nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: deject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒɛkt/ 1. One who is lowly or abject. Example: Lovers, lovers, football brothers; rejects, dejects, clowns and crakaz: boot him one, in the nakaz! Example: Not at all short of but always with and through perception and words, the sublime is a something added that expands us, overstrains us, and causes us to be both here, as dejects, and there, as others and sparkling. 2. A waste product. Labels: plural-normally Example: ... the bacteriological examination of the dejects of all persons presenting choleraic symptoms and of all persons who have been exposed to infection and who have loose and frequent discharges from the bowels; the disinfection of the dejects of such persons and of all articles which may possibly be contaiminated by the same; […] Example: Along the 90 kilometers of the Tiete river in the greater São Paulo region, it receives a huge amount of dejects, both industrial and human (the latter, dejects collected by sewer systems, dumped untreated or with inadequate treatment in the river).
Word: livid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-der. Proto-Italic *slīwēō Latin līveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin līvidusder. Middle French lividebor. Middle English livid English livid From Middle English livid, livide, from Old French livide, from Latin līvidus (“bluish, livid; envious”), from līveō (“be of a bluish color or livid; envy”), from Proto-Italic *sliwēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, suffixed form of *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). See also Old English slā (“sloe”), Welsh lliw (“splendor, color”), Old Irish li, Lithuanian slyvas (“plum”), and Russian and Old Church Slavonic слива (sliva, “plum”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvɪd/ 1. Having a dark, bluish appearance. Example: Jean Raynaud, cook, aged about twenty years, of a melancholy temperament, had his whole body covered with a purple livid colour, and a bubo under his left axilla; […] His lungs were covered with little livid ſpots, ſoft and pliant, without any hardneſs in their ſubſtance. The liver was larger and harder than ordinary, and was alſo full of livid purple ſpots; […] Example: In [J. M. W.] Turner's distinctive work, colour is scarcely acknowledged unless under influences of sunshine. The sunshine is his treasure; his lividest gloom contains it; his greyest twilight regrets it, and remembers. 2. Pale, pallid. Example: Ulcers having had their beginning during a Diſeaſe, or before it, growing livid, pale or dry, plainly indicate the proximity of Death, their livid or pale colour being not only the ſign of Cholerick, or Atrabiliary humours cauſing them, but alſo manifeſting an extinction of the natural heat. Example: 15939 Cap somew[hat] umbon[ate] smooth livid pale, Lamel[læ] annexed flesh-colored, Stipes sold smooth somew[hat] bulbous. [Describing a species of fungus.] 3. So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish. Labels: informal Example: Suppose it should not be done enough! Suppose it should break in turning out! Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose—a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid! All sorts of horrors were supposed. Example: Livider and livider Serjianni grew as the Princess let him have it. When she stopped, he growled. "Your Highness knows him better than I do," and he stalked off up the stairs.
Word: amate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish (papel) amate (“amate paper”), from Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“paper”). Pronunciation: /əˈmɑːteɪ/, /əˈmɑteɪ/ 1. Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees. 2. An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
Word: amate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French amater, amatir. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪt/ 1. To dishearten, dismay. Labels: obsolete Example: Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate, / And mightie causes wrought in heauen aboue, / Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate, / For hoped loue to winne me certaine hate? Example: Upon the walls the pagans old and young / Stood hush'd and still, amated and amazed.
Word: amate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a- + mate. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪt/ 1. To be a mate to; to match. Labels: obsolete Example: More lucklesse disadventures did amate
Word: aime Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of aim. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: megabyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English megabyte From mega- + byte. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/ 1. One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes. Labels: formal Example: The IBM 2301 Drum Storage (Figure 20) provides random access storage of approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second. Example: This 70-megabyte [69,889,536 bytes] data module contains fixed heads in addition to the normal access heads. 2. A mebibyte. Labels: informal Example: One megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. One megahertz, however is a million Hertz. Example: Defaults to 2 megabytes (2,097,152 bytes).
