nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: plagal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin plagalis, from plaga, from plagius, from Byzantine Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “plagal”), πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪɡəl/ 1. Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form. Example: […] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin. 2. Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.
Word: megacosm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mégacosme, ultimately from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-) + κόσμος (kósmos). 1. A macrocosm. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Howsoever, over their cloistering walls and into the map of the megacosm, the two professors continued to launch their cadres of spellbound familiars and enslaved disciples.
Word: ecstatica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ecstatica, from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstætɪkə/ 1. A woman perceived to have a highly sensitive emotional state, or prone to quasi-mystical trances. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: The ecstaticas sometimes divined thoughts, but Father Surin must know beforehand what the thoughts were; else the thing did not work. Example: She was known to the T.W.I.T. as an “ecstatica,” a classification enjoying apparently somewhat more respect than a common medium.
Word: auxetophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed from Ancient Greek αὐξητός (auxētós, “that can be increased”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːksətəfəʊn/ 1. A pneumatic type of sound-playback device used in the early part of the twentieth century. Labels: historical Example: It was something that had come out during the séance tonight, none of which Madame Eskimoff had any direct memory of, although like all T.W.I.T.-sanctioned sittings, it had been recorded by means of a Parsons-Short Auxetophone.
Word: milch cows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milch cow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tweeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 'tween + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːni/ 1. Alternative spelling of tweenie. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A shot played between the legs; a tweener. 3. A between-maid. Labels: colloquial, historical Example: ‘You subscribed,’ Valentine said, ‘to purchase his library and presented it to his wife…who had nothing to eat but what my wages as a tweeny maid got for her.’ Example: Madame Eskimoff's tweeny had brought out tea and a gâteau, as well as a twelve-year-old Speyside malt and glasses.
Word: tweeny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tween + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːni/ 1. Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager). Example: throw the tweeniest, brattiest tantrum
Word: pentachromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English chromic English pentachromic From penta- + chromic. 1. Containing five colours. Labels: not-comparable
Word: akousma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκουσμα (ákousma, “oral instruction”). 1. A rule or precept, especially one of the list of rules laid down by Pythagoras. Example: One of the akousmata says that number is the wisest thing, and Pythagoreans may have sworn by Pythagoras as “the one who gave the tetraktys” […], the first four numbers whose total is ten, which was the perfect number for early Pythagoreans. Example: It seemed that each British mystical order claiming Pythagorean descent had its own ideas about those taboos and bits of free advice known as akousmata, and Madame Eskimoff's favorite happened to be number twenty-four as listed by Iamblichus—never look into a mirror when there's a lamp next to you.
Word: akousmata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of akousma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: for a song Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For a very low price; very cheaply. Labels: idiomatic Example: They remembered then that they could have bought for a song canvases which now were worth large sums. Example: [T]he contents of aircraft that once commanded prices up to $148m are now being sold off for a song after being torn apart in Gloucestershire's aviation charnel house.
Word: meme pool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with gene pool. 1. The set of all memes present in a given human population. Example: Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs, so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which, in the broad sense, can be called imitation.
Word: for nothing Part of Speech: adv 1. For free. Labels: not-comparable Example: I got it for nothing. They are giving them away as publicity. 2. For no reason. Labels: not-comparable Example: I wrote ten pages of information for nothing. He just chucked it in a drawer without reading it! 3. For no reason. Labels: not-comparable Example: A: Then he walked up to me and shoved me. B: What the hell? What for? A: For nothing! Example: A: Then she filed suit against the restaurant. B: What the hell? For what? A: For nothing! Not so much for allegedly being negligent as for having some money that she might shake down!
Word: next to nothing Part of Speech: pron 1. Very little. Example: I got it for next to nothing in the January sales. Example: He pretends to be knowledgeable, but actually he knows next to nothing.
Word: Derick Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
Word: Deryck Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
Word: Ronny Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening of Ronald + -y. A less common spelling of Ronnie. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Ronald.
