees, bran pies, and conjurors. 2. In the mood to celebrate. Example: Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.
Word: extricate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcō. Compare intricate. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.stɹɪ.keɪt/, /ˈɛk.stɹɪˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛk.stɹəˌkeɪt/, /ˈek.stɹɪˌkæɪt/, /ˈek.stɹəˌkæɪt/ 1. To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. Labels: transitive Example: I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket. Example: The firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck. 2. To free from intricacies or perplexity. Labels: rare Example: Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated.
Word: untangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + tangle. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To remove tangles or knots from. Labels: transitive Example: With gentle combing, untangle your hair. 2. To remove confusion or mystery from. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
Word: cubism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cubisme. One story is that, in 1908, as a new canvas by Braque was being carried past, someone said, “Encore des cubes! assez de cubisme!”. The quotations below ascribe the coinage to Matisse. Sometimes attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles who popularized the term. See also the word cube (from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos)). Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/ 1. An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke. Example: A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde.
Word: gerontophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Indo-European *ǵérh₂onts Proto-Hellenic *géronts Ancient Greek γέροντος (gérontos)der. English geronto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English gerontophobia From geronto- + -phobia. 1. An abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old. Labels: uncountable 2. An abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people. Labels: uncountable 3. An aversion or hatred towards elderly people. Labels: uncountable
Word: speedy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”). Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.di/ 1. Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid. Example: " Without further parley, upon their knees they fell most devoutly, and for helpe on heaven never ceased extensively to intercessionate God, for his speedie recoverie. Example: They turned out to be speedy machines and earned the sobriquet "Greyhounds", giving excellent performances on the Exeter run.
Word: speedy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”). Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.di/ 1. To process in a faster than normal, accelerated way. Labels: transitive Example: “[…] the Treaty between the King and the Parliament may be speedied; and that Care may be taken, to prevent the casting of the Two Kingdoms into War and Blood.” Example: […] for the purpose of proceeding to the immediate sale of the goods under seizure, with the view of speedying the exercise of their rights on the proceeds of the sale of the goods seized. 2. To apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule); to speedy delete. Labels: transitive Example: The guy is *not* so obviously insignificant that speedying him is appropriate.
Word: cave in Part of Speech: verb 1. To collapse inward or downward. Labels: intransitive Example: The roof caved in under the weight of the snow. Example: It was to assist in the filling-in of the tunnel on the disused Patricroft-Clifton Junction line, which was the scene of a disaster in 1953 when part, below some houses in Swinton, caved in. 2. To cause to collapse inward or downward. Labels: transitive Example: He caved in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick. 3. To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake. Example: Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
Word: cave in Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of cave-in. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bent on Part of Speech: adj 1. Completely determined; obstinate. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was bent on reaching the end of the book, even if it meant staying up all night. Example: A colossal bipartisan investment of American force, treasure and diplomacy to defeat a hostile ideology bent on the creation of an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has failed.
Word: esperanza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s Proto-Italic *spēs Old Latin spēs 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 Old Latin -ō Old Latin *spēsō Latin spērō Latin spērāns Old Spanish esperança Spanish esperanzabor. English esperanza Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”). 1. yellow bells (Tecoma stans) Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: porphyrogeniture Part of Speech: noun 1. the principle of royal succession in which the first son born after his father's accession to the throne has the first claim, even if he has older brothers who were born before the father's crowning. Labels: uncountable
Word: squawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1821. Unknown, but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”) and English quack). Pronunciation: /skwɔːk/, /skwoːk/, /skwɔk/, /skwɑk/ 1. A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call. 2. A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals. 3. A complaint or objection. Labels: informal Example: That was the last roundup for McCutcheon’s Cresswell; it never moved from that field again. Not that there was any squawk from the landlord; the two of them owned it, of course. 4. An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance. Example: We think instructors should stress the importance of writeups on all maintenance squawks after the completion of each flight. More important, something should be done by the aircraft operator to correct such squawks. 5. The American night heron. 6. A warning message indicating a possible error. Labels: informal Example: The function-hiding code above, for instance, goes through a different (but widely used) compiler with nary a squawk.
