nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: discouragingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discouraging Middle English -ly English -ly English discouragingly From discouraging + -ly. 1. In a discouraging manner.
Word: dazzlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dazzling Middle English -ly English -ly English dazzlingly From dazzling + -ly. 1. In a dazzling manner. Example: Which would you rather be if you had the choice—divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?" Example: The sun was almost at zenith and the glare was dazzlingly intense.
Word: discordantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discordant Middle English -ly English -ly English discordantly From discordant + -ly. 1. In a discordant manner. Example: Taking old William and Benny with me, I was soon camped in a little hut on the west point of Frigate Bird, in a grove of tall puka trees where the wind moans with a pleasing dolorousness and a dozen species of sea birds squawk discordantly from their perches in the branches.
Word: discontinuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discontinuous Middle English -ly English -ly English discontinuously From discontinuous + -ly. 1. In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.
Word: discontentedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discontented Middle English -ly English -ly English discontentedly From discontented + -ly. 1. In a discontented manner.
Word: disconcertingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disconcerting Middle English -ly English -ly English disconcertingly From disconcerting + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋli/, /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋli/ 1. In a disconcerting manner; upsettingly. Example: As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line. Example: At first, there’s something almost disconcertingly crude about the sasquatch skins.
Word: devastatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English devastating Middle English -ly English -ly English devastatingly From devastating + -ly. 1. In a devastating manner. Example: Grimsby doesn’t ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Brüno, but it’s a vital, lavish, venomously profane two fingers up at Benefits Street pity porn and the social division it fosters.
Word: upsettingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English upsetting Middle English -ly English -ly English upsettingly From upsetting + -ly. 1. In an upsetting manner.
Word: discerningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discerning Middle English -ly English -ly English discerningly From discerning + -ly. 1. In a discerning manner.
Word: deviously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English devious Middle English -ly English -ly English deviously From devious + -ly. 1. In a devious manner. Example: Shirley worked deviously, of course. Having, under a name not her own, achieved fame by Tarbellizing the plutocrat in a book, and having (still in disguise) been given by the simple minded great man command of his most private papers […] Example: And what conversation becomes then is a sustained strip or tract of referencings, each referencing tending to bear, but often deviously, some retrospectively perceivable connection to the immediately preceding one.
Word: determinedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English determined Middle English -ly English -ly English determinedly From determined + -ly. 1. In a determined manner. Example: where closeness, when it does manage to show itself, usually falls victim to outside forces that seem determinedly hostile to any manifestation of happiness.
Word: detrimentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English detrimental Middle English -ly English -ly English detrimentally From detrimental + -ly. 1. In a detrimental manner. Example: Moreover an idol in a temple if situated straightway to our main entrance as if persistently gazing posture; thus emits detrimentally harmful vibes. Vaastushastra, therefore, says that such idols emit highly charged damaging energies.
Word: diagnostically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English diagnostically From diagnostic + -ally. 1. In a diagnostic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: disadvantageously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disadvantageous Middle English -ly English -ly English disadvantageously From disadvantageous + -ly. 1. In a disadvantageous manner.
Word: diabolically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English diabolical Middle English -ly English -ly English diabolically From diabolical + -ly. 1. In a diabolical manner. Example: Two recent books, one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations.
Word: discernibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discernible Middle English -ly English -ly English discernibly From discernible + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)nɪbli/ 1. In a discernible manner.
Word: diffusely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English diffuse Middle English -ly English -ly English diffusely From diffuse + -ly. 1. In a diffuse manner.
Word: diplomatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From diplomatic + -ally or diplomatical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪ.pləˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/, [ˌdɪ.pləˈmæɾ.ɪk(.ə)li] 1. In a diplomatic manner. Example: He dealt with the problem very diplomatically Example: Frito smiled diplomatically, but was suddenly stricken by a severe stomachache. 2. From the perspective of diplomacy Example: Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.
Word: didactically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English didactic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English didactically From didactic + -ally. 1. In a didactic manner. Example: Mary had to explain. "The natural instincts of sex . . ." she began didactically. But Anne cut her short.
Word: decreasingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English decreasing Middle English -ly English -ly English decreasingly From decreasing + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹiːsɪŋ(ɡ)li/ 1. In a decreasing manner; progressively less.
