nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sapwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sap + wood. Pronunciation: /ˈsapwʊd/ 1. The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood.
Word: heartwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + wood. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹtˌwʊd/ 1. The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood. Example: The staves are split from the heartwood. The heartwood is composed of dead cells; it supports the tree, but no longer has any physiological purpose. The staves must follow the grain of the wood to achieve a watertight cask, so they are split rather than sawn. — L'encyclopédie du Cognac: From log to stave
Word: sarcophagi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sarcophagī, from sarcophagus + -ī (suffix denoting the nominative or vocative plural form of a word ending in -us). Pronunciation: /sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ/, /-d͡ʒaɪ/, /sɑɹˈkɑfəɡaɪ/ 1. plural of sarcophagus Labels: form-of, plural Example: On closer inspection the coffins seemed to be more like sarcophagi. They stood about waist high and were constructed of what appeared to be white marble, […]
Word: gas guzzler Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle that consumes a large amount of fuel. Labels: informal
Word: sarcophaguses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarcophagus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcophaguses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sarcophagus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: That person sarcophaguses bodies for a living.
Word: worn't Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Variant of weren't. 1. Alternative spelling of weren't. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction Example: It worn't long befoor he coom // To see ha matters stood; Example: Which on 'em was Oxford? The inside one. No, it worn't—they was outside.
Word: pony in the barn Part of Speech: noun 1. An exciting and real prospect, something to be legitimately excited about. Labels: idiomatic
Word: scalding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing. 1. Hot enough to burn. 2. Scorching; scathing. Labels: figuratively Example: a scalding attack on his critics
Word: scalding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of scald Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scalding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Latin caldus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin excaldō Old Northern French escalderbor. Middle English scalden English scald English -ing English scalding From scald + -ing. 1. An instance of scalding: a burn.
Word: scalding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling. 1. Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England. Labels: historical
Word: swampy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”). 1. Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp. Example: swampy land Example: swampy armpits 2. Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones. Example: Fogerty’s voice is raw but focused, they can stretch out on Born on the Bayou and Suzie Q, but can be succinct, punchy and still just as evocatively swampy on Green River. They have punch – this is easily the best set so far.
Word: swinish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈswaɪnɪʃ/ 1. Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased. Example: Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike Example: […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]
Word: swallow-tailed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of swallowtailed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: protegé Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of protégé. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bitching Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Excellent; outstanding. Labels: slang Example: Encino is, like, so bitchin’ Example: The car is an older model Chevy that we think is either a dark blue or black four-door sedan. Apparently, it runs rough but has a sweet set of rims and a bitching stereo system with huge speakers mounted in the trunk. 2. Awful, terrible. Labels: slang, uncommon Example: Just my bitching luck.
Word: bitching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bitch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bitching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A spiteful criticism or complaint. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: Grierson's innocence – although Townsend would say it was naivety – was rather sweet and attractive amid the sour and petty bitchings of the other women.
Word: sandmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: socius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusbor. English socius Borrowed from Latin socius. 1. Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC. Labels: historical 2. An associate; a fellow of an academy, etc. 3. According to Gilles Deleuze, a social body that takes credit for production.
Word: gammon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. A cut of quick-cured pork leg. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust. Example: I bake a piece of gammon that will be served both hot and, later, as cold cuts.
Word: gammon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. To cure bacon by salting.
Word: gammon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gamenen, gamene, from Old English gamnian, gæmnian, gamenian (“to joke, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną (“to play, have fun, joke”). Cognate with Middle High German gamenen (“to mock, make fun of”), Icelandic gamna (“to have fun”). More at game. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. To joke, kid around, play. Labels: dialectal 2. To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
Word: gammon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gamenen, gamene, from Old English gamnian, gæmnian, gamenian (“to joke, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną (“to play, have fun, joke”). Cognate with Middle High German gamenen (“to mock, make fun of”), Icelandic gamna (“to have fun”). More at game. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable 2. A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Toward the end of the game Roger had not borne off a single stone belonging to Roseanna, and she scored a gammon. She could not hide the triumph in her eyes. “Perhaps you will play a better game if we play for something closer to your heart,” she suggested. 3. Backgammon (the game itself). Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: We started about 7:00 drinking beers and playing gammon. Then after getting a little “loose” we went to a girls dorm.
