nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: grinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪndə/, /ˈɡɹaɪndəɹ/ 1. One who grinds something, such as the teeth. Example: scissors grinder (one who sharpens scissors) Example: Masseter hypertrophy may become apparent in persistent grinders. 2. A molar. 3. Any tooth. Labels: slang 4. Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up. 5. Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up. 6. Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up. 7. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll. Labels: Northern-US Example: I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch. Example: It was reported that the recipes for the secret sauce and grinder sandwiches were proprietary, known only to the current president of the corporation and the former owner of the restaurant. 8. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll. Labels: Northern-US, Pennsylvania 9. A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces. 10. The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder. 11. A fan or performer of grindcore music. Labels: slang 12. A biohacker who uses cybernetic implants or biochemicals to enhance or change their own body. Labels: slang Example: Rich Lee – one of the organisers of Grindfest, and the Transhumanist Party’s ‘bio-hacking adviser’ – estimates that there are around 3,000 grinders in the US, and many more bio-hackers. 13. A student who studies hard; a swot. Labels: dated, slang 14. A person who coaches students for an upcoming examination. Labels: dated, slang 15. A hard-working, physical player with limited offensive ability. Labels: slang 16. A low-ranking attorney with no clients who works very hard. 17. An outdoor space for drills and parades. Labels: US, slang Example: We were told then and there that we wouldn't be allowed on the grinder again until we could do a lot better. The grinder is what that large area was called, and it was a fitting name. They literally ground us down on it. Example: Company formations are held on the grinder (basketball court outside the Quarterdeck). 18. Atmospheric interference producing a roaring background noise. Labels: informal
Word: autofellatio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English auto- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- Latin fellō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fellātiōlbor. English fellatio English autofellatio From auto- + fellatio. 1. Oral masturbation of one's own penis. Labels: uncountable Example: I am informed by a gentleman who is a recognized authority on goats, that they sometimes take the penis into the mouth and produce actual orgasm, thus practicing auto-fellatio.
Word: ASEAN Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈæ.zi.ɑn/, /ˈɑ.zi.ɑn/, /ˈæ.si.ɑn/, /ˈɑ.si.ɑn/, /ˈæ.si.æn/ 1. Acronym of Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Zigeuner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zigeuner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gypsy moth Part of Speech: noun 1. A moth of species Lymantria dispar, destructive of many plants, of worldwide distribution.
Word: bestest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English best Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English bestest From best + -est. 1. Best; the best of the best. Labels: childish, humorous, informal, nonstandard Example: It was the bestest teddy I ever had. Example: You're my bestest friend in the whole world!
Word: bestest Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English best Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English bestest From best + -est. 1. Best; the best of the best. Labels: childish, humorous, informal, nonstandard Example: It's my first time behind the wheel, but I'll do the bestest I can do!
Word: bestest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English best Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English bestest From best + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of best Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: calendarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin calendārium. Doublet of calendar. Pronunciation: /ˌkælənˈdɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌkælənˈdɛɹi.əm/ 1. A calendar or timeline or events. Example: Phœnician names occur in Suidas, Dioscorides, Apuleius, in martyrologies, calendariums, Acts of Councils, in Church Fathers (Augustine, Priscianus, Servus), &c. Example: A certain Paolo Clarante also composed a calendarium and offered it to the pope for examination.
Word: y'all's Part of Speech: det Etymology: From y’all + -’s. Pronunciation: /jɔ(ː)lz/, /jɑlz/ 1. Possessive of y’all (standing in for your). Labels: Southern-US, form-of, possessive Example: Here are y’all’s tickets for the show tonight. Example: “I ought to kick y’all’s asses,” he said. “Walking out on me the way you done, that’s no way to treat a friend.”
Word: y'all's Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From y’all + -’s. Pronunciation: /jɔ(ː)lz/, /jɑlz/ 1. Possessive of y’all (standing in for yours). Labels: Southern-US, form-of, possessive Example: This drink’s mine; Bill and Joe, those drinks are y’all’s.