Word: Renaud Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Renaud. 1. A surname from French.
Word: prosaicness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prosaic Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English prosaicness From prosaic + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being prosaic. Labels: uncountable
Word: Mickey D Part of Speech: name 1. McDonald's, a chain of fast-food restaurants. Labels: slang Example: Clanton and Carolyn made no complaints, but she could tell they would have preferred a Mickey D to her festive efforts. The best thing about the turkey was the skin. Example: Tejada quickly sobered them: "How much a cow weigh after Mickey D be through with him?
Word: haul someone over the coals Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to a punishment once meted out to heretics. 1. To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: The teacher hauled him over the coals for not doing his homework.
Word: Rinaldo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rinaldo. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: curtin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of curtain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Mickey Flynn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Mickey Finn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tear a strip off someone Part of Speech: verb 1. To scold vigorously. Labels: slang Example: Last night the honourable member for Miramar was going to tear a strip off the Minister of Works;[…]. Example: But before Debra went out the door behind her she proceeded to tear a strip off both Miguel and Anna Maria. Miguel ended up phoning Liz at home and tearing a strip off her for telling Debra to tell him off.
Word: white collar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of white-collar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: electroplates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of electroplate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: electroplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Alina, or a Latinate form of French Aline, ultimately from diminutives of the same Germanic name Adela, Adele. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
Word: Hilma Part of Speech: name Etymology: Used in early 19th-century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages in occasional use at the turn of the 20th century.
Word: claiming race Part of Speech: noun 1. A race in which the competing horse can be claimed by anyone at the specified claiming price for the race. Example: In a claiming race, each horse is in a sense up for sale. That is, any owner who has raced a horse at the track during the meet in progress may put in a claim to buy any horse racing in a claiming race.
Word: regulable Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to being controllable; able to be made subject to regulation. Example: Many businesses are regulable because of the interstate commerce clause of the United States' Constitution.
Word: headmistresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headmistress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opts out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of opt out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: opting out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of opt out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: opted out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of opt out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: captaincies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of captaincy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compactifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of compactify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: compactifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of compactify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: compactified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of compactify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cuts one's losses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cut one's losses Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cutting one's losses Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cut one's losses Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: data fusion Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of integrating knowledge from multiple sources and representing the same real-world object into a consistent, accurate, and useful representation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Papal States Part of Speech: name Etymology: On the model of Italian Stati Pontifici, plural of Stato Pontificio; compare the dated direct calque Pontifical States. The plural is typical in English and reflects the Papal States’ highly regionalised administration, but in various European languages, including contemporary Italian, the singular is more common. 1. A country in southern Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy (and some enclaves in France) over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense. Labels: historical, plural-normally
Word: tranquilizing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ/ 1. Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative. 2. Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing. Labels: literary Example: In a preceding paper I have spoken of an English Sunday in the country, and its tranquilizing effect upon the landscape; but where is its sacred influence more strikingly apparent than in the very heart of that great Babel, London?
Word: tranquilizing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ/ 1. gerund of tranquilize Labels: uncountable 2. gerund of tranquilize Labels: uncountable
Word: tranquilizing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English tranquilize Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English tranquilizing From tranquilize + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tranquilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: denib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English nib English denib From de- + nib. 1. To remove nibs trapped in a layer of paint or other finish.
Word: denibbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of denib Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: denibbing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of removing nibs trapped in a layer of a surface finish or paint. Labels: uncountable
Word: Vogul Part of Speech: name 1. The Finno-Ugric language spoken in Khantia-Mansia.
Word: Vogul Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Mansi people. Labels: dated
Word: Voro Part of Speech: name 1. An Adamawa language of Nigeria.
