nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: segment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/ 1. A length of some object. Example: a segment of rope 2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion. Example: a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read. 3. A portion. 4. A portion. 5. A portion. 6. A portion. 7. A portion. 8. A portion. Example: In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified. 9. A portion. 10. A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic. Example: The news showed a segment on global warming. Example: In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character. 11. An Ethernet bus. 12. A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program. 13. A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
Word: segment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /sɛɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/ 1. To divide into segments or sections. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Segment the essay by topic.
Word: static site Part of Speech: noun 1. A website that does not make use of server-side scripting or coding to display information, and thus has no interactivity beyond the user's choice of hyperlink to follow. Labels: Internet Example: Typical examples of static sites include small-business web sites that serve as online brochures.
Word: furcate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin furcātus (“forked, branched”), from Latin furca (“fork”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French fourchu. The verb was formed by metanalysis or as if from Latin furcō (“to fork”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.keɪt/, /ˈfɜː.kət/, /ˈfɝ.keɪt/, /ˈfɝ.kɪt/, /ˈfɝ.kət/ 1. Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: furcate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin furcātus (“forked, branched”), from Latin furca (“fork”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French fourchu. The verb was formed by metanalysis or as if from Latin furcō (“to fork”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.keɪt/, /fɜːˈkeɪt/, /ˈfɝ.keɪt/ 1. To fork or branch out. Example: But that which I believe yields a great deal of our turpentine, is the fir-tree or deal, which is a coniferous tree, evergreen, whose cones are of the lesser sort, having long leaves, either that whose leaves encompass and cover the branches, bearing long cones hanging downwards as she male fir-tree or pitch-tree; or that whose leaves grow from each side of the stalk, being more flat than those of yew, green on the upper side, and whitish underneath, furcated at the end, bearing cones shorter and thicker, growing erect, as the female fir-tree. Example: These ridges are prominent, about the thickness of a coarse thread, very numerous, irregular, and run into one another, but towards the bottom, always furcate or divide.
Word: furcated Part of Speech: adj 1. forked or branched
Word: sudoriparous gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sweat gland.
Word: Takagi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高木 (Takagi). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: Tanduay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Tanduay as in "Isla de Tanduay", from Tagalog Tangway, from tangway (“peninsula”). 1. the isle of Tanduay in San Miguel and Quiapo (formerly towns and now districts of Manila)
Word: tributary load Part of Speech: noun 1. The accumulation of loads that are directed toward a particular structural member. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unhindered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hindered. 1. Not hindered, slowed, blocked or hampered. Example: Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors. Example: The timing of the incident raised the question, almost certainly destined to remain unanswered, of whether, having allowed the escapers to pass by unhindered, the culprit had waited specifically for the yellow jersey group before sowing his mischief. 2. Pertaining to a molecule where the reactive center is not blocked from chemical attack due to the surrounding uncreative substituents not preventing reactive agents accessing the reactive site.
Word: viral media Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attributed to Douglas Rushkoff. 1. Media that is passed from person to person. Labels: uncountable Example: The ecology of networked media call for juxtapositions that suggest the rhizomatic connections between, for instance, intellectual property (IP) rights and viral media, or neo-liberalism and social network sites (SNS).
Word: WYCIWYG Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Modelled on WYSIWYG. 1. What you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, acronym 2. What you choose is what you get. Labels: abbreviation, acronym
Word: wiper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wipe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wiper From wipe + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪpɚ/ 1. Someone who wipes. Example: So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers! 2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. 3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. Example: Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic. 4. A movable electric contact in some devices. 5. A program or process that erases data. 6. A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean. 7. An impertinent young man. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: I ask you now, ain't honesty a-written on my feechurs? / I say the wiper should be scorched who'd rob his feller-creatures.
Word: wiper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white (bass) and striper. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪpɚ/ 1. A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As is the customary method for catching wipers at Keith Sebelius Reservoir, the trio was trolling with crank baits. Example: M. saxatilis X M. chrysops hybrids (wipers) are difficult to distinguish, showing intermediacy from parental types in basihyal tooth formation
Word: witches' knickers Part of Speech: noun 1. Plastic bags snagged in trees and bushes. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: respires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of respire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: restructures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of restructure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resumes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resume Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resumes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resume Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: public access television Part of Speech: noun 1. A segment of the PEG (short for public, educational, and government access) television model of local cable television production. It provides training and access to media production technology and distribution methods so that community producers and viewers may participate. Labels: uncountable
Word: retan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English tan English retan From re- + tan. 1. To tan again. Labels: transitive
Word: retaste Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English taste English retaste From re- + taste. 1. To taste again.