Word: Zimblish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Zimbabwean + English. 1. A language combining English with Zimbabwean languages, such as Shona, Zulu, Ndebele and Xhosa.
Word: torpedo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti). * (type of car): From 1908, after "the Torpedo", a car designed by Captain Theo Masui. Pronunciation: /ˌtɔː(ɹ)ˈpiː.dəʊ/, /ˌtoɹˈpi.doʊ/ 1. To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. Labels: transitive 2. To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. Labels: transitive Example: The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions. 3. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions. Example: The Toronto-based company[…] promised a certain fantasy, particularly aimed at men: a list of women ready and willing to have an affair; a secret good time outside the bounds of one’s partnership; self-proclaimed extensive security measures to prevent torpedoing one’s domestic life.
Word: active galaxy Part of Speech: noun 1. A galaxy where a significant fraction of the energy output is not emitted by the normal components of a galaxy. 2. A galaxy with an active nucleus (AGN, active galactic nucleus)
Word: tho Part of Speech: article Etymology: From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *þai, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural). Doublet of they. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/, /ðə/ 1. The (plural form); those. Labels: West-Country, obsolete
Word: tho Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *þai, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural). Doublet of they. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/, /ðə/ 1. Those; they. Labels: obsolete
Word: tho Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). See also German da (“then, thereupon”). Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/, /ðə/ 1. Then; thereupon. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Foxː Tho went I near and found Master Reynard, that had left that he first read and sang, and began to play his old play. Example: Tho to a hill his faynting flocke he ledde.
Word: tho Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). See also German da (“then, thereupon”). Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/, /ðə/ 1. When. Labels: dialectal
Word: tho Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Simplified reform spelling. Popular in American English in the earlier 20th century. Like thru, it failed to establish itself fully, but remains in informal contexts or where brevity is needed. Compare tho'. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/, /ðə/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of though. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: The English are told as children that maize is food for pigs, and tho Americans eat maizebread with pleasure and have recently done so to a huge extent in order to make possible exports of wheat to Europe, the English persist in their unfounded prejudice against it. Example: I wonder now when I will find time to read it but it is a treasure anyway tho heavy in my knapsack, […]
Word: torpedo roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torpedo + roll. Pronunciation: /toɹˈpi.doʊ ɹol/ 1. A long sandwich roll. Example: Give me a ham and cheese sandwich on a torpedo roll.
Word: fungible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“to perform, discharge a duty”) + -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term, going back to Roman law: res fungibiles (“replaceable things”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndʒɪbəl/ 1. Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility. Example: . Example: Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?
Word: fungible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“to perform, discharge a duty”) + -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term, going back to Roman law: res fungibiles (“replaceable things”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndʒɪbəl/ 1. Any fungible item. Labels: in-plural Example: The archetypical fungible is money: if I drop a £1 coin in the street it is a matter of indifference to me whether I pick up that coin or another £1 coin lying next to it.
Word: bulkie roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish בילקע (bilke) / Yiddish בולקע (bulke) + -ie. Pronunciation: /bʌlki ɹɔʊl/ 1. A soft round sandwich roll. Labels: New-England Example: Give me a ham and cheese sandwich on a bulkie roll.
Word: pikey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pike + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ki/ 1. A pike (type of fish). Labels: informal Example: The first time he comes to the surface of the water he gasps for breath, his huge mouth gapes, he gives his head a shake and out tumbles the bait, hooks and all, not one of them having had hold, and away goes pikey quite satisfied with his entertainment pro tem., and wondering what that ugly two-legged moster with the hop pole in his hand, and who looked in such a state of perplexity and stew, had to do with the matter Example: In 1876, in twelve fishings in the same months, there were caught 31 Pikeys, 4 Spotted Dogs, and 441 Nowds.
