nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Falklands War Part of Speech: name 1. A conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands), waged between March and June of 1982.
Word: modulo Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (“a measure”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/, /ˈmɒdjʊləʊ/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒəloʊ/ 1. Given a specified modulus of. Example: 21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9. Example: Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3, because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3. 2. Except for differences accounted for by. Example: "A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C. Example: Thus, the underlying structure which I would assign to Navajo will be identical, modulo word order, to the one that we found to be projected in all of the languages studied in chapter 3. 3. With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail). Example: In the Lisp programming language, the "tail recursion modulo cons" technique allows functions that would be tail recursive but for a cons call to be transformed into a tail recursive form. Example: All mammals, modulo the monotremes, give birth to live young.
Word: modulo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (“a measure”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/, /ˈmɒdjʊləʊ/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒəloʊ/ 1. The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another. Labels: uncountable
Word: antigenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antigen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antigenic From antigen + -ic. 1. Of or relating to an antigen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antigenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antigeny Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antigenic From antigeny + -ic. 1. Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [I]n which case, the males are normal, and the species generally antigenic.
Word: radial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius. By surface analysis, radius + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/ 1. Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre. Example: The spokes on most modern bicycle wheels are tangential to the hub rather than radial. Example: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever. 2. Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre). Example: What is the relationship between arc length and radial length? 3. Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre). Example: radial velocity 4. Of, or relating to the radius bone. 5. Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it. 6. Developing uniformly on all sides. 7. Having reinforcing cords placed in parallel across the tyre at 90 degrees to the direction of travel, especially as contrasted with cross-ply; see also radial tyre.
Word: radial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius. By surface analysis, radius + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/ 1. An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel. 2. An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel. 3. A radial tire / radial tyre. Example: Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.
Word: festivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity. Pronunciation: /fɛˈstɪvəti/, /fɛˈstɪvɪti/, /fɪ-/ 1. A festival or similar celebration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities. Example: […] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […] 2. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ash blond Part of Speech: adj 1. Greyish blonde.
Word: ash blond Part of Speech: noun 1. A shade of blond with a hint of grey to it. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person with such hair. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glacial polish Part of Speech: noun 1. The appearance of rock after having been worn smooth by a passing glacier. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Tenaya Lake was at one time under as much as 2,460 feet of glacial ice that produced a pressure of about 74 tons per square foot and extensive glacial polish (fig. 18). Example: Glacial polish on lee surfaces may reflect this sorting.
Word: locution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution. Pronunciation: /loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/ 1. A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions. Example: Another way fathers impact sons is that sons, once their voices have changed in puberty, invariably answer the telephone with the same locutions and intonations of their fathers. 2. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise". 3. Style of discourse or usage, or any particular utterance in such style. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: informal locutions 4. A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ossetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Ossete Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Ossetic From Ossete + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɒˈsɛt.ɪk/, /ɑˈsɛt.ɪk/ 1. Synonym of Ossetian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ossetic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Ossete Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Ossetic From Ossete + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɒˈsɛt.ɪk/, /ɑˈsɛt.ɪk/ 1. Synonym of Ossetian.
Word: areic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From area + -ic. By analogy from French surfacique. Introduced to English by International Standards Organization (ISO) in 1992 in ISO 31 (Quantities and units). 1. Of or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area. Labels: not-comparable Example: Areic charge is measured in coulombs per square meter.
Word: obsidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia. Pronunciation: /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/, /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/ 1. A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns. 2. A slightly bluish black, the color of obsidian glass. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: obsidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia. Pronunciation: /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/, /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/ 1. Black. Labels: poetic Example: Looks like a yellow biscuit of a buttery cue ball moon / Rolling maverick across an obsidian sky
Word: Ossetian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ossetia + -an. Pronunciation: /ɒˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɒˈsɛt.jən/, /ɒˈsi(ː).ʃən/, /ɑˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɑˈsɛt.jən/ 1. Of or relating to Ossetia or Ossetians. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ossetian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ossetia + -an. Pronunciation: /ɒˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɒˈsɛt.jən/, /ɒˈsi(ː).ʃən/, /ɑˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɑˈsɛt.jən/ 1. A member of the Iranian people inhabiting Ossetia.
Word: Ossetian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ossetia + -an. Pronunciation: /ɒˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɒˈsɛt.jən/, /ɒˈsi(ː).ʃən/, /ɑˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɑˈsɛt.jən/ 1. The Eastern Iranian language spoken by these people.