Word: clamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi. Pronunciation: /ˈklæmp/, [ˈkʰlæmp], /ˈkleə̯mp/, [ˈkʰleə̯mp], /ˈklɛə̯mp/ 1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together. 2. An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc. 3. A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. Labels: UK 4. A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized. Example: [T]he pots would be stacked in a heap, covered with wood chippings and brushwood and domed over with turves, leaving a few air vents around the sides. When complete the clamp would be fired[.] 5. A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both). 6. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard. 7. An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
Word: clamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi. Pronunciation: /ˈklæmp/, [ˈkʰlæmp], /ˈkleə̯mp/, [ˈkʰleə̯mp], /ˈklɛə̯mp/ 1. To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast. 2. To hold or grip tightly. Labels: transitive 3. To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range. Labels: transitive Example: After the depth range is clamped, the depth value is read from the depth stencil buffer, and the two values are compared with a selectable depth-comparison function […] 4. To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth. Labels: UK, obsolete, transitive 5. To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp. Labels: transitive Example: I was only parked there for five minutes but my car was still clamped.
Word: clamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈklæmp/, [ˈkʰlæmp], /ˈkleə̯mp/, [ˈkʰleə̯mp], /ˈklɛə̯mp/ 1. A heavy footstep; a tramp. Labels: dated
Word: clamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈklæmp/, [ˈkʰlæmp], /ˈkleə̯mp/, [ˈkʰleə̯mp], /ˈklɛə̯mp/ 1. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: the policeman with clamping feet
Word: Serb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“to guard, to protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb. Pronunciation: /sɝb/, /sɜːb/, /səːb/, /sɛɾb/ 1. A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.) Example: Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.
Word: Serb Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“to guard, to protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb. Pronunciation: /sɝb/, /sɜːb/, /səːb/, /sɛɾb/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian. Labels: not-comparable Example: A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, was shot dead outside his party offices Tuesday morning, halting talks between Kosovar and Serb delegates that had been set to resume that day.
Word: fini Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of fini flight Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: finis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English finis, from Latin fīnis (“end; limit”). Doublet of fin, fine, and finish. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪs/, /fiːˈniː/ 1. Of a book or other work: the end. Example: He had gone through the work from the title-page to the finis at least forty times, and had just commenced it over again. Example: Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious that, but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour, the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward, […]
Word: finis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: fini + -s 1. plural of fini Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from sentimental. 1. Sentimental, emotional. Labels: India, Pakistan, Philippines
Word: senti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Old French centbor. Middle English cent English centbor. Swahili sentibor. English senti Borrowed from Swahili senti, borrowed from English cent. 1. A coin, one hundredth of a Tanzanian shilling.
Word: senti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sent (subdivision of Estonian currency) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sente Part of Speech: noun 1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.
Word: sente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 先手 (sente). 1. First move, initiative. Labels: uncountable
Word: sens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sensitivity. 1. Clipping of sensitivity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: You need to increase your sens if you want to stop mouse drift.
Word: sens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sensemilla, from sinsemilla. 1. marijuana Example: Loose joints. Genuine Hawaiian sens. Downers and uppers. Example: That interview’s gotta be worth at least 20, 30 million bucks in contributions from people who think you’ll distribute dime bags of Hawaiian sens at junior high schools, along with condoms and fornication manuals.
Word: sens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moyen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English moyen, moene, a variation of mene, meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Doublet of mid and mean. 1. Intercession; intervention. Labels: Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: slick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”). Pronunciation: /slɪk/ 1. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. Example: This rain is making the roads slick. Example: The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look. 2. Sleek; smooth. Example: Both slick and dainty. 3. Appearing expensive or sophisticated. Example: They read all kinds of slick magazines. 4. Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. Example: That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything. Example: The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad: in one characteristically slick and chilling Isis video – entitled “a message to the Jordanian tyrant” – a smiling, long-haired young man in black pats the explosive belt round his waist as he burns his passport and his fellow fighters praise the memory of Zarqawi, who was killed in Iraq in 2006. 5. Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy. Labels: often, sarcastic Example: Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick. Example: That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car. 6. Extraordinarily great or special. Labels: US Example: That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!
