nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: primordial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al. Pronunciation: /pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/, /pɹaɪˈmɔɹ.di.əl/, /pɹɑɪˈmoː.di.əl/ 1. A first principle or element. 2. A primordial condition or state. Example: With a horrified shriek she tore herself from Tarzan’s arms, and the ape-man turned just in time to ward with his arm a terrific blow that De Coude had aimed at his head. Once, twice, three times the heavy stick fell with lightning rapidity, and each blow aided in the transition of the ape-man back to the primordial.
Word: ticket-holder Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey Example: For $50 ticketholders were invited to see "Little Miss Sunshine" and clips from past Arkin films, and to attend a question-and-answer session. Example: The Ambassador Group also pulled the plug on almost half of its shows, including Carousel, Wicked, Zorro, The Sound of Music, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Grease, and Be Near Me. It said ticketholders would be entitled to rebook.
Word: ticket office Part of Speech: noun 1. An office or booth where tickets may be purchased to allow admittance or for travel. Example: On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline. Example: Traditionally, 'ticket office' seems to have been the preferred term in America, with Britain using the term 'booking office' (as an 1881 edition of The Railway Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine explains). Today, the two are often used interchangeably (as the recent 'Save our ticket offices' campaign shows), with the term 'ticketing' perhaps capturing more of the point-of-sale transaction and issuing of tickets within stations.
Word: ticking-off Part of Speech: noun 1. an admonition or reprimand
Word: ticking-over Part of Speech: noun 1. the idling of an engine Labels: uncountable 2. doing a gentle amount of work Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: tickety-boo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin uncertain. Chiefly and originally British slang. Possibly from an Indo-Aryan language: compare Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū, “it's all right, sir”). The phrase could have been picked up by British personnel in India before independence and spread in modified form to the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. It may also be a corruption from French: "ce que t'es beau", "how beautiful you are", adopted similarly to "toodeloo' (bye-bye), which is a corruption of "À toute à l'heure" (see you later, today). Likely from WW1 Tommies. Alternately, it may be an extended version of that's the ticket, possibly influenced by peekaboo. Attested in English since the 1920s. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪkɪti ˌbuː/ 1. Correct, satisfactory. Labels: UK, informal, not-comparable Example: I want everything to be all tickety-boo. I want to marry you properly according to the English law so that your people will know that I'm playing straight with you. Example: Great days! The dawn’s breaking over no-man’s-land – Dewdrops glistening on the poppies in the early morning sun! ‘Good morning, corporal! All quiet on the Western Front?’ … ‘Tickety-boo, sir!’
Word: absconds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abscond Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: absconding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abscond Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: absconding Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance in which someone absconds. Example: The factors related to increase in number of abscondings were younger age, psychiatric problems, multi-drug abuse and living alone.
Word: absconded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abscond Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plurals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplʊə.ɹəlz/, /ˈplɔː.ɹəlz/, /ˈplʊɹəlz/, /ˈplɝəlz/ 1. plural of plural Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of absent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: absenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of absent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: absented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of absent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cut up Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been cut into smaller pieces. Example: Put the cut up vegetables in the pot. 2. Wounded with multiple lacerations. Example: He is cut up pretty bad. 3. Emotionally upset; mentally distressed. Labels: Australia, UK, idiomatic Example: She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing. 4. Muscular and lean. Labels: informal, slang Example: I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.
Word: tick over Part of Speech: verb 1. to idle (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear). Labels: intransitive 2. To run smoothly and without problems. Labels: idiomatic Example: While the boss was on holiday, the deputy made sure things were ticking over in the firm. Example: So soon we're too old to carry We knew we only had a little while In the middle keep ticking over Before you know it, parent a parent
Word: absorbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of absorb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abstained Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abstain Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abstained.