Word: Voro Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Võro. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: solanum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sōlānumder. Translingual Solanumbor. English solanum Borrowed from Translingual Solanum. 1. Any plant in the genus Solanum. 2. A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrum, and Solanum villosum. Labels: Africa, East
Word: reintegrative shaming Part of Speech: noun 1. The bringing together of the offending party and the victim(s) so that the offender can see the harm and suffering they have inflicted on the victim or the victim’s family. The offender has the opportunity to apologise to the victim and make amends. Labels: uncountable
Word: readableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English readable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English readableness From readable + -ness. 1. The property of being capable of being read, legibility. Labels: uncountable 2. The property of being easy or engaging to read. Labels: uncountable
Word: sickle-cell anemia Part of Speech: noun 1. The most common form of sickle-cell disease, with anemic effects. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable
Word: sickle-cell disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. Labels: uncountable
Word: sickler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sickle + -er. 1. Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper. 2. A person who has sickle-cell disease. Labels: informal Example: I met girls born with sickle cell anemia like my brother […] We called them sicklers. They called themselves sicklers.
Word: headscarves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headscarf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chinese cabbage Part of Speech: noun 1. Any East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage, especially subspecies or varieties of Brassica rapa. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage, especially subspecies or varieties of Brassica rapa. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: grace and favour Part of Speech: noun 1. Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: In 1986 a fire began in a grace-and-favour apartment above the King's Apartments in the south Wren wing. Example: In the days before she formally stepped down, Truss held farewell parties for her supporters at the prime ministerial grace-and-favour mansion of Chequers.
Word: adventurism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adventure Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English adventurism From adventure + -ism. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɛn(t)ʃəɹɪz(ə)m/ 1. Political strategy focusing on individual actions such as assassinating political enemies. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The behavior of an adventurer; risk-taking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] she really hadn’t wanted me to think of her as given over wholly to sexual excess and adventurism […] Example: In pornographic literature, films, and gadgetry throughout the world […] the SS has become a referent of sexual adventurism. 3. The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1993, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedom, Nairobi: EAEP, Part I, Chapter 2, p. 22, Even where they were aware of the devastating effects of imperialism on the subject peoples, as in Conrad’s description of the dying victims of colonial adventurism in Heart of Darkness, they could not free themselves from the Eurocentric basis of their vision. Example: The rejection of foreign adventurism derived partly from an awareness of the dynastic vulnerability of the Bourbon line, partly from the country's economic as well as its military fragility – and partly too from the increasingly evident limitations of France's traditional international allies.
Word: educashun Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of education. Labels: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
Word: cutty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cut + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌti/ 1. Short, shortened, or small; curtailed. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 2. Having many cuts. 3. Sharp, cutting easily.
Word: cutty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cut + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌti/ 1. A short spoon. Labels: Scotland 2. A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe. Labels: Scotland Example: I'm no sae scant of clean pipes as to blaw wi' a brunt cutty. Example: "Why, it's a cutty — an Irish cutty!" shouted Cripps. 3. A wanton or unchaste woman. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: “And me coming a this way out o' my gate to pleasure you, ye ungrateful cutty,” 4. A girl with a short, dumpy figure. Labels: Scotland, archaic 5. A girl or young woman. Labels: Northern-Ireland, Ulster Example: A man who reared ten cubs and three cutties. Example: The point of the example is educational, moral, and the moral qualities of the stories attracted Peter Flanagan who remembered them from childhood and told them to the cutties and cubs when he was, for them, a funny old man.
Word: unlooked-for Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of unlooked for. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They were interrupted by the entrance of an unlooked-for visitor, the Chevalier de Joinville.