Word: slick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”). Pronunciation: /slɪk/ 1. A covering of liquid, particularly oil. Example: Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road. Example: The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life. 2. A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion. Labels: US, broadly, dated 3. Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. 4. A tool used to make something smooth or even. 5. A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. Example: You'll go much faster if you put on slicks. 6. A helicopter. Labels: US, slang 7. A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device. Example: The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer. 8. A glossy magazine. Labels: slang Example: Many of the stories in SSB [Sex Behind Bars] first appeared in gay slicks, Mandate, Honcho, First Hand, et al. Example: When Carver, wild to be published in a major slick, decided to accept the changes, Maryann accused him “of being a whore, of selling out to the establishment.” 9. A wide paring chisel used in joinery. 10. In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat. Labels: slang Example: I spent two fucking days locked up in that hotel room, miserable and hating myself and drenched in my own slick! Example: For his ruts, Castiel orders slick from a single donor, who is, unbeknownst to him, Dean, who lives at the Roadhouse and is in contact with many of his colleagues and rescuees. 11. A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch. Labels: slang Example: a slick doesn’t really give you anything except the satisfaction of owning it, while the hole gives you satisfaction if actually being able to see something
Word: slick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”). Pronunciation: /slɪk/ 1. To make slick. Example: The surface had been slicked. Example: So I slicked the broccoli with oil and seasonings and set it to roast.
Word: slick Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”). Pronunciation: /slɪk/ 1. Alternative form of sleek (“with ease and dexterity”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, not-comparable Example: We're just following a couple of crooks who've got slick away in that two-funnelled boat yonder, and we mean to keep in touch with them till they land.
Word: slick Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /slɪk/ 1. Alternative form of schlich. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: birds and bees Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively. 1. Informal education about sex. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: We learned about birds and bees back in school. 2. Informal (by analogy) sex itself. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: I had the birds and bees with your mother.
Word: dramatic irony Part of Speech: noun 1. A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: archetype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French architipe (modern French archétype), from Latin archetypum (“original”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον (arkhétupon, “model, pattern”), the neuter form of ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”) (from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to lead, rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin; to command, rule”)) + τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/, /ˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/ 1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype. Example: The whole issue of generalizing and overgeneralizing is always an issue. I use the term "archetyping." I say, "No, I am not stereotyping; I am archetyping." Stereotypes tend to be accusatory. I want to move the discussion away from a discussion of right and wrong to right and left—this is the way it is over here, and this is the way it is over there—and then look at the problems that develop as a result of each group interacting according to the standards of its own culture. Example: These stereotypes of indigenous peoples implied obvious roles for the associated Europeans—heirs to the Dying, bleaching agents to the Whitening. But the interaction of conceptions of Us and Them went further, through archetyping and anti-typing. Maoris were sometimes archetyped or idealized, as with the Noble Savage and some Whitening Savages.
Word: egosurfing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ego- + surfing, coined by Sean Carton in 1995. 1. The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: One offshoot of this new narcissism is “egosurfing,” in which one searches the Internet for information about oneself. A company—egoSurf—was created especially to do this.
Word: egosurfing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ego- + surfing, coined by Sean Carton in 1995. 1. present participle and gerund of egosurf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mebibyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mebi- + byte. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/ 1. Strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte. Example: At a minimum, a textual (command-line) system requires 256 mebibytes of RAM and a graphical (desktop) system requires 384-512 mebibytes of RAM.
Word: preamble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English preamble, from Old French preambule (French préambule), from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from praeambulō (“to walk before”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːˌambəl/, /ˈpriˌæmb(ə)l/ 1. A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute. Example: There was, however, one proposal which, had it reached fruition, might have had far-reaching effects. This was for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edinburgh & Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Railways, for which a Bill was promoted, but rejected by the Parliamentary Committee on the grounds that the preamble was not proved. Example: The consultation preamble explains: "The planned timetable will be introduced in 2025 once we have completed the necessary steps required to ensure that we have enough resources to do so. 2. A syncword. 3. A precursor. Example: High winds are often a preamble to a winter storm. Example: And lest any man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neighbours, and not to aid good neighbours, or that she was readier to restore what was invaded by others than to render what was in her own hands; see if the time provided not a new occasion afterwards, when through their own division, without the intermise of strangers, her forces were again sought and required; she forsook them not, prevailed so far as to be possessed of the castle of Edinburgh, the principal strength of that kingdom, with peace, incontinently, without cunctations or cavillations, the preambles of a wavering faith, she rendered with all honour and security; and his person to safe and faithful hands; and so ever after during his minority continued his principal guardian and protector.
