nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: exchange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them. Pronunciation: /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/, [ɛkˈst͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ], /ɪksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To trade or barter. Labels: transitive Example: I'll gladly exchange my place for yours. 2. To mutually direct at each other. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets. 3. To replace with, as a substitute. Labels: transitive Example: I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size. Example: Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell. 4. Clipping of exchange contracts. Labels: England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 5. To recommend and get recommendations. Labels: transitive
Word: prescriptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/, /pɹəˈskɹəptəv/ 1. Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard. Example: For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com- munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken language). [...]
Word: descriptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ 1. Of, relating to, or providing a description. 2. Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary). 3. Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language. 4. Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive. Example: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
Word: descriptive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ 1. An adjective (or other descriptive word)
Word: describe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹaɪb/, /dəˈskɹaɪb/, [dɪˈskɹaɪ̯b], [dɪˈskɹɑɪ̯b], [dɪˈskɹəjb] 1. To represent in words. Labels: transitive Example: The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant. Example: The geographer describes countries and cities. 2. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. Labels: transitive Example: to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle Example: Uncas described an arc in the water with his own blade, and as the canoe passed swiftly on, Chingachgook recovered his paddle, and flourishing it on high, he gave the war-whoop of the Mohicans. 3. To give rise to a geometrical structure. Labels: transitive Example: The function describes a very complex surface. 4. To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. Labels: transitive Example: The fungus was first described by a botanist. 5. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.
Word: expansion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French expansion, from Latin expānsiō. By surface analysis, expand + -sion. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspænʃən/ 1. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood. Example: […] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S. 2. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Look up the expansion of 1018 steel at stick welding temps and figure out how far this thing's gonna bend once we weld it up. 3. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My new office is in the expansion behind the main building. 4. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This expansion requires the original game board. 5. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mother of mighty Rome's imperial line, / Delight of man, and of the powers divine, / Venus, all-bounteous queen! whose genial power / Diffuses beauty in unbounded store / Through seas, and fertile plains, and all that lies / Beneath the starred expansion of the skies. 6. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Expansion of acronyms is often helpful for nonexpert readers (anacronyms excluded). 8. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The acronym "FNDs" can mean either "functional neurologic disorders" or "focal neurologic deficits", so you'd better use the expansion instead of the acronym, for clarity in this context; readers of this paragraph may not have read, or remember, which definition you used 40 pages earlier. 9. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 10. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Secondly, the cyclical expansion now taking shape in the United States is starting from a relatively high level; it has much less headroom than earlier expansions that began from a deeply deflated recession base. Example: In addition, new technologies are adopted which are less labour-using, thus unemploying workers. Over the postwar years, factors of this sort have contributed to a gradual upward drift in unemployment rates, even during expansions. 11. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. An act, process, or instance of expanding. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: description Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“to describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/, /dəˈskɹɪpʃən/ 1. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: give a verbal description of the events Example: a realistic description 2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description. 4. A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist. 5. The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A descriptive linguistic survey. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: expand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandō (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pandō (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspænd/, /ɛkˈspænd/ 1. To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open. Labels: transitive Example: You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table. 2. To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something). Labels: transitive Example: A flower expands its leaves. Example: Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. 3. To express (something) at length and/or in detail. Labels: transitive 4. To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms. Labels: transitive Example: Use the binomial theorem to expand #123;(x#43;1)#125;⁴. 5. To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms. Labels: intransitive Example: The expression #123;(x#43;1)#125;⁴ expands to x⁴#43;4x³#43;6x²#43;4x#43;1. 6. To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value). Labels: transitive Example: Expanding 4#47;7 by 3 gives 12#47;21. 7. To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size. Labels: intransitive Example: Many materials expand when heated. Example: This compact umbrella expands to cover a large table. 8. To increase in extent, number, volume or scope. Labels: intransitive 9. To speak or write at length or in detail. Labels: intransitive Example: He expanded on his plans for the business. Example: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […]” 10. To feel generous or optimistic. Labels: intransitive 11. In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to show the subentries of (an entry). Labels: transitive
Word: expert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/, /ɪkˈspɜːt/, /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/, /ɪkˈspɜɹt/, /ˈek.spɜːt/ 1. Extraordinary capable or knowledgeable. Example: I am expert at making a simple situation complex. Example: My cousin is an expert pianist. 2. Characteristic of an expert. Example: This problem requires expert knowledge. 3. Proven, experienced, veteran. Labels: obsolete
Word: expert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/, /ɪkˈspɜːt/, /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/, /ɪkˈspɜɹt/, /ˈek.spɜːt/ 1. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject. Example: If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion Example: We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement. 2. A player ranking just below master.
