nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: buglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bug Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English buglet From bug + -let. 1. A minor bug in a program. Labels: informal 2. A corner case scenario not anticipated by the developer. Labels: dated
Word: stomatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stomatology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English stomatologist From stomatology + -ist. 1. A practitioner of stomatology.
Word: stomatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stomato- + -logy. 1. The study of the mouth and its disorders and diseases; increasingly called oral medicine in current usage. Labels: uncountable
Word: stonewalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stonewall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stonewalling Part of Speech: noun 1. A refusal to answer or to cooperate.
Word: stop-gap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stopgap. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: [A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe.
Word: stop-gap Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of stopgap. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: stop-gap Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of stopgap. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: Straussian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Strauss Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Straussian From Strauss + -ian. 1. Of, or relating to Leo Strauss or his philosophy. Example: When Field is not invoking the founding to bash the “post-liberals” and “national conservatives,” she sides with her “East Coast” Straussian teachers against Claremont. Yet if one side of the Straussian divide can be said to be “pro-democracy,” it is the Jaffa-inspired West Coasters, whom Field dismisses as holding a “hagiographic view of the founding generation.” 2. Of or pertaining to Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss
Word: Straussian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Strauss Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Straussian From Strauss + -ian. 1. A follower of this philosophy.
Word: striate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin striatum, past participle of strio (“to groove”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪ.eɪt/ 1. To mark something with striations. Labels: transitive
Word: striate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin striatum, past participle of strio (“to groove”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪ.ət/, /ˈstɹaɪ.eɪt/ 1. striated 2. Relating to the striate cortex of the brain
Word: stuporous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stupor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English stuporous From stupor + -ous. 1. having slow or confused reactions, as if in a stupor; groggy
Word: St. Vitus' dance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because people traditionally prayed to Saint Vitus for heavenly intercession to relieve the burden of the disease. 1. Any chorea; usually, more specifically Labels: archaic Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:St. Vitus' dance. 2. Any chorea; usually, more specifically: Labels: archaic 3. Any chorea; usually, more specifically: Labels: archaic
Word: Sydenham's chorea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after English physician Thomas Sydenham. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪdənəmz kəˈɹiə/ 1. A disease characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements affecting primarily the face, feet and hands. Labels: uncountable
Word: Suba Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people of Kenya. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Suba Part of Speech: name 1. The Bantu language of this people.
Word: Suba Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from either Hungarian Suba or Czech Šuba. * Borrowed from Cebuano Suba, from suba (“river”). 1. A surname.
Word: subchapter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English chapter English subchapter From sub- + chapter. 1. A subsection of a chapter.
Word: subjectivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French subjectivité, equivalent to subjective + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/, [ˌsʌbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪɾi], /ˌsʌbd͡ʒəkˈtɪvəti/, [ˌsʌbd͡ʒəkˈtɪvəɾi] 1. The state of being subjective. Labels: uncountable 2. A subjective thought or idea. Labels: countable Example: Beyond bringing women back into analyses of the workplace and the labor process, we now have to analyze how work is gendered and gendering: gender as a means of control and an organizing principle for class relations at the point of production, and workplace as a site for gender construction, formation, and reproduction. In the latest development, seeing gender as a power process also directs our attention toward the politics of identity, or the formation and claiming of collective subjectivities.
Word: subrogation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin subrogātiō, from sub- + rogātiō (“inquiry, request”); equivalent to sub- + rogation. 1. Substitution of a different person in place of a creditor or claimant with respect to certain rights and duties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Subrogation is a staple element of the casualty insurance business. Example: He became my creditor as the result of a subrogation by a vendor.
Word: subterraneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adapted borrowing of Latin subterrāneus + -ous. Doublet of subterrane. 1. Subterranean. Labels: not-comparable Example: [S]he recollected a ſubterraneous paſſage which led from the vaults of the caſtle to the church of St. Nicholas. Example: The Indians of the Orellanna, also, tell of horrible noises heard occasionally in the Paraguaxo, […] Others have endeavored to account for these discharges of "mountain artillery" on humbler principles; attributing them […] to the disengagement of hydrogen, produced by subterraneous beds of coal in a state of ignition.
