nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: octosyllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From octo- + syllabic. Pronunciation: /ˌɒk.təʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /ˌɔk.təʉ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /ˌɑk.toʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ 1. Containing eight syllables Labels: not-comparable Example: If you hum or whistle the rhythm of the common English metres,— of the decasyllabic quatrain, or the octosyllabic with alternate sexisyllabic, or other rhythms, […]
Word: octosyllabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octo- + syllabic. Pronunciation: /ˌɒk.təʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /ˌɔk.təʉ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /ˌɑk.toʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ 1. A word of eight syllables.
Word: off book Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. No longer needing the script to rehearse. Example: After 5 days studying the script, Jane is now off book, and can concentrate on gesture more. Example: "He will glibly parse a sentence ... and repeat the catechism and whole chapters of the Bible 'off book.'" 2. Ellipsis of off book value (“below book value”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: "in the winter of 1957-58 prices were 60 percent off book."
Word: officious intermeddler Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who voluntarily, and without request or pre-existing legal duty, interjects themselves into the affairs of another, then seeks remuneration for services or reimbursement.
Word: oldster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From old + -ster, modelled after youngster. Attested from early 19th c. 1. Someone who is old. Labels: informal Example: 'Oh yes,' laughed Solitaire. 'Plenty of them. All the local inhabitants who take the money off the oldsters, for instance. The people who own the motels and the trailer-camps. You could make plenty of money running the bingo tournaments.' Example: He was quoted as saying alcohol was better than milk in the diet of "oldsters." 2. A midshipman of four years' standing; a master's mate.
Word: opacifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opacify + -er. 1. a chemical agent added to a material, such as rocket propellant, to make it opaque 2. an agent that makes something opaque
Word: orismology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *wórwos Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek ὁρίζω (horízō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek ὁρισμός (horismós) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English orismology From Ancient Greek ὁρισμός (horismós, “definition”) + English -logy. 1. The explanation of technical terms. Labels: rare, uncountable 2. Technical terms collectively; terminology. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: In the Terminology, or what, to avoid the barbarism of a word compounded of Latin and Greek, they would beg to call the Orismology of the science, they have endeavoured to introduce throughout a greater degree of precision and concinnity—dividing it into general and partial Orismology; […]
Word: osteotome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -tome. 1. A medical tool used for cutting or marking bone, used in dental implantation. 2. A kind of bone saw used in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Labels: historical
Word: out of character Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Inconsistent with someone's personality, disposition, or usual expected behaviour. Labels: idiomatic Example: The burst of anger was out of character for the normally placid boy. Example: In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character. 2. Not in character; not in the zone; not successfully performing within the mindset of a given character in a theatrical performance. Labels: idiomatic Example: I was out of character for most of the first act because those people in the third row wouldn't stop chatting. 3. Not acting; not "on"; behaving within one's natural personality rather than that of a character, or taking actions entirely outside the fictional context. Labels: idiomatic Example: After watching him perform so energetically, it is a bit of a trip to hang out with him when he's out of character. In real life, he's really mellow. Example: Susan asked the GM, out of character, whether she was able to sense magic in the room.
Word: overglaze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English glaze English overglaze From over- + glaze. 1. The outer layer or coat of glaze on a piece of pottery Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A decoration, usually enamel, applied over a glaze. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overglaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English glaze English overglaze From over- + glaze. 1. To apply overglaze to. Labels: transitive 2. To glaze excessively. Labels: transitive Example: If the dish is "overglazed," the glaze will "run" and bubble.
Word: Rachael Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Hebrew, a spelling variant of Rachel first recorded in the 17th century. Example: My friends, we are now—Rachael my wife, and I—in the mansions of the rich and great.
Word: alepidote Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English lepidote English alepidote From a- + lepidote. 1. Not having scales. Labels: not-comparable
Word: alepidote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English lepidote English alepidote From a- + lepidote. 1. A fish that has no scales.
Word: sentons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: call a spade a spade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A mistaken translation of Ancient Greek τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάσων (tà sûka sûka, tḕn skáphēn dè skáphēn onomásōn, “calling figs figs, and a trough a trough”). The word σκάφη (skáphē, “trough”) was mistranslated by the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus as σκαφείον (skapheíon, “digging tool”). 1. To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are. Labels: idiomatic Example: Maybe God just calls a spade a spade, when the president talks to God.