Word: squawk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1821. Unknown, but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”) and English quack). Pronunciation: /skwɔːk/, /skwoːk/, /skwɔk/, /skwɑk/ 1. To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly. Example: The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance. 2. To speak out; to protest. Labels: intransitive, slang 3. To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: "I'll slit your throat if you squawk on us," Krantz threatened. 4. To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: That way, if you type = instead of ==, the compiler will squawk because you can't assign something to a constant. Example: You want the compiler to squawk if you try to instantiate for a type that doesn't implement IPrioritizable. 5. To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.) Example: After discovering that the hydraulic system is faulty, the pilots squawked 7700 and declared mayday. 6. To back out in a mean way. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: poliomyelitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/, /ˈpəʊlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/ 1. Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cockapoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle with influence from cockatoo. 1. A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
Word: quadriceps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/, /ˈkwɑːd.ɹəˌsɛps/ 1. A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh. Example: Lanctot slipped the tourniquet around the other, just under his groin, and twisted it tight, clamping quadriceps and hamstring hard to bone.
Word: cockerpoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle. 1. Alternative form of cockapoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A mixed bag of Cockerpoo, shih tzu, and Lhasa apso, a breed which Charmaine's little sister called a "lapsed abscess." Example: I remember my dog December — a little black-and-white cockerpoo named for the month I got her — following closely at my heels as she always did, [...].
Word: readiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ready Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 readiness From ready + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdinəs/ 1. The state or degree of being ready; preparedness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: readiness for civil emergencies Example: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 2. Willingness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: his readiness to help Example: It was a long, enduring scream — one that would send her back into a time and into a childhood which had been forgotten with the readiness that we forget unpleasant moments in our lives.
Word: extensor Part of Speech: noun 1. A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part. Example: Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups. Example: The bird is then off on a mad dash like an aquatic Roadrunner cartoon: It spreads its legs wide with strong extensor thrusts and long forward strides, and it then steps in the water four or five times, increasing its speed and flapping its wings until it achieves liftoff with a final drag of its toes in the water.
Word: flexor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/ 1. A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb. Example: Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
Word: preparedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prepare English -ed English prepared Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 preparedness From prepared + -ness. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛə(ɹɪ)dnɪs/, /pɹɪˈpɛɹ(ə)dnəs/ 1. The state of being prepared. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: preparedness for battle Example: preparedness for an exam 2. Precautionary measures in the face of potential disasters. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency preparedness grants, requiring states to prove their population counts before they can access the money, the agency told CNN. Example: "We won't let the downfall of any one person make us lower our guard or slacken the level of war preparedness we should maintain," he added.
Word: vocal cord Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice. Labels: plural-normally
Word: tricolour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour. Pronunciation: /ˈtrɪkələ, -lɔː/, /ˈtraɪˌkʌlə/, /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/ 1. A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour. Labels: UK Example: Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and Ireland. Example: Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras. “He’s with the Guardian,” a man in his 60s, holding a tricolour, shouted. 2. Anything which is composed of three colours. Labels: UK, uncommon Example: […] to the Indian red. The black, to complete the racial tricolor, was yet to come. The white population settled, as the more advanced Indian groups had, in areas having the most comfortable temperatures. Example: David Hammons would go one^([sic]) to produce his own national colors, to subvert the boundaries of nation with his Pan-African Flag (1990), a version of the American tricolor reimagined in the black internationalist tones of red, green, and black.
Word: tricolour Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour. Pronunciation: /ˈtrɪkələ, -lɔː/, /ˈtraɪˌkʌlə/, /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/ 1. Having three colours. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: tricolour film
Word: discretise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of discretize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, transitive
Word: mota Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mootah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Thurston... I think it's 10:30. We're calling from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? You gotta watch the mota, Thurston, your fuckin memory just goes out the window.