Word: success story Part of Speech: noun 1. Anecdotal evidence for the benefits of some product or policy. Labels: idiomatic Example: You can read about our success stories on our official website. 2. A successful person or thing, serving as a model for others. Labels: idiomatic Example: Challenge yourself and become a success story! Example: This program has become a success story.
Word: Sukuma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sukuma Jìsùgǔmà. 1. A member of an indigenous people of Tanzania.
Word: Sukuma Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sukuma Jìsùgǔmà. 1. The Bantu language of this people.
Word: Sumbwa Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: superintended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of superintend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: superintend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin superintendō. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈtɛnd/ 1. To oversee the work of others; to supervise. Example: Lady Marchmont had superintended her toilette, and it was the very triumph of exquisite taste; every thing about it seemed as fragile and delicate as herself. Example: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible. 2. To administer the affairs of something or someone. Example: A posse of Dublin Metropolitan police superintended by the Chief Commissioner in person maintained order in the vast throng for whom the York Street brass and reed band whiled away the intervening time by admirably rendering on their blackdraped instruments the matchless melody endeared to us from the cradle by Speranza's plaintive muse.
Word: surf-rider Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of surfrider. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: surfrider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surf + rider. 1. A person who takes part in surfriding.
Word: surfriding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surf + riding. 1. The sport of riding a surfboard using the power of the waves. Labels: uncountable
Word: surjective Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, /sɚˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ 1. Of, relating to, or being a surjection. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1974, Thomas W. Hungerford, Algebra, Springer, page 5, A function f is surjective (or onto) provided f(A)=B; in other words, for each b∈B,b=f(a) for some a∈A. A function f is said to be bijective (or a bijection or a one-to-one correspondence) if it is both injective and surjective. Example: The Garden of Eden Theorem (Theorem 5.3.1) implies that every surjective cellular automaton with finite alphabet over an amenable group is necessarily pre-injective. In this section, we give an example of a surjective but not pre-injective cellular automaton with finite alphabet over the free group #92;textstyleF#95;2.
Word: susurration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin susurratio. Pronunciation: /ˌsu.səˈreɪ.ʃən/ 1. A low and indistinct whispering sound; a murmur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most of the Hummers are honey-lovers, and they extract the sweetest juices of the flowers. The "soft susurrations" of their wings, as they poise above the flowers, inserting their long beaks into tubes of nectar, announce their presence. Example: The rain was now falling more steadily, with a low, monotonous susurration, interrupted at long intervals by the sudden slashing of the boughs of the trees as the wind rose and failed.
Word: chintz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪnts/ 1. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The morning air waved to and fro the chintz curtains of a large and, for a London one, a very cheerful-looking room, whose windows opened to the Thames. Example: And Presently Melisande withdrew. Her mistress, in a white peignoir tied with a blue sash, lay in a great chintz chair, gazing out of the bay-window. The quadrangle below was very beautiful, with its walls of rugged grey, its cloisters, its grass carpet.
Word: swamplife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swamp + life. 1. The animals, birds and other organisms that inhabit swamps. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: swedged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swedge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: swedge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of English swage (“a groove, moulding; moulding tool”). 1. A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The drug MDMA. Labels: Scotland, slang, uncountable
Word: swedge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of English swage (“a groove, moulding; moulding tool”). 1. To shape metal using a hammer or other force. Example: We are now enabled to present the plan of a machine of the full size for swedging common nails to the shape above mentioned, and which may be operated successfully by small boys of 8 or 10 years, and who could make a fair business at half a cent per lb. 2. To leave (a restaurant etc.) without paying. Labels: colloquial 3. To fold under or round an object. Example: He bound them into a neat packet, swedging down the stiff, sticky oilcloth at the corners..
Word: symport Part of Speech: noun 1. The transportation, through a membrane, of molecules of more than one substance at the same time. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: symport Part of Speech: verb 1. To simultaneously transport molecules of different substances through a membrane.
Word: symptomatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English symptomatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English symptomatically From symptomatic + -ally. 1. In a symptomatic manner; diagnostically. 2. Directed at symptoms, rather than a cause. 3. Based upon symptoms, rather than a causative agent.
