nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mannerliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English manerlynes; equivalent to mannerly + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈmænəɹlinəs/ 1. politeness, good manners Labels: uncountable Example: 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd ... occasionally showed some earnestness, which consisted half of genuine feeling, and half of mannerliness superadded by way of duty.
Word: red-light camera Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of red light camera. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: man-hour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English hour English man-hour From man + hour. Pronunciation: /mænˈaʊə/, /mænˈaʊɚ/ 1. Synonym of person-hour. Example: Ten workers for two days—that's 160 man-hours. Example: [...] every man has tools and amenities always within one minute's walk; thus non-productive man-hours are kept to a minimum.
Word: mercer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx). Pronunciation: /ˈmɝsɚ/, /ˈmɜːsə/ 1. A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths. Example: ... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour... Example: He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers.
Word: enols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hunt-and-peck Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique. Labels: not-comparable Example: When individuals type information into an automatic teller machine or enter a password to open a lock, they simply push a sequence of keys. They first find the key on the keypad and then push it with the index finger on their dominant hand until all the keys are pressed. Children and adults tend to use this hunt-and-peck method when they encounter an unfamiliar keypad.
Word: touch-typing Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb. Labels: uncountable
Word: hunt and peck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: hunt + and + peck 1. The hunt-and-peck typing technique. Labels: uncountable
Word: hunt and peck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: hunt + and + peck 1. to typewrite in an awkward, unskilled way, with two or even a single finger. Labels: transitive
Word: two-fingered typing Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist uses only two fingers (usually the index fingers) to operate the keys, typically because unfamiliar with the layout of the keyboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: transpicuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trānspicuus (“transparent”). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈpɪkjʊəs/, /tɹænˈspɪkjʊəs/ 1. Easily construed or seen through. Labels: rare Example: The Sobieski Stuarts were amiable, scholarly men who won converts by their transpicuous innocence.
Word: mewl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 1599 or earlier (1530 in a Scottish document), apparently from Shakespeare with this spelling. Perhaps from Middle English mewen (“to whimper”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːl/ 1. To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. Example: And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, / Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; / Then the whining school-boy, […] Example: You're a pretty clog to be tied to a man for life, you mewling, white-faced cat!
Word: mewl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1599 or earlier (1530 in a Scottish document), apparently from Shakespeare with this spelling. Perhaps from Middle English mewen (“to whimper”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːl/ 1. A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling. Example: There would have been total silence if it hadn't been for the sea nearby, mewling. Indeed, that same mewl added to the sleepy image that filled the dormant house. Example: I let out another moaning mewl, biting my lip as I awaited whatever he planned.
Word: diethyl ether Part of Speech: noun 1. A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH₃-CH₂-O-CH₂-CH₃. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic. Labels: uncountable Example: Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
Word: ethoxyethane Part of Speech: noun 1. diethyl ether. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ethyl ether Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of diethyl ether. Labels: uncountable
Word: sastruga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Sastruga, from Russian заструга (zastruga). 1. Any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice-covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.
Word: ethyl oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. diethyl ether. Labels: uncountable
Word: terminal acetylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terminal acetylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mile + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪləɹ/ 1. An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles. Labels: in-compounds, often Example: But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind. Example: The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well. 2. A race whose length is the specified number of miles. Labels: in-compounds Example: I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore. Example: There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later.
Word: deadlink Part of Speech: noun 1. A dead link. Labels: Internet
Word: deadlink Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause an exiting hypertext link to no longer function properly, or to add a link incorrectly. Labels: Internet
Word: primary school Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪməɹi skuːl/, /ˈpɹaɪˌmɛɹi-/ 1. A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade. Labels: Australia, India, New-Zealand, Philippines, UK, countable, sometimes, uncountable Example: The child's mother was tearful as he boarded the bus for his first day of primary school. Example: My primary school is a good place to study.