Word: preamble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English preamble, from Old French preambule (French préambule), from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from praeambulō (“to walk before”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːˌambəl/, /ˈpriˌæmb(ə)l/ 1. To speak or write a preamble; to provide a preliminary statement or set of remarks. Labels: intransitive Example: But these things being beside my main design, I will desist from preambling and come to the materials I have collected towards a history of the Baptists in this province. Example: Once I was young and had so much more orientation and could talk with nervous intelligence about everything and with clarity and without as much literary preambling as this; in other words this is the story of an unself-confident man, at the same time of an egomaniac.
Word: call screening Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before a conversation. Some methods may include Labels: uncountable Example: listening to the message being recorded on an answering machine, Example: checking a Calling Identity Display device,
Word: unfair Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ 1. Not fair. Example: It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends. Example: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair. 2. Not fair. Labels: archaic, rare 3. Not fair. Labels: archaic, obsolete 4. Not fair. Labels: archaic
Word: unfair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ 1. to make ugly Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Those hours that with gentle work did frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell / Will play the tyrants to the very same / And that unfair which fairly doth excel.
Word: nanodomain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English domain English nanodomain From nano- + domain. 1. A small set of atoms bound together, measuring between 1 and 100 nanometers. 2. In reference calcium signalling, is where the calcium-binding proteins (or "sensors") are located within a few nanometers of an open calcium channel.
Word: -ologist Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist From -o- + -logist. 1. Alternative spelling of -logist (“one who studies a subject”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: opsonize Part of Speech: verb 1. To make (bacteria or other cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes by use of opsonins. Labels: transitive 2. To become more susceptible to the action of phagocytes by use of opsonins. Labels: intransitive
Word: topless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less. 1. Lacking a top. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights. 2. Very high; towering. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, 3. Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up. Labels: not-comparable Example: The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach. 4. Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses. Example: Driving down your freeways / Midnight alleys roam / Cops in cars, the topless bars / Never saw a woman so alone
Word: topless Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less. 1. Not wearing any clothes on the upper body. Labels: not-comparable Example: 'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.' Example: Fort Collins, Colorado has decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.
Word: topless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less. 1. A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.
Word: tinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɪn.dəː], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɪ̟n.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪ̟n.dɹ̩] 1. Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Strike on the Tinder, hoa: / Giue me a Taper: […]
Word: tinder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɪn.dəː], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɪ̟n.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪ̟n.dɹ̩] 1. To set fire to; torch. Labels: transitive Example: Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?
Word: sea lane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + lane. 1. A regularly used route for ocean-going vessels. Example: “What kind of men are you who arrive rigged out for combat in coats of mail, sailing here over sea-lanes in your steep-hulled boat?”
Word: sleepout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleep out. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpaʊt/ 1. A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: She could see the dark bulk of the sleepout: no lights there either. Example: As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs. 2. an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness. 3. a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.
Word: capo di tutti capi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian capo di tutti i capi, meaning "leader of all leaders". 1. Boss of all the bosses, especially in the mafia, Cosa Nostra etc. Often used by law enforcement, the media and the public in general to describe a Mafia boss who exerts significant influence on how the Mafia should run. Labels: slang
Word: dors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: air show Part of Speech: noun 1. a public display of stunt flying, aerobatics, and historical aircraft.
Word: unverified 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 verified English unverified From un- + verified. 1. Not yet confirmed; not verified. Labels: not-comparable Example: The most salacious claims in the dossier are still unverified. Example: Republicans, though, have seized on the unverified material as part of their broader investigation into the Bidens.
Word: Effie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Euphemia + -ie, or, very rarely, from modern Greek Eftychia or Euthemia (diminutive form). Pronunciation: /ˈɛfi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century. Example: "Yes, little wild flower - I shall call you that, unless your name sounds like you. What is it, dear?" / "Effie Malie." / "That is charming; now, Effie Malie, sit down upon this mossy bank with me, […] Example: He said to Effie Perine: “Yes, sweetheart?” She was a lanky sunburned girl whose tan dress of thin woolen stuff clung to her with an effect of dampness. 2. An unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. 3. A city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.