Word: developmentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English development English -al English developmental 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 developmentally From developmental + -ly. 1. In terms of development. Labels: not-comparable Example: Between 6 and 12 months, babies are more open to new foods — and new experiences — than they will be later on as toddlers, when a certain amount of “neophobia” or “new means no” is developmentally normal, Ms. Lipner said. “Normal kids transition through a normal pickiness phase,” around 18 months, she said, when “they’re also learning autonomy and control.”
Word: dingily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dingy Middle English -ly English -ly English dingily From dingy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪndʒɪli/ 1. In a dingy manner. Example: Yonder dingily white remnant of a huge snowbank,—which will yet cumber the sidewalk till the latter days of March,—over or through that wintry waste must I stride onward. Example: Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt in places, rising high, Broken, with rocks, with clinging cedars, with tall shapes dingily seen;
Word: digitally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English digital 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 digitally From digital + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt.li/, /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtəli/ 1. In a digital manner. Example: The film was shot digitally.
Word: decorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English decorous Middle English -ly English -ly English decorously From decorous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkɹəsli/ 1. In a decorous manner. Example: […] below them, men and women, and boys and girls, sinners all, loitered; sometimes one of the church-members passed and saw them and waved. Then, for the moment that they waved decorously back, they were intimidated.
Word: dictatorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dictatorial Middle English -ly English -ly English dictatorially From dictatorial + -ly. 1. In a dictatorial manner. Example: The barber's lad, it appeared, was about to pass a professional judgment on her own, when he was dictatorially ordered by the fur-shop girl to hold what she called his "mug."
Word: diffidently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English diffident Middle English -ly English -ly English diffidently From diffident + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪf.ɪ.dənt.li/ 1. In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself. Example: The author too keenly feels that he has no further claims than these, and he therefore most diffidently asks for his work the indulgence of his readers. Example: The same evening John Rossitter wrote to the Bishop of Nawaub, and very humbly and diffidently offered himself, his young life, his health and his strength, his talents and energies, his younger son's portion, all that God had given him, for his Master's use;
Word: devilishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English devilish Middle English -ly English -ly English devilishly From devilish + -ly. 1. In a devilish manner. 2. Very, problematically. Labels: informal Example: Without volunteers, a community radio station could function: but it would be expensive, devilishly expensive; and it would be far less varied and interesting.
Word: diagrammatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English diagrammatical Middle English -ly English -ly English diagrammatically From diagrammatical + -ly. 1. In a diagrammatic manner Labels: not-comparable Example: Armstrong goes on [sic] discuss the psychologist Abraham Maslow's "hierarchy of needs", which he again presents diagrammatically, and again modified somewhat.
Word: diagrammatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)bor. English -tic English -atic English diagrammatic From diagram + -atic. 1. In the form of a diagram. Example: Moreover, a diagrammatic map of the electrified area is repeated at the top of every page. Example: He sits facing a diagrammatic wall map of the area under his supervision. 2. Of or pertaining to a diagram or to diagrammatics. Example: diagrammatic accuracy
Word: difficultly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English difficult Middle English -ly English -ly English difficultly From difficult + -ly. 1. With difficulty; not easily. Labels: archaic Example: In fact, we regard these efforts as insults on our understanding, and to such the pride of man is very difficultly brought to submit.
Word: motorcycle club Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of individuals united by a shared interest in motorcycles and engaging in collective riding.
Word: dependability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English dependability From depend + -ability. 1. The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dependabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dependability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dreaminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dreamy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dreaminess From dreamy + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being dreamy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There was a dreaminess, a pre-occupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.
Word: drippings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dripping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zulgo-Gemzek Part of Speech: name 1. A Chadic language of northern Cameroon, spoken by about 26,000 people.
Word: Dreamtime Part of Speech: name Etymology: A false calque of Eastern Arrernte Altyerrenge (“the Dreaming”), based on the incorrect assumption that the word is related to altyerre (“a dream”) or altyerre areme (“to dream”). "-time" is an addition unrooted in Aboriginal language. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹiːmtaɪm/ 1. The time of the creation of the world, by the ancestors out of their own essence. Example: No, Brian Elliott's hobby-horse is not the Jindyworobaks' political links—it is his conviction that they are to be remembered and well respected for their awareness of Aboriginal myth and legend and for their understanding and symbolic poetical use of the alcheringa concept (the Dreamtime myth of the creation of geological Australia and its flora and fauna with the related religious and moral connotations of site-worship and animism) . Example: The tall slender birds were performing a legendary fight in the Dreamtime story – one that the old law had marked on them forever with a wattle of flaming red skin on the back of their heads.