Word: miff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”) and similar German words with similar meanings such as Muff, mupf, Muffel and Dutch moppen (“growl, grouse”). Probably related to mop (“grimace”). Pronunciation: /mɪf/ 1. A small argument; a quarrel. Example: nay, she would throw it in the teeth of Allworthy himself, when a little quarrel, or miff, as it is vulgarly called, arose between them. Example: Well, to cut a long story short, by-long and by-late, John Wildway and I had a miff and parted; and lo and behold, the coming man came! 2. A state of being offended. Example: She's taken a miff at something, I suppose, and means to cut my acquaintance.
Word: miff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”) and similar German words with similar meanings such as Muff, mupf, Muffel and Dutch moppen (“growl, grouse”). Probably related to mop (“grimace”). Pronunciation: /mɪf/ 1. To offend slightly. Labels: transitive, usually Example: he [our Interpreter Shabonah] will not agree to work let our Situation be what it may nor Stand a guard, and if miffed with any man he wishes to return when he pleases Example: 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet […] answered my Thetis, a little miffed perhaps -- to use the women's phrase — that I turned the conversation upon my former partner, rather than addressed it to herself. 2. To become slightly offended. Labels: intransitive Example: I amble on; yet, though I know not why, / So sad I am!—but should a friend and I / Grow cool and miff, O! I am very sad! Example: 1905, George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable She miffed and started to reply, but thought better of it.
Word: foederatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin foederātus (“allied”), from foedus (“league, agreement”). Pronunciation: /fiːdɛˈɹɑːtəs/ 1. A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose. Example: In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.
Word: crown ward Part of Speech: noun 1. A child or youth who has been placed in foster care without access to his or her natural family for the purpose of adoption Labels: Canada, Ontario
Word: foederati Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiːdɛˈɹɑːti/ 1. plural of foederatus Labels: form-of, plural Example: [DATE?]: Prys Morgan, The Invention of Tradition, pUnknown The third part of the vision was more conventional and it concerned lines of native princes descending from tribal leaders, or Roman foederati like Cunedda, or from Cadwaladr the Blessed, last Welsh king to claim over-lordship of Britain, in the seventh century, right down to the death of Llywelyn II in 1282.
Word: squireen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squire + anglicized form of Irish -ín, diminutive suffix. Pronunciation: /skwaɪəˈɹiːn/, /skwaɪˈɹiːn/ 1. A minor squire; a small landowner. Example: Probably no other country could produce such a degraded type as the squireen or buckeen, the drunken, gambling, profligate descendant of the Cromwellian or Williamite settler. Example: About 1730 the poet and squireen Huw Hughes wrote to the great scholar Lewis Morris that all the defenders of the old language had gone to sleep.
Word: bar exam Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipped compound of bar examination.
Word: bar examination Part of Speech: noun 1. An examination that must be passed by persons who wish to practice law.
Word: wheellock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English wheellock From wheel + lock. 1. An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan. Labels: historical
Word: bar exams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bar exam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bar examinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bar examination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apoxia Part of Speech: noun 1. altitude sickness Labels: uncountable
Word: zastruga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian заструга (zastruga), related to струг (strug, “plane (tool)”). Pronunciation: /zæˈstɹuːɡə/, /zəˈstɹuːɡə/ 1. Alternative form of sastruga. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Later winds, if of sufficient force, will erode away the kalutoqaniq, producing sculptured forms which have great beauty but which are exceeding difficult to traverse. The sculpturings are widely known by the terms zastrugi (Russian) or skavler (Norwegian), but are more accurately known as kaioqlaq (Eskimo [Inuit]). Zastrugi or skavler refer to surface sculpturings in general. Kaioqlaq refers to large, hard sculpturings while the word tumarinyiq (Eskimo [Inuit]) refers to small zastrugi or "ripple marks."
Word: altitude sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. A pathological condition caused by oxygen deficiency at high altitudes; symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, and nosebleed. Labels: uncountable
Word: coax cable Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of coaxial cable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NQT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of newly qualified teacher. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: incenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English incenter From in- + center. 1. The point formed at the intersection of the three angle bisectors of a triangle; also the centre of the incircle. Labels: US
Word: Abertawe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Abertawe. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.bɚˈtaʊ.(w)i/ 1. Swansea
Word: currier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French corier, from Latin coriarius (“tanner, currier”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹɪɚ/, /ˈkərɪjə(r)/ 1. A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring. 2. One who grooms a horse with a curry comb.