Word: gammon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
Word: gammon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. To lash with ropes (on a ship). Example: “No, by thunder !” he cried, “it's us must break the treaty when the time comes; and till then I'll gammon that doctor, if I have to ile his boots with brandy.”
Word: gammon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. Chatter, ridiculous nonsense. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Some people maintains^([sic]) that an Englishman's house is his castle. That's gammon. Example: “Gammon, Pen—go on,” Foker said.
Word: gammon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. To deceive; to lie plausibly to. Labels: colloquial, dated, transitive Example: And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir. Example: This blackfulla's driving a car. Copper stops 'im, says, “Did you know you were speeding?” Blackfulla says, “No.” His Missus goes, “Oh yeah you did, eh.” Cop says, “Did you know your tail lights aren't working? Guy says, "No". His missus says, "You did an' all, Dont you gammon to them coppers." Guy goes to his Missus, "Shut up!" Copper asks the Missus, "Does he always talk to you like that?" She goes, "Only when he's drunk!"
Word: gammon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. Fake, pretend; bullshit. Labels: Papua-New-Guinea Example: I was just being gammon. Example: She ripped the fake coins off […] and tried a black lacy veil, which covered Kerry's forehead, mouth and chin, rendering her mysterious. ‘I look like a Muslim,’ Kerry said doubtfully. […] It was better than the gammon coins though, so she left it.
Word: gammon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Gained popularity in 2017 (in the phrase "Great Wall of Gammon", likening the referents' rosy complexions to gammon (“ham, bacon”)), although the metaphor was in use earlier: the BBC points to a 2016 use of “gammon face”. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmən/ 1. A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. Labels: UK, countable, derogatory, neologism, uncountable Example: Yeah, let the bitch drown / Got the gammons all feeling sick now / Great Britannia's lost all hope, she's broke Example: I was expecting the Guardian to portray me as an old gammon and pair me up with some radical with coloured hair. Then she walked through the door with blue hair, which was rather amusing!
Word: squirreling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squirrel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squirreling Part of Speech: noun 1. The storing of something when in abundance against a time when it will be scarce (after the manner of a squirrel) Labels: uncountable 2. The application of L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner. Labels: derogatory, often, uncountable
Word: manumation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of manual + automation. 1. Applying technology to automate a business process that produces the same results as the manual process before automation. Labels: nonstandard, uncountable Example: 1999, Frank Sklarsky (interviewee), “DaimlerChrysler: Revving the Finance Engine”, Financial Executive One operating tip: "Always move from manumation to automation," Sklarsky advises. "Any time there's a piece of information, record it once. Then you can funnel it where it needs to go and let the computer do the reporting." Example: 2003 April, Kalle Kangas, Business Strategies for Information Technology Management, page 179, Idea Group Inc., IRM Press Indeed, without a firm connection to good external benchmarks (best practice, best-of-class indicators) companies can fall victim to manumation, simply automating old, outdated processes.
Word: snowmeow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + meow, originally the name of a character in the 1980s TV cartoon series ThunderCats. 1. A snow leopard. Labels: Internet, slang Example: *cool* cuddles from thys snowmeow *purrpurr* (title) Example: Awww...I can't be a Canadian snowmeow... :(
Word: GIDEON Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network, a medical decision support tool. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: unpurposed 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 purposed English unpurposed From un- + purposed. 1. Without purpose. Example: If that Law did well to reduce from liberty to bondage for an ingratitude not the greatest, much more became it the Law of God to enact the restorement of a free born man from an unpurpos’d, and unworthy bondage to a rightfull liberty for the most unnatural fraud and ingratitude that can be committed against him. Example: He was distinguished from his fellows by the fact that each year he grew more aware that he hadn’t even a dim candle of talent; that he was ill-planned and unpurposed; that he would have to settle down to the ordinary gray limbo of jobs and offices […] 2. Not deliberate. Example: When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then To do this when I bade thee? Do it at once; Or thy precedent services are all But accidents unpurposed. Example: 1640, William Whately, Prototypes, London: Edward Langham, The Thirteenth Example, pp. 199-200, […] the Lord will surely accept him and forgive his unpurposed offences and sinnes of meere weakenesse and frailty.