Word: abstaining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abstain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abstains Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abstain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abases Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪsəs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abashing Part of Speech: adj 1. Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession. Example: […] many young People have by the grace of the Lord been prepared for full Communion, and have taken hold of the Covenant, confessing, that they have felt the impression of that Word upon that abashing occasion spoken: Example: Why these fair girls are so stared at by the men, and the young fellows, now-a-days, have a damn’d impudent stare with them,—’tis very abashing to a woman—very distressing!
Word: abashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abdicates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abdicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abducting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æb.dəkˈtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abduct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abducts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌkts/, /æbˈdəkts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abduct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abhors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æbˈhoɹz/, /əbˈhoɹz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abhor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abides Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbaɪds/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abides.
Word: binominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin binōminis (“having two names”). 1. Consisting of two names. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the noun binomen. Labels: not-comparable 3. Pertaining to the nomenclature system for the rank of species in biological taxonomy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The principle of binominal nomenclature is important in the ICZN.
Word: binominal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin binōminis (“having two names”). 1. A scientific name, at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name. 2. A construct involving two nouns or two names.
Word: gasface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gas + face. 1. To disrespect someone. Labels: slang 2. To make a stupid or disrespectful face to someone. Labels: slang
Word: abid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See abide. 1. simple past and past participle of abide Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: abid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic عَبِيد (ʕabīd), plural of عَبْد (ʕabd, “slave”). 1. slave 2. servant 3. worshipper
Word: binomen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin bis (“double, twice”) + nōmen (“name”). 1. A name having two parts. 2. A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name. Example: Each type species is cited in its original binomen (Recommendation 67B of the Code, ICZN 1999α), and if that name is a synonym then it is followed by the valid name of the species in parentheses.
Word: abolishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abolish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abolishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abolish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abolished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbɒlɪʃt/, /əˈbɑlɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of abolish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: play with oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To masturbate. Labels: euphemistic, informal
Word: aborts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abort Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aborts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abound Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:abounded.
Word: shell suit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shell + suit, from the outer nylon shell of each part. 1. A lightweight tracksuit consisting of a zip-front jacket and matching elasticated trousers, each having an outer nylon shell, often bearing panels and flashes of different colours, and inner cotton lining; popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s both as sportswear and as general leisurewear. Labels: UK
Word: abrades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abrade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abrading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abrade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abraded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abrade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abridging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abridge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abridging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. An abridgment.
Word: abridges Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abridge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abrogated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abrogate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abrogates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abrogate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meconium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/ 1. A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The meconium is dark brownish-green in color. The first meconium passed is semi-solid, having been partially dried out in the large intestine. 2. Opium. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: abseils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abseil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abseils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abseil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abseiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abseil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abseiling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process or act of abseiling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He pictured the abseiling, literally a flight down the mountain on the doubled cord of his long rope, and he thought that those hours speeding down the cliffs would be the finest of his life. Example: Greenpeace offers its supporters the chance to fund brave and glamorous adventures (inflatables pitted against whalers; abseilings against smokestacks), and in exchange to wear something very like the medieval pilgrim's token: to put a rainbow sticker in their car windows.
Word: abseiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abseil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: absolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of absolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: absolving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of absolve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dealing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːlɪŋ/ 1. A business transaction. Labels: in-plural 2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others. Example: Shylock: O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others![…]
Word: dealing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of deal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brainfart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brain fart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tidiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tidy 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 tidiness From tidy + -ness. 1. The quality of being tidy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The amount of external pipework is also unusual in a British locomotive, though apparent in the most recent L.M.S.R. designs, such as the Class "4" 2-6-0s; but while lacking the tidiness of the old school of British locomotive engineering, this has obvious application for maintenance purposes in present circumstances.
Word: tidy-up Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of something being tidied up. Labels: countable Example: A final tidy-up and his masterpiece is complete.
Word: tie down Part of Speech: verb 1. To constrain, or to confine within set limits. Example: While the number of children that appear at these events is variable, as the community realizes that reliable, responsible childcare is provided at events, more and more parents will not feel tied-down at home with the kids. 2. To secure as if with a rope or hook.
Word: tickling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tickle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tickling Part of Speech: adj 1. That tickles Example: a tickling sensation
Word: tickling Part of Speech: noun 1. A sensation that tickles. Example: ticklings and muscular aches 2. The act by which someone is tickled. Example: It is quite true that the yells and shrieks, the bonnetings and ticklings, the hat throwing and fighting, give way for the instant to an intense desire to behold the sight, and the immense concourse was momentarily hushed in the depth of its excitement […]
Word: tightening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tighten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tightening Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of making more tight. Example: There are lingering feelings among some board members, especially in the developing world, that the fund joined with the United States and other wealthy countries in demanding overly austere budget cuts and other fiscal tightenings for the countries that were bailed out in the previous decade.
Word: tight-fisted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tight + fist + -ed. 1. reluctant to spend money; miserly or stingy
Word: tightfisted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of tight-fisted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tightness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tight Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 tightness From tight + -ness. 1. The quality or degree of being tight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before.
Word: tightrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tight + rope. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪtˌɹoʊp/ 1. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. 2. A difficult or desperate situation. Labels: figuratively
Word: tightrope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tight + rope. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪtˌɹoʊp/ 1. To walk on a tightrope. Labels: intransitive
Word: tight-rope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tightrope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tight rope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tightrope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: walk a tightrope Part of Speech: verb 1. To undertake a precarious course of action. Labels: figuratively Example: The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly. Example: The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say about things like: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel writing and reporting, no mean feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; […].
Word: herbage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈhəːbɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈ(h)ɚbɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Herbs collectively. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation. Example: The dank breath of herbage, sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines. 3. The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ecycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of electronic + recycle or blend of electrical + recycle. 1. To recycle or re-use electronic or electrical waste. 2. To break down and reuse component materials or parts of electronic or electrical equipment. 3. To reuse equipment as a whole, following data cleansing and reconfiguration.
Word: no joy Part of Speech: noun 1. Unable to establish visual or radio contact with a target aircraft. 2. A negative outcome; no success; a failure. Labels: idiomatic Example: I've been waiting 20 minutes for a bus, and still no joy. Example: We X-rayed the briefcase last night, but no joy. The P160 technician reckoned it was lined in lead foil.
Word: no dice Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A term used in the game craps when the dice land off the table, invalidating the throw. 1. An unacceptable alternative. Labels: idiomatic 2. An unfavorable result. Labels: idiomatic 3. Used to express a negative outcome or decision. Labels: informal Example: We looked all over the house for it. No dice. Example: The board considered the proposal at the meeting, but no dice for now.
Word: Danielle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel. Pronunciation: /dænˈjɛl/, /dænˈjeɫ/ 1. A female given name from French, masculine equivalent Daniel.
Word: call number Part of Speech: noun 1. An identification number, usually consisting of a combination of numbers and characters, used to identify and locate materials within a library; the shelfmark that conveys it.
Word: hypochondriatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to hypochondria or a hypochondriac.
Word: panhellenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Panhellenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: opening credits Part of Speech: noun 1. The credits shown at the beginning of a film, TV program, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: endogamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + -gamous. 1. Taking place within a social group. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many recent immigrants' marriages are endogamous. 2. Relating to endogamy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: platina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto"). It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platinum. 1. platinum. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: She recites the principal metals, and has Sophie repeat them: gold, silver, platina, quicksilver, copper, iron, lead, tin, aluminium.
Word: mantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikós), from μάντις (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæntɪk/, /ˈmantɪk/ 1. Relating to divination; prophetic. Example: [H]e casts his horoscope secundum artem, then, taking a branch of tamarisk, a favorite tree from which to get the divining rod, he names some twenty-nine or thirty mantic arts, from pyromancy to necromancy, by which he offers to predict his future.
Word: mantic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikós), from μάντις (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæntɪk/, /ˈmantɪk/ 1. A soothsayer, a seer. Example: Surprisingly ignored are Israel’s more momentous earlier prophets or mantic guilds affiliated with Elijah and destined to be transformed into the writing prophets of Judah after 750 […]
Word: red wolf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + wolf from being a grey wolf relative with a reddish coat. 1. Canis rufus, a medium-sized canine native to the southeastern United States.
Word: cortege Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cortège. Pronunciation: /kɔɹˈtɛʒ/, /ˈkɔɹ.tɛʒ/ 1. A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch. Example: Upon the morrow after their marriage, the bride and bridegroom perambulate the streets, followed by a numerous cortege, the guests at the wedding festival, two and two
Word: cortège Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cortege. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: On Madame de Mercœur's arrival at the palace she found the carriage and guards in waiting, the Queen having decided that she would do her niece the honour of going to meet her. ...The cortège proceeded about a mile, when a courier announced the Princess's approach, who arrived almost as soon. The carriage, which was at full gallop, stopped suddenly; the guards deployed round, and Mademoiselle alighted. Example: We crowd outside to wait for the funeral cortège. We know this is an important death.
Word: manganic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ (Măgnēsĭ́ā)der. Latin Magnēsia Latin -ius Latin magnēsius Medieval Latin magnēsiader. Italian manganeseder. French manganèsebor. English manganese Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English manganic From manganese + -ic. Pronunciation: /mæŋˈɡæn.ɪk/ 1. Containing manganese in its higher oxidation states. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manganate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ (Măgnēsĭ́ā)der. Latin Magnēsia Latin -ius Latin magnēsius Medieval Latin magnēsiader. Italian manganeseder. French manganèsebor. English mangan(ese) English -ate English manganate From mangan(ese) + -ate. 1. Any compound containing the ion MnO₄²⁻.
Word: manganous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ (Măgnēsĭ́ā)der. Latin Magnēsia Latin -ius Latin magnēsius Medieval Latin magnēsiader. Italian manganeseder. French manganèsebor. English manganese Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English manganous From manganese + -ous. 1. Containing manganese in its +2 oxidation state. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mangani- Part of Speech: prefix 1. manganic Labels: morpheme
Word: mangano- Part of Speech: prefix 1. containing manganese Labels: morpheme 2. manganous Labels: morpheme
Word: mangan- Part of Speech: prefix 1. containing manganese Labels: morpheme
Word: direct-to-video Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a motion picture, originally released in a home video format (historically VHS) without being released to cinemas or broadcast on television. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sensimilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sinsemilla. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese 精 (jīng, “essence”). 1. According to traditional Chinese medicine, a dense essence stored in the kidneys that is the material basis for the physical body. It is yin in nature. Labels: uncountable
Word: naphtha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphtha From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha, “naphtha”), from Old Persian *naftah, probably borrowed or assimilated from Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (napṭu, “naphtha”) . The Greek mediation is reflected in the spelling – ‘ph’ and ‘th’ (from ‘φ’ and ‘θ’). Pronunciation: /ˈnæfθə/, /ˈnæpθə/ 1. Naturally occurring liquid petroleum. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 2. Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one. Example: No, this is not a disentanglement from, but a progressive knotting into — they go in under archways, secret entrances of rotted concrete that only looked like loops of an underpass... certain trestles of blackened wood have moved slowly by overhead, and the smells begun of coal from days far to the past, smells of naphtha winters, of Sundays when no traffic came through...
Word: nates Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin natēs, plural of natis. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪtiːz/ 1. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The buttocks. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Enderby watched her warily as she lay prone, having kicked the clothes off the bed, her nates silvered by the Roman moonlight to the likeness of a meringue. Example: He sat cross-legged on a damask pillow and scrutinized the pale puckered nates with the air of an epicure examining a fly in his vichyssoise. 3. The umbones of a bivalve shell. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: gallstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gall + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːl.stəʊn/, /ˈɡɑːl.stoʊn/ 1. A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
Word: tightrope walker Part of Speech: noun 1. An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.
Word: tightrope-walker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tightrope walker. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Mr. Farini [i.e., William Leonard Hunt], the celebrated tightrope-walker, and rival of [Charles] Blondin, advertised that he would carry his wife across the rope stretched from one side of the ring to the other, at a height of about sixty feet, upon his back—a feat he had performed in other places. Example: We saw where the great tightrope-walker Karl Wallenda scaled the canyon on a tightrope back in 1970.
Word: tightrope walking Part of Speech: noun 1. The acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Most of the novelties, including the aerial jumpings and the tightrope walkings, had been tapering off in preparation for this exciting final event. Example: The extant verses deal with the usual subject of love, cup-bearers, songs, dances, music; there is no shortage of tightrope walkings, virtuosity and artificiality typical of Arab poetry.
Word: tightrope walking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tightrope walk Labels: figuratively, form-of, gerund, participle, present, uncountable, usually Example: Mary Ann could witness the intricacies, the pitfalls, and the tightrope walkings of marriage, and even handle them, but not Michael. Example: Each show targets some facet of adult life that richly deserves to be questioned, such as sport hunting with assault weapons. Those are hot-button topics for adults, and the show’s writing is a miracle of tightrope walking in its handling of them.
Word: timberyard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of timber yard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: timber yard Part of Speech: noun 1. a place where wood is stored, and cut to size
Word: toss one's cookies Part of Speech: verb 1. To vomit. Labels: slang Example: The cab I had was a real old one that smelled like someone’d just tossed his cookies in it. I always get those vomity kind of cabs if I go anywhere late at night.
Word: upchuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + chuck, from chuck up. 1. Vomit. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: upchuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + chuck, from chuck up. 1. To vomit. Labels: informal Example: Joel began to upchuck all over the grandstand.
Word: Timbuktu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy. Pronunciation: /tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/ 1. A city in central Mali. 2. Any proverbially distant or remote place. Labels: figuratively Example: You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this. Example: Now, my little pesky pets, you're going to travel first-class in your own private compartment all the way to Timbuktu. And this time, you'll never come back.
Word: time and a half Part of Speech: noun 1. A rate of pay 50% greater than normal, commonly used for overtime work. Labels: uncountable
Word: time and motion study Part of Speech: noun 1. An analysis of the motions used in an industrial process with an aim to improve efficiency and productivity.
Word: time of day Part of Speech: noun 1. The time according to the clock. 2. A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time. Example: "At what time of day and year are the winds strongest?" / "Winter mornings, I think, or maybe at day’s end." Example: She would fold laundry at this time of day. 3. The greeting appropriate to the time of day. Example: to give/bid someone the time of day 4. era: time; day. Labels: dated, dialectal, informal Example: that's how it was in that time of day [ = at that time, back in that day] 5. The right thing; the ticket; that which is needed. Labels: archaic Example: ‘Never mind me, Sir,’ replied Sam. ‘Lend him a hand, Mr. Winkle, sir. Steady, sir, steady! That’s the time o’ day!’
Word: time of the month Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of menstruation: the monthly period during which a fertile woman menstruates. Labels: euphemistic Example: I'm so, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm just a little bit, you know... Well, I've got you know at the moment, so... I've got Aunt Irma visiting. Do you not like Aunt Irma? I've got an aunt like that. It's my term for... my time of the month. What time of the month? The weekend? Example: You have to admit, however, that during that time of the month, we are not at our most likable. Let's face it. We are swollen up like an overfed slug, our breath stinks, the tiniest irritant is magnified ten thousand times, and we cry at the drop of a hat.