Word: penillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Welsh, plural of pennill (“verse”) Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪljən/ 1. The art of vocal improvisation, with a singer or small choir singing a countermelody over a harp melody; it is an important competition in eisteddfodau. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: penillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Welsh, plural of pennill (“verse”) Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪljən/ 1. plural of penill Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of pennill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teratologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English teratology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English teratologic From teratology + -ic. 1. Dealing with the study of production, development, anatomy, and classification of monsters. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to deformity, either congenital or resulting from accident. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gorsedd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh gorsedd (“throne”), itself a compound of gor- (“super-, over-”) + sedd (“seat”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːɹsɛð/ 1. A community of bards, usually Welsh, but sometimes Breton or Cornish. Example: Now a Gorsedd is a competition for Bardic honours.
Word: gorseddau Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɔːɹsɛðaɪ/ 1. plural of gorsedd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hayward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + ward. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪwəɹd/ 1. One whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals. Labels: historical Example: […] it was held that this was not indictable, for till the horse got to the pound the hayward was merely acting as the servant of the owner of the land […] Example: The hayward at the same place had an acre of the lord's corn in autumn, always in a certain part of the field.
Word: vaticinatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Related to vaticination. Example: The English antiquaries Leland and Bale suggested in the sixteenth century that the Welsh bards might be successors to the Druids, partly because the holy of holies of Druids had been on the island of Anglesey, partly because the bards, like the Druids, were figures of authority and, like the Druids again, had a vaticinatory function.
Word: camelid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæməlɪd/ 1. Any of a family of mammals including the camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña.
Word: mycoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mycosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staple puller Part of Speech: noun 1. A staple remover.
Word: mycosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)der. English myc- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English mycosis From myc- + -osis. Pronunciation: /maɪˈkoʊsɪs/ 1. An infection caused by a fungus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bachelorette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bachelor + -ette. Displaced maid. Pronunciation: /ˌbatʃləˈɹɛt/, /ˌbatʃələˈɹɛt/, /ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/, /ˌbætʃələˈɹɛt/ 1. An unmarried woman. Labels: Canada, US Example: Coordinate term: spinster 2. A very small bachelor (single room) apartment. Labels: Canada
Word: sculpin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier scorpene, from Latin scorpaena, from Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα (skórpaina, “kind of fish”), diminutive of σκορπίος (skorpíos). Compare scorpionfish. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlpɪn/ 1. A small fish of the family Cottidae, usually lacking scales. Often found on river bottoms and in tidal pools. 2. A person who makes mischief. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: Anastasio Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Anastasio. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: squarson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of squire + parson 1. A squire who is also the local rector. Example: For centuries it was the custom for younger sons of the landed classes to become clergymen - and often to take over the parish - or parishes - on the family estate. It was not uncommon for such parsons to inherit the estate on the death of an older brother and so come to combine the role of squire and parson - a squarson, as they came to be called. Example: William Wynne, a poet and squarson
Word: measuring worm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare inchworm. 1. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
Word: Kernow Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish Kernow (“Cornwall”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːnəʊ/ 1. Cornwall: A peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east
Word: tulips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tulip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OOB Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Open(ing) Of Business, usually referring to a time frame margin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: ...between OOB January 1, 2007 and COB December 31, 2007. 2. Initialism of offset overhand bend. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of out-of-body. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of off-off-Broadway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: So I saw "Lovers," the musical, which impressed me, and I went to TOSOS and asked if I could help out and was made administrative director. I then really got my feet wet in OOB, because that was last summer when the fight broke out with Equity about the new Showcase Code.
Word: OOB Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of out-of-band. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of out of bed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 3. Initialism of out of bounds. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 4. Initialism of out of the box. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 5. Initialism of out-of-body. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 6. Initialism of off-off-Broadway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: fonda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish fonda, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonduk and fondaco. 1. An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country. Example: Nothing was ever stolen in the Hotel Montana. In other fondas, yes. Not here.