Word: rumbullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. The forms rhum and rumbustion appear around the same time. 1. Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: ...the chiefe fudling they make in the Island is Rumbullion, alias Kill-Devill, and this is made of suggar canes distilled, a hott, hellish and terrible liquor. Example: Now, if there be six Coppers, the first two are thinnest and biggest, in which the juyce is first boiled; but not by a very strong fire, for that will make the Scum to rise, by casting in Temper, as they call it: the first of which that ariseth is little worth; but afterwards, what is scum'd off, they make a very good drink of, called Locus-Ale, much used by the servants; or else they convey it into a Copper-Still (as they do all their other setlings and dregs of Sugar) to be distill'd, and make a sort of Strong-Water they call Rum, or Rum-bullion, stronger then Spirit of Wine, and not very pleasant, until a man is used to it. This strong liquor is ordinarily drank amongst the Planters, as well alone, as made into Punch.
Word: rumbullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Rambouillet, a town between Paris and Chartres in France. Doublet of Rambouillet. 1. A kind of peach. Labels: obsolete 2. A kind of gooseberry. Labels: obsolete
Word: rumbullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain but probably related to rumbustious (“unruly”), itself likely a variant of robustious (“robust, large, noisy, violent”), from robust + -ious, q.v. 1. A great tumult. Labels: Devon, archaic, dialectal Example: When Jim brought the bride home from church that Rufus got hold of a gun and fired it off up chimney, and down come the soot, bushels of it! All over the room, and a chimney-pot burst and rattled down the tiles into a prambulator. What a rumbullion that was!
Word: disenchanted Part of Speech: adj 1. Disappointed; having lost belief or enthusiasm through bad experience. Example: I visited Chiang Kai-shek at a lake resort on Taiwan. Chiang still dreamed of returning to the mainland, and once again he urged that America support such an effort. He argued that the Chinese on the mainland were disenchanted with their leaders and ready to rally to another force. 2. Having had a magical spell or enchantment removed; no longer enchanted. Example: And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow like that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him.
Word: disenchanted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disenchant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spousal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spouse + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈspaʊzəl/, /ˈspaʊsəl/ 1. of or relating to marriage 2. of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses Example: There ſhall vvee conſummate our ſpouſall rites. Example: We identify the degree of complementarity by calibrating #92;rho such that the model matches the reduced-form spousal spillover impact of the 2011 Norwegian pension reform.
Word: spousal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spousaille, from Old French esposaille, espousaille, espousalle, Anglo-Norman (e)spusaille, esposalie, sposale, spousaille. Pronunciation: /ˈspaʊzəl/, /ˈspaʊsəl/ 1. Espousal; marriage; nuptials. Labels: in-plural, obsolete Example: The Spouſals of Hippolita the Queen; Example: Knowing well to celebrate / With song and hue and star and state, / With tender light and youthful cheer, / The spousals of the new-born year.
Word: spirant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spirans, present participle of spīrō (“to blow”). Compare inspire, expire, respiration, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪəɹənt/, /ˈspaɪɹənt/ 1. A non-sibilant fricative. Labels: dated Example: Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact. Example: The raising of the stem indicated the opening of the consonant to a ‘spirant’ […]
Word: dunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”). Doublet of dent and dint. 1. A stroke; a dull-sounding blow. Labels: Scotland Example: He was alive to every creak andd dunt, the thinness of the walls, as if the tenement block was a kind of aural panopticon that funnelled every sound to the other residents, let everyone eavesdrop on their business.
Word: dunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”). Doublet of dent and dint. 1. To strike; give a blow to; knock. Labels: Scotland Example: Syne he was the king of France, and fought hard with a whin bush till he had banged it to pieces. After that nothing would content him but he must be a bogle, for he found his head dunting on the stars and his legs were knocking the hills together.
Word: dunt Part of Speech: noun 1. The disease gid or sturdy in sheep. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: dunt Part of Speech: contraction 1. Pronunciation spelling of don't. Labels: Yorkshire, alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling
Word: prurience Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/ 1. The quality of being prurient. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is a prurience in the speech of some.
Word: retinoblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retino- + blastoma. 1. A malignant tumour of the retina; a hereditary condition found mostly in children. Example: Retinoblastoma has two distinct variants, an inherited “familial” form and a sporadic form.
Word: retinoblastoma protein Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein whose inactivation by mutation leads to the formation of retinoblastomas.