Word: expert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/, /ɪkˈspɜːt/, /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/, /ɪkˈspɜɹt/, /ˈek.spɜːt/ 1. To have (something) reviewed or checked by an expert. Labels: transitive Example: Estimated cost of editorial work on Advanced History […] Estimated cost of experting the Advanced History […] Example: The bill in question was one proposing to appropriate from the public moneys of this State $30,000 to pay an accountant for experting the books of the Southern Pacific Company, in furtherance of litigation then pending.
Word: pong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /pɒŋ/, /pɔŋ/ 1. A stench, a bad smell. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: Carrot ran past him to get to the barrel first, and peered down at the cowering Catweazle. “No rats, Dad,” he said. “What's that terrible pong, then?” said Mr Bennett, sniffing. Example: 1992, Bryce Courtenay, Tandia, Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109, She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong! Do they all smell like this?’
Word: pong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Romani pan (“to stink”). Pronunciation: /pɒŋ/, /pɔŋ/ 1. To stink, to smell bad. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: “Give them a drink of this and thy father shall see them as they are. They shall speak from their black hearts.” “Pongs a bit,” sniffed Carrot. “Sure it's not poisonous?” Example: 1997, Taufiq Ismail, David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!, Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories, page 97, On she walked at a crawling pace, ponging of sweat, drops of mucus and blood falling between her feet. 2. To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. Labels: derogatory, slang 3. To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: […] and the “good old crusted” actor, forgetting the lines of the author, used without compunction to cover his discomfiture by inventing a text of his own–an achievement known as "ponging."
Word: pong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ping, via the pairing of ping pong. Pronunciation: /pɒŋ/, /pɔŋ/ 1. A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
Word: pong Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɒŋ/, /pɔŋ/ 1. Alternative form of pung. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uterine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, uter- + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈjutəɹaɪn/, /ˈjutəɹɪn/ 1. Of or pertaining to the uterus. Labels: not-comparable Example: It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […] 2. Born of the same mother but of a different father. Labels: not-comparable Example: uterine siblings
Word: uterine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, uter- + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈjutəɹaɪn/, /ˈjutəɹɪn/ 1. A uterine sibling.
Word: uterus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *úderos Latin uteruslbor. English uterus Learned borrowing from Latin uterus. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/ 1. A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth. Labels: countable 2. A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth. Labels: countable
Word: grab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch grabben or Middle Low German grabben (“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”), from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *grabbōn, a secondary form of Proto-Germanic *grabōną (“to gather, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to gather, rake, grab, seize”). Related to archaic German grappen (“to grab”), Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old Norse grápa (“to seize, appropriate”), Middle English grappen (“to feel, grope, grasp, clutch”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”). Related also to Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬭𐬀𐬠 (grab, “to seize”)), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæb/, [ˈɡɹʷæb], /ˈɡɹab/, /ˈɡɾab/, /ˈɡɻab/ 1. To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. Labels: transitive Example: I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge. Example: Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. 2. To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something). Labels: intransitive Example: The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun. Example: Stop grabbing or I won't give you any cookies. 3. To restrain someone; to arrest. 4. To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest. Labels: transitive Example: How does that idea grab you? Example: Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me Today I need something more substantial 5. To quickly collect, retrieve, or take. Labels: informal Example: Come in and grab a seat [i.e. sit down]. Example: "I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung. 6. To consume something quickly. Labels: informal Example: We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way. Example: Is there time to grab a coffee? 7. To take the opportunity of. Example: Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.