Word: triceps brachii Part of Speech: noun 1. The triceps in the upper arm. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: biceps brachii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of musculus biceps brachii (“two-headed muscle of the arm”). 1. The flexor in the upper arm.
Word: Hon Part of Speech: adj 1. Honourable (in the titles of Members of Parliament) Labels: UK
Word: Hon Part of Speech: name Etymology: An surname of unexplained English origin, or borrowed from Cantonese 韓 /韩 (hon4) or Hakka 韓 /韩 (Hòn). 1. A surname.
Word: Hon. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of honorable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of Honourable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Rt Hon Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of Right Honourable (in the titles of Members of Parliament). Labels: Commonwealth, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Rt. Hon. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of Right Honourable, in the titles of MPs, Members of Parliament. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: lambast Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of lambaste. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.
Word: lambaste Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1637. Probably lam (“beat”) + baste (“beat”) Pronunciation: /læmˈbeɪst/, /læmˈbæst/ 1. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. Example: The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily. Example: Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics. 2. To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. Labels: dated
Word: socket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkɪt/, /ˈsɑkɪt/ 1. Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object. Example: Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket Example: Each seat must have a 230V socket, a USB socket, a coat hook, reading light and cup holder. 2. Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object. 3. Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object. 4. Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object. 5. Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object. Example: Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out. Example: The candle burned to its socket, the fire went out, the night air grew heavy with silence, before Herbert lay down. 6. One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network. 7. One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication. 8. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs. 9. The vagina. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: socket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkɪt/, /ˈsɑkɪt/ 1. To place or fit in a socket. Labels: transitive Example: Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and were flung wide in a circling, compelling movement.
Word: inaccurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + accurate. See also unaccurate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/, /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/, /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət/, /ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ɪt/, /-ət/ 1. Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate. Example: It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes. Example: The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.
Word: emphysema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Multiple origins. Partially from post-Classical Latin emphȳsēma (“swelling”), from Ancient Greek ἐμφῡ́σημα (emphū́sēma), from ἐμφῡσάω (emphūsáō, “to puff up”). Also borrowed from Middle French emphysema, from the same Latin source; compare French emphysème. Attested from the late 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˌɛmfɪˈsiːmə/, /ˌɛmfɪˈsimə/, /ˌɛmfɪˈzimə/, /ˌɛmfə-/ 1. An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The panacinar emphysema shows higher compliance with lungs then the centriacinar emphysema 5 . Example: His family announced the death on social media on Thursday, but provided no details. In 2024, Mr. Lynch announced that he had developed emphysema after years of smoking, and that as a result any subsequent films would have to be directed remotely.
Word: thalamus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”). Pronunciation: /ˈθæləməs/ 1. Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex. 2. The receptacle of a flower; a torus. 3. A thallus. 4. An inner room or nuptial chamber.
Word: tro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khmer ទ្រ (trɔɔ). 1. A type of spike fiddle made from traditionally used in Cambodia and played vertically.