Word: dialefe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. 1. A short metrical pause between two identical vowel sounds, one at the end of a word, the other at the beginning of the next word.
Word: lymph nodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lymph node Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impavid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin paveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pavidus Latin impavidusder. English impavid From Latin impavidus, itself from im- (“not”) + pavidus (“fearful”). 1. fearless, undaunted Labels: archaic
Word: Zari Part of Speech: name 1. A West Chadic language of Nigeria.
Word: Zenaga Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sanhaja. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Zenaga Part of Speech: name 1. A Berber language of Mauritania.
Word: guttiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gutta (“drop”) + -iform. 1. Shaped like or resembling a drop.
Word: scleral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sclera + -al. 1. Of, or pertaining to, the sclera. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tectiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin tēctiformis (“roof-shaped”), from tēctum (“roof”) + -ifōrmis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.tɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈtɛk.tə.fɔɹm/ 1. Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge.
Word: tectiform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin tēctiformis (“roof-shaped”), from tēctum (“roof”) + -ifōrmis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.tɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈtɛk.tə.fɔɹm/ 1. A type of cave painting or engraving, having in its simplest form the shape of an upward-pointing wedge or arrow, thought to represent the roof of a tent or rudimentary building. Example: 1924, American Anthropologist, Volume 26, New Series, page 48, The tectiforms reproduce in a remarkable manner the simple shelters, tents, and huts in use today among primitive and nomadic races in various parts of the world. Example: Because of their composition and the coexistence in them of meanders and tectiforms they differ from chimpanzee drawings, which are in many other ways a comparable phenomenon.
Word: scutiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin scutum (“shield”) + -form 1. Having the shape of a shield; scutate.
Word: scutiform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin scutum (“shield”) + -form 1. A symbol that is shaped like a shield. Example: There are similarities between the form of the central boss on scutiforms and the central setting on filigree pendants, and between the use of punched dot decoration on scutiforms and beaded wire on filigree pendants. Scutiforms, however ... Example: ... suggest that the purported depictions of bees' combs were extremely similar to what he described as four scutiforms from the cave of Altamira in Spain.
Word: Yupik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Yup'ik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yupik Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Yup'ik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ocas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheongsam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 長衫／长衫 (coeng4 saam1, “long robe”). Pronunciation: /ˈchoŋ-ˌsäm/ 1. A tight-fitting Chinese formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh. Example: France Nuyen, and later Nancy Kwan, sexualized the cheongsam. Though people remember Kwan's movie portrayal of Suzie Wong, before her Nuyen earned fame and plaudits playing the prostitute with a heart of gold on Broadway. Example: A white velvet cheongsam! Except for people in movies, I've never seen anyone look as good in a cheongsam as she does. 2. A plain coloured, tight-fitting dress with a short split at the thigh, worn as a school uniform by schoolgirls. Labels: Hong-Kong Example: [C]otton cheongsams are still the uniform at several colleges and secondary schools. 3. A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men.
Word: Scythia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Scythia, from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪði.ə/, /ˈsɪθi.ə/ 1. A geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Labels: historical
Word: exsiccate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɪkeɪt/ 1. To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. Labels: transitive Example: The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.
Word: horizontal sorting Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of graded bedding that occurs at the bottom of a body of water. The principle says that smaller colloids (particles) settle farther in the strata while larger particles settle closer to the source of water. Labels: uncountable
Word: hamantaschen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish המן־טאַשן (homen-tashn). 1. Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: A workshop for children and adults on making hamantaschen, the triangular pastries that are traditional for Purim, the Jewish feast being celebrated Saturday and Sunday, will be held tomorrow[…]. Example: “The boys pump sweet jelly into the little triangle, careful not to overfill its delicate folds. Now the hamantaschen is ready for Passover.”
Word: andouille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French andouille, ultimately from Latin indūcō (“to lead in, to bring in”). Doublet of nduja. Pronunciation: /ɒ̃ˈduːj/, /ɒnˈduː.i/, /ænˈdu.i/ 1. A spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Lightly smoked French sausage that is eaten cold, made of pork gut filled with tripe or minced meat of the same animal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Saran Wrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saran, the trade name of a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride or PVDC, because the wrap was originally made of PVDC). Saran was coined by a combination of Sarah and Ann, the names of the wife and daughter of John Reilly of The Dow Chemical Co. + wrap. Pronunciation: /səˈɹæn ˌɹæp/ 1. A thin, clear, self-clinging plastic film that is used to wrap food, etc. Labels: US, uncountable Example: In the kitchen, many dishes, covered for the moment with Saran Wrap, were laid out along the main table.