Word: tall ship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tall + ship. 1. A large sailing ship with multiple masts and rigged sails, usually used as a training vessel. Example: the Rose of Devon had been an ancient craft when King James died and King Charles succeeded to the throne. But she was a fine tall ship and staunch notwithstanding her years, and there was newly gilded carving on bow and stern and a new band of crimson ran her length.
Word: disemvowels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disemvowel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disemvoweling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disemvowel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disemvoweled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disemvowel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: credit-deposit ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. The proportion of loan-assets created by banks from the deposits received. Labels: India
Word: Dáil Éireann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Irish Dáil Éireann. Pronunciation: /dɔɪ̯l ˈɛə̯ɹən/ 1. The lower house of the Parliament of Ireland.
Word: Madagascan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Madagasc(ar) + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar.
Word: Madagascan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Madagasc(ar) + -an. 1. Of or relating to Madagascar.
Word: Palaeogene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Paleogene. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Palaeogenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Paleogenic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paleomagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet 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 -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English magnetism English paleomagnetism From paleo- + magnetism. Pronunciation: /peɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈmaɡnətɪzm/ 1. The study of the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field as it has changed over geologic time. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The crucial work on palaeomagnetism was already under way less than ten years after Holmes's first edition.
Word: palaeomagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English magnetism English palaeomagnetism From palaeo- + magnetism. 1. Alternative spelling of paleomagnetism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: predication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō. 1. A proclamation, announcement or preaching. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An assertion or affirmation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase. 3. The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hockles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hockle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hocklin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of hockle Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: hockled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hockle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: infulminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fulminate English infulminate From in- + fulminate. 1. To make something thunderous. Labels: rare, transitive Example: where […] suns infulminate the stormful sky
Word: paleoclimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English climate English paleoclimate From paleo- + climate. 1. The climate of the Earth at a specified point in geologic time.
Word: palaeoclimate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paleoclimate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: micromirror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + mirror. 1. A very small, highly reflective mirror, often supported on a torsion beam, used in a variety of applications and in research on radiation and quantum effects. Example: 2006, Nature 444, 71-74 (2 November), Letters to Editor Radiation-pressure cooling and optomechanical instability of a micromirror
Word: hintends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hintend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micromechanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English micromechanical From micro- + mechanical. 1. of or pertaining to micromechanics Labels: not-comparable
Word: micromechanical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English micromechanical From micro- + mechanical. 1. A micromechanical device or component
Word: micromechanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusbor. English mechanics English micromechanics From micro- + mechanics. 1. The design and manufacture of micromechanisms. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of the microscopic behaviour of components of composite materials. Labels: uncountable
Word: micromechanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism English micromechanism From micro- + mechanism. 1. Any mechanism whose components are smaller than a millimeter
Word: ubiquitin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ubiquitous + -in. Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪkwɪtɪn/ 1. Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins.
Word: ubiquitination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ubiquitin + -ation. 1. The modification of a protein by the covalent attachment of one or more ubiquitin molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ubiquitinylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ubiquitinyl Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ubiquitinylation From ubiquitinyl + -ation. 1. Ubiquitination. Labels: uncountable
Word: ubiquitinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ubiquitin Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ubiquitinate From ubiquitin + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To modify a protein by attaching ubiquitin molecules.
Word: ubiquitinated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ubiquitin Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ubiquitinate English -ed English ubiquitinated From ubiquitinate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of ubiquitinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ubiquitinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ubiquitin + -ated. 1. Modified or degraded by the attachment of ubiquitin molecules.
Word: new laddish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From new lad + -ish. 1. Having the characteristics of a new lad. Labels: UK
Word: new lad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modeled on New Man, coined by Northern Irish music and photography journalist Sean O'Hagan in 1991. 1. A sexist young man who embraces traditional male attitudes. Labels: UK Example: What we are dealing with here is the New Lad, a rather schizoid, post-feminist fellow with an inbuilt psychic regulator that enables him to imperceptibly alter his consciousness according to the company he keeps. Basically, the New Lad aspires to New Man status when he's with women, but reverts to Old Lad type when he's out with the boys. Clever, eh? Example: When the economy picked up and men, becoming more confident, realised that women didn't fancy new men... along came the New Lads. Which was refreshing for about two- and-half minutes. But the New Lads had a similar lifespan to the New Man.