Word: cortex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexbor. English cortex Borrowed from Latin cortex (“cork, bark”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹtɛks/, /ˈkɔːtɛks/ 1. The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. Labels: countable Example: In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear. 2. The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. Labels: uncountable 3. The outer surface of a piece of flint. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: annulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ānnulus, a misspelling of Latin ānulus (“ring, especially one worn on a finger”), from ānus (“ring”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂-n-o- (“ring”), from an uncertain root) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). The plural form annuli is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ānnulī. Pronunciation: /ˈænjʊləs/, /ˈænjələs/, /ˈænjʊlaɪ/, /-li/, /ˈænjəlaɪ/ 1. A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure. Example: But by the knots I am ſpeaking of, may it pleaſe your reverences to believe, that I mean good, honeſt, deviliſh tight, hard knots, made bona fide, as Obadiah made his;—in vvhich there is no quibbling proviſion made by the duplication and return of the tvvo ends of the ſtrings through the annulus or nooſe made by the ſecond implication of them— […] 2. A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis. 3. A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc). 4. A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach. 5. The membranous remnants of a partial veil which leaves a ring on the stem of a mushroom. 6. A dark ring on a fish's scale that is formed when a fish's growth rate slows down in the winter due to low food intake and the scale's circuli move closer to one another. The dark ring is used to estimate the fish's age, approximately one year per annulus. 7. The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii. 8. Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii. 9. In a well such as an oil well or water well: the space between a pipe or tube and any pipe, tube, casing, or sides of a hole surrounding it. Example: Pressure balance is obtained by the air pressure in the cylinder operating on a supplementary piston in the buffer piston head, transmitting pressure to a small quantity of oil which is ported to an annulus between the buffer piston seals and the cylinder wall, so that the seal is always under opposing pressures; oil on one side and air on the other.
Word: quietus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quiet”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of coy, quiet, quit, and quite. Pronunciation: /kwaɪˈiːtəs/ 1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe. Example: The very unromantically accoutred form of a keen-visaged, middle-aged female, padding heavily in bedroom slippers along the garden walk, gave its quietus to the situation. 2. Death. Labels: dated, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin? Example: After a good deal of firing, and lying in wait - for every time he heard a shot down he'd go, and on coming to the surface, would only expose about two or three inches of his nose to fire at - we managed to give him his quietus. 3. Final settlement (e.g., of a debt). Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: nek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck. 1. A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks). Labels: South-Africa
Word: adaxial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis English -al English axial English adaxial From ad- + axial. 1. On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface. 2. adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord. Labels: not-comparable Example: In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.
Word: gammadion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ. 1. A fylfot or swastika.
Word: gammation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gammadion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seething Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ 1. Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid. Labels: not-comparable 2. In a state of extreme volatility; about to boil over; boiling, bubbling. Labels: not-comparable Example: There Grendel was watching his blood flow out into the seething tarn. Example: But as the nation’s most populous state stares down a seething climate crisis, one that cranked temperatures into triple digits last fall and set off a series of infernos that exploded, into bone dry air, the rebuilding process is beginning to look different. 3. In a state of unceasing and furious activity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Otis was unfeignedly thankful to lay down his work for a little while and escape from the seething, whining, weakly hive, impotent to help itself, but strong in its power to cripple, thwart, and annoy the sunken-eyed man, who, by official irony, was said to be “in charge” of it.
Word: seething Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to seethe. Example: Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think of detaining.
Word: seething Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of seethe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: great uncle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of great-uncle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: migrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of migrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: RESPA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: comminution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin comminūtiō (“breaking into pieces, crumbling, shattering; crushing, pulverizing”), from Latin comminuō (“to break or crumble into small pieces; to crush, pulverize”) (from com- (prefix indicating completeness) + minuō (“to make smaller; to diminish, lessen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + Latin -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action); equivalent to comminute + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmɪˈnjuːʃ(ə)n/, /ˌkɑməˈn(j)uʃən/ 1. The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles. Labels: countable, often, uncountable Example: He deſcribes in a Mechanical way the manner of its Action; ſuppoſing that ſome of its Particles having undergone ſeveral Comminutions (tho not a Diſſolution) from the various Firments they have paſſed, arrive at laſt, with the Blood, at the Brain; […] thoſe of them, which are not ſmall enough to paſs thoſe Straits along with the Juice, being juſt admitted, ſtick there till other appelling Subſtances give them a farther Comminution, and ſo pretrude them along: […] Example: [W]hen a proportionable piece [of an aliment (food item)] is thus taken into the Mouth, the lower Jaw is variouſly mov'd by its proper Muſcles, and Maſtication is begun and carryed on by the Aſſiſtance of the Tongue, Cheeks, and Lips; the two firſt ſtill applying the leſs divided parts of the Aliment, to the Dentes Molares [molar teeth], till there's an equal Comminution of all its Parts; […] 2. The fracture of a bone site in multiple pieces (technically, at least three); crumbling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Comminution of the shaft of one or of both bones of the fore-arm does not of itself indicate operative interference, other complications may necessitate primary or secondary amputation. Example: Wrist fractures encountered in natural disasters most frequently belong to the more complicated types, viz. III, IV and VIII. Importantly, comminutions are common. When both radius and ulnar^([sic – meaning ulna]) are involved with comminutions, joint surface involvements are often combined with soft tissue injuries.