Word: polyvinylidene chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. A polymer of vinylidene chloride (CH₂=CCl₂) used as a thin film to wrap and preserve foodstuffs etc.
Word: vinylidene chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. The halogenated unsaturated organic compound 1,1-dichloroethene, CH₂=CCl₂; used in the preparation of polyvinylidene chloride film Labels: uncountable
Word: cling film Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋˌfɪlm/ 1. A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc. Labels: Philippines, UK, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: unpleasing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English un-plesyng, equivalent to un- + pleasing. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈpliːzɪŋ/ 1. Not pleasing; unpleasant. Example: It is, it is: hie hence, be gone, away! It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. Example: ‘[…] Be assured, my dear, that these were the harshest words, and to me the most unpleasing that ever escaped your lips!’
Word: unmerged 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 merged English unmerged From un- + merged. 1. Not merged Labels: not-comparable
Word: separative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin separativus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp(ə)ɹətɪv/, /ˈsɛp(ə)ˌɹeɪtɪv/ 1. Serving to separate. Example: […] that much more full and eminent Experiment of the Separative Virtue of extream Cold, that was made, against their Wills, by the […] Dutch men that Winter’d in Nova Zembla; Example: We have hitherto only observed the colouring substance itself, we ought now to consider the preparation of the ground which receives it: to inquire how it comes that every object hath this separative power over the particles of light; how it imbibes one colour, while it copiously reflects another? 2. Tending to keep oneself separate from others. Labels: rare Example: Pye had never forgotten or forgiven the ingenious fraud. It had taught him secretiveness, made him even more lone and separative. He had withdrawn from the world of men, academic and otherwise. Example: I was working hard, and living a rather separative existence, without realizing at the time what this aloofness meant for me.
Word: separative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin separativus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp(ə)ɹətɪv/, /ˈsɛp(ə)ˌɹeɪtɪv/ 1. Something that serves to separate. Example: 1853, A. F. Lendy, The Principles of War, London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, “Strategy,” Chapter 4, p. 117, […] as for the distance between [the roads], it varies according to the strength of the army and the nature of the ground, the essential point being not to leave between them obstacles acting as separatives, such as rivers, &c. Example: He […] independently identified the oblique wedge as a separative of words [in cuneiform writing] […]
Word: unmapped 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 mapped English unmapped From un- + mapped. 1. Not mapped; uncharted; unknown. Example: His objective then was archaeology, his hero Evans, and his heart he had set upon exploring the labyrinth at Gortymna which remains unmapped to this day because of its great extent.
Word: mopping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mopping Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of cleaning with a mop. Example: Even as it buckled over the years and the nail heads at the edges popped up and rusted from repeated moppings, that floor symbolized her unyielding independence. 2. An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.
Word: bagging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bagging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of putting anything into a bag. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Cloth or other material for bags. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: baggings used to cover cotton bales 3. Use of BVM to ventilate a patient. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. peak bagging Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: bagging Part of Speech: noun 1. bootstrap aggregating Labels: uncountable
Word: squashed Part of Speech: adj 1. squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp Example: Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair. 2. suppressed or silenced
Word: squashed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squash Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He dropped his cigarette on the sidewalk, shaking his head as he squashed the butt out with the heel of his shoe.
Word: serigraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sericum (“silk”) + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹɪɡɹæf/ 1. a silkscreen print made by serigraphy 2. an autographic device to test the strength of raw silk
Word: squishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: serigraphy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈɹɪɡɹəfi/ 1. Screen printing, silk-screen printing (printing method). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Screen print, screenprint (artwork). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: faqih Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh). 1. An expert in Islamic law. Example: Ayatollah Muntazeri, in contrast to Ayatollah Khomeini, states that the argument that the faqih or fuqaha (plural of faqih) are responsible for the establishment and running of the government at the time of occulation does not have a strong base in Islamic sources and cannot withstand a vigorous examination.⁶⁰
Word: silk-screen printing Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of reproducing coloured artwork using a cut stencil attached to a stretched, fine-meshed silk screen Labels: uncountable
Word: rehouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English rehouse From re- + house. 1. To give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house. Labels: transitive 2. To store in a new location. Labels: transitive Example: The existing collection of paintings will be rehoused in the new gallery.