Word: nitrophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nitro- + -phobic. 1. nitrophobous Labels: not-comparable
Word: nitrophobous Part of Speech: adj 1. Not thriving in soil that is rich in nitrogen or nitrates Labels: not-comparable
Word: outplant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of out + implant (“breast implant”). Analysable as out- + plant. 1. A gel-like prosthesis placed inside the cup of a bra (outside the breast) to enhance apparent breast size. Labels: in-plural Example: […] breast outplants to teenage hypochondria. Example: Outplants for a Fuller, Larger Bust Line Instantly! Avoid irreversible surgery and its high cost.
Word: outplant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English plant English outplant From out- + plant. 1. To surpass in planting Labels: transitive Example: His father bragged that his son could outplant any laborer available for hire in the village. 2. To plant outdoors (after rearing in a greenhouse etc.).
Word: OxyContin Part of Speech: name Etymology: A trademark, from oxycodone + continuous. Pronunciation: /ˌɒksɪˈkɑ(n)tn̩/, /ˌɒksɪˈkɑ(n)ʔn̩/ 1. A brand name for a controlled-release form of oxycodone, a synthetic analgesic drug. Example: Coordinate term: MS Contin Example: In his view, there is not much moral difference between the Sacklers, the enormously wealthy, extremely philanthropic family who made their money getting people addicted to OxyContin; Bill Clinton, who adopted MarketWorld’s beliefs during his presidency and in his work afterward; and others who have done nothing so obviously huge or harmful, but who aren’t willing to go radical, either.
Word: anapnograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anapnographe, coined by the device's inventors Léon Bergeon and M. Kastus in the 1860s, from Ancient Greek ἀναπνοή (anapnoḗ, “recovery of breath; respiration”) (from ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to draw breath”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + πνέω (pnéō, “to breathe”)) + French -graphe (see -graph). 1. A form of spirometer.
Word: infusate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infuse + -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. A fluid given intravenously over a period of time for medication or diagnostic purposes.
Word: toxic waste Part of Speech: noun 1. Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: biocomputing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English computing English biocomputing From bio- + computing. 1. The design and construction of computers containing biological components. Labels: uncountable Example: A fungal computer may sound fantastical, but 'biocomputing' is a fast-growing field. 2. The application of computing to the biological sciences; bioinformatics. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hellenistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Hellenistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English Hellenistical From Hellenistic + -al. 1. Hellenistic
Word: endued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Francois Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of François. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. 3. A surname.
Word: Hiram Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪɹəm/ 1. A king of Tyre. (biblical character) Example: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2. A male given name from Hebrew, taken into use by Puritans in the seventeenth century. Example: Harm. It wasn't even a nickname. It was just the way folks had always pronounced his first name Hiram, in mountain dialect, a long "i" sound blending the two syllables into an aspirated breath. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States:
Word: overspread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”). Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/ 1. To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun. Labels: transitive Example: those nations of the North which overspread the world Example: Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […] 2. To be spread or scattered about. Labels: intransitive
Word: occluded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of occlude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: occluded Part of Speech: adj 1. closed or obstructed 2. forced upwards by colder, denser air
Word: listenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of listening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: listening station Part of Speech: noun 1. A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.
Word: listening stations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of listening station Labels: form-of, plural
Word: listening posts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of listening post Labels: form-of, plural
Word: listening post Part of Speech: noun 1. A position established for the purpose of detecting the enemy's movements by means of listening. 2. A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others. Example: Shepard: Why are you out here in the first place? Lieutenant Durand: There's been a lot of pirate activity in this cluster. We set up a chain of listening posts in the local systems in case they have a staging base. 3. Any location frequented by a journalist in search of stories or gossip. Example: He probably has "listening posts" which he visits regularly in search of stray items of news. These may be the general store, the barber shop, the ministers' homes, the Chamber of Commerce and the local or state police headquarters. Example: The British crown colony of Hong Kong is the West's primary listening post for information on Red China, which does not grant entry visas to many foreigners.
Word: alti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alto Labels: form-of, plural Example: The four parts of Trionfo del Tempo are for two sopranos and two alti. Example: Another of his works which would be very attractive is the Psalm 23d for two soprani and two alti.