Word: unloose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unlosen (“to loosen, untie; to uncover, unwrap; to extend; to free, liberate, release; to disengage; to detach oneself; to make (someone) weak; to abolish; to destroy”) [and other forms], from un- (intensifying prefix) + losen (“to free, let loose, release; to loosen, untie; to come undone or unfastened; to open; to relax; to remove; to melt; to resolve; to break up, disintegrate; to detach, disengage; to destroy; to say, tell; to absolve of sin”) (from los (“free; loose, untied; exempt; absolved of sin; inattentive, undisciplined; of the tongue: lacking restraint, unbridled; limp, weak; wavering”), from Old Norse lauss (“loose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate; to set free; to untie”)). The English word is analysable as un- (intensifying prefix) + loose. Compare Middle English unlesen (“to loosen, release”), from Old English onlīesan (“to release, deliver, liberate, unloose”). Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌnˈluːs/, /ˌʌnˈlus/, /ˌən-/ 1. To loosen or undo (something that entangles, fastens, holds, or interlocks). Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: Turne him to any Cauſe of Pollicy, / The Gordian Knot of it he will vnlooſe, / Familiar as his Garter: […] Example: [S]uch ſmiling rogues as theſe, / Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, / Which are t' intrince, t' vnlooſe: […] 2. To relax or slacken (something that clasps or grips, such as the arms or hands). Labels: also, figuratively, transitive 3. To free (someone or something) from a constraint; (figuratively) to release (something which has been suppressed, such as emotions or objectionable things). Labels: transitive Example: Then Yorke vnlooſe thy long impriſoned thoughts, / And let thy tongue be equall with thy heart. Example: Thus did the melancholy Tale conclude, / And a ſhort, ſilent Interval ensu'd. / The next in Birth unlooſ'd her artful Tongue, / And drew attentive all the Siſter-Throng. 4. To remove or take off (especially something undesirable). Labels: archaic, transitive 5. To become loose or come off. Labels: intransitive 6. To free from a constraint. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive
Word: unloosen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + loosen, with un- as an intensifier. 1. To unloose; to loosen.
Word: agronomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agronomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divertimenti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divertimento Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dīvusbor. Italian divobor. English divo Borrowed from Italian divo. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːvoʊ/ 1. A male diva; a man with the traits characteristic of a typical diva.
Word: divi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. The dividend paid out by the Co-op Labels: UK, dated, informal
Word: emotional intelligence Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The concepts of emotional intelligence (EI), self-worth, authenticity and employee meditation rooms might conjure up thoughts of new age healing centers.
Word: disinfest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English infest English disinfest From dis- + infest. 1. To eliminate insects, vermin, or other pests from. Labels: transitive
Word: cit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of citizen. Pronunciation: /sɪt/ 1. a citizen; a city dweller, a townsman. Labels: archaic, derogatory Example: […] the women of quality are frightened to see merchants wives and daughters dressed like themselves: this impudence of the city, they cry, is intolerable; mantua-makers are sent for, and the contrivance of fashions becomes all their study, that they may have always new modes ready to take up, as soon as those saucy cits shall begin to imitate those in being. Example: Here comes the muſty trader, running over vvith remonſtrances. I muſt banter the cit.
Word: cit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of citation. Pronunciation: /sɪt/ 1. Clipping of citation Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: notario Part of Speech: noun 1. An unauthorized practitioner of immigration law.
Word: dubok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian дубо́к (dubók), from дуб (dub, “oak tree”). 1. A dead drop. Example: And then there are the duboks. Every Red Army intelligence agent abroad is assigned the task of finding duboks in the city where he is stationed. A dubok is a hiding place for anything that may be exchanged in espionage work […] Example: Meantime, in addition to the active agents, scores of others wait expectantly, always on the alert; scores of yavkas operate; scores of duboks are maintained; exchange of personnel goes on constantly.
Word: underact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English underact From under- + act. 1. To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness. Labels: intransitive
Word: understated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English stated English understated From under- + stated. Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈsteɪtɪd/ 1. Restrained and unpretentious. Example: In contrast to the ETR220's understated green and grey livery, the Swedish train's livery is startling "Paprika" red with white stripes.
Word: understated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English understate English -ed English understated From understate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈsteɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of understate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: braguette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French braguette. 1. A codpiece. Labels: historical
Word: underbid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English bid English underbid From under- + bid. 1. To bid too low. 2. To bid lower than another. 3. To bid less than the full value of a hand of cards.
Word: underbid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English bid English underbid From under- + bid. 1. A bid that is lower than another.
Word: underclothing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English clothing English underclothing From under- + clothing. 1. clothing worn next to the skin; underwear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.