Word: syngas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for synthesis gas. 1. Synthesis gas or coal gas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: synthesis gas Part of Speech: noun 1. The gas obtained by heating coal and steam; coal gas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coal gas Part of Speech: noun 1. The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking, etc. and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas. Labels: uncountable
Word: takeaways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of takeaway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talk back Part of Speech: verb 1. To reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, often Example: Jane talked back a little too often. Example: Jane talked back to most of her teachers. 2. To return disrespect. Labels: idiomatic
Word: tapered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.pə(ɹ)d/, /ˈteɪ.pɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of taper Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tapered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.pə(ɹ)d/, /ˈteɪ.pɚd/ 1. Narrowing gradually towards a point. 2. Lit with a taper. Labels: obsolete
Word: Tarawan Part of Speech: name 1. the Gilbertese language Labels: dated
Word: teamsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From team + sheet. 1. A document that lists the current or proposed members of a team.
Word: tellingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English telling Middle English -ly English -ly English tellingly From telling + -ly. 1. In a telling manner. Example: It demanded taxes, which in a cashless society meant grain, cattle and, most tellingly, labor. Example: Most tellingly, the recipe from Causes and Cures prescribes a vinegared wine but the recipe from Physica prescribes vinegar or wine, yet when the explanation of how the medicine works is given, in both passages it has been assumed that the ingredient of the Causes and Cures’ version (vinegared wine) not that of Physica (vinegar or wine) was used.
Word: tennis club Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization whose members play tennis together.
Word: tennis dress Part of Speech: noun 1. The short dress worn by a female tennis player.
Word: textbase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of text + database. 1. A database containing a corpus of text for use by lexicographers etc.
Word: texting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of text + messaging, derived from text messaging Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of text Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: texting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of text + messaging, derived from text messaging Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkstɪŋ/ 1. The use of a mobile phone to send text messages. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The words set to a piece of music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: More typical (but still not numerous) are the textings supplied for Alleluias, or just as frequently for melismas occurring at the end of the second or third verse of Offertories.
Word: Tharaka Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language of Kenya
Word: theatergoing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of theatregoing. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: theatergoing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of theatregoing. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: theatregoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theatre + going. 1. Who regularly visits the theatre to see performances Labels: not-comparable Example: The theatregoing public are up in arms over the new public performance tax.
Word: theatregoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theatre + going. 1. regular attendance at a theatre to see plays Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thermalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thermalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thermalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Brought to a lower velocity and kinetic energy by use of a moderator.
Word: thermalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thermalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thermalised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of thermalized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thermalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English thermal 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 thermalize From thermal + -ize. 1. To lower the speed and kinetic energy of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor by use of a moderator, and thus increase the efficiency of fission
Word: thermalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thermal + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of thermalize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thread count Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of the fineness of fabric; the total number of vertical and horizontal threads per unit of surface, such as a square inch. 2. The total number of threads that a single processor core can run simultaneously.
Word: tidal river Part of Speech: noun 1. A river that enters a sea or estuary and is this affected by tides; at times, water will flow upstream.
Word: tiger prawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It has stripes reminiscent of those of a tiger. 1. A large marine crustacean (Penaeus monodon), widely reared for food 2. A brown tiger prawn or common tiger prawn (Penaeus esculentus)
Word: to be sure Part of Speech: adv 1. Certainly, undoubtedly, admittedly, surely. Labels: Ireland, idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: I don't hate him. To be sure, we're not best buddies, but hate is a strong word. Example: They call themselves gentlemen, I warrant you; but, as my first husband used to say, they should remember it is we that pay them. And to be sure it is very hard upon us to be obliged to pay them, and to keep 'um too, as we publicans are.
Word: tailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tailing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of following someone. 2. The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. Example: […]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways 3. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff. Labels: obsolete 4. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
Word: paling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English palyng, palynge, equivalent to pale + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/ 1. A pointed stick used to make a fence. Example: The boys continued hitting the tennis ball with pailings snatched from a fence […] Example: The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace. 2. A fence made of palings. Example: 1789, Alderman Le Mesurier), addressing the House of Commons, in The Parliamentary Register,ᴴᵃⁿˢᵃʳᵈ London: John Debrett, Volume 26, p. 172, Gentlemen must have observed that many of the nurserymen’s plantations were wide and extensive, some of them covering several acres; and that their palings and fences were for the most part low, and might be so weak and out of repair, as to afford a very insufficient security against the inroads of robbers and spoilers. Example: The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground. 3. A fence made of galvanized sheeting. Labels: Caribbean Example: He worked badly. He had to paint a large sign on a corrugated iron paling. Doing letters on a corrugated surface was bad enough; to paint a cow and a gate, as he had to, was maddening.