Word: transdermal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English derm English -al English dermal English transdermal From trans- + dermal. 1. Through the unbroken skin (as for example with measurements of blood glucose level with an optical glucometer using photometry or of oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry). Labels: not-comparable
Word: transdermal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English derm English -al English dermal English transdermal From trans- + dermal. 1. A transdermal patch or implant.
Word: humoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English humerale, humorale, humoural, from Middle French humoral and Medieval Latin hūmorālis, from Latin hūmor. By surface analysis, humor + -al. 1. Relating to the body fluids or humours. Labels: not-comparable Example: Both the apocryphal belief in pre-transplant cross-match screening to discard active humoral immune response against the donor and the lack of sensible and reliable markers for detecting AMR give explanation to the surprising fact that AMR was nearly neglected in human renal transplantation during years. Example: Thus, the demonstration of the presence of: a thymic-lymphocytosis promoting factor in mice (Metcalf, 1958); a humoral lymphocyte stimulating factor in the serum of irradiated rats (Ito and Weinstein, 1963); a thymic lymphopoietic factor, "thymosin" (Goldstein et al., 1966); and a lymphocytosis inducing factor in the plasma of rats treated with antilymphocyte serum (Rakowitz et al., 1972) lend support to this hypothesis. Several other reports in the literature suggest the presence of humoral agents regulating leukocyte numbers. 2. Pertaining to humorism. (The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.) Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: By predicating conception on differing humoral temperaments of men and women, medical theorists justified their own subjugation of women by cultivating a distinct female humorality responsible for behavior. Example: The planets are used as symbols in Culpeper's humoral philosophy, and the way he uses them had developed within hermetic philosophy.
Word: cogitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cogitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cogitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cogitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cogitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cogitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cogitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possibly influenced by or displacing an earlier doublet of cogitacion inherited from Middle English cogitacioun, from an Old French cogitaciun, from Vulgar Latin cōgitātiō, cōgitātiōnem; compare Middle French cogitatiun, French cogitation. All ultimately from verbal construction cōgitātus + -iō, from the perfect passive participle of Latin cōgitō (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”), frequentative verb from con- (“together, with”) + agitō (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), root from Proto-Italic *agō (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒd͡ʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɒː.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkəʊd͡ʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑd͡ʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑː.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation. Labels: uncountable 2. A carefully considered thought, idea, notion. Labels: countable
Word: playbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌbɪl/ 1. A poster advertising a theatrical performance. 2. A program/programme/pamphlet for a theatrical performance.
Word: tracheostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English tracheo- English -stomy English tracheostomy From tracheo- + -stomy. 1. A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.
Word: andesite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Andes Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English andesite From Andes + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.dɪˌsaɪt/, /ˈæn.dəˌsaɪt/ 1. Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: -lith Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -lite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: otolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oto- + -lith, from Ancient Greek ὠτο- (ōto-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), and λίθος (líthos, “stone”). 1. A small particle, composed mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.
Word: seneschals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seneschal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calumniation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English calumniate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English calumniation From calumniate + -ion. 1. A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To all those causes of calumniation, may be added the conduct of Darnley, unlearned, unmannered, untoward, as he was, that gave too much cause for censoriousness to represent, and scandal to propagate.
Word: calumniator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin calumniātor. 1. A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others). Example: He did not go to the police and cover the calumniator with infamy before the tribunals.
Word: cambial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to commercial exchange. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Of or pertaining to a cambium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cambium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin cambium (“a change”), from Gaulish. Doublet of change. Pronunciation: /ˈkambɪəm/, /ˈkeə̯m.biˌəm/, /ˈkæm.biˌəm/ 1. A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During winter we perceive no change in the cells of the cambium layer, which are filled with nutritive matter […]. 2. Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones Labels: countable, uncountable 3. One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […]
Word: acetates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acetate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piaculative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined a. 1920 by T.S. Eliot, from Latin piaculum (“propitiatory sacrifice”) + -ative. 1. Piacular; atoning for sin or crime. Labels: rare Example: The sable presbyters approach / The avenue of penitence; / The young are red and pustular / Clutching piaculative pence.