Word: retes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retardo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retard + -o. 1. retard Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: retornado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese retornado. 1. ethnic Portuguese living in Africa who moved to Portugal during the decolonization process
Word: polishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English polish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English polishable From polish + -able. 1. That can be polished.
Word: retrate Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of retreat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: retrate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of retreat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: retrates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retrate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retroceded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retrocede Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retrocedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retrocede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retrocede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Latin retrōcēdere, from retrō- (“back, backward”) + cēdere (“to go, go back, give, return, etc.”). Equivalent to retro- + cede. 1. To grant back. Labels: transitive Example: to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor 2. To go back. Labels: intransitive Example: Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era.
Word: polisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From polish + -er. 1. A person who makes something smooth or shiny. 2. A tool that makes something smooth or shiny. 3. A machine that makes something smooth or shiny. Example: Where do you keep the floor-polisher? 4. A person who refines something. Example: a polisher of stories Example: When he had repoſed four years and four months in the boſom of care, rocked in the cradle of proſperity, he was brought forth, according to the cuſtom of true believers, and committed to the charge of moralifts of high fame, poliſhers of noble manners, and ſearchers of true knowledge, that they might cultivate his heaven-born genius, and teach him with dignity to rule that world which he was born to command[.]
Word: depolish Part of Speech: verb 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 polish English depolish From de- + polish. 1. To remove the polish from. Labels: transitive
Word: French polish Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of varnish, consisting of shellac dissolved in methylated spirits, used to polish wood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The glossy surface produced by the application of this varnish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: French polish Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply French polish to something. Labels: transitive
Word: salas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sala Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salara Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of coconut jelly roll. Labels: Guyana, uncountable Example: Shop that sells a variety of cakes―sweet buns, tennis rolls, heavy bread, salara, butter flap, etc. as well as, cheese, sweets and aerated (soft) drinks Example: It turned out that Margaret had spent some hard-earned cash to the extent of about one shilling to purchase two pounds of flour. The flour was going to be used by Master Bird to make Salara, most of which would be sold in the village by Toomkin, for a jill each.
Word: salivas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saliva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: saltee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian soldo. 1. A penny. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: One day he would gather more than I in three; another, to hear his tale, it had rained kicks all day in lieu of “saltees,” and that is pennies.
Word: saltees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saltee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sæ(l)vz/ 1. plural of salve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: robo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊbəʊ/, /ˈɹoʊboʊ/ 1. A robot. Labels: informal Example: I am not a robo.
Word: sanad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi सनद (sanad), from Arabic سَنَد (sanad). 1. Alternative spelling of sunnud. Labels: India, alt-of, alternative
Word: sancocho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish sancocho. 1. A soup cooked with meat and starchy plants (such as roots or plantains), usually eaten for lunch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sancocho is the name of a hearty Caribbean stew. This meatless version features potatoes, carrots, and West Indian pumpkin, a huge gourd with a vibrant orange flesh and sweet flavor. Example: Is it bouillabaisse, bourride, burrida, cacciucco, solianka, matelote, sancochos, opera de pescado, or zuppa di pesce?
Word: sancoche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spanish 1. A savoury stew of Trinidad and Tobago. Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago, uncountable, usually
Word: sancoches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sancoche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rota Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secreta Part of Speech: noun 1. The products of secretion. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: secretase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English secrete Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English secretase From secrete + -ase. 1. An enzyme that "snips" pieces off a longer protein that is embedded in the cell membrane.
Word: secretases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secretase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sellotape. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛloʊ/ 1. sellotape. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: Can you pass the sello? We need to get these presents wrapped up by tonight.
Word: selles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tacho Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtækəʊ/ 1. Clipping of tachograph. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: separase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English separase From separate + -ase. 1. A cysteine protease responsible for triggering anaphase by hydrolysing cohesin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: separases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of separase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tajes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taj Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”). 1. Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun). Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed:[…] Example: But not desirous to make any longer aboad in this place, by reason of the most infectious serenas or dewes that fall all along these coasts of Africa,[…]
Word: serenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tallen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tall + -en. 1. To become tall or taller Labels: intransitive Example: "Must have et^([sic]) good. Tallened up too, seem^([sic]) like." Example: He broke off, panting hard, because he had involuntarily tallened again.