Word: unveiling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of unveiling or uncovering. 2. A ceremony for the first public showing of something. Example: Davis cites his "pride" several times during his discussion with RAIL, but his "career highlight" was the unveiling of the National Windrush monument on June 22 2022. […] "The fact we got the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to do the unveiling, with a significant speech by Prince William acknowledging Windruch, was quite a moment in history.
Word: unveiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unveil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unveils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unveil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unveiled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unveiled, vnueylyd, equivalent to un- + veil + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unveil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unveiled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unveiled, vnueylyd, equivalent to un- + veil + -ed. 1. Not wearing, or not covered by, a veil. Labels: not-comparable Example: Irrespective of the legitimacy of their reasons, given that Westerners feel more comfortable around unveiled Muslims, if some women decide not to veil, then they can more subtly further the case of liberal Islam.
Word: arming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English armyng. 1. present participle and gerund of arm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English armyng. 1. The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack. Example: The arming was now universal. Example: Applying the conventions of war epic, this section of the novel would correspond to the arming of the hero, his donning of armor and assembling weapons in preparation for battle. 2. The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack. Labels: especially, in-compounds Example: arming buckle, arming doublet, arming garments (garments for anchoring armor to), arming harness, arming jacket, arming nail, arming point, arming straps (for securing armor) Example: […] two tunicles and a gambeson, each with a border of the arms of France; […] a quantity of aiguilletes and laces for arming; six bascinets; a gamboised thigh-piece, and an esquivalens of leather[…] 3. The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task. Example: The novelty largely consists in the arming of such subordinate officials of the statutory court with the new magic wand of the record book and of spoken English;[…] Example: The Party has always seen to the selection of its most active fighters propagandists and lecturers , and to the arming of them with knowledge. The theoretical level of our propaganda depends primarily on them. 4. The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation. Example: This insures the arming of the fuze when fired. Example: If he didn't knock it down, the second plane would have a shot prior to the arming of the missile's warhead. Suddenly things didn't look so bad. Blakely pushed the microphone button. 5. A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea. Example: the nature of the sea bed indicated by the arming in the cavity at the base[…] 6. One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action. Labels: in-plural
Word: hellfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hellfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Heathenry Part of Speech: name Etymology: From heathenry. 1. The old Germanic (Norse, Anglo-Saxon, etc.) religion(s). 2. Any modern reconstruction of one of these religions; Germanic neopaganism. Example: In Britain, Heathenry is the most common name used for an emergent religion based on the old gods, goddesses, and spirits (wights) that were part of everyday life in Northern Europe before the coming of the Christian era. Thus, Heathenry is, in some sense, a reconstructed religion. People often discover Heathenry through finding the mythology of Northern Europe and attempting to learn more about the culture and spirituality of this part of the world. Example: Comparatively, they are understanding, if not accepting, of Neo-Pagan influence; many Universalists even consider Heathenry to fall under the Neo-Pagan umbrella—a position most Folkish Heathens and Tribalists reject.
Word: handpicked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hand + picked. 1. Picked by hand rather than by machinery. Labels: not-comparable Example: The farm sells handpicked apples and pears. 2. Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: A number of handpicked employees will run the project.
Word: handpicked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + picked. 1. simple past and past participle of handpick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Vafþrúðnismál Part of Speech: name 1. a book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Grímnismál Part of Speech: name 1. A book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Skírnismál Part of Speech: name 1. a book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Hárbarðsljóð Part of Speech: name 1. A book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Hymiskviða Part of Speech: name 1. A book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Lokasenna Part of Speech: name 1. A book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Þrymskviða Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Þrymskviða. 1. The Lay of Thrym; a poem of the Poetic Edda. Example: Do you dispute that there are plenty of Asatruar out there who can spout List at the drop of a rune, who couldn’t tell Þrymskviða from Vafþrúðnismál? Example: Myth as therapy: the usefulness of Þrymskviða.
Word: Völundarkviða Part of Speech: name 1. a book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: Rígsþula Part of Speech: name 1. a book of the Poetic Edda.