Word: doloroso Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian doloroso. 1. plaintively; pathetically Labels: not-comparable
Word: petalless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English petal Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English petalless From petal + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.əl.ləs/ 1. Lacking petals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cambiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cambium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: damsels in distress Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of damsel in distress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: measuring worms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of measuring worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squarsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squarson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheellocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheellock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in-game Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + game. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡeɪm/, /ˈɪnɡeɪm/ 1. Within the virtual world or player experience of a video game. Labels: not-comparable Example: You can buy in-game currency with real life money. Example: The in-game chat feature really enhances the experience.
Word: teabox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea + box. 1. A box for carrying or storing tea; a tea chest or tea caddy.
Word: cambric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured. 1. A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims? Example: Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.
Word: camelhair Part of Speech: noun 1. The soft hair of a camel. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A substitute for this hair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Camelhair brushes are made for artists and architects from the hair of the tails of Russian squirrels. 3. A soft fabric made from this hair. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: camerawoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English camera Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English camerawoman From camera + -woman. 1. A woman who operates any kind of camera. Example: […] camerawoman Justine Evans and myself ^([sic]) went for just two weeks to film some aspects of their work and with luck a wolf or two.
Word: living rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Rock that is carved in situ. Labels: uncountable Example: The temple was hewed from the living rock. Example: So that all men despised him in the streets, / He hewed the living rock, with sweat and tears, 2. A trovant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Pyura chilensis, a tunicate that resembles a mass of organs inside a rock. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Synonym of living stone (“plant that resembles a rock”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: angel hair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo. 1. A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli. Labels: uncountable 2. A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos. Labels: uncountable 3. A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations. Labels: uncountable Example: Angel hair consists of thin, cotton-like fibers that are found at the scene of UFO sightings. The strands look like spider webs (which many skeptics assert is precisely what they are) and have been found on houses, on the ground, in trees, and hanging off electrical wires following a UFO sighting. 4. A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder. Labels: uncountable 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair. Labels: uncountable
Word: a whole nother Part of Speech: det Etymology: Either from a + whole + nother (“different, other”), where nother is a variant of other, rebracketed from an other, or from whole + another, with whole having been inserted by tmesis. Compare also dialectal tother from Middle English þe toþer (“the other”). Pronunciation: /ə ˈhəʊl ˌnʌðə/, /ə ˈhoʊl ˌnʌðəɹ/ 1. An intensified form of another: an entirely different; a whole other. Labels: US, informal, proscribed, usually Example: "Will the fog be gone by to-morrow morning?" said Patty, disconsolately. "I don't know what we shall do if we have to be a whole 'nother day in the house and in the dark." Example: It's a whole nother bunch of folks over beyond the trees 'cross the tracks.
Word: semplice Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian semplice. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmplɪtʃeɪ/ 1. (To be played) simply, without embellishments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bytecode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of byte + code. 1. P-code (various forms of instruction sets designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter as well as being suitable for further compilation into machine code). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: floodgate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flodegate, flodgate, flodeyate, floodȝate, flodȝete, equivalent to flood + gate. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/, /ˈflʌdɡeɪt/ 1. An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice. Example: At the start of the Second World War floodgates would be installed at the ends of the under-Thames sections of the Bakerloo and Northern lines to save them from inundation should bombs damage the riverbed. 2. Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: “The floodgates for advertising on cable are down,” says Michael Dann, a leading consultant on cable television. 3. A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent. Labels: obsolete Example: Out of her gored wound the cruell ſteel / He lightly ſnatcht, and did the floodgate ſtop / VVith his faire garment: then gan ſoftly feel her feeble pulſe, to proue if any drop / Of liuing blood yet in her veynes did hop Example: The accuſation conſiſting of thoſe three articles, was moſt true: your doctrine was ſcādalous, it offred much offence, being generally diſtaſted; and was erroneous, being detected to be the floodgate of Traitors ſtaiers, looſing in ſome ſuppoſititious doctrines, and many blaſphemous arrogating much to man, derogating much from God.