Word: signa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡnə/ 1. plural of signum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tapan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tupan (“kind of drum”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tapes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tape Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: signare Part of Speech: noun 1. A mulatto French-African woman of the island of Gorée or the city of Saint-Louis in French Senegal during the 18th and 19th centuries. Labels: historical Example: Signare were romanticised by witnesses who encountered them as well as in historical memory. One of the French officials of the Senegal company dedcribed them collectively as tender, charming and faithful, with a certain 'sweetness' — but also 'an insurmountable urge for love and lust'. Example: To the farthest left, numbered "I" in Lamiral's caption, is the black female slave. Her body faces the viewer squarely, with her feet turned slightly toward the signare. From the waist up, the woman's body is bare, save for a strand of beads encircling her neck and crossing her torso under each breast.
Word: signares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of signare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tardo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tardo (“slow”), from Latin tardus. 1. A sloth (animal). Labels: archaic Example: On my last trip to Vera Cruz I procured a pair of black tardos, full-grown and in a normal state of health […]
Word: tase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er. Pronunciation: /teɪz/ 1. to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject Example: If the funding for these new tasers is approved, the entire JCPD will have to be re-trained on the tasers, but luckily they won't all have to be tased again.
Word: tase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er. Pronunciation: /teɪz/ 1. An electric shock administered with a taser.
Word: tases Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈteɪzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sisee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sycee (“historical Chinese ingots used as currency”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: penguin suit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of the tuxedo sense, since its black and white appearance is supposed to resemble the bird. 1. A tuxedo. Labels: informal 2. A kind of spacesuit worn by Soviet cosmonauts. Labels: historical
Word: sobas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: televises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of televise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Brulé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Brulé (from brûlé (“burnt”), past participle of brûler (“to burn”)), itself a partial calque of Lakota Sičháŋǧu (literally “burnt thighs”). Pronunciation: /bɹuːˈleɪ/ 1. A member of a subdivision of the Sioux Native American nation.
Word: temes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temperas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tempera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tempera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tempera. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpəɹə/ 1. A paint in which the pigments are suspended in a water-soluble emulsion, such as of egg yolk or gelatine, which hardens and becomes insoluble on exposure to air. Labels: uncountable 2. The artistic technique of painting in this medium. Labels: uncountable 3. A painting done in this medium. Labels: countable
Word: templa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of templon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eutrophication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eutrophic Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English eutrophicate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English eutrophication From eutrophicate + -ion. 1. The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I already hinted at the problem of sea eutrophication (where excess nutrients cause algae to flourish) due to the phosphates that used to be added to washing powder, and, surely, it is not pleasant for plants to find underfoot (or, better, "underroot") those surfactants we use daily at home (please, never pour your dishwater on the roots of a magnificent camellia, even if it is blooming in the garden of a next-door neighbor you cannot stand). Example: Amphisteginids and peneroplids were among the few taxa found in the bay environments, probably due to their preferences for phytal substrates and tolerance to moderate levels of eutrophication.
Word: tensan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 天蚕 (tensan, “tensan moth; tensan silk”). 1. A silk produced by the Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai). Labels: uncountable
Word: tensen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tense + -en. 1. To become tense or more tense. Labels: intransitive Example: At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke. Example: A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.
Word: eutrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + τροφικός (trophikós), literally “well-nourished”; equivalent to eu- + trophic. Pronunciation: /juːˈtɹɒfɪk/, /juːˈtɹəʊfɪk/, /juːˈtɹɑfɪk/, /juːˈtɹoʊfɪk/ 1. Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms. 2. Promoting nutrition.
Word: eutrophic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + τροφικός (trophikós), literally “well-nourished”; equivalent to eu- + trophic. Pronunciation: /juːˈtɹɒfɪk/, /juːˈtɹəʊfɪk/, /juːˈtɹɑfɪk/, /juːˈtɹoʊfɪk/ 1. A eutrophic medicine.
Word: tergiverse Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of tergiversate.