Word: Effie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English Effie From effective + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɛfi/ 1. An annual award given for effective marketing. Example: Grey Advertising won gold Effies for General Foods' Dream Whip and Swift's Sizzlean, and a pair of gold Effies went to Ally & Gargano for MCI Telecommunications and Pentax.
Word: airship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + ship. * (jocular British sense): is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp. 1. A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered. Example: Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice. 2. A police air unit, a police helicopter. Labels: US 3. Any aircraft. Labels: informal Example: On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land. 4. A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant. Labels: UK, derogatory, in-plural Example: I only make them to add perhaps a little weight to my view that, whether one thinks of Their Lordships of the Admiralty, or of Their Airships of the Air Ministry, or of Their Coalships of Lansdowne House, or of any other governing body, what is vastly more important than the precise theoretical form of the superstructure is the will—and the capacity—throughout the organisation to make the organisation work. Example: Then where does the Navy come in, since it is generally agreed that the primary role of the Navy is the protection of our merchant ships? It is obvious that neither their Lordships of the Admiralty nor their Airships of the Air Ministry will relinquish their power without a struggle.
Word: airship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + ship. * (jocular British sense): is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp. 1. To transport goods by aircraft.
Word: airstrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English strip English airstrip From air + strip. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp/ 1. An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities. Example: The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.
Word: All Souls' Day Part of Speech: name 1. An annual feast day celebrating the faithful departed on the second day of November, immediately following All Saints' Day. 2. Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday. Labels: uncommon
Word: All Saints' Day Part of Speech: name 1. In Christian tradition, the annual feast day celebrating the life of all saints, taking place on the first day of November, or (in the Greek church) on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
Word: lo mein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Taishanese 撈麵 /捞面 (lau¹ men⁵). See also chow mein, yi mein. Pronunciation: /ˌloʊ ˈmeɪn/ 1. A Chinese dish consisting of soft noodles stir fried with vegetables and meat in sauce. Labels: uncountable Example: Yakisoba is one of those dishes with roots in several countries. Although it’s from Japan, it is Chinese influenced, similar to chow mein and lo mein.
Word: missa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”). 1. a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)
Word: kibibyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kibi- + byte. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/ 1. Strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte. Example: The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates.
Word: QTF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quality task force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Guilin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桂林 (Guìlín, “Laurel Forest”), with particular reference to the area's Cinnamomum cassia. 1. A city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China. Example: In early May, advance elements of Li Zong-ren’s Seventh Army of the Northern Expeditionary Force advanced from Guilin, securing Tang’s flanks and boosting his soldiers’ morale. Example: In 1945, Tom was sent into remote Kueilin, Kwangsi Province where primitive conditions necessitated bathing in a small round bamboo tub just big enough to hold him.
Word: orbicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”). Pronunciation: /ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə/, /ɔːˈbɪk.jʊ.lə/, /ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ/, /ɔɹˈbɪk.jə.lɚ/ 1. Circular or spherical in shape; round. Example: […] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; […] Example: The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer. 2. Of a muscle, surrounding an opening; compare orbicularis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: orbicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From orbicula + -ar. 1. Pertaining to an orbicula. Labels: not-comparable
Word: changer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English chaungere, chaungeour (“moneychanger”); equivalent to change + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒə/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ 1. Someone or something who changes things. Example: She bought a coin changer for her pool bar. 2. Someone or something that changes or transforms itself. 3. A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
Word: screw up Part of Speech: verb 1. To tighten or secure with screws. Labels: transitive 2. To raise by turning a rotary handle. Labels: transitive Example: A crunch on the gravel brought me back to the present. A triffid came swaying down the drive toward the gate. I leaned across and screwed up the window. 3. To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels. Labels: transitive Example: As far as was possible he kept his subjects as mindless fighting-cocks, troops that could be promised to one power if there was a chance of screwing up another power to a bigger subsidy. 4. To raise or summon up. Labels: transitive Example: trying to screw up enough courage to ask her out 5. To twist into a contorted state. Labels: transitive Example: The baby screwed up his face and began to bawl. Example: “Where’s the man with the trumpet?” Ralph, sensing his sun-blindness, answered him. “There’s no man with a trumpet. Only me.” The boy came close and peered down at Ralph, screwing up his face as he did so. 6. To squint. Labels: dated, transitive Example: As they were finishing breakfast came the postman with a letter from Derby. Mrs. Morel screwed up her eyes to look at the address. Example: [...] Hands deep in pockets, head aslant, And eyes screwed up against the light [...] 7. To make a mess of; to ruin. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: Don't screw this up! You've gotta be a part of this too. Example: “Why shouldn't it be my fault, right? I screwed up my kid. I screwed up my marriage. I screwed up my fucking life. We don't need to beat around the bush.” He smirked, shook his head. 8. To blunder; to make a mistake. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: Let me finish… you screwed up, but you screwed up for the right reasons. You're going to make mistakes, but it's how you deal with those mistakes, that's going to make the difference. Example: Still, it may be too soon to conclude that the Fed has royally screwed up.