Word: pikey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pike + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ki/ 1. Associated with or filled with pike (fish). Example: Like its schoolboy master, the rod built from the cane then chosen has since had many a narrow escape "by flood and fell," and not a few damaged 'tips,' aye, and 'joints' too; but its main timbers are as sound as ever, and I trust may yet be destined to wave death over many a pikey pool and glittering torrent when the hand that chose them is no longer able to do justice to their supple graces. Example: The Broadland waters are pikey waters. There is no doubt that if Norfolk is famous for any one species of fish, then it is for none other than Esox himself, the predatory pike.
Word: pikey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from obsolete pike (“depart or travel”), or possibly from turnpike. The verb is derived from the stereotype that the Romani people or other travellers are thieves. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ki/ 1. An itinerant person, especially one of Romani or Irish Traveller heritage. Labels: Ireland, UK, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: “They must be the pikeys who live up there. They're a nasty bunch. Shouldn't get mixed up with them.” “Well, we told them to fuck off, they didn't seem that nasty to me! What are pikeys anyway?” “Well, they're like vagabonds.” Example: Gipsies and the pikey race generally were a class outside Lord Sandbar's previous experience, and he listened greedily. 2. A working-class (often underclass) person with negative qualities stereotypically ascribed to itinerant people, including rowdiness, theft and poor hygiene. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive Example: But if there's one thing he hates more than pikeys, it's posh people.
Word: pikey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from obsolete pike (“depart or travel”), or possibly from turnpike. The verb is derived from the stereotype that the Romani people or other travellers are thieves. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ki/ 1. Associated with pikeys. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: Blimey. The least pikey place on the planet. Example: > You could try moving somewhere less pikey?
Word: pikey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from obsolete pike (“depart or travel”), or possibly from turnpike. The verb is derived from the stereotype that the Romani people or other travellers are thieves. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.ki/ 1. To steal. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Example: >It's getting hold of a copy that isn't pikeyed that I'm having >difficulty with :-( Example: Agree with Adrian about it being Pikeyed. At least you've a cheque to go buy something else.
Word: aporia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”). By surface analysis, a- + pore + -ia. Pronunciation: /əˈpɔːɹɪə/, /əˈpɔɹiə/ 1. An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed. Labels: rhetoric Example: Aporia oft in doubt and fear will rest, And reason with itself what may be best. Example: Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’. 2. An apparently insoluble contradiction or tension, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker; a paradox. Example: But Green issues are already a contested zone, already a site where politicization is being fought for. In what follows, I want to stress two other aporias in capitalist realism, which are not yet politicized to anything like the same degree. The first is mental health. Example: EL James's multimillion selling series of novels ‘encodes the aporias of heterosexual relationships’, according to Professor Eva Illouz[.]
Word: satellite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin. Pronunciation: /ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/, [ˈsætʰəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsætʰl̩aɪ̯t], /ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t/, [ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsæɾl̩aɪ̯t] 1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. Example: The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth. Example: A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite. 2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. Example: Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator. Example: A 2025 global survey revealed widespread satellite interference in astrophotography, with 90% of respondents reporting moderate or worse impacts and 97.5% stating that conditions have significantly worsened over the past five years. This interference carries a substantial burden, costing an average of 27 extra minutes of editing per image, and 78% of participants believe a critical threshold exists, estimated at a median of 25,000 satellites, beyond which astrophotography will be irreparably harmed. 3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. 4. An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. Labels: archaic Example: We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias[…]. Example: […]he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest[…]. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer[…]. 5. Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Do you have satellite at your house? 6. A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light". 7. A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA. 8. A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby. Example: Ahead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomy satellites hung like an incubus over the land.
Word: satellite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin. Pronunciation: /ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/, [ˈsætʰəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsætʰl̩aɪ̯t], /ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t/, [ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsæɾl̩aɪ̯t] 1. To transmit by satellite. Labels: transitive Example: It had to speed up its efforts to participate in the international satellite television market. In the summer of 1986 it began satelliting TV programs to Africa, and in early 1987, to Asia and twenty countries in Latin America […] 2. To orbit, like a satellite
Word: cession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”). By surface analysis, cede + -sion. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛʃən/ 1. That which is ceded. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is ceded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer. 3. The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide.