Word: property law Part of Speech: noun 1. The area of law concerned with the ownership and conveyance of property rights and title. Labels: uncountable 2. The formal course in property law required of most first-year law school students in common-law systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: tanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tanda (literally “turn”). 1. A turn of dancing in a milonga or tango; a music set or broadcast corresponding to such a turn. Example: The disc jockey, Hernan Brizuela, 33, was playing sets, or tandas, of Argentine tangos: fast, medium, then slow. 2. An informal money-pooling plan, in any of various Latin American countries, whose members all chip in regularly and take turns withdrawing accumulated sums.
Word: kas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kas (“cupboard, chest, case”), from Middle Dutch kasse, casse, from Old French casse, from Latin capsa (“box, chest, case”). 1. A kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Word: kas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bunda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *bʊ́ndá? Kimbundu mbundabor. Brazilian Portuguese bundabor. English bunda Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese bunda, borrowed from Kimbundu mbunda, possibly from Proto-Bantu *bʊ́ndá. Pronunciation: [ˈbʊn.dɐ], [ˈbʊ̃n.dɐ] 1. Ass, butt. Labels: slang Example: He could see through her cotton slacks, the cheeks of her bunda rubbing together, muscular, mashing, gnashing, eating each other alive, then kissing each other good night, and rolling their heads together on one pillow, relieved. Example: Viewers watching any female entertainer performing on television will be treated to repeated shots of her bunda — usually filmed from knee level, so one actually looks up her (inevitably short) dress.
Word: ikra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian икра́ (ikrá). Doublet of ikura, and possibly hepar. Pronunciation: /iˈkɹɑː/ 1. Roe of the salmon. Labels: uncountable
Word: imprimatur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tə/, /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑː.tə/, /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑː.tʊə/, /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tʊə/, /ɪmˈpɹɪmətə/ 1. An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies. Example: The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson Example: Sometimes 5 Imprimaturs are ſeen together dialogue-wiſe in the Piatza of one Title page, complementing and ducking each other with their ſhav'n reverences, whether the Author, who ſtands by in perplexity at the foot of his Epiſtle, ſhall to the Preſſe or to the ſpunge. 2. Any mark of official approval. Labels: broadly Example: Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination. Example: Even with the imprimatur of Tynan and Hobson, the play was not an instant hit.
Word: vices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thanatopsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “seeing”), via the poem "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant. Although a surface analysis of thanato- + -opsis readily suggests itself and might invite a semantic expectation of deathliness, Bryant's sense of the word corresponds to "the seeing of death" rather than "the appearance/likeness of death". Pronunciation: /θænəˈtɒpsɪs/ 1. Contemplation of death.
Word: thenar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar). Pronunciation: /ˈθiːnə/, /ˈθinɑɹ/ 1. The palm of the hand or sole of the foot. Labels: archaic Example: the parts of the human anatomy most sensitive to cold being the nape, stomach, and thenar or sole of foot? 2. The ball of the thumb, or the muscle controlling it.
Word: thenar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar). Pronunciation: /ˈθiːnə/, /ˈθinɑɹ/ 1. Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pia Part of Speech: noun 1. The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord. Example: One screen in the theatre relays live colour pictures of Harkness and his colleague Tiernan Byrnes's progress, cutting and pushing through first the dura, then the arachnoid and finally the pia, the thin, spider's web-type membranes that cover the brain itself.
Word: pia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia Proto-Polynesian *pia Hawaiian piabor. English pia Borrowed from Hawaiian pia. 1. Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides), whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot starch. Labels: uncountable
Word: theopneust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεόπνευστος (theópneustos), from θεός (theós, “god”) + stem of πνεῖν (pneîn, “to breathe, blow”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪəpnjuːst/ 1. Inspired or possessed by a god.
Word: pili Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pilus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pili Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog pili. 1. A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts. Example: The pili is indigenous to the Philippines (Merrill 1912, 1923; Wester 1921; Brown 1954; Li 1970). Example: Pili (Canarium ovatum) is the most important tree nut of the Philippines.[…]Natural populations of pili are found in forests and are threatened by human activities and natural disasters. 2. The edible nut of the tree. Example: Pili—pronounced “peeley”—is a distinctive, tear-shaped nut native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. It’s here that roasted, fried, and sugared varieties of pili can be found for sale on nearly every street.