Word: quackery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English quackery From quack + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈkwækəɹi/, /ˈkwækɹi/ 1. The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud. Labels: uncountable Example: When no certain cure exists, quack remedies tend to proliferate and the history of quackery and secret cures is full of extraordinary forms of treatment for the various arthritic disorders. 2. An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine. Labels: countable Example: […] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]
Word: embezzlement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English embezzle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embezzlement From embezzle + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/, /ˌəmˈbɛzəlmənt/ 1. The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was arrested for embezzlement of company funds. Example: The case involved large-scale embezzlement. 2. The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæts/ 1. plural of bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bats Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bæts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bats Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bæts/ 1. Mad, insane. Labels: informal Example: You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on. Example: "Don't be so bats, Binns! Why should anyone want to pinch just one boot?" "He might have been a chap with only one leg."
Word: identity theft Part of Speech: noun 1. The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: persuader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From persuade + -er. Pronunciation: /pəˈsweɪdə/, /pɚˈsweɪdɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively. Example: […] purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment. 2. One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively. Labels: euphemistic, informal Example: It's true that a good worker doesn't misuse a hammer, and it's also true that a good worker knows that sometimes using a persuader to expedite a task is appropriate for efficiency. 3. One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively. Labels: colloquial, historical Example: Next fit the quoins, using the “persuader” to squeeze in the pages, and tap up all around. 4. One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively. Example: These electrons are guided to the second dynode by the resultant electric field of this dynode and the persuader. 5. One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively. Labels: slang Example: He had very long legs, which he carried far back, and made most liberal use of his persuaders, so that what with his weight, and what with his style of riding, his horses were far from enjoying a sinecure. Example: The Squire laboured under a similar difficulty, and his persuaders were as busily at play as Jacob's. When, however, the horses had caught their second wind, they mended the places of their riders, and carried them closer to the flying chase.
Word: dihedral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + -hedral. Pronunciation: /daɪˈhiːdɹəl/ 1. An angle between two plane surfaces 2. The upward slope of an aircraft's wing 3. The angle between pairs of chemical bonds separated by a third bond
Word: dihedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + -hedral. Pronunciation: /daɪˈhiːdɹəl/ 1. Consisting of, relating to or contained between two plane surfaces. Labels: not-comparable Example: dihedral angle 2. Having wings that form a dihedral angle, especially when the angle between the upper sides is less than 180°. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anhedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + -hedral. 1. Lacking sharp, recognisable crystal faces.
Word: anhedral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + -hedral. 1. the downward slope of an aircraft’s wing
Word: downward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English down Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English downward From down + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnwɚd/, /ˈdaʊnwəd/, /ˈduːnwɐd/ 1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. Labels: not-comparable Example: His position in society moved ever downward. Example: The natural disasters put downward pressure on the creditworthiness of the nation’s insurance groups. 2. At a lower level. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dagon his Name, Sea Monster, upward Man / And downward Fish […] 3. Southward. Labels: not-comparable Example: If we turn to the New World, we find that among the American Indians, from the Eskimo of Alaska downward to Brazil and still farther south, homosexual customs have been very frequently observed.