Word: Ossetia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”). Pronunciation: /əˈsɛt.i.ə/, /ɑˈsɛt.i.ə/, /ɑˈsi.ʃə/, /əˈsɛtɪə/, /ɒˈsɛtɪə/ 1. An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.
Word: oceanographer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/ 1. a person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
Word: oceanographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -ography English oceanography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English oceanographic From oceanography + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊʃənəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. relating to oceanography, the science of oceans Labels: not-comparable Example: Their lab is still analyzing the data from the last oceanographic survey.
Word: oxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointed”). 1. Sharp; pointy. Labels: obsolete
Word: oxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oxy-, ox(ide), ox(ygen) + -ic. 1. Containing oxygen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: opportunistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English opportunist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English opportunistic From opportunist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˌtjuːˈnɪs.tɪk/, /ˌɒp.əˌt͡ʃ(j)uːˈnɪs.tɪk/, /ˌɑ.pɚˌt(j)uːˈnɪs.tɪk/ 1. Taking advantage of situations that arise. Example: The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections. 2. Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles. Example: You can't trust somebody that opportunistic: he'll stab you in the back the first chance he gets. Example: […] an opportunistic relative masquerading as his rescuer, […]
Word: cervelat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Alemannic German Cervelat, from Middle French cervelat, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of Latin cerebrum (“brain”). 1. A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.
Word: orangutang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of orangutan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: belt and suspenders Part of Speech: noun 1. Redundant systems, affording mutual backup in the event of one failing. Example: He believes in a belt and suspenders, booking flights from two different airports on different airlines for important trips.
Word: in depth Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Comprehensive, thorough, detailed. Example: Written by accretion rather than from a single author's interpretation Wikipedia has a neo-positivist mania for facts that devalues interpretation in depth, yet in matching Friedrich's review against Nabokov it also shows that it is far from neutral.
Word: confederation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English confederacion, confideracion and Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederacy. Pronunciation: /kənfɛdəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. A union or alliance of states or political organizations. 2. The act of forming an alliance.
Word: mandap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mandapa (“sacred tent used in Hindu wedding ceremonies”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘He asked if you have any relatives, maybe a couple, who can sit inside the mandap and give the bride away in your place.’
Word: indepth Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of in-depth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: left fielder Part of Speech: noun 1. The outfield defensive player that stands to the left of the center fielder as viewed from home plate. Example: The left fielder made a fine running catch.
Word: center fielder Part of Speech: noun 1. the outfield defensive player who stands in the middle of the field Example: The center fielder made a spectacular sliding catch.
Word: right fielder Part of Speech: noun 1. The outfield defensive player that stands to the right of the field as viewed from home plate. Example: The right fielder nailed the runner at the plate with a perfect throw.
Word: chin music Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (folk music): The name jokingly refers to "playing" the mouth as if it were an instrument. 1. A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Jones backed Smith off the plate with a little chin music. 2. A bouncer aimed near the batsman's chin. Labels: informal, uncountable 3. Idle talk; chatter. Labels: US, dated, slang, uncountable 4. Rhythmic singing, usually to nonsense syllables, in a style partly inspired by the instruments used to accompany folk dancing in Irish and Scottish traditions. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: Kath Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. 1. A diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, or related names . Example: During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
Word: everwhat Part of Speech: det Etymology: From ever + what. Formed similarly to the older words each, every and German irgendwas. 1. Whatever; whichever. Labels: Appalachia Example: Everwhat Gawd does is fair even ef 'taint fair. Example: From that fungus and everwhat else is in there.
Word: catalytic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change.
Word: floorcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor + cloth. 1. A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors. 2. Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
Word: overshoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho English shoe English overshoe From over- + shoe. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊvəɹˌʃuː/ 1. A shoe worn over an ordinary shoe, as: Example: And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […] Example: “I will take some brandy,” said Edna, shivering as she removed her gloves and overshoes. 2. A shoe worn over an ordinary shoe, as:
Word: outtake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ 1. A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake. Example: The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes. 2. A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject. 3. An opening for outward discharge; a vent. Example: The boiler is "sectional" and of the water tube type, in which the steam and water drums are arranged transversely to the flow of gases from the furnace to the outtake to chimney.