Word: Branson Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɹænsən/ 1. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable
Word: Hideo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ひでお (Hideo). 1. A male given name from Japanese.
Word: thrillseeker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thrill-seeker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Alt-A Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Short for Alternative-A paper. 1. Of a mortgage loan, that does not conform to the traditional standards of Fannie Mae, but is presented as having an A credit rating, based on the borrower's FICO credit score. Labels: US
Word: fangirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + girl. Pronunciation: /ˈfænˌɡɝl/ 1. A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media). Labels: slang Example: It's often an all or nothing world for the fangirl who has yet to learn to bridle the imagination. She is notorious for being incapable of passively enjoying stories.
Word: fangirl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fan + girl. Pronunciation: /ˈfænˌɡɝl/ 1. To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys. Example: Letterboxd, armed with the tri-colour microphone which has become their viral go-to, recently attended the red carpet of the BAFTAs. As one TikToker put it, on seeing the famous mic, Paul Mescal fangirled.
Word: swallowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English swallow Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English swallowable From swallow + -able. 1. Capable of being swallowed (physically). Example: Some medical techniques monitor the inside of the body by means of a swallowable miniature camera. 2. Relatively easy to swallow. 3. Able to be accepted by the electorate. Labels: broadly
Word: bolognini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bolognino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salaryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from salary + man. Pronunciation: /ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/ 1. An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy. Example: In this way, the salaryman was both a progressive social stratum and an intellectual class. Example: 2017 May 30, NTT Solmare, Moe! Ninja Girls, Season 6 Chapter 2, iOS and Android ― Yamabuki: “Okay... *Sigh*... I thought l'd get to go home and sleep after taking the Principal back...but here I am, still at it, like an overworked salaryman!” ― John: “What? Salaryman?”
Word: oligochaetologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligochaetology + -ist, from Oligochaeta, the taxonomic class of earthworms. 1. A scientist dedicated to the study of earthworms. Example: An ornithologist can simply meander through a forest and look up; an oligochaetologist must keep an ear to the ground, so to speak, and try to divine the ideal earthworm habitat.
Word: cavus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cavus (“a hollow, hole”). Doublet of cave and cavum. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.vəs/ 1. In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not seem to be an impact crater.
Word: columella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin columella (“small column”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒləˈmɛlə/ 1. Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape. 2. The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils. 3. In birds, reptiles, and amphibians, the small bone which carries vibration from the tympanum to the inner ear. Labels: comparative 4. In gastropods, the structure that extends down the middle of the whorls of the shell. 5. The structure at the center of the calyx where the septa join together. 6. The central sterile portion of the sporangium in various fungi. 7. A rod-shaped reinforcing element of the sexine layer of a pollen grain.
Word: common multiples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of common multiple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: computational design Part of Speech: noun 1. The development of a computational theory of design. Labels: uncountable 2. The design of products and processes through the use of digital means, integrating digital technology. Labels: uncountable
Word: cospeciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English speciation English cospeciation From co- + speciation. 1. An event that occurs when a symbiotic relationship between two organisms leads to a change creating a new species in the process. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cutterman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: There may be some tie to the Slate Belt region, USA, where Cornish and Welsh quarrymen of the last two centuries were likely referred to as cutters. 1. A person who is either unkempt or slovenly. Labels: Pennsylvania, US, colloquial
Word: cutterman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cutter Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English cutterman From cutter + -man. 1. One who is employed to operate an industrial cutting tool. Example: When the clamp is brought down to show where the knife will cut, the cutterman has merely to press the treadle slightly, and if satisfied that the knife will fall exactly where it is wanted, he can start the Machine without releasing the clamp. Example: While the paper is running through the machine the cutterman must carefully watch for creases, which indicate that the roll is running too loose and necessitate the application of resin, and for drags in the paper and breaks in the roll. 2. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard with 7 years or more of sea duty. Example: The result is that from the summer of 1999 to the summer of 2000 five out of the seven rear admirals who served as operational district commanders and all four vice admirals wore no cutterman or aviator insignia. Example: She would have her cutterman's pin before the year was out, denoting seven years' sea duty, which included two years' command of a one-ten white hull out of Eureka, California.