Word: acquaintanceship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acquaintance Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English acquaintanceship From acquaintance + -ship. 1. The state of being acquainted. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: What, eschew acquaintanceship? forget, After my most hearty commendations, my very trusty friend, ’Twere sin and shame Tomaso. Example: To host and hostess thus with fortune blest, Lief had I come with better news to bear Unto your greeting and acquaintanceship; 2. A relationship as acquaintances. Labels: countable, usually Example: They began their acquaintanceship very lovingly, and after a shake or two by the hand, Bell gave him a more particular account of the uses and sanctity of his office […] Example: In their long acquaintanceship and intimacy they could not recall an harsh word that had been uttered by Amelia.
Word: euthanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from euthanasia; 1970s. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.θənˌaɪz/ 1. To carry out euthanasia on (a person or animal). Labels: transitive Example: John decided to euthanize his dying dog. Example: A terminally ill minor has become the first child to be euthanized in Belgium since age restrictions were lifted in the country two years ago.
Word: enticed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been tempted; Finding something enticing. Example: It is a world to see how commonly we are blinded with the collusions of women, and more enticed by their ornaments being artificial than their proportion being natural. Example: I stared at him , still undecided but very enticed.
Word: enticed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of entice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prelude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛljuːd/, /ˈpɹiːluːd/, /ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/, /ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/, /ˈpɹiːl(j)uːd/ 1. An introductory or preliminary performance or event. Example: Adam Schiff, a Democratic senator from California, called it a “very dangerous escalation and a prelude to potential conflict”. 2. A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. 3. A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program. Example: In the same way that Rust has a general prelude that brings certain types and functions into scope automatically, the std::io module has its own prelude of common types and functions you'll need when working with I/O. 4. A forerunner to anything. Labels: figuratively Example: Swimmings of the head and intestinal pains seemed the prelude of dissolution. Example: On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'.
Word: prelude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛljuːd/, /ˈpɹiːluːd/, /ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/, /ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/, /ˈpɹiːl(j)uːd/ 1. To introduce something, as a prelude. 2. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance. Example: The musicians preluded on their instruments. Example: We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to the point.
Word: euthanasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1606, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) Pronunciation: /juː.θəˈneɪ.zi.ə/, /juːθəˈneɪʒə/, /ˌjuθəˈneɪʒə/, /ˌjʉːθəˈnæɪʒə/ 1. The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Euthanasia is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job. Example: In recent years, the sisters spoke openly about their desire for euthanasia in the event that one of them became gravely ill. 2. The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person. Labels: Nazism, especially, euphemistic, uncountable, usually Example: Nevertheless, as Henry Friedlander pointed out years ago, it was not Jews but mentally and physically disabled people who became targets of the ﬁrst large-scale, systematic killings in Nazi Germany, under the euphemistically labelled “Euthanasia Program.” 3. An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: It would in time, it is to be hoped, effect a quiet euthanasia of the heresies of bigotry and fanaticism which have so long triumphed over human reason, and so generally and deeply afflicted mankind; but this work is to be begun by winnowing the grain from the chaff of the historians of his life. Example: Had they understood their place, and what to do in it, this French Revolution, which went forth explosively in years and in months, might have spread itself over generations; and not a torture-death but a quiet euthanasia have been provided for many things.