Word: fairgrounds Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fair + grounds. 1. Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At other times of the year, the county fairgrounds are used for a variety of events, such as revival meetings and high-school graduations. Example: If the town doesn't have a nearby fairgrounds, then any sizeable empty field will do for a carnival.
Word: fairgrounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fairground Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Maeve Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Méabh, from Middle Irish Medb (literally “intoxicating”), name of a legendary queen of Connacht. Pronunciation: /meɪv/ 1. A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.
Word: fainthearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From faint + hearted. 1. Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful. Example: Upon this, our guide, who, by the way, was but a fainthearted fellow, bid us keep in a ready posture, for he believed there were more wolves a-coming. We kept our arms ready, and our eyes about us... Example: "Fainthearted knight! You should have stayed and covered my retreat. Hark! they are coming! Hide! Hide!" she panted, half in fear, half in merriment, as the gay pursuers rapidly drew nearer.
Word: bunning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of bun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bunning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bandjalang bunihyn. 1. The echidna. Example: 1988, R. Langford, Don’t Take Your Love to Town Old folk hunted for bandicoot and bunning in this grass.
Word: gurrnki Part of Speech: noun 1. A ghost. Example: 1978, P. Hanigan & R. Lindsay, No Tracks on the River Budgie said ‘I don’t want no gungki getting at me.’ Example: 1993, E. Crawford, Over my Tracks I tell you what, the first time we saw the nuns with their habits, we thought they were gurrnkis (ghosts).
Word: merrigan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wiradjuri mirrigan. 1. a dog or dingo Example: 1980, P. Pepper, You Are What You Make Yourself ’Course, they had the merrigarn with them—that’s their dingo. Example: 1993, J. Janson, Gunjies Merrigans barkin’.
Word: yorga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga yoka (“woman”). 1. A woman, especially an Aboriginal woman. Example: 1910, E. Hassell, My Dusky Friends At last he took a third york. She was a foolish young thing, but very fond of him ... he paid her more attention than the generality of husbands. Example: 1968, W. H. Douglas, Aboriginal Language of south-west Australia ‘Yokas’ is ‘girls’ (Note the English plural suffix on yoka).
Word: vertebrates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vertebrate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fucktards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fucktard. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + bird. 1. A warplane. Labels: poetic 2. A crew member of a warplane; airman. Labels: poetic 3. Synonym of scarlet tanager. Labels: dialectal 4. An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately. 5. Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc. 6. A heavily-armed starship.
Word: hoys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hoy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hoyin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of hoy Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: hoyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hoy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: falconry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fauconnerie. 1. The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...looking up, I observed a very slight and graceful hawk, like a night-hawk, alternately soaring like a ripple and tumbling a rod or two over and over, showing the underside of its wings, which gleamed like a satin ribbon in the sun, or like the pearly inside of a shell. This sight reminded me of falconry and what nobleness and poetry are associated with that sport.
Word: renormalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English normalization English renormalization From re- + normalization. 1. Any of several techniques in statistical mechanics and quantum electrodynamics used to construct mathematical relationships between observable quantities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: repulsion motor Part of Speech: noun 1. an alternating current commutator motor, designed for single-phase operation, in which the armature is supplied by induction from the field of the stator winding
Word: fanged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fang + -ed. 1. Equipped with fangs. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]love, the tyrant and the tyrant-queller; love, until now my conqueror, now my slave; the hungry fire, the untameable beast, the fanged snake -- -no -- no -- I will have nothing to do with that love. Example: He sat by John Thornton's fire, a broad-breasted dog, white fanged and long-furred; but behind him were the shades of all manner of dogs, half-wolves and wild wolves ...
Word: fanged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fang + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of fang Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commutator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from commutation (in the late 19th century), as is commutate (verb) too. 1. An electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current. 2. A binary map in a given group G, given by [g, h] = ghg⁻¹h⁻¹, where g and h are elements of G, which yields the group's identity if and only if the group operation commutes for g and h. 3. A binary map in a given ring R, given by [a, b] = ab − ba, where a and b are elements of R, which yields the ring's zero element if and only if the multiplication operation commutes for a and b.