Word: drosometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + -meter. Pronunciation: /dɹə(ʊ)ˈsɒmɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A device for measuring the amount of dew on a surface.
Word: dysmorphophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek dysmorphos (= badly formed) + philia (= love). 1. Sexual arousal arising from deformed, mentally impaired, or physically impaired partners. Labels: uncountable
Word: echo vowel Part of Speech: noun 1. A paragogic vowel that is a repetition of the final vowel of a word
Word: edge banding Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of edgebanding. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: investigational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English investigacioun English investigation English -al English investigational From investigation + -al. 1. Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation. Labels: not-comparable 2. of, or relating to an unapproved drug or chemical entity being studied. Labels: not-comparable Example: An expanded access protocol allows patients to benefit from an investigational drug prior to FDA approval.
Word: effective dose Part of Speech: noun 1. The lowest pharmaceutical dosage required to cause effect in 50% of individuals. 2. The radiation dose as adjusted by factors for radiation type and for tissue type. Like several other dose types, expressed by SI in sieverts (non-SI, in rems).
Word: exceedance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exceed Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English exceedance From exceed + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsiːdn̩s/, /ɪkˈsiːdn̩s/ 1. The extent to which an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by recommended practice, legislation, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A region is considered "nonattainment" of an air quality standard (NAAQS) if its estimated exceedance rate of the NAAQS is more than once per year over three years. Exceedances are counted in terms of days. Example: 1997 December, US General Accounting Office, Aviation Safety: Efforts to Implement Flight Operational Quality Assurance Programs, GAO/RCED-98-10, Report to Congressional Requesters, page 24, On a periodic basis, airlines aggregate and analyze exceedances over time—for example, the number of unstabilized approaches at a particular airport per month, over the last 12 months.
Word: farmworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + worker. 1. A person who works on a farm, especially a hired hand. Example: Though American legislators renewed restrictive immigration policies in the two decades after the war, they allowed employers of farmworkers to import some 4.5 million Mexican "braceros" and Caribbean "offshores," as the workers were called. Example: Congress ended the bracero program in 1964, and the next 15 years were the salad days, as it were, for farmworkers
Word: furshlugginer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Yiddish; one of several words Anglicized and popularized by the original writer of MAD Magazine, Harvey Kurtzman. The word comes from shlogn ("to hit") with the prefix far- which often indicates the one so described is taking on the quality named. Thus, in Yiddish it means something that is old, battered, or junky. Because many American Jews had only a sketchy knowledge of Yiddish, and due to the vagaries and difficulties of transliteration, words changed in spelling and consequently in pronunciation. The word should have been transliterated as "farshlugginer" for a more accurate pronunciation. Pronunciation: /fəˈʃlʌɡɪnə/ 1. Well-worn, beat-up, piece of junk. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I trust you, I just don’t trust that furshlugginer hunk of junk over there.
Word: Gire Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized from German roots, from Gaier or Geyer. It may derive from gyrfalcon, a falcon used in the middle ages for hunting by royalty. 1. An anglicized version of Geier or Guyer, a common family name of German roots.
Word: gynaeconitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gynaecōnītis, from Ancient Greek γυναικωνῖτις (gunaikōnîtis). 1. A gynaeceum. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: hom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of haoma (“sacred plant”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: paraphernalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin paraphernālia (“goods which a wife brings over and above her dowry”), use as noun (short for paraphernālia bona (“paraphernal goods”)) of neuter plural of paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), from Ancient Greek παράφερνα (parápherna), a compound of παρά (pará, “beside”) + φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”). In the propertied classes, a dowry was placed under the control of the husband, while the paraphernalia which she brought with her remained the wife’s property. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/, /ˌpɛɹəfɚˈneɪli.ə/, /ˌpɛɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/ 1. Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: drug paraphernalia Example: He has an impressive collection of bicycling paraphernalia, but he doesn't ride very often anymore. 2. Objects that a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: So she told her what her husband had said and sat with her awhile; but, presently, up came porters, who brought all her clothes and paraphernalia and what not else belonged to her of goods and vessels from her husband’s house and deposited them in that of her mother.
Word: plug hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard, black hat with a narrow brim, such as a bowler or top hat. Example: Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
Word: Portwood Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname that is said to mean "town of the gate by the wood." The name has been known in the US since 1679.