Word: humane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English humain, humayne, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (“man”). Cognate with Old English guma (“man”), whence the groom in English bridegroom. Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmeɪn/, /hjuˈmeɪn/, /hjʉːˈmæɪn/ 1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. Example: It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals. Example: As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering. 2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric. Example: many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself. 3. Obsolete spelling of human. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
Word: dissect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛkt/, /daɪˈsɛkt/ 1. To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. Labels: transitive Example: She was the first person in her class to properly dissect the sheep heart. 2. To study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly. Labels: transitive 3. To analyze an idea in detail by delineating between its parts. Labels: figuratively, transitive 4. To decontextualize an idea, especially through overanalysis by delineating between its parts too strongly based on style, usually involving pedantry, at the expense of substance. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, transitive Example: Academics tend to take Indigenous oral histories out of their contexts and dissect them according to Western disciplinary objectives and foci (see figure 1). Example: By focusing excessively on dissecting the text into 'forms' and exploring their supposed evolution, form criticism overlooks the larger literary and historical context within which these forms exist. 5. To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture. Labels: transitive Example: Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus. 6. Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs. Labels: transitive
Word: veterinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin veterīnārius (“cattle doctor”) + -an, from veterīnae (“beasts of burden, draught-”), probably from vehō (“to convey, draw”), or from vetus (“old”). By surface analysis, veterinary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌvɛt(ə)ɹəˈnɛɹ.i.ən/, /ˌvɛtʃ.ɹɪnˈɛɹ.i.ən/, /ˌvɛʔ.n̩ˈɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. A medical doctor who treats non-human animals. Example: A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu. Example: The first edition, translated into 6 languages, appeared to fulfil a need, and a minisurvey of UK veterinarians graduated 2–40 years ago showed unanimous support for such a revision […]
Word: veterinarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin veterīnārius (“cattle doctor”) + -an, from veterīnae (“beasts of burden, draught-”), probably from vehō (“to convey, draw”), or from vetus (“old”). By surface analysis, veterinary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌvɛt(ə)ɹəˈnɛɹ.i.ən/, /ˌvɛtʃ.ɹɪnˈɛɹ.i.ən/, /ˌvɛʔ.n̩ˈɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. veterinary Labels: not-comparable
Word: physician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fisicien, from Old French fisicïen (“physician”) (modern French physicien (“physicist”)), from fisique (“art of healing”), from Latin physica (“natural science”), from Ancient Greek φυσική ἐπιστήμη (phusikḗ epistḗmē, “knowledge of nature”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “pertaining to nature”). Displaced native Middle English læche, leche, archaic English leech (“physician”). Morphologically physic + -ian. Pronunciation: /fəˈzɪʃən/, /fɪˈzɪʃn̩/ 1. A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery. Example: His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…]. Example: In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation. 2. A medical doctor trained in human medicine. Example: The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice[…].
Word: euthanatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From euthanasia + -ize, euthanat- being the stem of euthanasia. 1. To euthanize. Labels: transitive
Word: euthanasiate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any drug used to euthanize an animal. Example: That chemical methods of euthanasia (such as injectable euthanasiates such as barbituates) far outweighed all other methods used to perform euthanasia of laboratory animals. Example: The Environmental Health Unit of Queensland Health has issued appropriately trained wildlife carers in two organisations with authority to hold and use a small selection of restricted (S4) veterinary drugs including: Pentabarbitone sodium (Valabarb, Lethabarb): a veterinary euthanasiate; Alfaxalone and Zoletil: anaesthetics; Diazepam (Pamlin): a sedative; Meloxicam: an antiinflammatory pain reliever.
Word: euthanasiate Part of Speech: verb 1. To kill in a humane manner. Example: The dog was euthanasiated 40 days after the MRI examination because its convulsions had worsened. Example: The experiment was carried out 240 days long, on Wistar rats, intraperitoneally injected once with aqueous asbestos suspension. In the end, animals were euthanasiated by prolonged narcosis.
Word: soror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *swésōr Shortening; also from Latin soror (“sister”), akin to frater from Latin frāter (“brother”). Doublet of sister. 1. A sorority sister; a fellow member of one's sorority. Labels: colloquial Example: Gathering your fraters and sorors / If you were a member of a fraternity or sorority in college, gather your old fraters (brothers) and sorors (sisters) for a reunion.
Word: see the forest for the trees Part of Speech: verb Etymology: John Heywood documented the English use of the proverb in 1546. 1. To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: Smith is good at detail, but can't see the forest for the trees. Example: It is, indeed, the principal drawback to the study of London that she is too vast—that the student is ever in danger of "not seeing the forest for the trees."