Word: outtake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ 1. To take out, remove. Labels: transitive 2. To except. Labels: obsolete Example: it happed the kynge and launcelot stode in a wyndowe / and sawe syre Tristram ryde and Isoud / Syre sayd Launcelot yonder rydeth the fayrest lady of the world excepte youre quene Dame Gueneuer / who is that said sir Arthur / Sir sayd he / it is quene Isoud that oute taken my lady your quene she is makeles
Word: outtake Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ 1. except; besides. Labels: archaic Example: this is for everyone outtake my wife
Word: biochipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of biochip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: biochipped Part of Speech: adj 1. Fitted with a biochip. Labels: not-comparable Example: a biochipped kitten
Word: nonahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nona- + -hedron. 1. A polyhedron with nine faces. Example: A polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), consisting mainly of a mixture of octahedra, nonahedra, and decahedra with bulky and flexible organic substituents, with three secondary hydroxyls per organic group, was used to modify epoxy networks produced by the homopolymerization of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A in the presence of benzyldimethylamine.
Word: tchotchkes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tchotchke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jung Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zaniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zany Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English zaniness From zany + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈzeɪninɪs/ 1. The state or condition of being zany. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: zinfandel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880. Possibly a transmission of German Zierfandler, a different wine grape, through a Hungarian intermediary such as czirifandli (now Cirfandli). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪnfn̩dɛl/ 1. A dry red wine of California. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it? 2. A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: zestfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English zestful Middle English -ly English -ly English zestfully From zestful + -ly. 1. With zest or enthusiasm.
Word: zestfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zestful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English zestfulness From zestful + -ness. 1. State or condition of being zestful or enthusiastic. Labels: uncountable Example: An inscription on a stone of the ancient Assyrian King Sardanapalus emphasizes the zestfulness of his own epitaph.
Word: y-axes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of y-axis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: x-axes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of x-axis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mistrustful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mistrust + -ful. 1. Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something). Example: […] I hold it cowardice To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawn’d an open hand in sign of love; Example: In the passage I met the nurse. She greeted me with a little smile; but I was mistrustful of professional cheerfulness that night. 2. Expressing or showing a lack of trust. Example: He lookt askew with his mistrustfull eyes, And nycely trode, as thornes lay in his way Example: At last, having held a document before her glasses for nearly five minutes, she presented it across the counter; accompanying the act by another inquisitive and mistrustful glance—it was for J. E. 3. Having a suspicion, imagining or supposing (that something undesirable is the case). Example: The mender of roads was now coming to himself, and was mistrustful of having made a mistake in his late demonstrations; but no. 4. Causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Labels: obsolete Example: Vp we gad, owt spredding oure sayls and make to the seaward: Al creeks mistrustful with Greekish countrye refusing. Example: […] stonish’d as night-wanderers often are, Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood, Even so confounded in the dark she lay, Having lost the fair discovery of her way.
Word: bruxism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βρυχή (brukhḗ, “grinding of teeth”) + English -ism (suffix forming nouns indicating a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, or state). The word βρυχή is derived from Ancient Greek βρύκω (brúkō, “bite, chew; devour, gobble; grind one's teeth, gnash”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌksɪz(ə)m/, /ˈbɹʊk-/, /ˈbɹʌksɪzəm/ 1. The habit or practice of grinding the teeth, as while sleeping, or due to stress or certain drugs. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Bruxism is defined as occlusal stress during sleep. Example: Employment of autosuggestion in the treatment of "bruxism" may not be so well known.
Word: Z score Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the use of "Z" in Z distribution, another name for normal distribution. 1. The number of standard deviation units away from the mean a particular value of data lies.
Word: procures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of procure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hazed Part of Speech: adj 1. Affected by haze; hazy. Example: With W., N.W., and N. winds the air is very clear, whereas from all other directions it is very much hazed. All winds from E. by S. to SW are nearly ten times more hazed than those from the NW quadrant. Example: The images of reality become more and more hazed, more and more dim. Hibernation pulls him away. Floating, the nightmare returns. 2. Clouded, especially due to accidental exposure to light. 3. Drunk. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: hazed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of haze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yolked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yolk + -ed. 1. Having a specified type of yolk. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although it is rare, you may occasionally find a double-yolked egg. Example: Some people swear by the theory that a darker-yolked egg makes for a more nutritious meal.
Word: boon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more. Pronunciation: /buːn/ 1. A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly. Example: Near-synonyms: gift; blessing, benefit; see also Thesaurus:gift Example: Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers. 2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction. Example: I gave you life. Can you not return the boon by giving me death, my lord? Example: Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. 3. A prayer; petition. Labels: obsolete Example: The wofull husbandman doth lowd complaine, / To ſee his whole yeares labor loſt ſo ſoone, / For which to God he made ſo many an idle boone. 4. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord. Labels: UK, dialectal 5. A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess. Labels: Hinduism Example: A telling story is that of Vikra, who, after practicing severe tapas for many years, called on Śiva, asking him to grant the boon that whosoever's head he would touch, that person would die instantly.
