nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: palatine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl.ə.taɪn/, /ˈpæl.ə.tɪn/, /ˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/, /ˈpæl.əˌtin/ 1. Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional, usually Example: They strive to astonish the most sophisticated taste, the only applause they seek is the thick sound of the satisfied tongue clapping the palatine papillae.
Word: palatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from French palatin, from New Latin palātīnus, from palātum (“the palate”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to palate + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈpæl.ə.taɪn/, /ˈpæl.ə.tɪn/, /ˈpæl.əˌtaɪn/, /ˈpæl.əˌtin/ 1. Ellipsis of palatine bone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, postpositional, usually
Word: proper adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective derived from (or otherwise counterpart to) a proper noun, such as British derived from Britain, or Northeastern corresponding to Northeast. Example: These two general classes of adjectives may also be divided into several others, of which the following are the most important: — 1. A proper adjective is one that is derived from a proper name; as, American . . .
Word: Palatine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium. 1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement. 2. A placename. 3. A placename. 4. A placename. 5. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.
Word: Palatine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium. 1. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. Labels: not-comparable Example: Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.
Word: Palatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: pelvic arch Part of Speech: noun 1. The pelvis.
Word: pelvic girdle Part of Speech: noun 1. The pelvis.
Word: karl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse karl. Doublet of carl, ceorl, and churl. 1. A medieval Scandinavian freeman. Labels: historical Example: Whatever its object the runrig system was not udal tenure, and therefore it appears to me to show a settlement of the unfree. Whether these were the karls or the thralls is the only problem, and I incline to think that there is little room for doubt that these were the karls. The thrall may have had a scrap of ground and kept pigs, but there is no evidence that he had agricultural land. In short the modern cottar is the descendant of the thrall and the crofter of the karl. Example: The largest group in Viking society were the karls, who were free men and women. Many karls owned their own farmsteads; others rented land from rich landowners.
Word: shreddies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shreddy (“consisting of shreds”) + -ies (plural suffix for nouns ending in -y). 1. Underwear. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang Example: 1995, Joe Simpson, This Game of Ghosts, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, As Mark came out of the bathroom, I remembered my underpants. ¶ ‘Hey Mark, have you got my shreddies?’ Example: 2001, Irvine Welsh, Glue, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 40, As ah stand up n pill oan ma shreddies, then ma jeans in T-shirt, she's staring oaf intae space, then wrappin her clathes roond her.
Word: Good Samaritan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others. 1. The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.
Word: Good Samaritan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others. 1. A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: America as the dynamic center of ever-widening spheres of enterprise, America as the training center of the skillfull servants of mankind, America as the Good Samaritan, really believing again that it is more blessed to give than to receive, […] Example: A man had received some sort of nervous shock that had upset his mental balance for the time being, and the good Samaritan who had come to his aid had a voice which the caller thought he recognised […]
Word: gimel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew גימל (gimel); ultimately from Proto-Semitic word for a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick. Doublet of gamma. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪ.məl/ 1. The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
Word: Samaritan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρείτης (Samareítēs), from Σαμαρεία (Samareía, “Samaria”), derived from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים (Šōmərôním) and שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn) respectively. Attested in Old English. Pronunciation: /səˈmæɹɪtən/, /səˈmɛɹɪtən/ 1. A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region. Example: Many of these despised people built a rival temple on Mount Gerizim in the central Palestinian territory known as Samaria, and hence they were called Samaritans (a word of contempt to Jews); in very reduced numbers, they still live round their sacred mountain now. 2. A charitable person, one who helps others (from the Bible story in Luke 10:30–37). 3. A person who works for the Samaritans telephone helpline, taking calls from suicidal members of the public. Labels: UK
Word: Samaritan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρείτης (Samareítēs), from Σαμαρεία (Samareía, “Samaria”), derived from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים (Šōmərôním) and שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn) respectively. Attested in Old English. Pronunciation: /səˈmæɹɪtən/, /səˈmɛɹɪtən/ 1. Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Samaritan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρείτης (Samareítēs), from Σαμαρεία (Samareía, “Samaria”), derived from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים (Šōmərôním) and שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn) respectively. Attested in Old English. Pronunciation: /səˈmæɹɪtən/, /səˈmɛɹɪtən/ 1. The ancient language of Samaria: a dialect of Hebrew.