Word: tatu Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of tattoo (“decorative ink design on the skin”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: tatu Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of tattoo (“decorative ink design on the skin”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: tatu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tatou (“giant armadillo”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tego Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toego. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle. Pronunciation: /θəʊl/, /θoʊl/ 1. To suffer. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: Seventy beds keeps he there teeming mothers are wont that they lie for to thole and bring forth bairns hale so God’s angel to Mary quoth. Example: That remark of Edith Van Tromp's, to the effect that the illusions would all be swept away, had its confirmation before we had tholed through the first week of our island captivity. 2. To endure, to put up with, to tolerate. Labels: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, transitive Example: Nor was long Poſſeſſion in molendino regio, of receiving Multures for all Corns of a Barony promiſcuouſly without exception of Teind, found to bring the Teind under a Thirlage, Except ſuch as tholed Fire and Water there. Example: Before long Ailie was silent and white, while her mother rimed on about men and their ways. And then she could thole it no longer, but must go out and walk by the burn to cool her hot brow and calm her thoughts, while the witch indoors laughed to herself at her devices.
Word: thole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thō̆le (“a peg”), from Old English þol, þoll (“oar-pin, rowlock; thole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þoll, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz, *þullō (“beam; thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūl-, *twel- (“bush; sphere”). The word is cognate with Danish told (“thole”), Dutch dol (“thole; oarlock”), Low German Doll (“thole; oarlock”). Pronunciation: /θəʊl/, /θoʊl/ 1. A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars. Example: Swiftly they glided away, like the shade of a cloud on the prairie. / After the sound of their oars on the tholes had died in the distance, / As from a magic trance the sleepers awoke, [...] Example: The oars squeaked against the tholes, the blades dipped with a steady beat, and the sun beat down: the boat crept across the sea. 2. A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe. Example: The nature of my invention consists in curving forward that portion of the scythe snath below the right nib or thole, to such an extent as to form an obtuse angle between the scythe and snath at the point where they are joined, and also in such a manner as to equalize the labor between the right and left hands; whereas, in snaths now in use, the greatest amount of labor falls upon the right arm. Example: For my own stature, which is five feet eight inches, I find that two feet six inches from the heel to the lower thole, just right, and the tholes should be eighteen inches apart. For smooth land, the scythe should be three feet nine inches' shorter for lodged clover and rough ground. The point should be set three feet five inches from the upper thole.
Word: thole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicization of Latin tholus (“cupola, dome, rotunda”), from Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome, vault”), further etymology uncertain but possibly cognate with θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos, “bedroom; inner chamber”) and/or English dale. Doublet of tholus and tholos. Pronunciation: /θəʊl/, /θoʊl/ 1. A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus. Example: Philostratus relates that the king's house in Babylon had a roof of brass, which shone like lightning, and that in that house there was a chamber, whose ceiling was a thole (that is, a concave hemisphere) made in imitation of some system of the heaven, and with sapphire-coloured stones, […] and from the thole were suspended four golden doves, or iynges, who were called the Tongues of the Gods.
Word: tepe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish tepe. 1. hill, tell
Word: tholos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”). Doublet of tholus and thole. Pronunciation: /ˈθɒlɒs/ 1. A dome, or domed building; a cupola. Example: On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille. 2. A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.
Word: tholoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tholos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perinatal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English perinatal From peri- + natal. 1. Of or pertaining to the time around birth. Example: Perinatal HIV infection of infants is a problem in sub-Saharan Africa.
Word: maha Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of monkey; the wanderoo. Labels: archaic Example: The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one […]
Word: sinne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: "Therefore the Apoſtle ſaith: Then when luſt hath conceiued, it bringeth forth, firſt ſinne, then death."
Word: sinne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of sin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: thrasonical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Thrasō, Thrason-, the name of a boastful soldier in the play Eunuchus by Terence. The name is derived from Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús, “bold, audacious”). Pronunciation: /θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl/ 1. Boastful, bragging, vainglorious. Example: The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie. Example: His humour is loftie, his diſcourſe peremptorie: his tongue fyled, his eye ambitious, his gate maieſticall and his general behauiour vaine, rediculous, & thraſonicall. He is too picked, too ſpruce, too affected, to od, as it were, too peregrinat as I may call it.