Word: boon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Old Northern French boonbor. Middle English boon English boon From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”). Pronunciation: /buːn/ 1. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. Example: Greedily ſhe ingorg’d without restraint, / And knew not eating Death: Satiate at length, / And hight’nd as with Wine, jocond and boon, / Thus to herſelf ſhe pleaſingly began. Example: I knovv the Infirmity of our Family; vve are apt to play the Boon-Companion, and throvv avvay our Money in our Cups: […] 2. Kind; bountiful; benign. Labels: archaic Example: With mazie error under pendant ſhades / Ran Nectar, viſiting each plant, and fed /Flours worthy of Paradiſe which not nice Art / In Beds and curious Knots, but Nature boon / Powrd forth profuſe on Hill and Dale and Plaine, / […] 3. Good; prosperous. Labels: obsolete Example: boon voyage
Word: boon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bone (“reed, stem, husk”), akin to or alteration of Old English bune (“reed; drinking cup”). Pronunciation: /buːn/ 1. The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. Labels: uncountable
Word: ZETA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of zero-energy thermonuclear assembly/apparatus (“a torus-shaped reactor used in the mid-20th century to carry out experiments in plasma physics and temperature-controlled thermonuclear reactions”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Xenophon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν (Xenophôn). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛnəˌfɒn/, /-fən/, /ˈzɛnəˌfɑn/, /ˈzi-/ 1. Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E. and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
Word: biologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) 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 -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English biologic From biology + -ic. Pronunciation: /bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/ 1. Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism. Labels: not-comparable Example: Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point. Example: A biologic therapy that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
Word: biologic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) 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 -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English biologic From biology + -ic. Pronunciation: /bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/ 1. An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism. Example: It involved 136 biologics approved in the United States and 105 in the European Union between January 1995 and June 2007. A total of 41, or nearly 24 percent, got safety warnings issued through June 2008.
Word: back down Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I was about to sue them, but I had to back down. Example: The boys had planned to fight during recess, but backed down after the principal found out. 2. To make (someone) take a less aggressive position. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I have backed down so many men by confronting them. I'm willing to fight back. If you have that rage in your heart and you are willing to kill, that radiates. 3. To withdraw from a commitment or position; back out. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Golden Fleece Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊl.dən fliːs/, [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩ ˈfliːs], /ˈɡoʊl.dən fliːs/, [ˈɡəɫ.dn̩ ˈfliːs] 1. A magical fleece from a winged ram guarded by the hydra in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts. Labels: Greek 2. A chivalric order founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III of Burgundy. Later awarded in Spain and Habsburg Austria.
Word: pyrrhexia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pyrexia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pyrexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”). Pronunciation: /pʌɪˈrɛk.si.ə/, /pɪˈrɛk.si.ə/, /paɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ 1. Fever. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing. 2. Trench fever. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kwame Part of Speech: name Etymology: An ancient and traditional Akan day-name meaning "born on Saturday". Popularized in the 1960s when Kwame Nkrumah was the Prime Minister of Ghana. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑː.meɪ/ 1. A male given name from Akan, given to a male child born on a Saturday; variant forms Kwamé, Kouamé, Kwami, Kwamena, Kwamina. Example: Attorney General Kwame Raoul defended birthright citizenship in the ongoing multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration’s executive order purporting to redefine birthright citizenship to exclude certain children born to non-citizen parents.
Word: trench fever Part of Speech: noun 1. An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: biochip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Middle English chippe English chip English biochip From bio- + chip. 1. A microchip made from biological macromolecules (especially DNA) rather than a semiconductor. 2. An identification chip fitted into the flesh of an animal.
Word: biochip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Middle English chippe English chip English biochip From bio- + chip. 1. To fit (an animal) with such a chip. Labels: transitive
Word: topologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English topological Middle English -ly English -ly English topologically From topological + -ly. 1. In a topological manner
Word: polyhedra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɒl.iˈhiː.dɹə/ 1. plural of polyhedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shamrock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh₁r-, *smeh₁r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/, /ˈʃæm.ɹɑk/ 1. The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland. Example: She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry. 2. Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens. Example: The fields were covered with shamrocks.