Word: samaritan Part of Speech: noun 1. a Good Samaritan
Word: Samaria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna). Pronunciation: /səˈmɑːɹi.ə/, /səˈmɛəɹi.ə/ 1. Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel. Labels: historical 2. An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank. Labels: historical Example: Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Yoav Gallant said Israel was “coming under attack from seven theatres: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria [an Israeli term for the West Bank]^([sic]), Iraq, Yemen and Iran”. 3. A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: arctangent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- Proto-Italic *tangō Latin tangō Latin tangēns Latin tangentembor. English tangent English arctangent From arc- + tangent. 1. Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹
Word: single-valued Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a function, associating a unique value of its range with each value of its domain. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multivalued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English valued English multivalued From multi- + valued. 1. Of a function, associating one or more values of its range with each value of its domain. Labels: not-comparable Example: The inverse sine function is multivalued unless it is restricted to a suitable range.
Word: arabic numeral Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Arabic numeral. Labels: alt-of
Word: wheel of Fortune Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Wheel of Fortune (“the mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable”). Labels: alt-of Example: I was young enough not to part with hope too easily;—the vague idea I had that my turn would come,—that the ever-circling wheel of Fortune would perchance lift me up some day as it now crushed me down, kept me just wearily capable of continuing existence,—though it was merely a continuance and no more.
Word: dosemeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dose + meter. 1. Alternative form of dosimeter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: potato bread Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of bread made with potatoes, often served shallow-fried as part of a cooked breakfast, common in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Dunbar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Historically Dynbaer. From Cumbric *dyn (“fort”) + *barr (“hill-crest, summit, top”). Pronunciation: /dʌnˈbɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6778). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1965 — In reply he sent Wilfrid to his town of Dunbar under the supervision of a sheriff called Tydlin whom he knew to be more cruel. — Eddius Stephanus, Life of Wilfrid, Page 107, 12ᵗʰ century. Translated from Latin by J. F. Webb. 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 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: innominate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin innōminātus, from in- (“not”) + nōminātus (“named”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɒmɪnət/, /ɪˈnɑmɪnət/ 1. Having no name, nameless, unnamed; anonymous. Example: Counsel for the Defence objected to the libel, on the grounds that the offence was innominate.
Word: innominate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin innōminātus, from in- (“not”) + nōminātus (“named”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɒmɪnət/, /ɪˈnɑmɪnət/ 1. An innominate bone. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An innominate artery. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An innominate vein. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Innominate substance. Labels: uncountable
Word: rotula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rotula. Doublet of role and roll. 1. The patella; the kneecap. 2. One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.
Word: kneepan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knee + pan. 1. The kneecap; the patella. Example: by little and little we found ourselves sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses bending over them, as if our kneepans were warming-pans.
Word: arabica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples. Pronunciation: /əˈɹæbɪkə/ 1. A plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A bean of this plant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Arabica, which has long been prized for its delicate and aromatic flavour, accounts for 70% of the global coffee market share. But it is particularly sensitive to temperature increases, which reduce its growth, flowering and fruiting and make it more susceptible to coffee pests. 3. Coffee made from these coffee beans. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: decaf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of decaffeinated. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːkæf/ 1. That has caffeine removed.
Word: decaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of decaffeinated. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːkæf/ 1. A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: demitasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French demi-tasse (literally “half cup”), from demi- (“half-”) + tasse (“cup”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛmɪtæs/ 1. A small cup of strong black coffee. Example: He read old almanacs at the book-stalls on the quays, and he began to frequent another café, where more newspapers were taken and his post-prandial demi-tasse cost him a penny extra, and where he used to con the tattered sheets for curious anecdotes, freaks of nature, and strange coincidences. Example: A gentleman may be presented with a demitasse—a straight-sided, miniature coffee cup containing extremely strong (perhaps flavored) coffee—at the end of his dinner, most likely when dessert is served, or when chocolates are passed in the lingering time after the actual dinner is done. He may either accept or decline a demitasse. 2. The cup in which this coffee is served.
Word: espresso breve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian espresso and breve (“short”). 1. Espresso prepared with steamed half and half. Labels: no-plural
Word: flat white Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The coffee is said to have been created (or popularized) in Australia or New Zealand. 1. A type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte. Example: Coffee at Adelaide airport at 2 p.m., 9 July 2006. In all innocence, I prepared to judge carefully two flat whites. The Melbourne-based franchise chain Hudsons Coffee proclaimed a ‘formidable reputation for consistently making great cups of coffee’, but its airport outlet provided no evidence of this. Example: ‘Two flat whites, please,’ she said to the waiting Kelly. ‘In mugs.’ 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, white; especially, white paint that is not glossy.
Word: frappuccino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of frappe + cappuccino. Genericized trademark of Frappuccino. From a Starbucks tradename (Frappuccino), from frappe (“a sort of milkshake”) and cappuccino. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹæpʊˈt͡ʃinəʊ/, /ˌfɹæpəˈt͡ʃinoʊ/ 1. An iced coffee drink made with cappuccino blended with other ingredients, such as flavored syrups and whipped cream. Example: In the University of Nevada-Las Vegas arena, thousands of employees danced to a rap song about frappuccinos and cappuccinos, sampled a new roast in the largest coffee tasting in company history and watched colleagues from Jordan, China and Japan make latte art in the final round of a global barista championship.
Word: macchiato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin maculātus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”). Cognate to English macula (“[dark] spot”), French maculé. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑkiˈɑtoʊ/, /ˌmækiˈɑːtəʊ/ 1. Espresso topped with steamed milk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Formerly used only in Italy and Seattle, it includes such tongue activators as latte, lungo, cappuccino, ristretto, macchiato, mochaccino and Americano. Example: Kadar Al-Jahani glanced around at the rich Romans and the American tourists sipping their macchiati and cappuccini, and smiled. 2. Ellipsis of latte macchiato. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: mochaccino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mocha + cappuccino. 1. The coffee drink cappuccino made with chocolate. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Formerly used only in Italy and Seattle, it includes such tongue activators as latte, lungo, cappuccino, ristretto, macchiato, mochaccino and Americano. Example: The neighbourhoods of Crystal Palace Park have, one by one, fallen before the onslaught of the gentrifiers. Sydenham? Mochaccinos à gogo.
Word: robusta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Coffea robusta, from Latin rōbusta, feminine of rōbustus (“strong”). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈbʌstə/, /ɹoʊˈbʌstə/ 1. Any plant of the species Coffea canephora of coffee plants, native to Africa, cultivated widely in Brazil. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Beans, ground roasted beans, or beverage from the robusta coffee bean, used primarily in instant coffee and in blends, with a high caffeine content. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Prices of robusta coffee (the lower-quality bean commonly used in instant coffees) rose by 20% in three days last week to their highest in more than a year.
Word: short black Part of Speech: noun 1. A small cup or glass of espresso coffee. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: 1999, Donna Hay, Marie Claire: Food Fast, Murdoch Books, Australia, page 118, For a real kick, add a generous teaspoon of vanilla to a strong short black—great for after dinner. Example: She took a sip and sputtered. ‘I ordered a short black. What the hell is this?’
Word: long black Part of Speech: noun 1. A regular-sized cup of espresso coffee without milk, being a diluted version of a short black. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Up the hill towards the park was the coffee shop where she and Mandy had met, and where Hugh had come daily for his long blacks. Example: Once you have had your fill of nightlife, overdosed on cafe lattes or long blacks, seen a show or even cheered on a footy team, it's time to leave the city lights behind and experience Victoria′s wild side.
Word: Tia Maria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Brand name, from Spanish Tía María (“Aunt Mary”). Pronunciation: /ˌtiːə məˈɹiːə/ 1. A coffee-flavoured liqueur.
Word: mocha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊkə/, /ˈmɒkə/ 1. A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof. Labels: countable Example: "Can you hear the kitchen door being opened at this moment or detect the exact aroma of our host's mocha?" he demanded. 2. A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: mocha fudge Example: mocha brownies 3. A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A strong Arabian coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: mocha Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊkə/, /ˈmɒkə/ 1. Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee. Labels: not-comparable
Word: coffee royal Part of Speech: noun 1. Coffee with added liqueur, topped with whipped cream. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coffee-table book Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coffee table book. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Nonbooks are of several kinds; but their differences notwithstanding, they all share two common features: they tend to be written for market rather than for intellectual reasons, and they are all means rather than ends. [...] Of all nonbooks, the most conspicuous example is the ‘coffee-table book’. The latter usually find their market by virtue of their decorative assets rather than from any literary or intellectual merit, or for that matter – since such works are often art books – by significantly serving important aesthetic or historical purposes. Example: Mukulika Banerjee and Daniel Miller serenade the garment [the sari] in their remarkable coffee-table book The Sari. [...] Photographs build the warp and weft of coffee-table books. Words seldom rule and even if written by well-known writers, they have to take second place to the camera's five-colour dominance.
Word: viking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking. Labels: alt-of
Word: disambiguated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disambiguate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: black bean Part of Speech: noun 1. A bean plant with black seeds. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A dried seed of a black bean plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An Australian tree of the species Castanospermum australe. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disambiguate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambigu(ous) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ambiguate English disambiguate From dis- + ambiguate. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪ.samˈbɪɡjuːeɪt/, /ˌdɪs.amˈbɪɡ.juːeɪt/ 1. To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this. 2. To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form). Example: When necessary, the Greek spelling is disambiguated by an appended phonetic transcription. Example: The dictionary's traditional “readers” have largely survived this transition, too. They find earlier and better uses of terms which computers can't (in the jargon) disambiguate—distinguish from other similar uses.
Word: u-turn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of U-turn. Labels: alt-of Example: "The PM’s private reassurances are worthless given her track record of u-turns and her clear desperation to cling to power."
Word: sardine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē). Pronunciation: /sɑːˈdiːn/, /sɑɹˈdin/ 1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden. Example: They feasted on premium sardines packed in olive oil, as did their hunting dogs, who insisted on joining the meal. 2. Someone packed or crammed into a small space. Labels: figuratively Example: They watched bemused as countless sardines disgorged from a railway car that was never designed to hold so many passengers.
Word: sardine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē). Pronunciation: /sɑːˈdiːn/, /sɑɹˈdin/ 1. To fish for sardines. Labels: intransitive, literally Example: No one on Monhegan says they saw them, but a man sardining says he saw it headed there, or at least some boat with people atop it. 2. to pack or cram together tightly. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Six-foot- four McMichael (a past master at the art of sardining) not only crammed enough clothes for the trip into the mighty midget, but carried a full set of golf clubs and a banjo, as well! Example: Would it be unbearably elitist to suggest that they would be more enjoyable still if the director removed a row or two of chairs, instead of sardining as many listeners as possible into the intimate music room?
Word: sardine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pliny states that its name was ultimately derived from Sardis, in Lydia, where the sard was first discovered; but probably ultimately derived from Persian sered ("yellowish-red"). Pronunciation: /sɑːˈdiːn/, /sɑɹˈdin/ 1. Carnelian. Labels: obsolete 2. Dark-brown sard.
Word: sardine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Pliny states that its name was ultimately derived from Sardis, in Lydia, where the sard was first discovered; but probably ultimately derived from Persian sered ("yellowish-red"). Pronunciation: /sɑːˈdiːn/, /sɑɹˈdin/ 1. Characteristic of a sardius. Example: And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Word: Republic of Macedonia Part of Speech: name 1. Former official name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Labels: historical
Word: empirically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English empiric English -al English empirical 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 empirically From empirical + -ly. 1. Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge. Example: I have no idea why this works, but empirically, it works. 2. Based on data and evidence gathered in the real world. Example: We need to test this idea empirically instead of just speculating about it.
Word: Ockham's razor Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Occam's razor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But at many other times, journalists come up with overly convoluted explanations for Trump's behavior ("this seemingly self-destructive emotional outburst is actually a clever political strategy!") when simpler ones will suffice ("this is a self-destructive emotional outburst."). In doing so, they violate both Ockham's razor and Hanlon's razor — the latter of which can be stated as "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Word: Ulsterman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ulster + -man. 1. Any male coming from or living in the northern Irish province of Ulster.
Word: sulfurous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The weak acid, H₂SO₃, present in a solution of sulfur dioxide in water; it is a reducing agent and mild bleach. Labels: uncountable
Word: sulfite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English sulfite From sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlfaɪt/ 1. Any salt of sulfurous acid. Labels: US
Word: bisulfite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English sulfite English bisulfite From bi- + sulfite. 1. The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
Word: bisulphite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bisulfite. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: fanny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey. Pronunciation: /ˈfæni/ 1. The female genitalia. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny. 2. The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. Labels: Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable Example: Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch. Example: Get off your fanny and get back to work! 3. Sexual intercourse with a woman. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: get some fanny tonight 4. Women, regarded as sex objects. Labels: UK, uncountable, vulgar Example: This club is full of fanny.
Word: fanny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The British naval slang sense derives from Fanny Adams. Tins of mutton introduced as rations were not liked by the sailors and were taken by them to contain the butchered remains of Fanny Adams who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with. Pronunciation: /ˈfæni/ 1. Mess kettle or cooking pot. Labels: UK, slang Example: I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.
Word: laura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɹə/, /ˈlɔːɹə/ 1. A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior Labels: historical Example: The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father. 2. A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre. Labels: historical Example: There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure.
Word: needless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈniːdləs/ 1. Not needed; unnecessary. Example: This new project of yours will only be a needless expense. Example: […]they were needless bursts of imagination from a man who’d made such a show of unshowiness.
Word: needless Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English needlees, nedelees, nedeles, equivalent to need + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈniːdləs/ 1. Needlessly, without cause. Labels: archaic
Word: cupcake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cup + cake. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpkeɪk/ 1. A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top. Example: But when he tasted a vanilla-frosted vanilla cupcake from the Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village in 2004, it changed his life. […] Members of Jordan’s royal family stop by the shop in jeans and sweatshirts, ordering boxes of cupcakes while their bodyguards wait outside. 2. An attractive young woman. Labels: slang Example: Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker. 3. A weak or effeminate man. Labels: slang 4. A term of endearment. Labels: informal Example: “Listen, cupcake,” Cash tried to soothe. “Sometimes when grownups get mad, they say things they don't mean. I'm sure your mother—” 5. An unskilled player or team, especially one expected to be easily defeated by a stronger opponent. Labels: slang Example: Australia need a win to progress, but they have a cupcake in Italy for their last, so they're not likely to miss out.
Word: relegation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin relēgātus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnisbor. English relegation Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnis. 1. The act of being relegated Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of being relegated Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of being relegated Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seneschal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seneschal (recorded in English since 1393), from Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic *siniz (“senior”) + *skalkaz (“servant”); latter term as in marshal. As an officer of the French crown, via French sénéchal. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnəʃəl/ 1. A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate. Example: Beside stood seneschals, the appointed witnesses of the ensuing games. Example: […] so the very keenest seneskal can't see no sign […] 2. An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc. Labels: historical
Word: afflict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). Pronunciation: /əˈflɪkt/ 1. To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. Labels: transitive Example: Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. Example: Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 2. To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result. Labels: obsolete Example: reassembling our afflicted powers 3. To make low or humble. Labels: obsolete Example: The Argument of mine afflicted stile Example: Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.
Word: arbitrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːbɪtɹeɪt/ 1. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter Example: to arbitrate a disputed case Example: There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate. 2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment 3. To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily. Labels: rare Example: We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...
Word: atomic nucleus Part of Speech: noun 1. A nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud.
Word: coelacanth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the New Latin genus name Coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”), referring to the hollow caudal fin rays of the first fossil specimen described and named by Louis Agassiz in 1839. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/ 1. Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor. Example: Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids. 2. Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.
Word: displace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpleɪs/, /dɪzˈpleɪs/ 1. To put out of place; to disarrange. 2. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland. Example: Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state 3. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute. 4. To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced. Example: Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind. Example: All have gone the same way, and since the war have displaced up-to-date steam power on all their principal services by the all-conquering diesel. 5. To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced. 6. To repress. Example: Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism.
Word: dividend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/ 1. A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). Example: On all dividends which do not exceed six per centum per annum, eight per centum; on dividends exceeding six per centum and not exceeding seven per centum, a tax of nine per centum... Example: Quarterly or annual dividend payments provide good income streams for investors who need cash in the short-term. And for those playing the longer game, dividends can be reinvested to buy even more shares in those same companies. 2. A number or expression that is to be divided by another. Example: In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42. 3. Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.) Labels: figuratively Example: His 10,000 hours of practice and recitals eventually paid dividends when he become first-chair violinist. Example: That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.
Word: dividend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French dividende, from Latin dīvidendum (“thing to be divided”), future passive participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), by surface analysis, divide + -end. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/ 1. To pay out a dividend. Labels: transitive Example: He held instead that the words "sell or otherwise dispose of" in Clause 2 of the Shareholders' Agreement prevented the dividending of the shares in Hawker Holdings to the shareholders of Hawker Siddeley […] Example: Therefore, $125 million of 1983 Preferred Shares (Blue Jay) would be tendered for retirement with $135 million of the $370 million dividended up to Blue Jay.
Word: divisor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈvaɪ.zɚ/ 1. In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided. Example: In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3. 2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter. Example: 10 is a divisor of 100, but not of 101. Example: The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6. 3. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter. Labels: broadly 4. Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces. 5. Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces. 6. Any of several kinds of formal object associated to an algebraic variety, scheme, etc., which play a role similar to that of homology or cohomology groups in the study of topological spaces.
Word: feminist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmənɪst/ 1. Relating to or in accordance with feminism. Example: Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. Example: Whatever else, Irréversible is already a succès de scandale. [Gaspar] Noé's claims that it is a "feminist" movie sound far-fetched, but he certainly offers an extraordinarily pessimistic view of male sexuality.
Word: feminist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmənɪst/ 1. An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life. 2. A member of a feminist political movement.
Word: chrematistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρῆμα (khrêma, “money”). 1. The study of wealth. Labels: uncountable
Word: racquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French raquette. Pronunciation: /ˈɹækɪt/ 1. Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”). Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative Example: After yet another mid-court volley error, Serena got so upset that she smashed her racquet deep into the clay court. The racquet was unusable after that, and when she went to her bag to grab another, she found that all her other racquets had broken strings.
Word: racquet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French raquette. Pronunciation: /ˈɹækɪt/ 1. To hit with a racquet. Example: You two might indeed have racqueted the ball betwixt you, as you say. Example: Potter drove up along the wire fence of the yard, and there on the tennis court, a kid racqueted a ball against a brick wall behind the courts. 2. To play a game that involves using a racquet. Example: When he isn't racqueting, Brad claims he puts in the time with Alfred Dunhill of London. Example: ...played no games as a boy, but since he did me that good turn I have racqueted about happily. 3. To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet. Example: Flashlights in hand, they made their way down the slope and racqueted out upon the lake. Example: Fancy his disgust when (having given up all hopes of watching the full moon, he had just fallen asleep) he was awakened by the noise of that rat once more racqueting about all over the room. 4. To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth. Example: Many of his choicest years of life were employ'd in wrangling, and receiving and racquetting back reproach, accusation and sarcasm. Example: More astounding still is the volume of trading, as a manic afternoon sees Netscape shares change hands 13.88 million times; an average of almost two and a half times each, with some racqueted back and forth like tennis balls . . . a curious pattern which will become familiar to dotcom stock-watchers.
Word: badminton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton. Pronunciation: /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/, /ˈbæd.mɪt.ən/ 1. A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English. Labels: uncountable Example: Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw. 2. A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water. Labels: countable
Word: racquets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racquet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: racquets Part of Speech: noun 1. a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball Labels: uncountable
Word: racquets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of racquet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Badminton Part of Speech: name Etymology: The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun. 1. A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082). 2. A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.
Word: napoleon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Napoléon (“a given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”). In reference to guns and possibly cards, a reference to Napoleon III. Pronunciation: /nəˈpəʊlɪən/, /nəˈpoʊli.ən/, /nəˈpoʊljn/, /nəˈpoʊljən/ 1. The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France. Labels: countable, historical, slang, uncountable 2. Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values. Labels: countable, historical, slang, uncountable Example: We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France. 3. A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to dominate an area or sphere of activity through ruthlessness or illegality as well as surpassing ability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He [sc. James Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city [sc. London]. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. Example: He [sc. McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance. 4. Clipping of Napoleon boot, a form of topboot worn by officers during the Napoleonic Wars. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump. 5. Clipping of Napoleon gun, a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, historical, uncountable 6. A 19th-century five-card trick-taking game simplified from euchre. Labels: uncountable 7. Clipping of double napoleon, a form of patience/solitaire. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 8. Alternative form of nap: a horse to go nap on, a sure thing, a certain winner; a prediction of such a horse; a bet on such a horse. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, rare, slang, uncountable 9. Clipping of Napoleon bigarreau, a variety of the white-fleshed bigarreau cherry; a variety of cherry tree bearing such fruit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 10. Clipping of Napoleon cake, another name for a millefeuille pastry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: Fascinated, Miss Manvers thrust aside a garnished plate, took a gulp of the decoction called coffee, and attacked her napoleon. 11. Clipping of Napoleon brandy, any excellent brandy; a serving of such a brandy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, rare, uncountable 12. Ellipsis of Napoleon slice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable