nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: petite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtiːt/ 1. A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose. Example: The primary structure of the mitochondrial genomes of these petites had been previously determined […]
Word: dyspnea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant spelling of dyspnoea, a learned borrowing from Latin dyspnoea (“difficulty breathing”), from Ancient Greek δῠ́σπνοιᾰ (dŭ́spnoiă, “difficulty breathing, shortness of breath”), from δῠ́σπνοος (dŭ́spnoos, “short of breath, breathing with difficulty”, adjective) (also δῠ́σπνους (dŭ́spnous) by contraction) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix forming abstract nouns). Δῠ́σπνοος (Dŭ́spnoos) is derived from δῠσ- (dŭs-, prefix meaning ‘bad; difficult, hard; unfortunate’) + πνέω (pnéō, “to blow; to breathe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; to pant”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as dys- (prefix meaning ‘abnormal; difficult; disease’) + -pnea (suffix meaning ‘breathing, respiration’). Pronunciation: /dɪspˈniː.ə/, /ˈdɪsp.ni.ə/ 1. Difficult or laboured breathing. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble. Example: During August the tumor again grew rapidly, causing dyspnœa, constipation and general malaise.
Word: dysphagia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English -phagia English dysphagia From dys- + -phagia. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfeɪ̯d͡ʒ(i)ə/ 1. Difficulty in swallowing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the sensory branches of the laryngeal nerve (superior laryngeal nerve) are paralysed, the danger is great, for the patients, owing to the abolished reflex action, are prone to misswallow (dysphagia) , and become subject to "foreign body pneumonia."
Word: dysphasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -phasia. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfeɪʒə/ 1. Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dysphoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσφορία (dusphoría, “excessive pain”), from δύσφορος (dúsphoros, “grievous”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfɔːɹi.ə/ 1. A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: body dysphoria Example: premenstrual dysphoria 2. Ellipsis of gender dysphoria. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: height dysphoria Example: bottom dysphoria
Word: dysarthria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from German Dysarthrie. By surface analysis, dys- + -arthria. 1. Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dyskinesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English -kinesia English dyskinesia From dys- + -kinesia. Pronunciation: /dɪs.kəˈniʒə/, /dɪs.kəˈniʒi.ə/, /dɪs.kaɪˈniʒə/, /dɪs.kaɪˈniʒi.ə/ 1. A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements. Labels: uncountable 2. A disorder involving such state. Labels: countable
Word: dysphonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfəʊ.ni.ə/, /dɪsˈfoʊ.ni.ə/ 1. A difficulty in producing vocal sounds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles. Example: Spasmodic dysphonia affects up to 50,000 people in North America, and is a subset of dystonia, a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body.
Word: D.D.S. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of DDS. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: D.M. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Music, a terminal higher education degree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Doctor of Medicine, a higher education degree. Labels: uncommon
Word: D.F.A. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of DFA. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: DCL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Civil Law. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Doctor of Canon Law and alternative form of JCD (“Juris Canonici Doctor”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of double-checked locking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of data control language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: DCL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Digital Command Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Dr.DES. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Doctor of Design, a terminal degree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: D.P.H. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Public Health, a terminal degree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: D.I.T. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Information Technology, a terminal degree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Doctor of Industrial Technology, a terminal degree.
Word: unmanned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English manned English unmanned From un- + manned. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmænd/ 1. Not operated by a person or a crew. Labels: not-comparable Example: unmanned drones Example: an automated e-mail message sent from an unmanned mailbox 2. Of a bird of prey: not accustomed to the presence of human beings. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a setting, situation or event, devoid of males. Labels: humorous, neologism, not-comparable, slang
Word: unmanned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English manned English unmanned From un- + manned. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmænd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unman Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sextet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sextette, from Italian sestetto. Pronunciation: /sɛksˈtɛt/ 1. Any group of six people or things. 2. A composition for six voices or instruments. 3. A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
Word: peddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.) Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdəl/ 1. To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities. Example: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. 2. To sell illegal narcotics. Example: - How much you think this stuff is worth? - Yeah, there must be a million bucks' worth. - Think we could peddle it? - Oh, you can always get rid of it. 3. To spread or cause to spread. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: Christine walked a dangerous line, peddling gossip about her detested son-in-law. Example: Roberts was a drug dealer, nicknamed 'King Krud', who peddled death and misery.
Word: unethical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ethical English unethical From un- + ethical. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɛθɪkəl/ 1. Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession. Example: He was sacked for unethical conduct. Example: The following potentially unethical coding practices are presented along with the standard from the AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding that they may violate. 2. Immoral, morally wrong. Example: The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas is one of only a handful of sites around the world that conduct medical research on great apes. Scientists say their research is conducted humanely, but many animal rights groups say testing on chimps is unneeded and unethical.
Word: slaughter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten, Finnish lahdata (all “to slaughter”). Pronunciation: /ˈslɔːtə/, /ˈsloːtə/, /ˈslɔtəɾ/, /ˈslɔtɚ/, [ˈslɔɾɚ] 1. The killing of animals, generally for food. Labels: uncountable 2. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416, For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent. Example: […] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood. 3. A mass destruction of non-living things. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned. 4. A rout or decisive defeat. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A group of iguanas. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable
Word: slaughter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten, Finnish lahdata (all “to slaughter”). Pronunciation: /ˈslɔːtə/, /ˈsloːtə/, /ˈslɔtəɾ/, /ˈslɔtɚ/, [ˈslɔɾɚ] 1. To butcher animals, generally for food. Labels: transitive 2. To massacre people in large numbers. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls. 3. To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner. Labels: transitive Example: Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight, He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine, Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.
Word: sentencing Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a judicial sentence. Example: There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.
Word: sentencing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime. Labels: uncountable Example: After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed. Example: Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over." 2. That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime. Labels: countable 3. The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
Word: sentencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sentence Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: moldy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mold Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English moldy From mold + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊldi/ 1. Covered with mold. Labels: US 2. Stale or musty. Labels: US
Word: mould Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /moʊld/, [moːɫd], /məʉld/, [məʉɫd] 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The design it is to assume is formed in a metal mould, and into this the leather, in its pliant state is forced by a hydraulic power. Example: The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.
Word: mould Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /moʊld/, [moːɫd], /məʉld/, [məʉɫd] 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold. Example: Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers. Example: Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".
Word: mould Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /moʊld/, [moːɫd], /məʉld/, [məʉɫd] 1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mould Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /moʊld/, [moːɫd], /məʉld/, [məʉɫd] 1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
Word: mould Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda). Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /moʊld/, [moːɫd], /məʉld/, [məʉɫd] 1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
Word: mould Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /moʊld/, [moːɫd], /məʉld/, [məʉɫd] 1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
Word: quadriad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- English -ad English quadriad From quadri- + -ad. 1. A grouping of four things. Labels: rare 2. A government committee of four economic experts. Labels: US
Word: erupt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹʌpt/ 1. To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser). Labels: intransitive Example: The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area. 2. To burst forth; to break out. Labels: intransitive Example: The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all. 3. To spontaneously release pressure or tension. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The crowd erupted in anger. Example: The whole table erupted in laughter. 4. (Of birds, insects, etc.) To suddenly appear in a certain region in large numbers. Labels: intransitive Example: After particularly good seasons, flocks "erupt" from their breeding grounds and appear in reed beds where they have not been seen for years, if ever.
Word: eruption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/ 1. A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a volcanic eruption 2. A sudden release of pressure or tension. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle. 3. An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"? 4. An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: helio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of heliotrope. 1. A heliotrope (surveying instrument). Example: A helio or sun-reflecting signal was evidently the desideratum. Example: A light keeper's duties require him to be alone on a station for days or even weeks at a time, showing a helio to the observer in the afternoon for two or three hours and watching by the signal lamp at night.
Word: boro Part of Speech: verb 1. borrow Labels: Jamaica
Word: boro Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of borough. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: sudoku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Japanese 数(すう)字(じ) (sūji) Japanese は (wa) Japanese 独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin) Japanese に (ni) Japanese 限(かぎ)る (kagiru) Japanese 数独 (sūdoku)bor. English sudoku Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku). Pronunciation: /sʊˈdəʊku/, /sʊˈdɒku/, /sʊˈduːku/, /sə-/, /suː-/ 1. A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For Preston is the publishing director at Puzzler Media, which creates magazines filled with puzzles, including one called sudoku that has taken Britain by storm. […] The puzzles are widely available over the Internet because efforts to trademark the name in Britain have not been successful, and you can even download sudokus to mobile phones. Example: In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a 'time thief.
Word: coercer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coerce Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coercer From coerce + -er. Pronunciation: /koʊˈɝsɚ/, /kəʊˈɜːsə/ 1. A person who coerces. Example: Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility[…]
Word: Valvai Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Sri Lanka.
Word: wheal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”). Pronunciation: /wiːl/ 1. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc. Example: A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation. Example: So they gripped again until red wheals rose on their backs and shoulders by reason of the grievous clasping of their arms.
Word: wheal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”). Pronunciation: /wiːl/ 1. Synonym of wale. Labels: uncommon
Word: wheal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish hwel. Pronunciation: /wiːl/ 1. A mine. Labels: Australia, Cornwall, South Example: The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal Crowndale, Wheal Crebor, East Liscombe, and Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length. Example: Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.
Word: magic square Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As magical square by 1670 and magic square by 1701 (see Citations). Calque of French quarré magique or Latin quadratum magicum. Magic refers to its original function as a talisman. 1. A palindromic square word arrangement, usually in the form of a magic amulet. Example: Probably the best-known magic square is the 5×5 square consisting of the words ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR. 2. An n-by-n arrangement of n² numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum.
Word: coercible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English coerce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English coercible From coerce + -ible. 1. Susceptible to coercion.
Word: pernicious anaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pernicious anemia. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: pernicious anemia Part of Speech: noun 1. A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of anemia. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: But two of the drugs conventionally administered caused anaemia, which needed to be countered by blood transfusion.
Word: episiotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)). Pronunciation: /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/, /ˌɛpəsaɪˈɒtəmiː/ 1. A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth. Example: The following eight hours were the worst of my life that haven't ended in an episiotomy.
Word: coercion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɜːʃən/, /koʊˈɝʒən/, /koʊˈɝʃən/, /kəʉˈɜːʃən/, /kɐʉˈøːʃən/ 1. Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing. Labels: uncountable Example: One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion. 2. Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will. Labels: uncountable 3. A specific instance of coercing. Labels: countable 4. Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type. Labels: countable 5. The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But often the pieces of information do not fit together and have to be shifted in meaning to confirm with the rest of the sentence. These shifts are called coercion Example: ...a conversion of mass nouns into count readings according to sorter and portion coercion is only possible if the denotation of a mass noun already comprises minimal parts into which the noun can be subdivided. 6. The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: foxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian fuksich (“foxy”), West Frisian foksich (“foxy”), Dutch vossig (“foxy”), German Low German vossig (“foxy”), German fuchsig (“foxy”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑksi/, /ˈfɒksi/ 1. The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT). Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: foxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fox + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian fuksich (“foxy”), West Frisian foksich (“foxy”), Dutch vossig (“foxy”), German Low German vossig (“foxy”), German fuchsig (“foxy”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑksi/, /ˈfɒksi/ 1. Having the qualities of a fox. 2. Cunning, sly. 3. Attractive, sexy (of a woman). Labels: informal 4. Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair. 5. Using too much of the reddish-brown colors. Example: His eye for colour was so exquisite that I do not think there is a single instance in all his works of a heated tint which is called foxy. This cannot be said of Rubens or Rembrandt […] Example: Although the skies of Brydael's pictures are often broken with rather heavy masses of orange and yellow clouds, yet, taking him altogether, he was not a 'foxy' painter; on the contrary, there is a silvery coolness about some of his pictures which pleases us. 6. Of wine, having an animal-like odor. 7. With a worldview synthesizing many different ideas. Example: For half a century, psychotherapy was dominated by hedgehoggy men who considered their style "normal," and women's foxy, emotional, flexible style "hysterical."
Word: Latin square Part of Speech: noun 1. An n-by-n arrangement of n different integers such that each row, each column and each of the two diagonals contains each of the integers once and once only.
Word: Mary Jane Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: Mary Jane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Spanish María Juana. 1. Marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Rolling up cannabis sativa, hitting the Mary Jane Example: Mary Jane, you're always in my brain, and you help me ease the pain.
Word: Mary Jane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark, named after a character in the Buster Brown comic strip with this name, licensed by the shoe manufacturer. 1. A type of shoe, usually for a girl, having a rounded toe and a strap with a buckle. Example: [Tony] Zanetta continued: “They found a common ground in David’s [Bowie] shoes. David was wearing yellow Mary Janes and Andy [Warhol] had been a shoe illustrator, which David knew so they began talking about shoes. Otherwise, it was not the greatest meeting [laughs]^([sic]).”
Word: bromo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bromine. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊməʊ/ 1. A dose of a proprietary sedative containing bromide (a bromo-seltzer).
Word: indio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio. 1. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific, and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines. Example: On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.
Word: arctophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + φιλία (philía, “affection”). 1. love of bears Labels: uncountable 2. zoophilia with bears Labels: uncountable 3. collecting teddy bears (arctophily) Labels: uncountable
Word: paraphilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English paraphilia From para- (“abnormal”) + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəˈfɪliə/ 1. An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not of a sexual nature; typically of extreme or pathological nature. Example: Despite the serial aspect of these killings, lust murder still remains a distinct subcategory of both sexual and serial murder. It is also referred to as erotophonophilia, one of the most extreme forms of paraphilia. Example: Formal study will be necessary to clarify the nature, prevalence, and interrelations of plushophilia, fursuitism, and autoplushophilia among furverts and to document the nature and extent of any co-occurring paraphilias. 2. Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity or lead to clinically significant distress or impairment (e.g. are obligatory, require participation of unconsenting individuals, lead to legal issues).
Word: pyrolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English pyrolysis From pyro- + -lysis. Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs/, /pɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs/, /paɪˈɹɑləsɪs/, /pɑɪˈɹɔlɪsɪs/ 1. The decomposition of a material or compound by heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: Techniques that have successfully identified ionic intermediates in solution have been applied to gas-phase pyrolyses. Example: Twenty years ago our real understanding of the mechanism of alkane pyrolyses was little better than rudimentary.
Word: carcajou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French carcajou, probably from the same Algonquian source as (certainly related to) kinkajou. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkəˌʒu/ 1. Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
Word: all the tea in China Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because of the large amount of tea in China, and its value. 1. Something very valuable or priceless. Labels: excessive, idiomatic, uncountable Example: I wouldn't trade you away for all the tea in China. Example: KIRK: Ha, ha, ha. Okay, the truth. I am from what, on your calendar, would be the late twenty-third century. I've come back in time to bring two humpback whales with me in an attempt to repopulate the species. GILLIAN: Well, why didn't you just say so? I mean, why all the coy disguises? KIRK: You want the details? GILLIAN: Oh! I wouldn't miss this for all the tea in China.
Word: all that jazz Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From jazz (“stuff”). 1. Synonym of all that. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: He went to school to study math and science and all that jazz. Example: My kind of town, Chicago is / My kind of razzmatazz / And it has all that jazz
Word: sodomize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Sodom Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sodomize From Sodom + -ize. 1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of sodomise. Example: Antonio thus "actively" sodomized the presumably adolescent Lorenzo by fellating him
Word: anglaise Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of English country dance. Labels: historical
Word: man alive Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of marvelment or awe Labels: dated Example: “She pretty!” “Is she not?” “No.” “Why, man alive, she was the admiration of the whole Court!” Example: We couldn't hold our own for five minutes. Man alive, they'd overwhelm us like an avalanche. Why don't they make a rush for it? I say——
Word: man alive Part of Speech: num 1. five
Word: one fat lady Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the number eight's similar appearance to that of an overweight woman. 1. eight
Word: doctor's orders Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A laxative pill, "number 9", once issued in the British army 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see doctor, -'s, orders. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The number nine. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only
Word: top of the shop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably chosen for the rhyme, and because 90 is the highest number in bingo. 1. ninety Labels: uncountable
Word: sodomiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sodomise + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒdəmaɪzə/, /ˈsɑdəmaɪzəɹ/ 1. Someone who sodomises. Example: Gómara's account of the Amerindian population is harsh to say the least: of the inhabitants of the Caribbean he charged that their god is the devil (XXVII, 45), the women are lascivious and the men are sodomisers, lazy, deceitful, ungrateful, […]
Word: planetoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English planet Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English planetoid From planet + -oid. 1. An asteroid of any size Labels: dated Example: The group of small bodies that circle round the Sun, outside the orbit of Mars, are known under the designation of the planetoids. Example: Numbering of the Planetoids or Asteroidal Planets.—In numbering the planetoids a difficulty has arisen [...] 2. An asteroid-like body in an orbit beyond the asteroid belt, such as a centaur or Kuiper belt object Labels: dated 3. A larger, planetary, body in orbit around the Sun, such as Vesta or (candidate) dwarf planets such Eris or Sedna Example: After discovering "planetoids", bodies orbiting the Sun, even larger than Pluto's moon Charon ... the question of how Sedna and other planetoids came to be. 4. Any planetary body, including classical planets and moons: a planetary-mass object Example: Plate tectonics is a style of convection for an active planetoid where lid fragment (plate) motions reflect sinking of dense lithosphere in subduction zones […] In 2015 humanity completed a 50+ year effort to survey the 30 largest planets, asteroids, satellites, and inner Kuiper Belt objects, which we informally call “planetoids”. 5. A dwarf planet Example: We prefer the word "planetoid" as a new word to describe round objects orbiting the sun. Example: A dwarf planet or a planetoid is a celestial body that [...]
Word: fuck off Part of Speech: verb 1. To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: I wish you'd just fuck off. Example: If you've come to fight, get outta here You ain't no better than the bouncers We ain't trying to be police When you ape the cops it ain't anarchy Nazi punks Nazi punks Nazi punks, fuck off! 2. To leave unexpectedly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: Haven't seen John for years. Someone said he had fucked off to Australia. 3. To fritter; to fuck around. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar 4. To annoy, irritate. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: It really fucks me off when you do that. 5. To abandon. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: I'm bored. Shall we just fuck this off and go home? Example: […] we force ourselves to have jobs and maintain apartments and push ourselves into positions of high adulthood, when really we could all just fuck it off and live in a camper van and play beach volleyball all day, but we don't, because we're pussies. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fuck, off. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: fuck off Part of Speech: intj 1. Go away! Get lost! Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Alex Forrest: Please don't justify yourself, it's pathetic. If you'd tell me to fuck off, I'd have more respect for you. Dan Gallagher: All right, then. Fuck off. 2. An expression of disagreement or disbelief. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Fuck off! You're joking, aren't you?
Word: atheistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English atheist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atheistic From atheist + -ic. 1. Of or relating to atheists or atheism.
Word: so long Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain. Compare to Swedish hej så länge and Russian пока (poka). See Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “so long”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 1. Goodbye; a valediction used when leaving or departing from a person or place. Labels: informal Example: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Example: He had a lot to say / He had a lot of nothing to say / We'll miss him / We'll miss him / We're gonna miss him / We're gonna miss him / So long / We wish you well / You told us how you weren't afraid to die / Well, so long / Don't cry / Or feel too down / Not all martyrs see divinity / But at least you tried / Standing above the crowd / He had a voice that was strong and loud / We'll miss him / We'll miss him
Word: yup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /p/). Compare yep, nope, welp, and ope. Pronunciation: /jʌp/, [jʌp̚] 1. A yes; an affirmative answer. Labels: informal Example: One was either a Yup or a Nope, depending upon his answer to that age-old question, "Gotcher deer yet?" I, of course, was still a Nope. Although Yups and Nopes looked pretty much alike they were as different as mallards from mongooses. Example: But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...
Word: yup Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /p/). Compare yep, nope, welp, and ope. Pronunciation: /jʌp/, [jʌp̚] 1. Yes. Labels: informal
Word: yup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /jʌp/, [jʌp̚] 1. Clipping of yuppie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: What we have these days is a diverse spectrum of yuppiness: guppies, buppies, indie yups, paleo-yups, luxe yups, schlub yups, dharma yups, tyro yups, crypto-yups. Example: He idled at a red light, saw two yups in matching cranberry crewnecks and khaki cargo shorts sitting on the pavement outside what used to be Primo's Pizza.
Word: plage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa. Pronunciation: /pleɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone. Labels: obsolete Example: King Henry and his faction nesteled and strēgthēd him and his alies in the North regions and boreal plage. Example: Tam[burlaine]. Kings of Argier, Morocus, and of Feſſe, You that haue martcht with happie Tamburlain, As far as from the frozen place ^([sic – meaning plage]) of heauen, Unto the watrie mornings ruddy hower ^([sic – meaning bower]). 2. A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.
Word: slaughterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slaughter 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 slaughterous From slaughter + -ous. 1. prone to slaughtering Labels: not-comparable 2. having characteristics of a slaughter Labels: not-comparable
Word: slaughterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slaughter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English slaughterer From slaughter + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈslɔtɚɚ/, /ˈslɔːtəɹə/ 1. Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters. Labels: agent, form-of 2. A butcher (as a profession or job). 3. A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.
Word: slaughterhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slaughter + house. Pronunciation: /ˈsloː.tə(ɹ).haʊs/ 1. A place where animals are slaughtered. 2. The scene of a massacre. Labels: figuratively Example: The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck.
Word: identikit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark, from blend of identification + kit. Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/, /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/ 1. A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
Word: identikit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Genericized trademark, from blend of identification + kit. Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/, /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/ 1. Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed. Labels: UK, derogatory, informal, not-comparable Example: These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations. Example: These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.
Word: unremorseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + remorseful. 1. not remorseful
Word: emergency services Part of Speech: noun 1. Collectively, the police, fire department and EMS services. May also include other response agencies. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: on the rocks Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From the allusion of a ship running aground against rocks and breaking apart. The poured over ice sense is due to ice's resemblance to rocks. 1. Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks. Example: I'll have a whisky on the rocks. 2. In a bad state; experiencing difficulties or at risk of failing. Labels: figuratively Example: I knew my business was on the rocks, so I started considering going into voluntary bankruptcy. Example: Joe and Tammy's relationship is on the rocks again.
Word: EMS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “Training to be a paramedic.” “EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?” “I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.” Example: But EMS workers present a unique problem over other health care workers who are based in hospitals and clinics, they often are coming into people’s homes, Barzilay said, adding that they often respond to calls from the elderly or immunocompromised. 2. Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 5. Initialism of environmental management system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of electromagnetic suspension Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of encephalomyosynangiosis Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: provincial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a province. Example: a provincial government Example: a provincial dialect 2. Constituting a province. 3. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. Example: […] fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces. 4. Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal. 5. Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal. Example: That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling. 6. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical. Example: a provincial synod
Word: provincial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ 1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 2. A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. Example: The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population. 3. A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province. Labels: obsolete Example: Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]? 4. A country bumpkin.
Word: bourré Part of Speech: noun 1. A card game traditionally played in Louisiana, US. Labels: uncountable Example: Joann Guidos, the proprietor at Kajun's, called out for a game of bourré and they all dumped their money on a table and sat down and let the cards and liquor flow.
Word: pastis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pastis. Pronunciation: /pæsˈtiːs/, /pæsˈtɪs/ 1. A liqueur containing aniseed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: remorseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From remorse + -ful. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/ 1. Feeling or filled with remorse. Example: He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution. 2. Expressing or caused by remorse. Example: There was a remorseful look on her face. Example: Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.
Word: polis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor. English polis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”). Doublet of Puri and puri Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.lɪs/, /ˈpoʊ.lɪs/ 1. A Greek city-state. Labels: historical Example: By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.