Word: grab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch grabben or Middle Low German grabben (“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”), from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *grabbōn, a secondary form of Proto-Germanic *grabōną (“to gather, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to gather, rake, grab, seize”). Related to archaic German grappen (“to grab”), Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old Norse grápa (“to seize, appropriate”), Middle English grappen (“to feel, grope, grasp, clutch”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”). Related also to Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬭𐬀𐬠 (grab, “to seize”)), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæb/, [ˈɡɹʷæb], /ˈɡɹab/, /ˈɡɾab/, /ˈɡɻab/ 1. A sudden snatch at something. Labels: countable Example: The ball popped in and popped out, and when he made a grab for it on the ground he kicked it with his foot. Example: He made a grab for me and I swung my handbag at him as hard as I could. 2. An acquisition by violent or unjust means. Labels: countable 3. A mechanical device that grabs or clutches. Labels: countable Example: Almost all modern cranes are electrically operated and a quick-acting type of 30 cwt. capacity is suitable for general cargo, but not powerful enough to operate grabs for discharge of bulk cargoes. 4. A mechanical device that grabs or clutches. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A sound bite. Labels: countable Example: For example, one radio bulletin may feature one central issue, like a state election, and will focus on that issue. The bulletin might contain only a few voice wraps but many grabs, leaving the focus firmly on the newsreader. 6. That which is seized. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 7. The rescue of a person from a burning structure. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: There have been many rescues made as a result of an aggressive search team who went in without a hoseline to make the grab. 8. A simple card game. Labels: uncountable
Word: grab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæb/, [ˈɡɹʷæb], /ˈɡɹab/, /ˈɡɾab/, /ˈɡɻab/ 1. A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
Word: snatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”). Cognate with Middle Dutch snacken (“to snap [of a dog]”), Norwegian Nynorsk snaka (“to snatch [of animals]”). Related also to Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Danish snakke (“to chat”) and Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack. Pronunciation: /snæt͡ʃ/ 1. To grasp and remove quickly. Labels: transitive Example: He snatched up the phone. Example: She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand. 2. To attempt to seize something suddenly. Labels: intransitive Example: to snatch at a rope 3. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony. Labels: transitive Example: to snatch a kiss Example: 1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays when half our knowledge we must snatch, not take 4. To steal. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Someone has just snatched my purse! Example: Laura snatches coins from inside a truck to make a telephone call, scrounges shoes and clothes for them at a municipal beach, schemes to get a room key so she and Howie can sleep overnight in the Starlight Motel, steals a Jeepster from a deputy sheriff who's trying to arrest them. 5. To take (a victory) at the last moment. Labels: broadly, figuratively, informal, transitive Example: But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time. 6. To do something quickly in the limited time available. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He snatched a sandwich before catching the train. Example: He snatched a glimpse of her while her mother had her back turned.
Word: snatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”). Cognate with Middle Dutch snacken (“to snap [of a dog]”), Norwegian Nynorsk snaka (“to snatch [of animals]”). Related also to Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Danish snakke (“to chat”) and Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack. Pronunciation: /snæt͡ʃ/ 1. A quick grab or catch. Example: The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning. Example: And he […] glared on the cold pistols that hung before him—ready for anything. And he took down one with a snatch and weighed it in his hand, and fell to thinking again; […] 2. A short period. Example: At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, Example: Frank looked at the screens dully. He had slept about three hours, in snatches. 3. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. 4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. Example: I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window. Example: But, purgatory as the place would appear, the stranger advances into it; and, like Orpheus in his gay descent to Tartarus, lightly hums to himself an opera snatch. 5. The vulva. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch? Example: Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch, which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes. 6. Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds. Example: If, after the pilot notices the overspeed, he deploys the spoilers, or if aileron "snatch" rolls the airplane to an excessive bank angle, it may become impossible to recover. 7. A brief period of exertion. Labels: dated 8. A catching of the voice. Labels: dated 9. A hasty snack; a bite to eat. Labels: dated 10. A quibble. Labels: dated
Word: every second Part of Speech: adj 1. Every other/two; each alternate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Take the medication every second day.
Word: every second Part of Speech: adv 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Once per second. Labels: not-comparable 2. Very frequently; more frequently than is desired. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Why do you keep bothering me every second?