Word: kora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bambara kɔ́ra. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːɹə/, /ˈkoɹə/ 1. A type of harp or lute played in West Africa. Example: He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards). Example: Since its invention, probably in sixteenth-century Senegal, the kora has been used by professional bards called jalis, or griots. The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jali's song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation.
Word: threne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”). Pronunciation: /θɹiːn/ 1. a dirge or lamentation Example: 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, In bronze sublimity she gazes forth Over her Capital of teen and threne Example: A truce to threnes and trentals and jeremies and all such congenital defunctive music.
Word: thurible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs (“incense”) (root: thūr-) (from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”)) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈθjʊəɹɪbəl/, /ˈθ(j)ʊɹɪbəl/, /ˈθɝɹɪbəl/ 1. A censer, especially one hanging on a chain. Example: […] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […]. Example: 1981, Dennis G. Michno, A Manual for Acolytes, Episcopal Church (Morehouse Publishing), page 55, The celebrant may fill the thurible with incense before the entrance, or may instruct the thurifer to do so.
Word: thyrsi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thyrsus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rengas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tilak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪlək/ 1. A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status. Example: I wore these spots of shine and silver like tilaks, the marks of colour that we Hindus wear on our foreheads as symbols of the divine. Example: He dressed in a dhoti, had a wispy white beard that trailed down to his waist, and regularly smeared across his forehead a tilaka, a pitchfork-shaped design that signifies enlightenment.
Word: timenoguy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmɪnɒɡi/ 1. Alternative spelling of timmynoggy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But there is nothing so tedious as sitting by when two old shipmates are calling out, ‘Do you remember the three days’ blow in the Mona Passage? – Do you remember Wilkins and his timenoguy?’
Word: paras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of para Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tinaja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tinaja. Pronunciation: /tɪˈnɑːhə/ 1. A small pool in a rocky hollow. Example: The horse limped down to the edge of the water and stood and he stood in the dark tinaja with the rifle over his shoulder holding the brand above him till it burned out and then he stood holding the crooked orange ember of it, still talking to the horse.
Word: titubate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (“to stagger, totter”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtjʊbeɪt/ 1. To stagger Labels: obsolete 2. To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane. Labels: obsolete 3. To stutter, stammer. Example: They must let us alone here, we govern ourselves, we are by way of being totally autonomous. (The plethora of t’s there made his tongue titubate, but it was a brave show.)
Word: Abbas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑːs/ 1. A male given name from Arabic. 2. A surname from Arabic. Example: There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon." 3. A placename affix, denoting previous ownership by an abbey Labels: England Example: [It] comprises the out-parishes of Holy Trinity, St. James and Peter, the parishes of Cawn, St. Rumbold Motcomb, East Stower, Stower Provost, Todbere, Melbury Abbas, Compton Abbas[.]
Word: MiG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian МиГ (MiG), from Микоя́н (Mikoján) (from Armenian Միկոյան (Mikoyan)) + Гуре́вич (Gurévič), the names of the original designers: Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. 1. Any of a series of Soviet and Russian fighter aircraft.
Word: palindromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English palindrome Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English palindromic From palindrome + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or being a palindrome. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Madam I'm Adam" is a palindromic phrase. Example: Palindromic prime numbers are those which read the same backwards as forwards. 2. Beginning and ending in a similar way. Labels: not-comparable Example: palindromic rheumatism
Word: palindromic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English palindrome Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English palindromic From palindrome + -ic. 1. A palindromic polynomial.
Word: NIE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of National Intelligence Estimate. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Interest Exemption. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: scuttlebutt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from scuttle (“to cut a hole through (something)”) + butt (“wooden cask”). Noun sense 2 (“gossip, idle chatter; rumour”) refers to the fact that sailors would gather around the scuttlebutt to drink and exchange gossip; compare furphy and water cooler. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/, /ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt/, [-ɾəl-] 1. Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship. Labels: countable Example: [S]o they continue to fire as directed, until they are either sent down to the cock-pit themselves, or have a momentary respite from their exertions, when, choaked with smoke and gunpowder, they go aft to the scuttle-butt, to remove their parching thirst. Example: In this way, with an occasional break by relieving the wheel, heaving the log, and going to the scuttle-butt for a drink of water, the longest watch was passed away; […] 2. Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: "That's the scuttlebutt," Bronson said defiantly. "You got some pet coolie down there you want to put in Chien's place." / "Who told you that?" / "It's just scuttlebutt." / "Scuttlebutt travels on words." Holman's voice was shaking. "You tell me one man you heard say that, or I'll beat your fat face in!" Example: His resolve not to worry about unfounded scuttlebutt lasted about two minutes.