Word: underdevelopment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English development English underdevelopment From under- + development. 1. The condition of being underdeveloped. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Drawing on insights from thinkers such as Karl Marx, Aimé Césaire and Mahatma Gandhi, they pointed out that underdevelopment in the global South was not a natural condition, but a consequence of the way Western powers had organised the world system over hundreds of years.
Word: plagiocephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plagio- + -cephaly. 1. A congenital condition where the skull suffers an oblique malformation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: underexposure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English exposure English underexposure From under- + exposure. 1. The condition of being underexposed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An insufficient, or less than usual, exposure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: underfur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdrą Frankish *fōdrbor. Anglo-Norman fuerrebor. Middle English furre English fur English underfur From under- + fur. 1. The thick, soft undercoat of some mammals, especially those that spend time in the water Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: underlip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + lip. Compare Saterland Frisian Unnerlippe (“underlip”), German Unterlippe (“underlip”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌlɪp/, /ˈʌndɚˌlɪp/ 1. The lower lip. Example: He bit his under-lip as though he were somewhat unwilling, but arose. Example: In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis.
Word: undermanned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underman Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undermanned Part of Speech: adj 1. Insufficiently manned; understaffed. Example: Two months afterwards he was reported fit for duty, but, in spite of the fact that he was urgently needed to help an undermanned Commission stagger through a deficit, he preferred to die; vowing at the last that he was hag-ridden.
Word: undermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English under Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English undermost From under + -most. 1. In the lowest position or state; bottom. Labels: not-comparable
Word: undernourishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English nourishment English undernourishment From under- + nourishment. 1. Insufficient nourishment Labels: uncountable 2. The condition of being undernourished Labels: uncountable
Word: underpart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English part English underpart From under- + part. 1. To divide (a part) and assign subordinate portions of it. Labels: transitive
Word: underpart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English part English underpart From under- + part. 1. A lower or underneath part. 2. A lower or underneath part. Labels: plural, usually Example: buffy underparts Example: This bird species has tan underparts. Try to catch a glimpse when the bird takes off.
Word: seven seas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896). 1. All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely. Labels: plural, plural-only, poetic Example: I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something
Word: wroten Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of write; written. Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: ... I have ones agayne wroten to my cosen Richard Hyll, ... Example: For the scripture was wroten to lead us unto God, and unto repentance of ill. It was wroten to teach us God and all godliness, and not to move such ...
Word: wroten Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of wroot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: war- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the 1983 movie WarGames, which featured war-dialing. 1. Relating to gaining access to network resources, such as Wi-Fi, by locating and exploiting unprotected access addresses. Labels: morpheme
Word: jupette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French jupette. 1. A jupon with a very short skirt.
Word: nenikekamen Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of nenikikamen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dolcissimo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian dolcissimo, superlative of dolce (“sweet”). 1. Very soft. Labels: not-comparable
Word: physio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings. Ultimately from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “nature”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪəʊ/ 1. Clipping of physiotherapist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable Example: I remembered her offer, however, and eight years later during a prolonged attack I put myself into the hands of Jenny, a wiry, little Indian physio whose manipulations and exercises returned my neck to its normal state. 2. Clipping of physiotherapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable 3. Clipping of physiology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Example: I have my physio lab at 8:00am.
Word: war-dialing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See war-dial § Etymology. 1. present participle and gerund of war-dial Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: war-dialing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See war-dial § Etymology. 1. The practice of having a computer dial large numbers of telephone numbers in search of devices that can be exploited, such as fax machines or modems. Labels: uncountable 2. A similar practice in other address spaces, such as IP addresses. Labels: uncountable
Word: cravache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cravache. Doublet of kurbash. 1. A riding crop. Example: Our young pilot […] used his cravache with enviable skill. Example: The other spurred them on with a cravache he whirled over their long ears.
Word: war-dial Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a computer dial a large number of phone numbers in search of devices for exploitation, such as modems or fax machines. 2. To engage in a similar activity in another address space, such as IP addresses.