Word: skewed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /skjuːd/ 1. Twisted at an angle. 2. Biased, distorted
Word: skewed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skjuːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of skew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sinfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sinful Middle English -ly English -ly English sinfully From sinful + -ly. 1. In a sinful manner; wickedly. Example: They sinfully committed adultery. 2. To an extent or degree that is sinful. Example: a sinfully delicious dessert
Word: sinfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English synfulnes, synfulnesse, synnefulnysse, equivalent to sinful + -ness. Compare Old English synniġness (“sinfulness”). 1. The property of being sinful. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being sinful. Labels: countable
Word: snugness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snug 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 snugness From snug + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being snug. Labels: uncountable Example: I met someone with whom there was instantly a perfect, almost lock and key snugness between our hearts and minds. 2. The result or product of being snug. Labels: countable, rare
Word: soggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English soggy Middle English -ly English -ly English soggily From soggy + -ly. 1. In a soggy manner.
Word: Tawe Part of Speech: name 1. A river in southern Wales that meets the sea at Swansea.
Word: quaternary ammonium compounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quaternary ammonium compound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carboxylic acids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carboxylic acid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imidic acids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imidic acid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxyacids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxyacid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydracids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydracid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudohalogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudohalogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petronel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French petrinal, alteration of poitrinal, from poitrinal (“of the chest”) (the weapon is thought to have been braced against a chest-pad when firing), from poitrine (“chest, breast”), from Latin pectorina, feminine of pectorinus (“of the breast”) (from pectus (“chest”) + -inus (“-ine”)). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtɹənəl/ 1. A short but large-caliber, heavy 16th- and 17th-century firearm that used a matchlock or wheellock mechanism, intermediate between the arquebuse and pistol. Labels: obsolete Example: […]And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with a Petronell hanging at the arſon of his Saddle[…]
Word: spotlights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spotlight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spotlights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spotlight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stiller Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English stillan English still English -er English stiller From still + -er. 1. comparative form of still: more still Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: stiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English stillan English still English -er English stiller From still + -er. 1. One who stills, or quiets.
Word: ridiculosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ridiculous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ridiculosity From ridiculous + -ity. 1. The quality of being ridiculous; absurdity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: superabundant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English abundant English superabundant From super- + abundant. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˈəbʌndənt/ 1. Extremely or exceedingly abundant. Labels: not-comparable Example: At one time were bison on the American plains not merely abundant but superabundant: they seemed inexhaustible. Example: Cornead. The ſpirit of foolery out of this Archibald Rupenrope he ſhall never be able to caſt, were the nectar of his eloquence a thouſand times more ſuperabundant, inceſſant ſourding. 2. Being or relating to a superabundant number. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superabundance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English abundance English superabundance From super- + abundance. 1. An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We have not merely an abundance, but a superabundance of enemies at this time; they will need to stand in line to disagree with us. Example: Perhaps very young girls, who do not know what to do with a superabundance of affection, run up a kind of romantic liking for each other; but it never lasts—one good-looking young man would break up all the female friendships that ever were formed.
Word: superficiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English superficial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English superficiality From superficial + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.pə.fɪʃ.iˈæl.ɪ.ti/ 1. The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Seeks companion with similar invisible handicap or circumstance which forced early awareness of mortality and is consequently very serious about life and has little time for superficiality.
Word: suppuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō. 1. The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of suppurating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes...
Word: surrogacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surrog(ate) + -acy. Pronunciation: /ˈsɝəɡəsi/, /ˈsʌɹəɡəsi/ 1. The state or condition of being a surrogate. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 2. The practice of being a surrogate mother. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: surrogates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surrogate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suspenseful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suspense + -ful. 1. Inducing suspense. Example: The television movie was so suspenseful that I leaped in the air and screamed when the doorbell rang.
Word: supercity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English city English supercity From super- + city. 1. An extremely large city, metropolis or urban area. 2. The merged urban area of several close cities.
Word: supercities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supercity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supernaturally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English supernaturaly; equivalent to supernatural + -ly. 1. In a supernatural manner. Example: You are supernaturally kind . . kindestest, bestestest . . . and, so, dearestest by the merest justice; only, to think of your hastening home, as if you were under an obligation to write to me in the face of the seven worlds, . . that is too much, and shall not be again — now see that it shall not.