Word: scuttlebutt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from scuttle (“to cut a hole through (something)”) + butt (“wooden cask”). Noun sense 2 (“gossip, idle chatter; rumour”) refers to the fact that sailors would gather around the scuttlebutt to drink and exchange gossip; compare furphy and water cooler. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/, /ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt/, [-ɾəl-] 1. To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour. Labels: rare, slang, transitive Example: The Pentagon rumor factory hasn't been very busy lately, but some reports are being scuttlebutted about that the U.S. military chiefs are being downgraded in the pecking order and that their military advice has been bypassed or ignored by the Carter Administration. Example: [B]ased on information coming back to the community after the initial review at the regional level, a concern that there was someone or some entity at the regional office that—who had a purposeful intent of scuttlebutting the Summit sale. 2. To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: During the fighting for Manila, it was scuttle-butted among the troops that they must never put pin-up pictures on the walls of the Manila Hotel because Mrs. [Douglas] MacArthur owned fifty per cent of the property and Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, of MacArthur's staff, owned the other half. Example: Could that picture (of the water skiier taking a spill in the April issue) possibly be the latest development in the "one man helicopter" which is currently scuttlebutting around the aviation underground?
Word: metric foot Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of length (30 cm) used to sell wood in the United Kingdom.
Word: microfibril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + fibril. 1. A bundle of cellulose polymer chains held together by weak bonds.
Word: midrib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English rib English midrib From mid- + rib. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdrɪb/ 1. The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet. Example: The midribs of the immense leaves form one of the most useful articles in these lands, supplying the place of bamboo, to which for many purposes they are superior. 2. The continuation of the petiole of a pinnately compound leaf around which the leaflets attach. 3. The shaft of a feather. Example: They first appear as two ordinary feathers, rather shorter than the rest of the tail; the second stage would no doubt be that shown in a specimen of Paradisea apoda, in which the feathers are moderately lengthened, and with the web narrowed in the middle; the third stage is shown by a specimen which has part of the midrib bare, and terminated by a spatulate web; in another the bare midrib is a little dilated and semi-cylindrical, and the terminal web very small; in a fifth, the perfect black horny riband is formed, but it bears at its extremity a brown spatulate web, while in another a portion of the black riband itself bears, for a portion of its length, a narrow brown web.
Word: mindstream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mind + stream. 1. The succession of moments of consciousness proceeding endlessly from lifetime to lifetime.
Word: mineshaft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mine + shaft. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnˌʃæft/ 1. A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.
Word: miotic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /maɪˈɒtɪk/ 1. Causing miosis (the constriction of the pupil of the eye). Labels: not-comparable Example: Opium is a miotic drug.
Word: miotic Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /maɪˈɒtɪk/ 1. Any drug that causes miosis.
Word: mocktail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mock + cocktail. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒk.teɪl/, /ˈmɑk.teɪl/, /ˈmɔk.tæɪl/ 1. A nonalcoholic cocktail. Example: New York City has weathered many drinking trends: the craft beer craze, the natural-wine movement, the age of the $20 mocktail.
Word: monospecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English specific English monospecific From mono- + specific. 1. containing only one known species. 2. with affinity for the same antigen.
Word: morning zoo Part of Speech: noun 1. A morning radio show format with plenty of wackiness and zaniness. Labels: US
Word: mousehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mosse hole, mowse hole; equivalent to mouse + hole. 1. A hole through which a mouse enters a room. 2. Any small hole or opening. 3. The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.
Word: mycophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myco- + -phagous. 1. fungus-eating.
Word: myocardial ischaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. The loss of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle tissue. Labels: uncountable
Word: adminship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English admin Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English adminship From admin (“administrator”) + -ship. 1. The role of an administrator; administratorship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Someone nominated him for adminship.
Word: kile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel. Pronunciation: /kaɪl/ 1. An ulcer; sore.