Word: camisa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of camisia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: listenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English listen Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English listenable From listen + -able. 1. Pleasant or easy to listen to. Example: Mozart's music was popular because he wrote listenable works.
Word: workflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + flow. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːkfləʊ/, /ˈwɝkfloʊ/ 1. The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place. Example: streamline the workflow Example: optimize the workflow 2. A process or procedure by which tasks are completed. It may be defined by a flowchart with actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths. Labels: especially
Word: listenability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From listen + -ability or listenable + -ity. 1. A measure of the ease or pleasure in listening to something, such as music. Labels: uncountable Example: The listenability of the music would be improved if you played it on a piano instead of a kazoo.
Word: uncoerced 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 coerced English uncoerced From un- + coerced. 1. Not brought about by or subject to coercion or force. Labels: not-comparable
Word: equilibria Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛkwɪˈlɪbɹɪə/, /iːkwɪˈlɪbɹɪə/ 1. plural of equilibrium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equivalency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aequivalentia. 1. An equivalent thing. Labels: countable 2. equivalence Labels: uncountable
Word: transmural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English mural English transmural From trans- + mural. 1. beyond a city wall Labels: not-comparable 2. passing through the wall of an organ or any other bodily structure Labels: not-comparable Example: However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).
Word: equivalently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English equivalent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English equivalently From equivalent + -ly. 1. In an equivalent manner; equally. Example: We also note that the special case in which the b parameter is set a priori to 1 is underidentified and requires an arbitrary constraint on one item parameter or, equivalently, on the a distribution parameter.
Word: sweet oil Part of Speech: noun 1. An oil with a pleasant taste, especially olive oil or rape oil. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Mr. Nollekens shook him by the elbow, and applied to him for a little sweet-oil, a large basin, some water, and pen, ink, and paper. Example: Equal parts of the juice of house-leek, brandy and sweet-oil in a phial, to be hung up and exposed to the sun for a month or more.
Word: eroticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic 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 -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English eroticism From erotic + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɑtəˌsɪzm̩/, /-ˌsɪzəm/ 1. the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused Labels: uncountable, usually 2. sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent Labels: uncountable, usually 3. a sexual interest in something; an attraction, fetish, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is a range of fantasies available to all of us in this culture. I think that everyone has a range of possibilities. Nevertheless, we all specialize; we all have preferences. A lot of people have those [sadomasochistic] fantasies cut ^([sic]) it isn't their primary eroticism, or even something they want to try.
Word: escallop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French escalope. 1. A scallop. 2. A bearing or charge consisting of an escalop shell, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. 3. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. Labels: obsolete Example: So many jags or escalops. 4. Alternative spelling of escalope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: escallop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French escalope. 1. Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”). Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: the nose knows Part of Speech: phrase 1. Despite the addressee's belief that the speaker was unaware of something, the speaker, in fact, was already aware. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: beribbon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English ribbon English beribbon From be- + ribbon. 1. To adorn with ribbons.
Word: blackeye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + eye. 1. A drink of coffee with two shots of espresso added. 2. A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).
Word: alae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪˌli/ 1. plural of ala. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autonomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autonomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: episteme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́σταμαι (epĭ́stamai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē)bor. English episteme Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛp.ɪˈstiː.mi/, /ˌɛp.əˈsti.mi/, /ˈɛp.ɪsˌtiːm/ 1. Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism. 2. Know-how; compare techne. Labels: Ancient-Greek, specifically 3. The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch. Example: 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, pages 65 and 71 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN An 'episteme' is the “underground” grid or network which allows thought to organize itself. Each historical period has its own episteme. It limits the totality of experience, knowledge and truth, and governs each science in one period. Classical representation no longer needs a subject like royalty. It can only be made visible by its invisibility — by appearing in the mirror of representation. The true subject is never to be found in the table — or painting — as a historical subject of life, labour and language. The classical episteme did not isolate a specific domain proper to man. Axiom: In the classical episteme the subject is bound to escape its own representation.
Word: silica gel Part of Speech: noun 1. A granular, porous form of silica made synthetically from sodium silicate and used as a desiccant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: American Revolutionary War Part of Speech: name 1. The American Revolution (1775–1783) of the contiguous southern thirteen colonies of the British Empire on the east coast of the North American mainland.