Word: superlatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English superlative 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 superlatively From superlative + -ly. 1. In a superlative manner; in the greatest possible way. Example: We may form judgments of Italy widely different, according to circumstances. Sometimes the evil that has been said of it accords with what we see, and at others it appears superlatively unjust.
Word: subluxation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French subluxation, from New Latin subluxatio, from subluxare (“to subluxate, to partially displace”) + -atio (“-ation: forming abstract nouns”), from sub- (“sub-: under, below, lesser”) + luxare (“to dislocate; to displace”) after the model of Ancient Greek παράρθρημα (parárthrēma). Equivalent to sub- + luxation. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌb.lʌkˈseɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsəbˌləkˈseɪ.ʃən/ 1. A partial dislocation of a joint, in which the articulating surfaces remain in partial contact. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The patient experienced subluxations of his right ulna, his lower right rear molar, and the lens of his left eye. Example: Lateral subluxation of the atlantoaxial joints has also been observed in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Word: brumation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin brūma (“winter solstice”) + -tiō, by analogy with hibernation. 1. A lethargic state that some ectothermic animals, such as many reptiles, assume during cold conditions. Partly analogous to hibernation, but physiological differences include that brumation does not depend on stored fat, but rather on reduced metabolic activity. Labels: uncountable
Word: misadventure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English misaventure, from Old French mesaventure, from mes- (“mis-”) + aventure (“adventure”). Equivalent to mis- + adventure. Compare disadventure. 1. Synonym of misfortune, bad luck or mishap, an instance of bad luck. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own. Example: All under the sun are subject at times to misery and misadventure. 2. Synonym of mistake, a misguided and/or failed enterprise, a risky action that turns out badly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: yet another American military misadventure 3. A fatal mishap, especially one voluntarily risked by the victim, bad luck causing an accidental death without attaching any liability to any other involved parties. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There were, however, 34 deaths among passengers in movement accidents, due mainly to misadventure and carelessness when entering and leaving trains in motion, falling off platforms and out of carriages, and opening and closing carriage doors. Example: Stoke City have defended their safety record on Thursday after a coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure on a supporter who died after being struck by a rubbish bin.
Word: camouflager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camouflage + -er. 1. A person skilled in the art of camouflage. 2. A person who camouflages things.
Word: campground Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camp + ground. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmpˌɡɹaʊnd/ 1. An area where tents are pitched. Example: At 4.7 miles, on the left, is the campground and park headquarters for Samuel P. Taylor State Park 2. An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held. Example: Camp Hamilton is the Methodist campground, a few miles from Salem, where the Methodists were holding services.
Word: go to hell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The third sense is first attested in Shakespeare. The second sense is a variation of older go to the devil. The literal sense is attested since Old English with various verbs for "to go". Pronunciation: /ˌɡəʊ tə ˈhɛl/, /ˌɡoʊ tə ˈhɛl/, [ˌɡoʊ̯‿ɾə ˈhɛɫ] 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, hell. 2. To go out the window; become ruined; become useless. Example: Well, that plan has gone to hell. Example: In my opinion, they want us to lose. If we lose Georgia, we lose the whole thing and our country goes to hell. 3. An expression of anger and contempt directed at someone, especially after that individual has committed a serious crime or transgression. Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: Why did Nancy do that to Jake? She can go to hell. Example: You want me to voluntarily work the weekend without pay? Go to hell!
Word: burn in hell Part of Speech: verb 1. An expression of anger and contempt directed at someone, especially after that individual has committed a very serious crime or transgression. Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: Wrex: I say every human can burn in hell now--and you'll be there to greet them! 2. To spend the afterlife suffering in hell. Labels: literally Example: Ted could die and burn in hell as far as I was concerned. Example: For some people, salvation is little more than fire insurance— they don't care about this life, they just don't want to burn in hell.
Word: hot stoves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hot stove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oenomel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oeno- + Latin mel (“honey”). 1. A beverage made of wine and honey. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermanesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From therm- + anesthesia. 1. The inability to feel heat or cold; loss of sense of temperature upon contact with skin. Labels: uncountable