Word: sentential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sententialis. 1. Relating to a sentence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sentential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sententialis. 1. A portion of a sentence or utterance that could act on its own as a complete sentence. Example: Near-synonym: clause Example: Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.
Word: rhotacism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin rhōtacismus, from Ancient Greek *ῥωτακισμός (*rhōtakismós), from ῥωτακίζω (rhōtakízō, “to incorrectly use rho”), from ῥῶ (rhô, “rho (the Greek equivalent of r)”) in analogy with ἰωτακίζω (iōtakízō, “to incorrectly use iota”); itself from ἰῶτα (iôta) in analogy with ἀττικίζω (attikízō, “talk like an Athenian”). By surface analysis, rho + -tacism. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm/, /ˈɹoʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm/ 1. An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R; rhotacization. Labels: countable 3. The inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For example: r’s may become burrs or guttural grunts or w’s or l’s (rhotacism); […] Example: From the analysis of Kana writings, hypothesizes that the inability to establish a stable… […] The correction of rhotacism by means of an electric vibrator.
Word: somatosensory cortex Part of Speech: noun 1. the somatic sensory cortex
Word: somatic sensory cortex Part of Speech: noun 1. The region of the cerebral cortex that receives somatic signals from the thalamus.
Word: stomal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stoma + -al. 1. Of, or relating to a stoma.
Word: stirk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stirk, sterke, styrke, from Old English stīrc, stȳrc, stȳric, stīorc (“calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurik, from Proto-Germanic *stiurikaz (“bullock”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“steer”), equivalent to steer + -ock. Cognate with Middle Low German sterke (“stirk”), Middle Dutch stierick ("stirk"; compare Modern Dutch sterke (“young cow”)), German Sterk, Stärke, Stark (“stirk”). More at steer. Pronunciation: /stɜːk/, /stɝk/, [stɪrk] 1. A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer. Labels: Scotland, UK, dated, dialectal Example: But beware of MacPhadraick, my son; for when he called himself the friend of your father, he better loved the most worthless stirk in his herd, than he did the life-blood of MacTavish Mhor. Example: Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, four fat cows and heifers, two sturks and three yearlings; fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […]
Word: yearling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɜː.lɪŋ/, /ˈjɪə.lɪŋ/, /ˈjɪɚ.lɪŋ/ 1. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old). Example: a yearling lamb Example: Tom Fettig and his wife, Kim, were there with 60 yearlings, about half of a herd they were helping their son raise on the outskirts of Bismarck. 2. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st. 3. A sophomore at West Point military academy. Labels: US Example: "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn." Example: As a yearling, he admitted to doing his part in ensuring that plebes knew their place at the Academy, […]
Word: ATAPI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: swathing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swathing; equivalent to swathe + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of swathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swathing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swathing; equivalent to swathe + -ing. 1. A wrapping.
Word: surrealist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Old French sur- French sur- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reel Middle French real French réel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French réalisme French surréalismebor. English surrealismbf. English surreal ▲ 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 surrealist From surreal + -ist. 1. Of, or relating to the modernist art movement surrealism; (by extension) having a similar surreal aesthetic or narrative. Example: In true surrealist tradition, many of his ideas, [Quentin] Dupieux says, come from dreams – but “the ones that come to you when you’re half asleep, when you doze off during the day for five minutes. The brain keeps working, and you get these great ideas.” Example: The sharply written script, buoyed by its surrealist bent, facilitates the plot well enough that the impracticalities aren’t too distracting.
Word: surrealist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Old French sur- French sur- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reel Middle French real French réel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French réalisme French surréalismebor. English surrealismbf. English surreal ▲ 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 surrealist From surreal + -ist. 1. A surrealist artist. Example: Joseph Cornell is often considered the first and greatest American surrealist, said to have influenced creators as diverse as iconic French dadaist Marcel Duchamp and beloved speculative-fiction novelist William Gibson. Example: Of all the modernist art movements, it was the surrealists who were best at enjoying their revolution.