Word: time bill Part of Speech: noun 1. A bill of exchange that is to be paid at some future date. 2. A timetable. Labels: dated
Word: time bomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + bomb. 1. A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time. Example: At 9.40 a.m. on Bank Holiday Monday, August 5, a ganger found what was thought to be a time bomb at a level crossing at Tempsford, near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, […] Inside one box was a brick; the other contained the works of an old alarm clock. 2. A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time. Example: Donald Gene Burleson was prosecuted on felony charges for planting a time bomb that, shortly after he was fired, deleted more than 168,000 brokerage records of USPA & IRA in Fort Worth, Texas. 3. A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time. Labels: figuratively Example: Even so, they managed to morph the recent European parliamentary elections into a time bomb and plant it under their country’s own future. Example: Someone must explain to Sunak about the time bomb ticking beneath his £1,000 loafers.
Word: Niall Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Niall or Scottish Gaelic Niall, ultimately from Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and nïa (“champion”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd- (“to revile”). Doublet of Neil. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪəl/, /niːl/ 1. A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.
Word: time capsule Part of Speech: noun 1. A sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future. Example: Rail Minister Lord Hendy has placed a time capsule at Ravensthorpe, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project. Hendy was joined by Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, local schoolchildren and TRU apprentices at the burial of the time capsule, which will sit under foundations of a new viaduct. 2. An object, place, or collection that encapsulates and preserves the characteristics, culture or essence of a particular time period, usually due to isolation or some specific external influence. Labels: figuratively Example: As we've seen, Belarus is a Soviet time capsule that continues only because Russia is keeping it on life support.
Word: in the mood Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Disposed (to do something or for something; often romantic or sexual, without further context). Example: Don’t start with me: I’m not in the mood. Example: He wasn't in the mood to tango.
Word: timecard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + card. Piecewise doublet of time chart. 1. A paper card that is timestamped by a time clock to record the times when an employee starts and stops work. 2. A digital record representing the same concept.
Word: pictograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pictus + -o- + graph. 1. A picture that represents a word or an idea. Example: The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish). 2. A graphic character. 3. A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.
Word: plantar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plantāris, from planta (“sole of the foot”) + -āris. By surface analysis, planta + -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈplæntɚ/ 1. Relating to the sole of the foot. Labels: not-comparable Example: a plantar wart
Word: fresh water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sleuth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sleuthhound. Pronunciation: /sluːθ/ 1. A detective. Example: 1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy? Example: “This is a great piece of sleuth work for sure, and it significantly advances efforts to understand the origin of SARS-CoV-2,” said Michael Worobey, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona who was not involved in the study. 2. A sleuthhound; a bloodhound. Labels: archaic 3. An animal’s trail or track. Labels: obsolete
Word: sleuth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of sleuthhound. Pronunciation: /sluːθ/ 1. To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery. Labels: ambitransitive Example: We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!
Word: sleuth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English slǣwþ, corresponding to slow + -th. Pronunciation: /sluːθ/ 1. Slowness; laziness, sloth. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. A group of bears. Labels: collective, rare Example: As quietly as if I were practicing to join a sleuth of bears, I crept out the door and went on home, eventually winding up in the garage… Example: If these dainty adventurers weren’t being chased by a sleuth of bears or bogeys, they were being captured by Gypsies or thieves.
Word: sleuth-hound Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sleuthhound. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1607: Edward Topsell, The History of Four-footed Beasts - The Blood-hound differeth nothing in quality from the Scottish Sluth-hound, saving they are greater in quantity, and not alway of one and the same colour... Example: 1876: May Agnes Fleming, The Midnight Queen - What a fool, idiot, and ninny I must have been, to have left her as I did, knowing those two sleuth-hounds were in full chase!
Word: time clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that records, on (digital or paper) timecards, the times when employees begin and finish work.
Word: time-consuming Part of Speech: adj 1. Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner. Example: However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance. Example: The de minimis exemption, as it’s known, allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the United States duty-free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections and paperwork.
Word: time deposit Part of Speech: noun 1. A deposit in a bank that cannot be withdrawn before a specified date.