Word: kis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ki Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CSP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of California Society of Printmakers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Center for Systemic Peace. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The CSP ranking, called the “Polity Score” — well regarded partly because of its historical and geographic scope — uses various criteria to place governments on a scale ranging from -10 (most autocratic) to +10 (most democratic).
Word: CSP Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Content Security Policy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of concentrated solar power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of chief superintendent (a police rank). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of communications service provider (“telecommunications company or telco”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of communicating sequential processes, a formal language for describing concurrent systems. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Most popular languages favor sharing and synchronizing access to the memory to CSP’s message-passing style. There are exceptions, but unfortunately these are confined to languages that haven’t seen wide adoption. 6. Initialism of constraint satisfaction problem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: In this paper we examine several learning schemes as they apply to solving general CSPs. 7. Initialism of compounded sterile preparation or initialism of compounded sterile product. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of circumsporozoite protein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: caffeinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From caffeine + -ated. 1. Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks). Example: But to address the question in theoretical terms, it turns out that yes, caffeinated soap might perk you up, but it would depend on how long you stayed in the shower, and how long you spent rubbing the soap against your skin. 2. Overly peppy or energetic; stimulated by caffeine. Labels: informal Example: For most of us, to be caffeinated to one degree or another has simply become baseline human consciousness.
Word: caffeinated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English caffeine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English caffeinate English -ed English caffeinated From caffeinate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of caffeinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kinner Part of Speech: noun 1. Children. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: ... the chair drew the kinner to them, each wanting a ride. Being such gut kinner they all waited their turn. Barbie watched with a warm heart. Example: "... do more babies mean so very much to you?" "Babies are blessings!" he'd said. "Patience, what is a marriage without kinner to bind you? You'll see - you'll want to have kinner of your own. And the kinner will want babies.
Word: magnetic reversal Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several reversals in the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field (such that a compass points South) that have happened over geologic time.
Word: magnetic susceptibility Part of Speech: noun 1. a measure of the magnetization of a material per unit of applied magnetic field Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: magnetic thermometer Part of Speech: noun 1. a thermometer whose operation is based upon Curie's law; typically used to measure temperatures below 1 K
Word: pendeloque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pendeloque (“hanging object; religious medallion, probably in pendant form; jewel hanging from an earring; small crystal piece, especially one hanging from a chandelier”) [and other forms], from Old French pendeloche (“penis”) (apparently a hapax legomenon), from pendeler (“to dangle”) + -oche (suffix forming nouns from verbs), with the ending possibly influenced by breloque (“charm for a bracelet”). Pendeler is derived from pendre (“to hang”) + -eler (frequentative suffix); and pendre from Latin pendere, the present active infinitive of pendeō (“to hang (down)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɒndəˈlɒk/, /ˌpɛndəˈloʊk/, /-ˈlɑk/ 1. A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form. Labels: also, attributive Example: [M]y eye was caught by the flashing of the emerald in my sister's ear, for she wore that day the suit of emeralds which had belonged to Jeanne de Consteil, who had married Raval de Pont de Vaux, which were of the brightest colour, and without flaw. A happy thought struck me; perhaps the urchin would exchange his draught for the pendeloque belonging to the ear-ring. Example: "For payment of 3,000 thalers by me due, I have sold to M. de Voltaire, at the price costing by estimation and tax, with 2 per cent for my commission" […] "the following Diamonds, taxed […] as here adjoined; viz."—seven pieces of jewelry, pendeloques, &c., with price affixed, […]
Word: Curie's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Pierre Curie, French physicist. 1. A law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers.
Word: inversely proportional Part of Speech: adj 1. Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of words starting with tele-. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛli/ 1. Alternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable Example: All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […] Example: I saw Dr. Ho on the tele and watched with somewhat of doubt.
Word: tele Part of Speech: noun 1. According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference. Labels: uncountable
Word: vadas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vada Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Star Trek Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: [ˈstɑɹ trĕk], [ˈstɑ˞ tɹɛk] 1. A popular sci-fi media franchise set in the future, primarily focusing on the adventures of the personnel of a space navy of an interstellar political federation of which Earth is a charter member. Example: We all went into the National Space Society reception, which they'd been looking forward to, since some of the cast of Star Trek had been invited.
Word: Star Trek Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: [ˈstɑɹ trĕk], [ˈstɑ˞ tɹɛk] 1. Futuristic, particularly with respect to things similar in appearance or effect to technology in the Star Trek franchise. Example: Sounds very Star Trek, but Virtual Reality technology exists right now. Example: 'This is very Star Trek,' Bryan pipes up as he examines the sketches of the space suits.