Word: tergiverses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tergiverse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: termine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French terminer, from Latin termināre. Doublet of terminate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪn/ 1. To settle, determine. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To bring to an end; to conclude, terminate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: How absurd had these guests been, if they had termined the thanks in the servitor
Word: squirrelly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squirrel + -ly, 1925. Presumably from the erratic movement of squirrels, or by analogy with nuts (“insane”). Pronunciation: /ˈskwɝli/, /ˈskwɪɹəli/ 1. Resembling a squirrel. Labels: figuratively Example: Mom can act a bit squirrelly sometimes, and I swear it's usually worse after sunset. Example: Near-synonyms: batty, nuts, nutty; see also Thesaurus:eccentric, Thesaurus:insane 2. Resembling a squirrel. Labels: figuratively Example: "This aircraft seems to be acting a bit squirrelly," the pilot complained uneasily to his copilot. Example: "We got bumped. We got thumped," an American pilot was heard saying. A U.S. pilot also reported that a Chinese plane was "squirrely. Not real steady." 3. Resembling a squirrel. Example: Some of these lemurs seem almost squirrelly.
Word: testas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of testa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testimonio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin American Spanish testimonio (“testimony”). 1. A first-hand account of politically charged experiences; an oral history narrative. Example: 1988, Sommer D. "Not Just a Personal Story: Women’s Testimonios and the Plural Self". In: Schenck C, Brodzki B Life/Lines: Theoretical Essays on Women’s Autobiography. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press Example: 1989 (Spring), John Beverley "The Margin at the Center: On Testimonio (Testimonial Narrative)" MFS Modern Fiction Studies Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 11-28 doi:10.1353/mfs.0.0923
Word: testimonie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of testimony. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it.
Word: tilda Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of tilde. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: half-staff Part of Speech: noun 1. Half-mast. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes Example: [T]he agents of the steamship lines drowned their sorrow in rum and ran the house flags to half-staff. Example: Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Poland's man of power, died here tonight. . . . Flags were lowered to half staffs.
Word: sondes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sonde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: titule Part of Speech: noun 1. A title. Labels: obsolete
Word: titules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of titule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: franchises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of franchise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Martinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Martin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Martinize From Martin + -ize. 1. To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process Example: “Hey, K-K-K-K. First day back's gonna be a busy one. First, I need you to go to the dry cleaners for me and find out how Martinizing works. I've always been curious. Then I need you to be back by noon to make the bathroom smell like sandalwood before I wreck it. You got that, K-PAX-O-Gum?” “I'm not Kenneth, sir. My name's Brian. Kenneth got fired at the end of last season.” “Of course. I knew that.” 2. To produce a coarse-grain structure of a protein topology
Word: toman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen). Pronunciation: /ˈtʊmən/, /toʊˈmɑːn/, /ˈtʌmən/ 1. A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army. Labels: historical 2. A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars. Labels: historical Example: The band-roll strung with tomans Which proves the veil a Persian woman's 3. An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials. Labels: informal
Word: toman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish toman (“small hill, hillock”), diminutive of tom (“hill”). Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊmən/ 1. Synonym of hillock.
Word: sorbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sorb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contention system Part of Speech: noun 1. A communication system in which multiple users share a common channel in a way that can lead to conflicts.
Word: torne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of torn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: agraffe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French agrafe (“hook”), from agrafer (“to hook”). Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹæf/ 1. A decorated clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring, similar to hook and eye, used in armor or in ordinary clothing. Example: The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants, was another distinction of the beautiful Jewess, scoffed and sneered at by the proud dames who sat above her, but secretly envied by those who affected to deride them. Example: A young girl is about to join together on her left shoulder the chiton, which is fastened over the right shoulder by means of an agraffe. 2. A carved keystone, usually decorated with a mascaron or a corbel, often used in Classical architecture. 3. A brass fitting, screwed into a piano plate, that positions the strings vertically and laterally, and defines one end of the string's speaking length.
Word: subdivides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subdivide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: toses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tosen (“to card wool”), from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, separate”). Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊz/, /ˈtoʊz/ 1. To pull apart or asunder; touse.