Word: timed-release Part of Speech: adj 1. That releases its active ingredients gradually, in order to produce a sustained effect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diuretic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic. Pronunciation: /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/ 1. Increasing the amount or frequency of urination. Example: Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice. Example: Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.
Word: diuretic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic. Pronunciation: /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/ 1. A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion. Example: Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice. Example: Since vasodilatation is a side effect of diuretics but also occurs in thermoregulation, diuretics should be reduced in meteoropathic individuals to prevent extremely dangerous situations [38, 39].
Word: timed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of time Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: timed Part of Speech: adj 1. Happening at a certain time. Labels: not-comparable 2. Regulated by time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: time exposure Part of Speech: noun 1. An exposure made by leaving a camera's shutter open for a period greater than a fraction of a second. 2. An image so obtained.
Word: time-honored Part of Speech: adj 1. Honored because of great age, or long usage. Labels: US Example: It would have been a great privilege to be the mistress of an old time-honoured mansion, to call oaks and elms her own, to know that acres of gardens were submitted to her caprices, to look at herds of cows and oxen, and be aware that they lowed on her own pastures.
Word: time-honoured Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of time-honored. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: It would have been a great privilege to be the mistress of an old time-honoured mansion, to call oaks and elms her own, to know that acres of gardens were submitted to her caprices, to look at herds of cows and oxen, and be aware that they lowed on her own pastures. Example: The formation of sulphuric acid is inhibited in the presence of metallic oxides and the method of application in this instance would really be no more difficult than the time-honoured trick of sprinkling sand on the fire to clean the tubes.
Word: time immemorial Part of Speech: noun 1. Time that extends beyond memory or record. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: from time immemorial Example: My home is in the North of Palestine on the other side of Jordan, beyond the Sea of Galilee. My family has dwelt there from time immemorial, but they always loved this city, and have a legend that they dwelt occasionally within its walls, even in the days when Titus from that hill looked down upon the temple. 2. The time before July 6, 1189, hence the time before the accession of Richard I. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually
Word: time out of mind Part of Speech: noun 1. The distant past beyond anyone's memory. Labels: idiomatic Example: But though this Kingdom of China doth often change its Lord and Name, the Chineſes however have time out of mind called it by two other particular names, as Chungchoa, and Chungque ; the firſt whereof ſignifies The Middle Kingdom ; and the other, the Middle Garden. Example: Harvests at Boisveyrac had been gathered under arms since time out of mind, with sentries posted far up the shore. 2. A lengthy duration of time, longer than is readily remembered. Labels: idiomatic Example: They were Episcopalians, and for time out of mind had rented a half-pew in the church of their denomination on California Street.
Word: time out of mind Part of Speech: adv 1. For a lengthy period of time; on numerous occasions. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut / Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, / Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers. Example: Our constitution is a prescriptive constitution; it is a constitution, whose sole authority is, that it has existed time out of mind.
Word: time-lapse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From time + lapse. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmˌlæps/ 1. Of or relating to a technique in which exposures are taken at fewer intervals than usual so that, on playback, a naturally slow process may be viewed at an accelerated pace. Labels: not-comparable Example: Operation London Bridge, also from 1975, tells the story of the busy station's redevelopment. Cutting neatly from the barrow boys of Borough Market to an aerial view of Borough Market Junction, the film uses time lapse photography to show the congestion rife in the area during the morning rush hour.
Word: time-lapse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + lapse. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmˌlæps/ 1. A film or video using this technique.
Word: sixths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪksθs/, /sɪks(ː)/, /sɪkθs/ 1. plural of sixth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: timeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English timeless From time + -less. 1. Eternal. Example: When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose. 2. Not affected by time; ageless. 3. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely. Labels: obsolete Example: Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death? Example: The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest. 4. Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal. Example: The cave carvings have a timeless beauty. 5. Without a time limit; untimed. Example: a timeless cricket match 6. Outside of time; extratemporal.
Word: timeless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English timeless From time + -less. 1. A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.