Word: mester Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mister (“an employment, a trade”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: telt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell + -t. Pronunciation: /tɛlt/, /tɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of tell Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, form-of, participle, past Example: Get him telt he's tae come hame noo Example: you'll dae as yer mam's telt ya
Word: chemosignal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English signal English chemosignal From chemo- + signal. 1. a pheromone
Word: kapa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: tarka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani तड़का / تڑکا (taṛkā). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː(ɹ)kə/ 1. Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned. Labels: South-Asia, uncountable
Word: nyuk Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Introduced by Curly (Jerome Horwitz) of The Three Stooges in the 1930's. 1. An exaggerated laugh. Example: Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
Word: chieftess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An irregular form from chief or chieftain + -ess. 1. Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain or the wife of a chief. Example: "This heroine was ever after treated by her nation as their deliverer, and made a chieftess in her own right, with the liberty to entail the same honour on her descendants ..." New travels among the Indians of North America, William Fisher, ed., p. 294; attributed to Rev. J. Hubbard. http://books.google.com/books?id=xcIRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA294&dq=chieftess&hl=en&ei=lUkqTMDcDsL58AaetZ3SCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Example: Loved by a Maori Chieftess (title of a 1913 film from New Zealand)
Word: magnetocaloric effect Part of Speech: noun 1. the reversible change in temperature that accompanies the change of magnetization of a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material
Word: magnetochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English chemistry English magnetochemistry From magneto- + chemistry. 1. The branch of chemistry that studies the effect of a magnetic field on atomic or molecular structures. Labels: uncountable
Word: magnetohydrodynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics English hydrodynamics English magnetohydrodynamics From magneto- + hydrodynamics. 1. the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core Labels: uncountable 2. the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application Labels: uncountable
Word: heavenly bodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heavenly body Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -el Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -el, from Old English -el, from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz. Pronunciation: /əl/, /l̩/ 1. Suffix forming nouns, originally denoting an instrument, from verbs, usually spelt -le except after n and e. Labels: morpheme Example: runnel, shovel, dotel 2. Diminutive suffix in words of Germanic origin. Labels: morpheme Example: hatchel, hovel, gomerel
Word: -el Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -el, a merger of two suffixes: * Old English -el (diminutive suffix) * Old French -el (diminutive suffix), from Latin -ellus Pronunciation: /əl/, /l̩/ 1. Suffix, originally diminutive, in words of mostly Romance origin. Labels: morpheme Example: cupel, chapel, tunnel
Word: rape oil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English rape oyle. 1. Synonym of rapeseed oil. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Rape oyle that is used in Lampes and therefore called Lampe Oyle. Example: Rape-Oil is sweet, and on the contrary the Linseed bitter.
Word: -es Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -es, from Old English -as. More at -s. Pronunciation: /-əz/, /-ɪz/, /-z/, /-iːz/ 1. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: Labels: morpheme 2. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: Labels: morpheme 3. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: Labels: morpheme 4. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: Labels: morpheme 5. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: Labels: morpheme 6. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as: Labels: morpheme 7. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a consonant (or qu) + y Labels: morpheme Example: lady→ladies, soliloquy→soliloquies (but key→keys) 8. Used to form the plural of some nouns that end in a consonant + o Labels: morpheme Example: tomato→tomatoes (but soprano→sopranos) 9. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in /sp/, /st/, /sk/ Labels: dialectal, morpheme Example: post→postes /ˈpəʊstɪz/, /ˈpoʊstɪz/ (standard posts)
Word: -es Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -es, -is, from Old English -es, -as, Northern variants of -est, -ast (second person singular indicative ending). Replaced Middle English -eth, from Old English -eþ, -aþ. The falling together of the second and third person singular verb forms in Old English is believed to be due to Scandinavian influence, where the employment of the same verbal endings for both 2nd and 3rd singular indicative follows a similar pattern to that seen in Old Norse (e.g. þú masar, hann masar; þú þekkir, hann þekkir; etc.). Pronunciation: /-əz/, /-ɪz/, /-z/, /-iːz/ 1. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme 2. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme 3. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme 4. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme 5. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme 6. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme 7. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs: Labels: morpheme