Word: tosa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred. 1. A Japanese breed of fighting dog
Word: tosas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tosa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: congee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/, /ˈkɒndʒi/ 1. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly) Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will. 4. Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar. Labels: Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…]. Example: … I therefore, at this time, shall only add this advice to you, under and by the leave of my lord;’ (and with that he made Diabolus a very low congee;) …
Word: congee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/, /ˈkɒndʒi/ 1. To give congee, (particularly) Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive 2. To give congee, (particularly) Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive 3. To take congee: to leave ceremoniously. Labels: archaic 4. To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something. Labels: archaic
Word: congee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/, /ˈkɒndʒi/ 1. A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In a past life in Fuzhou, it represented some reality other than the one of daily congee and pickled turnips, cabbage and boiled rip soup.
Word: subordines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subordo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tramas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trama Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trāma. Doublet of tram. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪmə/ 1. The inner, fleshy portion of a mushroom's basidiocarp, distinct from the outer pileipellis or cuticle and from the spore-bearing hymenium.
Word: subsidies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsidy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: byzant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɪˈzænt/ 1. Alternative form of bezant. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Gramercy! good fellow,” cried Prince John, “thou pleasest me—Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants.”
Word: bezant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛzənt/ 1. A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe. 2. A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin. Example: One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].
Word: transe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of trance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: transes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transe Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of trans Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trans Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transcribes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transcribe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: halidom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English halidom, haliȝdom, from Old English hāliġdōm (“holiness, righteousness, sanctity; holy place, sanctuary, chapel; relics, holy things; holy office; sacrament; holy doctrines”), corresponding to holy + -dom, from Proto-Germanic *hailagadōmaz. Cognate with Dutch heiligdom (“sanctuary, shrine”), German Heiligtum (“sanctuary, shrine, holy relic”), Swedish helgedom (“shrine, sanctuary, temple, sanctum”), Icelandic helgidómur (“sanctuary, holy relic”). Pronunciation: /ˈhælɪdəm/ 1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour. Labels: obsolete Example: Now sure and by my hallidome ( quoth he ) / Ye a great master are in your degree Example: Now he's put the final seal on his Kingship, his halidom, by slaying a challenger in the Wood. 2. A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation. Labels: archaic Example: […] save for Wodan, who had a richly bedecked halidom nearby. 3. Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic. Labels: archaic Example: “By my halidom,” said he, “we have forgotten, Sir Prior, to name the fair Sovereign of Love and of Beauty, by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed.”
Word: sudo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally understood as a blend of superuser + do, now has evolved to be an abbreviation of substitute user, do. Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.duː/, /ˈsuː.doʊ/, /ˈsuː.dəʊ/ 1. A Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user. Labels: uncountable
Word: sudo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally understood as a blend of superuser + do, now has evolved to be an abbreviation of substitute user, do. Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.duː/, /ˈsuː.doʊ/, /ˈsuː.dəʊ/ 1. To invoke such a command.
Word: transfigures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transfigure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: suman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tagalog suman. 1. Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik. Labels: uncountable
Word: transpires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transpire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: But when you look closely at exactly what transpires in these workshops, the power they continue to have is astonishing.
Word: supervises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of supervise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outrance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French oltrance (modern outrance (“excess”)), from outrer (“pass beyond”), from oltre, outre, utre, from Late Latin ultra-. Compare outrage. Pronunciation: /ˈuː.tɹɑ̃s/ 1. The furthest degree or extremity, going beyond bounds or propriety. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: 1819: But if the shield was touched with the sharp end of the lance, the combat was understood to be at “outrance”, that is, the knights were to fight with sharp weapons, as in actual battle. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Word: Josiah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yōšiyyā), יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (yōšiyyā́hū). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊˈzaɪə/ 1. A king of Judah. 2. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: Loegrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Loegria + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Loegria; English Labels: not-comparable, poetic 2. Of or pertaining to the people of England during Roman times, prior to their conquest by the Saxons. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: The Scots of Ireland, and the Picts of Albania, or North Britain, whose situation protected them from the Roman vassalage, became too powerful for the Loegrian Provincial Britons, who, on account of the island having been made the seat of empire, were enervated by the luxuries of the Romans, and the country drained of its youth to supply the continual wars carried on by their conquerors, and these foreigners had left them a mixed and degenerate race, corrupted by all their follies, vices, and dissipations, without any emulation of national honour, to rouse and stimulate them to great actions.
Word: Loegrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Loegria + -an. 1. An inhabitant of what is now England during the times of the Roman occupation, prior to the conquest by the Saxons.