Word: every second Part of Speech: noun 1. The entirety of something of duration. Labels: uncountable Example: The man hated every second of the ten years he served in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Example: After enduring traumatic experiences, many people are likely to remember every second of them.
Word: elasticated Part of Speech: adj 1. Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband, cuffs or the ends of the legs, in order to make the clothing fit snugly. Labels: not-comparable Example: He wore a short leather jerkin, elasticated at waist and cuffs, tight Wranglers that flared out over calfskin boots with Cuban heels. Example: an elasticated jacket
Word: sindonology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sindon (“shroud, linen”) + -ology (indicating field of study). 1. The study of the Shroud of Turin from a believing perspective. Labels: uncountable Example: It has its own ology - sindonology, the study of the shroud.
Word: sindonological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sindonology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English sindonological From sindonology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to sindonology.
Word: jabot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French jabot. Pronunciation: /ˈʒæ.bəʊ/ 1. A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc. Example: She was wearing tan today, with a ruffled jabot at her throat. Example: She was a dream of winter bourgeois elegance: little black town suit with tiny white jabot of lace-froth; pencil skirt; three-quarter-length coat with lynx collar; long green gloves of suède; suède shoes of dull green; two shades of green in her leafy velvet hat: slim, clean, lithe-looking, delicately painted.
Word: micro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-), from μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small”). By surface analysis, micr- + -o-. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹə-/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ-/, [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹə-], /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ-/, [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹoʊ-] 1. Very small. Labels: diminutive, morpheme Example: Near-synonyms: (prefixes) mini-, nano- (loose sense); (suffixes) -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -ie, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule, -y Example: micro- + organism → microorganism 2. One millionth. Labels: morpheme Example: micro- + gram → microgram
Word: micro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation English micronationclip. English micro- Clipping of micronation. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹə-/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ-/, [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹə-], /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ-/, [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹoʊ-] 1. Pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism; micronational. Labels: morpheme Example: micro- + wiki → MicroWiki
Word: nerf ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nerf + ball. 1. Any small foam ball, soft and very light, designed for indoor use. Example: Getting hit by a nerf ball doesn't hurt at all.
Word: nerf bar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nerf (“to bump lightly”). 1. A tubular bumper running below the doors along the side of four-wheeled vehicle, in place of a running board.
Word: hotel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital. Pronunciation: /həʊˈtɛl/, /əʊˈtɛl/, /ˈhoʊ.tɛl/, /hoːˈtɛl/, /ˈhoː.ʈəl/ 1. A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. Labels: historical Example: [T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.] 2. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. Example: 1868, "A Clergyman" (John Morison), Australia in 1866, page 165, When gold-digging commenced in California, the writer was staying at an hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, where a Yankee trader was also staying. Seated at the dining-table, the latter was discoursing of the business he was doing […] . Example: Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge. 3. A public house or pub. Labels: Australia, Canada, Western 4. A restaurant; any dining establishment. Labels: South-Asia 5. Alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of 6. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses. 7. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
Word: hostel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑstəl/, /ˈhɒstəl/, /ˈhɔsʈəl/, /hɔsˈʈɛl/, /ˈhosʈəl/ 1. An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel. Example: a rundown hostel Example: The rest, around the hostel fire, / Their drowsy limbs recline; / For pillow, underneath each head, / The quiver and the targe were laid: / Deep slumbering on the hostel floor, / Oppressed with toil and ale, / they snore: […] 2. A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food. 3. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. Labels: obsolete Example: There are also in Oxford certeine hostels or hals, which may rightwell be called by the names of colleges , if it were not that there is more libertie in them , than is to be seen in the other 4. A public hotel. Labels: obsolete Example: Immediately at hand was a small, mean public-house - one of those dingy establishments that seem to express, by their morbid and retiring appearance, a certain anxiety to escape the eye of the police - and into the parlour of this hostel Quin promptly led the way. 5. A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students. Labels: South-Africa, South-Asia
Word: hostel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑstəl/, /ˈhɒstəl/, /ˈhɔsʈəl/, /hɔsˈʈɛl/, /ˈhosʈəl/ 1. To stay in a hostel during one's travels. Labels: intransitive 2. To lodge (a person) in a hostel. Labels: transitive