Word: Varuna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa). Pronunciation: /ˈværənə/ 1. A god of the sky, of rain and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld. Labels: Hinduism, Vedic 2. Neptune 3. 20000 Varuna; a large planetoid orbiting in the scattered disk.
Word: heliocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English heliocentric From helio- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ 1. Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. Labels: not-comparable Example: a heliocentric coordinate system Example: a heliocentric orbit 2. Of or relating to heliocentrism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Medieval English Part of Speech: name 1. Middle English.
Word: exoatmospheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- English atmospher(e) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atmospheric English exoatmospheric From exo- + atmospheric. 1. Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere Labels: not-comparable
Word: exoatmospheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of exoplanet + atmospheric. 1. Abbreviation of exoplanetary atmospheric (“pertaining to the atmospheres of exoplanets”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: geocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English geocentric From geo- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ 1. Having the Earth at the center. Labels: not-comparable Example: a geocentric coordinate system Example: a geocentric orbit 2. Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shiitake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 椎茸 (shītake), from 椎 (shī, “a shii or chinquapin tree”) + 茸 (take, “a mushroom”), from the way the mushrooms tend to grow on chinquapin logs. First cited in English in 1877. Pronunciation: /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑːkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑkeɪ/, /ʃɪˈtɑki/ 1. A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes. Example: Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.” Example: Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag.
Word: director Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ 1. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director). Example: Francis Gurry is director of WIPO. Example: The easiest way for Neera Tanden to win confirmation as Joe Biden’s budget director is for Democrats to take the Senate in January. 2. A member of a board of directors. Example: [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...]. Example: Being named to a board of a directors at an established company may seem out of reach — especially if you’re under 50. Or a woman. Or a minority. Or you haven’t made it to the C-suite (yet). […] Last year, S&P 500 boards named 428 new directors, according to Spencer Stuart’s Board Index. Of them, 40% were women, 17% were under 50, and only a third were active or retired CEOs. 3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide. 4. That which directs or orientates something. Example: Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […] 5. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time. 6. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal. 7. A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
Word: grunger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grunge + -er. 1. Someone who appreciates grunge culture. Labels: UK
Word: dhamma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Pali dhamma. Doublet of dharma and firm. 1. The teachings of Buddha. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dialog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/, /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/, /ˈɖaɪ(ə)lɔɡ/ 1. Uncommon spelling of dialogue. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates. Example: Besides, a video post room's console is smaller than those used for film, and you couldn't squander a dozen or more channels on dialog. 2. Ellipsis of dialog box. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose […]
Word: dialog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/, /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/, /ˈɖaɪ(ə)lɔɡ/ 1. Uncommon spelling of dialogue. Labels: US, alt-of, uncommon
Word: maka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkə/ 1. eye Labels: Hawaii Example: Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes". Example: I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.
Word: mahalo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Hawaiian mahalo, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑˌhɑloʊ/, /məˈhɑloʊ/ 1. thank you Labels: Hawaii
Word: makar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots makar. Doublet of maker. Pronunciation: /ˈmakə/, /ˈmækɚ/ 1. A poet writing in Scots. 2. The national poet laureate of Scotland. Example: Could the role of makar, which at the least involves a creative interrogation of national identity, be filled by a poet who wasn’t a supporter of independence?
Word: makar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mugger (“type of crocodile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skijor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Norwegian skikjøring, from ski + kjøring (“driving”) (see kjøre (“to drive”)). 1. To cross-country ski behind one or more dogs or horses, or a vehicle. Labels: intransitive
Word: see the forest through the trees Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of see the forest for the trees. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clothesline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clothes + line. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/, /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/ 1. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry. Example: Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me. 2. A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist. 3. The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline. Labels: Canada, US, informal
Word: clothesline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From clothes + line. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/, /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/ 1. To knock (a person) over by striking them across the neck or upper body with an outstretched arm, mimicking the motion of running into a low clothesline. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, informal, transitive Example: The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back. Example: One beast jams out its arm, as if to clothesline me, jagged claws poised to take my head off at the neck. I let my feet fall from under me, throwing my legs forward, praying for some momentum, ducking and sliding, a mad limbo to freedom.