Word: supineness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English supine Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English supineness From supine + -ness. 1. The state of being supine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When he returned to understand how Fanny was situated, and perceive its ill effects, there seemed with him but one thing to be done, and that “Fanny must have a horse,” was the resolute declaration with which he opposed whatever could be urged by the supineness of his mother, or the economy of his aunt, to make it appear unimportant. Example: In the first dejected state of his mind upon the loss of Ellina, the future had presented but a sterile waste; a tranquil but languid repose at best seemed to await him—a torpid existence, a miserable endurance of life, when the soul, susceptible of an aching void, resigns itself to the supineness of apathy. 2. Total submissiveness; flat on one's back, lacking any backbone; with total abandon; prostrate; supine Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Instead, therefore, of addressing the legislature, or the magistrates, I shall endeavour to shew, that the evil does not rest with those who make, nor with those who are intrusted with the execution of, the laws; but that it has greatly increased in, consequence of the sinful supineness of individuals, and the relaxation of the moral system of parishes. (p. 28) Example: I can safely appeal to the magistrates for the truth of these statements; knowing how deeply they lament that sinful supineness, which has occasioned such an increase of depravity. (p. 32)
Word: Somaliland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Somali + -land; analogous with Jubaland and Puntland. 1. An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia. 2. A geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate. Official name: Republic of Somaliland. Example: Holonym: Somalia (construed as holonymous by almost all sovereign states) Example: A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to replace a progressive sexual offences law passed in 2018 with a revised version that protects rapists rather than survivors and allows child marriage.
Word: stinko Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stink + -o. 1. Drunk Labels: slang Example: Let's get stinko. Example: "Brandy, Miss Tomson." "This stuff made of apricots, Mr Smith." "Fermented. I could get stinko." "Shall we have some strong coffee." 2. Of poor quality. Labels: slang Example: The publisher doesn't care if O has a writing talent worth developing because right now the publisher is, say, too wrapped up trying to sell X's book, which may be stinko (and everyone knows it), but....
Word: sensuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/, /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/, /ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/, /ˌsen.ʃʉːˈɛl.ə.tiː/ 1. The state of being sensual or sensuous. Labels: uncountable Example: pure sensuality Example: air of sensuality 2. A preoccupation with sensual pleasure. Labels: countable
Word: Capricorn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Capricornus. By surface analysis, capri- + corn (“horn”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/ 1. Synonym of Capricornus (constellation). Example: The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne, The ſnake-heard [sic] Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar. 2. The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology). 3. The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).
Word: Capricorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Capricornus. By surface analysis, capri- + corn (“horn”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/ 1. Someone with a Capricorn star sign. Example: ‘This is why I stay away from Capricorns. You can be so cold!’
Word: Capricorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin Capricornus. By surface analysis, capri- + corn (“horn”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/ 1. To adorn with horns. Labels: archaic Example: Richard Brathwait, "A Cuckold with a Witnesse", from A Strappado for the Devil (1615): "A wily wench there was (as I have read) / Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head."
Word: solfatara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian solfatara (“a place where to find sulphates”), from solfato (“sulphate”) + -ara (“suffix that forms place nouns”). More at Italian zolfo (“sulphur”). Itself the name of Solfatara, a volcano near Naples. Compare Sicilian surfatara. 1. An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam. Example: Under these solfataras, (which, at each eruption from the volcano, emitted greater quantities of hot steams) are several hot wells, close to the high-water mark, which, however, seem not to be in the least sulphureous. Example: Holmes calls these active vents solfataras, so evidently we are at the type locality for this kind of thing.
Word: pegasus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Pegasus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: superstrate Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another. 2. The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero. 3. The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and environmental degradation while allowing maximum transmission of the appropriate wavelengths of the solar spectrum. 4. Alternative form of superstratum. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: However influential Sanskrit and Pāli were, then, linguistically both were limited to a “superstrate” role here: nowhere did they replace the native tongues of Southeast Asia.
Word: superstrate Part of Speech: verb 1. To arrange in parallel layers or strata.
Word: theta wave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theta + wave. 1. A type of electrical activity in the brain; a brain wave with a frequency of 4-8 hertz.
Word: sematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek σήμᾰτος (sḗmătos), genitive of σῆμᾰ (sêmă, “sign, mark, token”), + -ic. 1. Acting as a sign of danger. Labels: not-comparable
Word: theta rhythm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theta + rhythm. 1. A type of electrical activity in the brain: brain waves with a frequency of 4-8 hertz.
Word: soigné Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French soigné, past participle of soigner. Doublet of soigneur. Pronunciation: /ˈswɑː.njeɪ/, /swɑːˈnjeɪ/, /swɑˈnjeɪ/ 1. Fashionable and elegant, well-groomed. Example: Custom Java apps and CU-SeeMe feeds will provide interaction with the battery of soigné psychics. Example: Always, he radiated an air of soigné self-confidence: he could be amiable in his opinions or waspish, but he never betrayed a flicker of doubt about what he thought.
Word: stibic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin stibium (“antimony”) + -ic. 1. of, or relating to antimony