Word: pyriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin pyrifōrmis, from pyrum (“a pear”) + -fōrmis (“-form, -shaped”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of pyriformis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈpɪɹ.əˌfɔɹm/ 1. Pear-shaped. Example: The chief difference between this brain and that of the Turtle obtains in the large size of the optic lobe and cerebrum as compared with the cerebellum, in the more pyriform figure of the cerebral hemispheres, and in the transverse fissure of the cerebellum. Example: Most small worms have a pyriform shape. Larger worms living in unconsolidated sediments are cylindrical and elongate. Those in rock fissures or coral crevices have stouter and more pyriform bodies.
Word: pyriform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin pyrifōrmis, from pyrum (“a pear”) + -fōrmis (“-form, -shaped”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of pyriformis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈpɪɹ.əˌfɔɹm/ 1. A pyriform object.
Word: Sekhon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੇਖੋਂ (sekhõ). 1. A surname from Punjabi.
Word: showerhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *skauwārī Old English sċēawere Middle English schewere English shower substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English showerhead From shower + head. 1. A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather, sometimes in adjustable patterns. 2. A part of a coffeemaker for dispersing water evenly over the grounds. Example: The steam then carries the water to the top of the machine where it escapes through the showerhead.
Word: voluntourism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of volunteer + tourism with haplology. 1. A type of tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism with volunteer work. Travelers are given opportunities to contribute money and/or time to causes related to their destinations. Labels: uncountable Example: As summer looms, many Americans — college students, retirees and others who stand at the cusp of life changes — will make similar choices in search of transformational experiences. An industry exists to make these easier to make: the voluntourism business. A voluntourist is someone like Jack, who wishes to combine exotic vacation travel with volunteer work.
Word: mulm Part of Speech: noun 1. The sludge that collects at the bottom (or walls) of an aquarium, consisting of fish excrement, decaying plant matter, and other assorted detritus Labels: uncountable Example: The point is that the filter not only removes mulm from the tank but also ensures that this matter is very efficiently bathed in a constant flow of water, which will dissolve out anything that can be dissolved.
Word: gulley Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gully (Etymology 1). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gulley Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of gully. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: megalomaniacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megalomaniac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assain Part of Speech: verb 1. To heal or save. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thou art my only leach, assain me an thou deign
Word: scandal of particularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Ärgernis der Einmaligkeit 1. The paradox inherent in the idea of a particular individual human (Jesus of Nazareth) incarnating the eternal divine God. Example: 1994: A materialism […] was supposed to be what science favoured: and the ‘scandal of particularity’, God becoming incarnate in Christ in human history, was indeed regarded as a scandal — that is, absurd — by contemporary intellectuals. — Richard Swinburne, Reason and the Christian Religion (Oxford 1994, p. 1) Example: 2006: Reformed theologians look to the scandal of particularity as a way of naming how the unknowable God is known to us. — Cynthia L Rigby, ‘Scandalous Presence’, Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics (John Knox 2006, p. 59)
Word: make no bones about Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A reference to complaining about finding animal bones in food; compare find no bones in (“(obsolete) to experience no hindrances or obstacles; to do something without hesitation”) and have a bone to pick. Pronunciation: /ˌmeɪk nəʊ ˈbəʊnz əˌbaʊt/, /ˌmeɪk noʊ ˈboʊnz əˌbaʊt/ 1. To do, indicate, or say something clearly and without hesitation, even if it may be unpleasant. Labels: idiomatic Example: [B]earyng hymſelfe [Abraham] bolde vpon goddes promyſſe, he made no manner bones ne ſtickyng, but wente in hande to offer vp his onely ſonne Iſaac in ſacrifyce, […] Example: Therefore if any man alledge Gods power ageinſt thẽ [them], they bruſt through it boldly, & asfor mans hand, they make no bones at it, & ſo their great talking tung ſtinteth for no ſtoppes, but walketh ouer all the whole earth.
Word: little toe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English litel to, lyttylle towe, from Old English lȳtle tā. 1. The smallest toe of the human foot. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, toe.
Word: blether Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of blather. Labels: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, countable, especially, uncountable Example: Thir isnae an embarrassment in the world that cannae be erased by a bit ay blether and a few bevvies.
Word: blether Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of blather. Labels: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, especially
Word: guage Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of gauge. Labels: alt-of, misspelling