Word: gilt-head bream Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish found in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coasts of Europe (Sparus aurata).
Word: horse mackerel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several large fishes of many species: 2. Any of several large fishes of many species: 3. Any of several large fishes of many species: 4. Any of several large fishes of many species: 5. Any of several large fishes of many species: 6. Any of several large fishes of many species: 7. Any of several large fishes of many species: 8. Any of several large fishes of many species: 9. Any of several large fishes of many species: 10. Any of several large fishes of many species: 11. Any of several large fishes of many species:
Word: grey mullet Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various edible fish, of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in coastal waters and rivers.
Word: bluefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + fish. 1. A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 5. An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus). Labels: Canada, countable, uncountable 6. Kyphosus vaigiensis. Labels: Malaysia, countable, uncountable
Word: large bonito Part of Speech: noun 1. Katsuwonus pelamis, a large tropical fish allied to the tunny.
Word: chameleon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”). The spelling was re-Latinized in the early 18th century. The physics sense was coined by Justin Khoury and Amanda Weltman in 2003 in a paper in Physical Review Letters. Pronunciation: /kəˈmi.li.ən/, /kəˈmil.jən/ 1. A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue. Example: Milk of chameleon was recommended as an erotic stimulant by Avicenna. Example: A contagious neuro-ego-disease. A virus sticking to liars. We're the self-centered fuel to boost the new strain of fire. Adapting, shifting, lacking opinion. Our numbers exceeding the billions. Everly walking among ourselves down the corridor of chameleons. 2. A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances. Labels: figuratively Example: He is a political chameleon, as charming to business leaders he met privately in Aberdeen on Friday night as he has been inspiring to distressed and desperate Labour defectors in Glasgow and beyond. 3. A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
Word: chameleon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”). The spelling was re-Latinized in the early 18th century. The physics sense was coined by Justin Khoury and Amanda Weltman in 2003 in a paper in Physical Review Letters. Pronunciation: /kəˈmi.li.ən/, /kəˈmil.jən/ 1. That changes or modifies its color. Labels: not-comparable Example: The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.
Word: -holic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Rebracketing of alcoholic. 1. Denotes one who has an addiction to or indulgence in the substance or activity of the stem word. Labels: morpheme Example: Trump was also a horndog, a braggart, and a social-media-holic—just like voters were. 2. Denotes being addicted to or indulging in the substance or activity of the stem word. Labels: morpheme
Word: gorilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/, /ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/ 1. An ape of the genus Gorilla; endemic to the forests of Central Africa and typified by superlative physical size and strength in relation to other primates. Example: In three of these twenty gorillæ 14 ribs are present, and the additional rib in each of them is below. […] The conclusion that the usual place of commencement of the dorsal type in the gorilla is between the 12th and 13th dorsal vertebræ is founded on notes taken of this character in 13 of these gorillæ. Example: “They are wicked people—neither white like you nor black like me, but covered with hair as is Bolgani, the gorilla. Yes, they are very bad people indeed, and Chowambi was glad to get out of their country.” 2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian. Example: "I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money." Example: "Don't fool yourself," I said. "I could have slugged this pair of amateur gorillas any hour of the day or night. I've not done it because you've got nothing against them other than their being a pair of dim-witted nuisances." 3. A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth. Labels: informal Example: The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated. 4. 1000 pounds sterling or dollar. Labels: Australia, UK, slang
Word: thereof Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English thereof, therof, ther-of, ther of, from Old English þǣrof; equivalent to there + of. Compare Swedish därav. Pronunciation: /ðɛˈɹʌv/, /ðɛəˈɹɒv/ 1. Of this, that, or it. Labels: not-comparable Example: lack thereof Example: Hee [Solomon] ouerlaid also the house, the beames, the postes and the wals thereof, and the doores thereof with gold, and graued Cherubims on the walles. 2. From that circumstance or origin; therefrom, thence. Labels: not-comparable