Word: pico- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *bekkos Gaulish *bekkosbor.? Latin beccus Old Spanish bico Spanish picobor. English pico- Borrowed from Spanish pico (“beak, little bit, speck”) Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.kəʊ/, /ˈpaɪ.koʊ/, /ˈpi.koʊ/ 1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹² (short scale trillionth or long scale billionth). Labels: morpheme 2. Used to designate sizes, especially, of cells, smaller than those prefixed by nano- or micro-; sized between 0.2 and 2.0 μm. Labels: morpheme
Word: pebi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Blend of peta- + binary. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛbɪ-/, /ˈpɛbi/ 1. The IEC prefix meaning 2⁵⁰ = 1,024⁵ = 1,125,899,906,842,624. Compare peta-, meaning 10¹⁵ = 1,000⁵ = 1,000,000,000,000,000, a quadrillion. Labels: morpheme
Word: exbi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Blend of exa- + binary. Pronunciation: /ˈɛksbɪ-/, /ˈɛksbi/ 1. The IEC prefix meaning 2⁶⁰ = 1,024⁶ = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976. Compare exa-, meaning 10¹⁸ = 1,000⁶ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, a quintillion. Labels: morpheme
Word: -illion Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from million, then used in billion, trillion, quadrillion, each from French, ultimately from Italian mille (“thousand”) and the augmentative suffix -one. -illion was segmented from million as if mi- was a prefix, and -illion the stem. 1. Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million. Labels: morpheme Example: bi- + -illion → billion Example: tri- + -illion → trillion 2. Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number. Labels: morpheme Example: bajillion, gazillion
Word: centuriate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹiət/ 1. Divided into hundreds. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes.
Word: centuriate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹieɪt/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹieɪt/ 1. To divide into hundreds. Labels: obsolete
Word: centurion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”). Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹ.i.ən/, /-ɔːɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/, /sɛnˈtʊɹ.i.ən/ 1. An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers. Labels: historical Example: “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.” 2. A player who scores a century. 3. A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier. Labels: US
Word: regulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From regulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/ 1. The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. Labels: uncountable 2. A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. Labels: countable Example: Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter. Example: The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards. 3. A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable 4. A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, singular Example: Regulation 18B of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939 (S.R. & O. 1939/927) authorized the British government to intern suspected spies and collaborators during World War II. Example: (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only, subject to paragraph (3). (3) This regulation and regulation 2(h) and (v)(i) and (ii) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 5. A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. Labels: European-Union, countable, uncountable 6. Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: regulation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From regulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/ 1. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is regulation that these directives are to be destroyed on receipt. Example: "The hat is regulation as well, I assume."
Word: KDE Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of K Desktop Environment. 1. A computer desktop environment that runs on Unix and Linux. Example: The KDE MIDI/Karaoke file player allows you to play .mid and .kar files if your sound card has hardware support for raw MIDI files. 2. The free software community that develops KDE and other software.
Word: AWOL Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯.wɔl/, /ˈeɪ̯.wɑl/, /ˈʔɐ.wɔl/ 1. Absent without official leave (permission). Labels: not-comparable Example: The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.
Word: AWOL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯.wɔl/, /ˈeɪ̯.wɑl/, /ˈʔɐ.wɔl/ 1. Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed. 2. A person who holds AWOL status. 3. Somebody who is absent without permission. Labels: broadly 4. Someone or something missing. Labels: figuratively
Word: marine corps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/, /məˈɹinˌkɔɹz/ 1. A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.
Word: naval infantry Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization of sailors who are trained and equipped to fight as an infantry unit on land.
Word: homosexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German Homosexualität, coined by journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and French homosexualité, attested in 1891. Pronunciation: /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/, /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/, /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)sɛkʃʊˈælɪti/, /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪti/, /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)-/ 1. The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males. Labels: uncountable Example: Great diminution or complete absence of sexual feeling for the opposite sex, with substitution of sexual feeling and instinct for the same sex. (Homo-sexuality, or contrary sexual instinct). Example: Some of the experts have gone into the question of homosexuality with great care, and advanced sundry learned and scientific theories in regard to that abnormal condition. 2. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. Labels: uncountable Example: Bourneville believes that 75 per cent. of the inmates of the Parisian venereal hospitals have practised homosexuality. Example: A Prussian proposal for a harsh penal code made male homosexuality an even more serious crime.