Word: Hilda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪldə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages used since Middle Ages. 2. St Hilda of Whitby
Word: suspires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suspire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Bertha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Definitely from Old English Berþa as a result of metathesis of h, from earlier Old English Berhte (“bright one”), influence of Latin Bercta. Alternatively, from Old High German berhta (“bright one”), which was an epithet of the goddess Frigg. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝθə/, /ˈbɜːθə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read at a stall in the streets of Southampton Example: Why couldn't they have called her by her first name, Bertha, which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"? 2. Alternative form of Perchta (“goddess in Alpine paganism”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bertha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from French berthe, from the name Berthe (English Bertha). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)θə/ 1. A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress
Word: tributes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian trillaredeverb. Italian trillobor. English trillo Borrowed from Italian trillo. 1. A trill or shake.
Word: trine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪn/ 1. Triple; threefold. Labels: not-comparable 2. Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart. Labels: not-comparable Example: The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]
Word: trine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪn/ 1. A group of three things. Example: a single trine of brazen tortoises 2. An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
Word: trine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪn/ 1. To put in the aspect of a trine. Labels: transitive Example: By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. 2. To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. Labels: UK, archaic Example: Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last. Example: Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints.
Word: trine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪn/ 1. To go. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin. Example: From thence at the Nubbing-cheat we trine in the Lightmans.
Word: trines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trinchado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese trinchado (“cut up [meat]”). 1. a spicy meat dish of Angolan and Mozambican origin Labels: South-Africa
Word: triture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tritura. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A rubbing or grinding; trituration. Labels: obsolete Example: this original Zest in the Glands , gentle Heat , and gentle Triture from multiplied muscular Motion , are sufficient to explain all the Appearances of Concoction and Nutrition
Word: cotta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”). 1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none. Example: She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta. Example: ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist. 2. A kind of coarse woolen blanket.
Word: cotta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tutees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tutee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ulcera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ulcera, plural of ulcus. 1. plural of ulcus Labels: form-of, plural Example: He also likes the vapor-cauterization of Wesseli (100° C.), which does not produce an action at a distance. It also helps for deep scrophulous ulcera. Example: The pathogenesis of the veneric ulcerations or soft chancre, or the syphilitic ulcera, the diphtheritic, the tubercular, the rare gonorrhoic ulcerations and of the phagedenic or gangrenous ulcerations of the vulva, is well known.
Word: zecchin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian zecchino, from Italian zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سكّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of sequin. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛkɪn/ 1. Any of various gold coins produced in Italy or Turkey; a sequin. Labels: historical Example: […] the noble armour, that was worth so many zecchins to Joseph Pareira, the armourer of Milan, besides seventy in the hundred of profits, he cares for it as little as if he had found it in the highways!”
Word: untaste Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English taste English untaste From un- + taste. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈteɪst/ 1. To deprive of taste. Example: […]Vntaſte them of this violent diſguſt; 2. To lose, cancel out, or forget the taste of; reverse the tasting of Labels: transitive Example: “Ugh! Ugh and double-ugh!” Elsa was trying to wipe dough off her face and away from her mouth. “I am never going to untaste that. Never! Example: He spat in the dirt, trying to untaste the idea.
Word: untaste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English taste English untaste From un- (“absence of”) + taste. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈteɪst/ 1. Absence or lack of taste (all senses); tastelessness Labels: uncountable Example: Those years comprise (among other drolleries) a complete reversal of public untaste; "nonobjective art", once anathematized, being now de rigeur. Example: Moreover, from untaste to unknowing, from unknowing to non-possession, from non-possession to non-being, there is an obvious progress, but in negativity.
Word: usen Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈjuːzən/ 1. past participle of use. Labels: archaic, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: usen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌsən/ 1. Alternative form of ussun (“someone on the same side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: outrecuidance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French outrecuidance (whence modern French outrecuidance), from outre + cuidier (“think”), from Latin cogitare. Pronunciation: /uːtəˈkwiːdəns/ 1. Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: “It is full time,” said De Bracy, “that the outrecuidance of these peasants should be restrained by some striking example.” Example: “But, with my constitution and temperament - my work lies in Boston - I find your outrecuidance -"
Word: naupathia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek ναυς (naus) ‘ship’ and πάθος (pathos) ‘suffering’. 1. Seasickness. Labels: uncountable