Word: resolving power Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantitative measure of the ability of an optical instrument to produce separable images. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: athwartships Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From athwart (“across”) + ship + -s as an adverbial ending. 1. Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel. Labels: not-comparable Example: to place / fix / stow something athwartships; to pace the bridge athwartships Example: At all times except when whales were alongside, this bench was securely lashed athwartships against the rear of the Try-works.
Word: respiratory pigment Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen
Word: fashioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fashion + -er. 1. One who fashions something; the maker or designer. Example: 1952, The Holy Bible:Revised Standard version - Wisdom of Solomon, chapter 7:21-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20141009081751/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w I learned both what is secret and what is manifest, for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.
Word: fashioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fashioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemerythrin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hemerythrin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: haemocyanin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English cyan Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English haemocyanin From haemo- + cyan + -in. 1. Alternative spelling of hemocyanin. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: It now appears that in spite of great differences in structure, molluscan and arthropod haemocyanins have a common molecular origin (Schneider et al., cited in Linzen et al. 1985a). Example: Haemocyanin : Out of these four respiratory blood pigments, haemocyanin ranks next in importance to haemoglobin.
Word: chlorocruorin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloro- + cruor + -in (see also cruorin). Named by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1868. 1. A green respiratory pigment found in many annelids. Labels: uncountable Example: Later it was shown that the α-bands of the pyridine haemochromogens of both cytochrome a and chlorocruorin resemble each other closely (Keilin, 1933 a). Example: The affinity of chlorocruorin for oxygen is equivalent to the haemoglobin. It is interesting that within the same family of worms like [S]abellidae, [S]erpulidae and [A]mphotritidae same^([sic]) species have chlorocruorin while others have haemoglobin.
Word: AUTODIN Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of automatic digital network: the standard digital computer network of the US military. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hemerythrin Part of Speech: noun 1. A respiratory pigment found in sipunculids, priapulids and brachiopods. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hemocyanin Part of Speech: noun 1. a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fagotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian fagotto. So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot. Doublet of fagot and faggot. 1. The bassoon. Labels: dated
Word: restoration ecology Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of the principles of ecology to the restoration of derelict, degraded and fragmented ecosystems. Labels: uncountable
Word: restriction enzyme Part of Speech: noun 1. An endonuclease that catalyzes double-strand cleavage of DNA containing a specific sequence. Example: We now know of 400 different kinds of restriction enzymes, each of which recognises a different sequence of DNA letters and cuts there, like a pair of scissors that cuts the paper only where it finds the word ‘restriction’.
Word: retaining wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several structures used to restrain a vertical-faced mass of earth. Example: Masonry flying arches strutting the retaining walls in Chorley cutting, Manchester-Blackpool line, L.M.S.R. Example: The viaduct is joined to the embankment by retaining walls, which have been strengthened since they were constructed by the addition of stay bolts extending right through the embankment and fastened outside each retaining wall.
Word: confraternity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French confraternité. 1. A group with a common interest. Labels: countable Example: First the cell, then combinations of cells, then combinations of combinations, then more and more complex combinations, till the body of man is reached, where endless confraternities of cells, all with different functions, working to build and sustain different organs, […] Example: The two gravitated together in response to that law of nature which rules that the whole confraternity of politicians prefer to operate within the closed circle of its own initiates, rather than waste time with outsiders […] 2. A religious fraternity or brotherhood. Labels: countable Example: […] in the later Middle Ages, in an urban complex, Carthusians and Benedictines would have existed alongside friars and beguines (and their southern counterparts) and possibly a Jewish community, […] many others committed to a confraternity or to special ascetic exercises […] 3. Brotherly friendship. Labels: uncountable Example: [Napoleon's] coronation as Emperor had been followed immediately by the great battle of Austerlitz, which had prostrated Austria at his feet, and reduced the Czar of Russia to so humiliating a condition as ended in the total disruption of his confraternity with the Germanic powers. Example: The great lights of commercial jurisprudence, international confraternity, and biological deviation, of all ages, all civilizations, and all nationalities, from Zoroaster down to Horace Greeley […]
Word: metropoleis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛˈtɹɒ.pə.leɪz/ 1. plural of metropolis Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: In the sense of chief cities of colonies, especially in ancient Greece: Example: We have already mentioned that some colonies eventually became metropoleis.