Word: bi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-. Doublet of twi- and di-. Pronunciation: /baɪ-/, /bɪ-/ 1. Two in number. Labels: morpheme Example: biarticular Example: biaxial 2. Having or possessing two of the root word's quality. Labels: morpheme Example: biangular Example: biantheriferous 3. Both: referring to two as a set. Labels: morpheme Example: biacetabular Example: biallelic 4. Being different in two ways with respect to the root. Labels: morpheme Example: biadjoint Example: biaffine 5. Forked, divided by two, halved; (chemistry, proscribed) half Labels: morpheme Example: bifurcate Example: bicapitate 6. Double, twofold. Labels: morpheme Example: bialgebroid Example: bifarious 7. Bisexual, relating to bisexuality. Labels: morpheme Example: bicentric Example: biphobia 8. Bilateral, on both sides of the body. Labels: morpheme Example: biconcave Example: biballism 9. Twice. Labels: morpheme Example: biannual Example: biannual 10. Every two; a rate of once every two. Labels: morpheme Example: biannual Example: bicentennial 11. A pair of; composed of two. Labels: morpheme Example: bibrow Example: bicomplex 12. Used for the digit two to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name. Labels: morpheme Example: un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + un- (“1”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbiunium (“element 121”)
Word: bi- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). Pronunciation: /baɪ-/, /bɪ-/ 1. Alternative form of bio-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, before-vowel, morpheme Example: biont
Word: heterosexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heterosexual + -ity or hetero- + sexuality. 1. The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bisexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bisexual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English bisexuality From bisexual + -ity. 1. The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Recall from earlier in this paper that H. longicornis consists of obligatory bisexual diploid races (20+XX 0; 20+X) […] and variance is obscured because of the simultaneous variables of method of reproduction (bisexuality vs. thelytoky) and […]
Word: lesbianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lesbian 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 lesbianism From lesbian + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/ 1. Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dyke spacegirls find out that they love cock, but the cop admits that lesbianism is a turn-on for men, provided the women are good-looking […] Example: Because all Asari present as female and use female pronouns, the deadly sexual nature of Ardat-Yakshi may reflect the continued fear of lesbianism that persists among many in human society.
Word: sexual orientation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist, and college professor John Money. 1. The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality. 2. The process of orientation with regard to a sexual goal or potential partner. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bisexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + -sexual, via the French bisexuel (bi-, sexuel). Attested since 1792 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts"). First used of sexuality in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis (in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof, due to the theory that people were naturally attracted to the opposite sex and so the brain or mind of a person attracted to "both" sexes (or to the same sex) must be partly of another sex and thus "hermaphroditic". Pronunciation: /baɪˈsɛk.ʃʊ.əl/, /baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(ʊ)l/, /-sjʊ(ə)l/, /baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(əw).əl/ 1. A person who is bisexual. Example: Several chapters are devoted to the investigations of the origins and influences prevalent in the life of a bisexual with the latter portion of the book devoted to three extensive in-depth interviews with three bisexuals. 2. A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual. Labels: rare 3. An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes. Example: The direct way to solve this dilemma is to study the inheritance of some specific features of genomic DNA of bisexual species by the genome of unisexual species . It seems possible to study this if the recent bisexuals resemble their ancestral […]
Word: sexual preference Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/ 1. Sexual orientation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.
Word: pleonasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”). Pronunciation: /ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/ 1. Redundancy in wording. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable Example: St. Jerome and St. Augustine are both sparing in the employment of the device of pleonasm. Example: Indeed, pleonasm, the use of superfluous or redundant words, is only part of the broader features of that style, the expressions of which have been so thoroughly analyzed by Franz Neirynck² and which for convenience will here be referred to as "dualisms." 2. A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase. Labels: countable