Word: insolvent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English solvent English insolvent From in- + solvent. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒlv.ənt/, /ɪnˈsɑːɫv.ənt/, /ɪnˈsɒɫv.ənt/ 1. Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due. Example: an insolvent debtor Example: Pathfinder is keen to stress it is not insolvent, but owner Barry Cordell, who is in his late 80s, has decided he can no longer bankroll the company. 2. Owing more than one has in assets. 3. Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner. Example: an insolvent estate
Word: insolvent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English solvent English insolvent From in- + solvent. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒlv.ənt/, /ɪnˈsɑːɫv.ənt/, /ɪnˈsɒɫv.ənt/ 1. One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.
Word: IAU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Astronomical Union, an association of professional astronomers, founded in 1919. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. The main belt asteroid 5000 IAU, named after the astronomical union.
Word: prehistoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- (“before”) + historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the epoch before written record. Example: Was it then in a pre-historic time that the Romans wandered into these lands? Example: The cartoon image of prehistoric woman being dragged by the hair by her caveman-husband probably conditions the perceptions of archaeologists far more than they realize. 2. Ancient; very old, outdated, etc. Example: Your idea of a woman is some one who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse. That’s all prehistoric.
Word: Levant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”). Pronunciation: /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/, /lɪˈvɑnt/ 1. A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire). Example: I see by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant.
Word: Levant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”). Pronunciation: /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/, /lɪˈvɑnt/ 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States:
Word: Levant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”). Pronunciation: /ləˈvænt/, /ləˈvɑnt/, /lɪˈvɑnt/ 1. An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea. 2. A type of leather. Example: [I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.
Word: retronymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English retronym Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English retronymic From retronym + -ic. 1. Being or relating to a retronym.
Word: embarrassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Past participle of embarrass. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/ 1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort. Example: After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed. Example: SIMONE: And I said, "Well, Michaela is here at the guest house and she doesn't have her things and she had to run home from West Tisbury and someone thought she was homeless and she's hurt and embarrassed and I think it would be very gentlemanly of one of you to come over here and talk to her," and he said, "It's you I want to talk to, and I'll be over after we finish up." 2. Impeded; obstructed; in an awkward situation. Labels: archaic Example: […] they could let their eyes hover tenderly on the far-off white cliffs that so often had signalled to the embarrassed English a promise of safety.
Word: embarrassed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Past participle of embarrass. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/ 1. simple past and past participle of embarrass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: AHAM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: violoncello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A borrowing of Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives). Pronunciation: /ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/, /ˌviːələnˈtʃɛləʊ/, /ˌvaɪələnˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/ 1. Synonym of cello. Example: A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut. Example: Preserved under the rock-hard amber varnish was a beautifully crafted mythological scene depicting a nude man in a lush landscape playing a violoncello to a rapt audience of peaceful animals, including a jaguar, lion, swan, fox, peacock, horse, parrot, dogs, badger, deer, bull, ostrich, and no less than an elephant coming over the hill to join them.
Word: cor anglais Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cor anglais (literally “English horn”), calqued from a misunderstanding of Middle High German engellisches horn (“angelic horn”), from the resemblance of the instrument to horns played by angels as depicted in the Middle Ages. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ/, /ˌkɔɹ ɔŋˈɡleɪ/ 1. A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.