Word: epimanikion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἐπιμανίκιον (epimaníkion), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + μανίκιον (maníkion, “sleeve”). 1. A cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches. Example: a little band of marchers displays Greek Orthodox outfits, the rhason and sticharion, the epitrachelion and the epimanikia, the sakkos, the epigonation, the zone, the omophorion; they brandish icons and enkolpia, dikerotikera and dikanikion. Example: Embroidered on each epimanikion (maniple) are four scenes from the Dodekaorton. On the first epimanikion the Annunciation and the Nativity, proclaiming the humanity of God made man, the Baptism and the Transfiguration, proclaiming his divinity; on the second the Crucifixion and the Anastasis, signifying the redemption of mankind through the sacrifice of God, the Ascension and the Pentecost, symbols of the Church. Each epimanikion is divided vertically into three parts, the central one being halved horizontally in order to accommodate the four scenes, […]
Word: connubial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Pronunciation: /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/, /kəˈnu.bi.əl/ 1. Of or relating to the state of being married. Example: "For my part," continued the Duke of Wharton, "I hold that the connubial system of this country is a complete mistake. The only happy marriages I ever heard of are those in some Eastern story I once read, where the king marries a new wife every night, and cuts off her head in the morning." Example: Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
Word: fatally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fatal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English fatally From fatal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪtəli/, [ˈfeɪ̯ɾl̩i] 1. In a deadly manner; lethally. Example: Witness our too much memorable shame When Cressy battle fatally was struck, And all our princes captiv'd by the hand Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales; Example: He told Peace that he did not believe his statement that he had fired the pistol merely to frighten the constable; had not Robinson guarded his head with his arm he would have been wounded fatally, and Peace condemned to death. 2. Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something. Example: "They pretend," as I hear, "that the verses of Kabir have four different senses; illusion, spirit, intellect, and the exoteric doctrine of the Vedas;" but in this part of the world it is considered a ground for complaint if a man's writings admit of more than one interpretation. While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally? Example: Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision. 3. Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom. Example: He was a slender young man in hot black clothes; he wore the unfaçaded collar fatally and unanimously adopted by all adam's-apple men of morals; he was washed, fair, flat-skulled, clean-minded, and industrious; and the only noise of any kind he ever made in the world was on Sunday.
Word: locoregional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, loc(al) + -o- + region + -al. 1. Being at the scale of, or having the scope of, local and regional. Labels: especially Example: Near-synonym: regional Example: locoregional anesthesia; locoregional therapy; locoregional nerve block 2. Being at the scale of, or having the scope of, local and regional. Labels: especially Example: Near-synonym: regional Example: locoregional standards
Word: anchor buoy Part of Speech: noun 1. A small buoy, usually painted a distinctive color, attached to an anchor by a light line and used to indicate the location of the anchor on the bottom.
Word: poleis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόλεις (póleis, “cities”), nominative plural form of πόλις (pólis, “city”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒleɪz/ 1. plural of polis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Reynolds number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after British engineer Osborne Reynolds. 1. A dimensionless parameter that determines the behavior of viscous flow patterns. In pipe flow a value less than about 2,000 (known as the critical Reynolds number) produces laminar flow, one above about 3,000 produces turbulent flow (intermediate values produce unpredictable behavior).
Word: Reynolds Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrek-der.? Proto-Germanic *raginą Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t- Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.? Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider. Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti? Proto-Germanic *waldanąder. Proto-Germanic *waldaz Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldazder. Anglo-Norman Reinaldder. ▲ English Ronaldinflu. English Reynold English -'s English -s English Reynolds From Reynold + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnəldz/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Reynold. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed, "PayPal owned up to their mistake and thanked the richest man of all time for understanding the situation, saying: 'This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case'". Example: TAC language program coordinator Annie Reynolds says that palawa kani should not become available to the general public "until aborigines themselves are familiar and competent with it." 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Reynolds Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrek-der.? Proto-Germanic *raginą Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t- Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.? Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider. Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti? Proto-Germanic *waldanąder. Proto-Germanic *waldaz Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldazder. Anglo-Norman Reinaldder. ▲ English Ronaldinflu. English Reynold English -'s English -s English Reynolds From Reynold + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnəldz/ 1. plural of Reynold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Reynold Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Reinald, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz brought to England by Normans and partly merged with the earlier equivalent Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr. Doublet of Renault. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnəld/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.