Word: war-driving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of war-drive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: war-driving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wardriving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: war-drive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English war- Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English war-drive From war- + drive. 1. To search for a Wi-Fi wireless network while driving a motor vehicle.
Word: stockingfeet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockingfoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stockingfeet Part of Speech: noun 1. Socks, stockings or other hosiery on one's feet but without shoes. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: totalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English total 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 totalize From total + -ize. 1. To combine parts to make a total. 2. To treat or construe something as universal, all-embracing, or comprehensive. Example: She's heard me rant enough times about how transmasculine people get thrown under the bus in this kind of totalizing discourse, where any and all masculinity must be sacrificed at the altar of entry-level feminism
Word: collective unconscious Part of Speech: noun 1. The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole. Example: It has been suggested that Prothean data recording is highly dependent on a certain point of view, what Carl Jung described as the collective unconscious. The 'cipher' needed to comprehend the images implanted in Shepard's mind is the cultural knowledge of a Prothean: the archetypes, biological instincts, and common experiences universal to the race.
Word: street market Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporary public market, normally set up outdoors on certain days of the week, typically in open-air public spaces such as streets, squares, avenues or parking lots. Example: The backbone of the old Cockney kingdom of Lambeth used to be Lambeth Walk, the famous old street market that runs parallel to the river behind Lambeth Road. Example: Buy a bog-standard one at the street market in Souk Chaaria, near the Musee de Marrakech.
Word: senioritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English senior Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English senioritis From senior + -itis. Pronunciation: /ˌsin.jɚˈaɪt.ɪs/ 1. A tendency of seniors in high school or college to skip class or slack off due to a desire to move on, or because they have already been accepted by a college and their further academic performance is no longer as relevant. Labels: Canada, US, slang, uncountable Example: I don't know, but "senioritis" is real, as I discovered in my senior year. Senioritis is a frame of mind particular to high-school seniors. Example: And right now she has a raging case of senioritis. […] Whether you call it senioritis or senior slump, there's no disguising the collective sigh of relief […]
Word: encephalogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encephalo- + -gram. 1. An image of the brain obtained by encephalography.
Word: panchayath Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of panchayat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stockingfoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stocking-foot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stocking-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot. Example: Experienced fly-fishers prefer stockingfoot waders. Example: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XIX I gave her a shilling. She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did. She arched her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it. 2. An unshod foot clad only in socks, stockings, or other hosiery.
Word: stocking-feet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stocking-foot Labels: form-of, plural Example: Dorothy stood up and found she was in her stocking-feet. For the Silver Shoes had fallen off in her flight through the air, and were lost forever in the desert.
Word: recompence Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of recompense. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The fees , or allowances , that are termly given to these deputies , receiver , and clerks , for recompence of these their pains , I do purposely pretermit ; because they be not certain , but arbitrary
Word: recompence Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of recompense. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: WordNet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Proprialization of wordnet. 1. A particular wordnet, a semantically structured lexical database, for the English language at Princeton University. Example: Copycat uses a network of concepts, called a Slipnet, to find correspondences between nonidentical objects, just as ARCS uses WordNet-style semantic information to find similar concepts. Example: Recently the Group started a project of creating a thesaurus of the WordNet type for Estonian.
Word: hyperdactyly Part of Speech: noun 1. polydactyly
Word: Raynaud's phenomenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the French physician Maurice Raynaud, who described the condition in 1862. 1. A condition of the hands and feet becoming discoloured, typically white, red, and blue, caused by an altered blood flow brought about by cold, or stress. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: humblebee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English humbul-be, humbulbe, hombul-be, from *humbul (“bumblebee”) + be (“bee”). See also West Frisian hommel (“bumblebee”), Dutch hommel (“bumblebee”), German Low German Hummel (“bumblebee”), German Hummel (“bumblebee”), Swedish humla (“bumblebee”), Norwegian humle (“bumblebee”); also cognate with Dutch hommelbij (“bumblebee”), Danish humlebi (“bumblebee”). Compare also English humble (“to hum”). 1. A bumblebee. Labels: archaic Example: The Fox, the Ape, and the Humble-Bee, Were ſtill at oddes being but three. Example: 1800's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.
Word: blesses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈblɛsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bless Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: periorbital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English orbital English periorbital From peri- + orbital. 1. Of, pertaining to or surrounding the orbit of the eyes Labels: not-comparable Example: Eyelashes are periorbital hair.
Word: humble-bee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of humblebee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: humblebees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humblebee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humble-bees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humble-bee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pistils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pistil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: totalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of totalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kigo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 季語 (kigo). 1. A seasonal word; a word required in haiku to indicate the season.
Word: totalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of totalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: totalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of totalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nostrification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1885 as Latin nostr- (“our, ours”) + -ification. 1. The process or act of granting recognition to a degree from a foreign university. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The expropriation of foreign-owned capital to domestic persons. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was such acts of expropriating foreign-owned property—or what was called nostrification in postimperial Central Europe when the property was given to private nationals—that Hayek complained of in The Road to Serfdom.
Word: Asian dust Part of Speech: noun 1. Dust, sand, and other particulate matter from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan blown over China, Korea, and Japan in the spring. Labels: uncountable Example: In this case, Asian dust was transported by a downward moving low pressure and the altitude of Asian dust was below 3km.
Word: happeningest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of happening: most happening Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: deorbit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + orbit. 1. To cause to leave orbit. Labels: transitive Example: 1996, DIANE Publishing Company, Intelligence Threat Handbook The principal improvements in the systems are the ability to return film canisters without deorbiting the spacecraft, and the extension of orbital […] Example: First, an orbiting weapon required elaborate spacecraft systems, such as retro-rockets to deorbit it, others to guide it, and still others to arm it. 2. Of an orbiting object, such as a satellite: to leave orbit. Labels: intransitive Example: The Gemini emergency occurred when Gemini 8 deorbited and landed in the Northern Pacific 1000 miles south of Japan. Example: Vostok 3 deorbited first, at 09.24 MT on 15 August, followed six minutes later by Vostok 4.
Word: deorbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + orbit. 1. The act or process of leaving orbit.
Word: orbital plane Part of Speech: noun 1. The surface (plane) that contains an orbit. Example: The plane of ecliptic is the orbital plane of the earth and the other planets in the solar system.
Word: plane of ecliptic Part of Speech: noun 1. The surface (plane) that contains the orbit of a planet in a solar system. Example: The plane of ecliptic is the orbital plane of the earth and the other planets in the solar system.
Word: Great Firewall of China Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Great Wall of China + firewall, popularized in an issue of Wired in 1997. 1. Internet censorship by the government of the People's Republic of China. Labels: derogatory Example: Behind this hypothetical Great Firewall of China, most users would be allowed to exchange information with foreign sites if they were on the approved list Example: The "Great Firewall of China" is failing, largely due to the increased volume of Internet traffic in China.
Word: string distance Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several metrics that represent the degree of similarity between two strings of characters, based on the smallest number of transformations that can change one into the other. Example: The string distance between 'here' and 'there' is 1 (insertion of a t).
Word: chambranle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chambranle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒmbɹɒnlə/ 1. In architecture, the case or frame used on three sides around a chamber door, large window, or fireplace mantel, and the border decorations.
Word: Levenshtein distance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Levenshtein + distance, after the Russian mathematician Vladimir Levenshtein. 1. The number of edits (replacements, deletions and insertions) required to change one string into another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taxicab distance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxicab + distance, referring to the route taken by a taxi through a grid of intersecting streets. Pronunciation: /ˌtæksikæb ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/, /ˌtæksiˌkæb ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/ 1. The distance between two points on a grid, where the only path allowed is along horizontal and vertical lines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The taxicab distance between (0,0) and (3,4) is 7.
Word: taxicab distances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxicab distance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insertions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insertion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: string distances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of string distance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dramaturges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dramaturge Labels: form-of, plural