Word: galvanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/ 1. To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means. Labels: broadly, dated, transitive 2. To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means. Labels: broadly, dated, transitive, usually Example: We then galvanize the steel so that the zinc coating will sacrificially take the corrosion for many years. 3. To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policy. Example: Republicans are hoping a proposed gas-tax repeal will galvanize their voters. 4. To electrify, as by galvanism. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man. 5. To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War. Labels: US, historical, transitive Example: Reenactors called this “galvanizing,” the Civil War term for soldiers who switched sides during the conflict.
Word: nemeses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɛməsiːz/ 1. plural of nemesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in addition Part of Speech: adv 1. Also; as well; besides. Labels: conjunctive, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
Word: RTU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of remote terminal unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of real-time ultrasonography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RTU Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of return to unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, transitive
Word: sensor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1925–30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) + -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sə/, /ˈsɛn.sɚ/ 1. A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner. Example: The smoke sensor triggered the alarm. Example: Modern phones contain a light sensor that adjusts brightness.
Word: ill at ease Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare to malaise, a similar formation from French. 1. Anxious; unsure; uneasy. 2. Uncomfortable.
Word: relay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːleɪ/ 1. A new set of hounds. Labels: rare 2. A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. Labels: historical 3. A new set of anything. Labels: broadly Example: There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle. Example: Bank-notes fluttered down and lay about in all directions, relays of sovereigns rolled away like so much dross, […] 4. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence. 5. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action. 6. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action. 7. An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
Word: relay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈleɪ/, /ˈɹiːleɪ/ 1. To pass on or transfer (information). Labels: transitive Example: The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters. Example: Can you relay this message to John? 2. To release a new set of hounds. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: relay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Old English læġ English lay English relay From re- + lay. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈleɪ/, /ˌɹiˈleɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of re-lay. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Over this section the 16th class are allowed to haul 800 tons, compared with 600 tons only by the 13th and 14th, and 450 tons by the 12th class engines, and in this way, without any expenditure on civil engineering works or relaying with heavier rails, the introduction of the 16th class has almost doubled the line capacity. Example: A reader writes that some Ballachulish branch services are still worked by Class 2 2-6-0s Nos. 46460 and 78052, which have had to be retained at Oban until a tight curve on the outside line of the railway pier, used by coal and oil traffic for the island steamers, has been relaid to standards suitable for the diesels.
Word: HMI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of human-machine interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide, a kind of lamp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A regular package here would give you six pieces of 1K tungsten lights, ten pieces of inky-dinkies, one HMI if you're lucky.
Word: SCADA Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of supervisory control and data acquisition, an electrical network typically containing at least IED's, RTU's, and a master station equipped with an HMI; used to monitor and control process automation systems, such as those used by electrical and water utilities. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: holla back Part of Speech: noun 1. A holler back; a reply. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 2. An echo of voices, much like the response of a crowd to a cheerleader. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 3. Feedback. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: holla back Part of Speech: verb 1. To reply. Labels: informal Example: “Earth to Kimi, holla back,” Yvonne taunts after I miss another easy serve. Example: When depression or breakdown is hollerin' at you . . . . holla back. When temptation or weakness is hollerin' at you . . . . holla back. 2. To make or respond to romantic or sexual overtures. Labels: slang Example: I have a goatee, moustache, and medium thick eyebrows. Here to meet some cool peeps so Holla back at your Boy. Example: So holla back at me beautiful sista girl Let this chocolate lover into your chocolate world 3. To contact again at a later time. Labels: informal Example: Holla back when you get outta church. just got ya message, i saw it when it popped up. Example: I feel ya man, go set her straight on Cally and holla back at me.
Word: EMI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electromagnetic interference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of external machine interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of external memory interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of electromagnetic induction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of elderly and mentally infirm. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of equal / estimated monthly installments. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of Electronic Money Institution. Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of English-medium-of-instruction. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable