nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tubular bells Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tubular (adjective) + bells. Pronunciation: /ˌtjuːbjʊlə ˈbɛlz/, /ˈt͡ʃuː-/, /-bjə-/, /ˌt(j)ubjələɹ ˈbɛlz/, /-bju-/ 1. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes that are struck with a mallet, producing sounds like those of church bells. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: lunar occultation Part of Speech: noun 1. The passage of the Moon, as it moves through the nighttime sky, in front of a celestial object, such as a star or planet.
Word: plastic deformation Part of Speech: noun 1. A permanent change in the shape or size of an object without breaking it or putting it under excessive stress. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: guilloche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French guilloche. Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈlɒʃ/ 1. A fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc. Example: A railroad right-of-way, straight across the Balkan Peninsula, conceded in Cyrillic and Arabic script all woven in and out of the loveliest green guilloche by the no-longer-quite-unabsorbed entity of East Roumelia. 2. The tool used to create such work.
Word: guilloche Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French guilloche. Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈlɒʃ/ 1. To decorate with intersecting curved lines. Labels: transitive
Word: togue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Canadian French from an Algonquian word. Pronunciation: /toʊɡ/ 1. Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, a freshwater char of northern North America.
Word: kiddie car Part of Speech: noun 1. A miniature toy car designed to be operated by a child, propelled by foot motion, pedals, or an electrical motor. Example: Select one of the children who have had no previous practice in riding a tricycle or a kiddie car with pedals. Example: Five-year-old Brooke is extremely interested in racing and even has her own motorized kiddie car.
Word: carillonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English carillon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English carillonist From carillon + -ist. 1. One who plays the carillon.
Word: castanetist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English castanet Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English castanetist From castanet + -ist. 1. One who plays the castanet.
Word: dodgem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dodge 'em (“them”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.əm/ 1. A bumper car in an amusement park. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: What better way to let off a little steam, than by zipping around on the dodgems, or flying high on the Cosmic Typhoon roller coaster?
Word: nudely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English nude Middle English -ly English -ly English nudely From nude + -ly. 1. In a nude manner.
Word: Godzone Part of Speech: name Etymology: Contraction of God’s own country, modelled after zone (“area or region of the world”). The word was possibly modified from the title of the poem “God’s Own Country” (1890) by the New Zealand poet and politician Thomas Bracken (1843–1898). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdzəʊn/, /ˈɡɑdˌzoʊn/, /ˈɡɒdzʌʉn/ 1. New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand, informal Example: It always looks so ridiculous, Joe hefty and twice his child's size – but that's the way we do it in good old Godzone.
Word: QALY Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑli/ 1. Acronym of quality-adjusted life year. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Forbes got more granular, contrasting the value of a statistical life (VSL) with the value of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to arrive at a more precise figure.
Word: environmental science Part of Speech: noun 1. The integrated study of factors that influence the environment and environmental systems, especially the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: environmental scientist Part of Speech: noun 1. A scientist whose speciality is environmental science.
Word: reh Part of Speech: noun 1. The Arabic letter ر.
Word: reh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi रेह (reh, “salt marsh”); compare Sanskrit रेणु (reṇu, “grain of salt, dust, powder”). 1. A saline efflorescence that comes to the surface on the usar plains of northern India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh.
Word: cloyingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cloying Middle English -ly English -ly English cloyingly From cloying + -ly. 1. In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess. 2. In an excessively sweet manner.
Word: postulata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɒstjʊˈleɪtə/, /pɒstjʊˈlɑːtə/ 1. plural of postulatum Labels: form-of, plural Example: I think I may fairly make two postulata. First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Secondly, That the passion between the sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state. These two laws, ever since we have had any knowledge of mankind, appear to have been fixed laws of our nature, and, as we have not hitherto seen any alteration in them, we have no right to conclude that they will ever cease to be what they now are, without an immediate act of power in that Being who first arranged the system of the universe, and for the advantage of his creatures, still executes, according to fixed laws, all its various operations. […] Assuming then my postulata as granted, I say, that the power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.
Word: four-vector Part of Speech: noun 1. A vector in four-dimensional vector space, especially one having three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension.
Word: waterproofness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English waterproof 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 waterproofness From waterproof + -ness. 1. The property of being waterproof. Labels: uncountable Example: In the fabric section, a textile twisting and tearing machine and a "Lissajou curve" [sic] abrader (covering a complete area in overlapping curves) are supplemented by apparatus for evaluating waterproofness, fibre diameter and light-fastness. Example: To find the best rain jacket, we tested everything from waterproofness and breathability to fit, feel and packability.
Word: waterproofed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made waterproof.
Word: waterproofed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of waterproof Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Watergate salad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various unsubstantiated hypotheses; see Wikipedia. 1. A sweet dessert salad made with pistachio-flavoured instant pudding, whipped topping, crushed pineapple, and small marshmallows, and sometimes other ingredients.
Word: white gold Part of Speech: noun 1. Any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel. Labels: countable Example: It’s a slender band of white gold. It’ll be rather lovely once it fades. 2. Any white commodity seen as valuable. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any white commodity seen as valuable. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any white commodity seen as valuable. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any white commodity seen as valuable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fleets of planes flew in their daily cargo of white gold, first extracted from coca leaves in Peru or Bolivia and then refined in Colombia. 6. Platinum. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Russian gold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its popularity in Russia in the early 19th century. 1. Rose gold. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: rose gold Part of Speech: noun 1. A gold-copper alloy used in jewelry for its reddish color. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An orange-pink color, similar to the alloy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I walk around the house, billowy clouds reflecting a rose-gold sunset. Example: […] as she watched the Middle Eastern sun paint Jerusalem stones bathed in rose-gold.
Word: prosodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *-ti ? Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti Ancient Greek πρός (prós) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin prosōdiabor. Middle French prosodieder. English prosody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic ▲ Classical Latin prosōdia ▲ English -ic ▲ Latin prosōdiabor. French prosodie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French prosodiqueder.? New Latin prosōdicusder.? English prosodic From prosody or its etymon Classical Latin prosōdia + -ic, probably after French prosodique, New Latin prosōdicus. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈzɒdɪk/, /pɹəˈsɒdɪk/, /pɹəˈzɑdɪk/, /pɹəˈsɑdɪk/, /pɹəˈzɔdɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to, prosody.
Word: toothaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toothache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coldsleep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cold + sleep. 1. A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep. Labels: uncountable Example: By converting some of the recreation space to storerooms and adapting the storerooms thus cleared to the purpose of cold-sleep, the ship was roomy enough. Example: He had always believed Arcadia lovely, an undespoiled planet waiting for man like a bride, more than worth decades in coldsleep aboard a spaceship, toil and danger of pioneering, isolation from the rest of humankind.
Word: coldsleep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cold + sleep. 1. To experience deep sleep whilst the body is stored at a very cold temperature; to engage in cryogenic sleep. Example: Damnation, he was quite capable of refusing to let me cold-sleep. Example: The escape capsule in which he'd cold-slept had had another minor malfunction that left him staring drugged and half conscious through the port glass at open space for two days before the cryogenic process had kicked in.
Word: tweeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tweeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Thomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Thomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forgathers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forgather Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: forgathering Part of Speech: noun 1. A gathering together; an assembly.
Word: forgathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of forgather Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forgathered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of forgather Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dawn of a new day Part of Speech: noun 1. A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point. Labels: idiomatic Example: A distant gleam shone through the weight of his troubles, seeming to promise the dawn of a new day. Example: This—this is the dawn of a new day in human living.
Word: timpanists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timpanist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chloroforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chloroform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chloroforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chloroform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chloroforming Part of Speech: noun 1. An application of chloroform. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: 2 gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A model railway gauge of 64 mm, standardised in 1909 but since fallen into disuse. Labels: uncountable
Word: perching birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perching bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jacobin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin Jācōbus (“James, Jacob, etc.”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akóv), q.v. In reference to the Dominican Order, from the proximity of their 1218 chapel and chapter house in Paris to the city's Porte Saint-Jacques, whose road formed an extension of the Way of St. James running to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In reference to the Jacobin Club, from its 1789 founding at the former Dominican convent. In reference to the Syrian church, from Jacob bar Addai, bishop of Edessa during the mid-6th century. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bən/, /ˈdʒeɪk.ə.bən/, /ˈd͡ʒak.ə.bɪn/ 1. Synonym of Dominican, a member of the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter. Labels: dated 2. A member of the Jacobin Club, a radical political club prominent during the French Revolution. Labels: historical Example: The Jacobins acted as a left-of-centre parliamentary pressure group, spending much of their time in coordinating the following day's business in the Assembly. 3. A sympathizer or supposed sympathizer with the French political club or its aims of democracy and social equality. Labels: broadly, historical 4. A leftist radical in other contexts. Labels: broadly 5. Synonym of Jacobite, a member of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Labels: archaic 6. Alternative letter-case form of jacobin, various birds. Labels: alt-of
Word: Jacobin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin Jācōbus (“James, Jacob, etc.”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akóv), q.v. In reference to the Dominican Order, from the proximity of their 1218 chapel and chapter house in Paris to the city's Porte Saint-Jacques, whose road formed an extension of the Way of St. James running to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In reference to the Jacobin Club, from its 1789 founding at the former Dominican convent. In reference to the Syrian church, from Jacob bar Addai, bishop of Edessa during the mid-6th century. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bən/, /ˈdʒeɪk.ə.bən/, /ˈd͡ʒak.ə.bɪn/ 1. Of or related to the Jacobin Club in France. Labels: historical, not-comparable 2. Of or related to the radical left in other contexts. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: […] Mosse argued the most fascist and totalitarian in particular but also radical Jacobin regimes, continued to have an investment in not merely disciplining human bodies but harnessing their sense of glory toward worshiping themselves […] 3. Synonym of Dominican, of or related to the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter. Labels: dated, not-comparable 4. Synonym of Jacobite, of or related to the Syriac Orthodox Church. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: packs on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pack on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: packing on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pack on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: packed on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pack on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kaen Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of khene.
Word: 1 gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A model railway gauge of 1.75 inches (44.45 mm). Labels: uncountable
Word: semiconduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English conduction English semiconduction From semi- + conduction. 1. The behaviour of a semiconductor Labels: uncountable
Word: stage directions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stage direction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jugginses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juggins Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in fits and starts Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. intermittently, jerkily
Word: hamel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hamble. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bunny hop Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together. Labels: US, idiomatic 2. A jump made where both wheels leave the ground. 3. A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling. Example: The first baseman misplays the bunny hop, so all runners are safe. 4. An exercise whereby the person crouches on their haunches and then extends their legs and springs up, jumping vertically into the air like a rabbit hopping.
Word: bunny hop Part of Speech: verb 1. to jump repeatedly while making contact with ground for as little time as possible, often combined with air strafing, especially in first-person shooters. 2. Alternative form of bunny-hop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deformable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French déformable; equivalent to deform + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈfɔːməbəɫ] 1. Capable of being reshaped. Example: The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors.
Word: astrophoto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English astrophoto From astro- + photo. 1. An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography. Example: Once captured on film, an astrophoto does no good unless transferred to a form you can see and examine closely.
Word: astrophotograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph English astrophotograph From astro- + photograph. 1. Alternative form of astrophoto. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: transships Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transship Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transshipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transship Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transshipping Part of Speech: noun 1. The transfer of goods from one vessel or conveyance to another for onward shipment.
Word: transshipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transship Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: celestial object Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of celestial body. Example: It is only 100 feet across but it now has the honor of being the solar system's fastest-spinning celestial object. Example: A symbol for each desired celestial object, such as for each planet, the sun, and the moon are included along with a method for detachably attaching each of the symbols to the zodiac chart.
Word: zanier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of zany: more zany Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: zaniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of zany: most zany Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: optionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English optional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English optionality From optional + -ity. 1. The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having made an initial investment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The short-term payoff for this is modest, but the optionality value is enormous. 2. Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some offices do not follow the corporate procedure, due to a culture of optionality.
Word: nonjudgmentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + judgmentally. 1. In a nonjudgmental manner; without evaluation; acceptingly. Example: The therapist paraphrased nonjudgmentally what the client had said.
Word: pimenta Part of Speech: noun 1. pimento Example: The pimenta trees grow spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica, but more particularly on hilly situations near the sea, on the northern side of that island[…]
Word: acceptingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accepting Middle English -ly English -ly English acceptingly From accepting + -ly. 1. In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
Word: Sender Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Senden, a municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, or a pet form of Alexander. 1. A surname from German.
Word: misbrand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English brand English misbrand From mis- + brand. 1. To make a mistake in branding a product or service, as by poor association of the name in a significant group of potential customers. 2. In the law of food and drugs, to convey false or misleading information about a product.
Word: misbranded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misbrand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misbranded Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a product, containing incorrect information on the label that would tend to deceive consumers as to any aspect of the product. Labels: US
Word: grognard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French grognard (“grumbler”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɔnjɑɹ/, /ˈɡɹoʊn.jɑɹd/, /ˈɡɹɑɡ.nɑɹd/ 1. An old soldier. 2. A soldier of the original imperial guard that was created by Napoleon I in 1804 and that made the final French charge at Waterloo. Labels: historical 3. Someone who enjoys playing older war games or roleplaying games, or older versions of such games, when newer ones are available, and often complains frequently about newer games. Labels: slang Example: James is such a grognard: he only plays the original edition of Dungeons & Dragons. 4. A soldier or military enthusiast who pays meticulous attention to rules, details, and traditions, often respected for their expertise in areas that others might overlook. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:grognard.
Word: evaluative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English evaluate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English evaluative From evaluate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvæl.ju.ə.tɪv/ 1. Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event. Example: The college's position has always been that the opinion of students and colleagues was an important part of the evaluative process leading to tenure decisions. 2. Judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.
Word: blockheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blockheads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blockhead Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blitzing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈblɪtsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of blitz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: baling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: baling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪlɪŋ/ 1. A collection of material packaged into a bale. Example: fibre balings
Word: barracking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of barrack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: barracking Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of jeering or heckling. Example: It's the sort of mindset in which you don't take in the words of praise, only the boss's criticism and the barrackings of the crowd. 2. The act of cheering for or supporting a team. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved. Example: I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen.
Word: beatifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beatify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beetling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beetle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beetling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet. 2. A jutting or protrusion. Example: These gave place at last to things less and less unspeakable; till at last, from beneath the very brow of the beetlings and the menacings of the Terror Stone came the audible words of Pierre:—
Word: beetling Part of Speech: adj 1. Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows. Labels: not-comparable Example: As I anticipated, we had passed right through the precipice, and were now on the farther side, and immediately beneath its beetling face. Example: The beetling head of the cliff projected over the cane-brake.
Word: belying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of belie Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bethinking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bithenking, bithenkyng, bithenkynge, beþenchinge, equivalent to bethink + -ing. 1. The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I propose that we can approach bethinking as the event of thinking the event.
Word: bethinking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bythenkynge, from Old English *beþenċende (compare Old English þenċende, ymbþenċende), equivalent to bethink + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of bethink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: biasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bias Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: biasing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of adding a bias.
Word: billeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of billet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: billeting Part of Speech: noun 1. The lodging of soldiers.
Word: bisecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bisect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bivouacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bivouac Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blacklisting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blacklist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blacklisting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of placing onto a blacklist. Example: Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.
Word: blemishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blemish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blow-drying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blow-dry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Clintonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Clinton Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Clintonize From Clinton + -ize. 1. To bring about Clintonism. Labels: US, transitive
Word: -mancer Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From necromancer; equivalent to -mancy + -er. 1. A practitioner of a specific type of divination. Labels: morpheme 2. A user of a specified type of magic. Labels: morpheme
Word: -mancer Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From a rebracketing of romancer. 1. A suffix attached to a video game character's name to create a word for a player who romances that character in the game. Labels: morpheme, slang Example: I’ve always thought it was a shame us Cullenmancers missed out on a romance tarot with how beautiful all their designs are. Example: As a Solasmancer I don't expect more, but I'd hope somehow Solas' experience with the Inquisition has an impact on him going forward.
Word: foo-foo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fufu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Ezinma and her mother sat on a mat on the floor after their supper of yam foo-foo and bitter-leaf soup. Example: There was so much fish and meat in the soup that they had to put them on a separate plate, to facilitate the free movement of their balls of foo-foo in the soup
Word: foo-foo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly a simplified form of frou-frou. 1. Synonym of frou-frou. Example: Holland, who lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, certainly doesn't end with recipes for foo-foo drinks. She provides hints on making your own spirits, like applejack and elderberry wine, and instructions for building, yes, a still. Example: Most iPhone owners have one so they can access all the foo-foo features and elevate their self-esteem and feel oh so trendy doing so.
Word: foofoo Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of foo-foo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Here we are. A man's coffee for me, and a soy foofoo coffee for you.[…]I think the barista assumed I was buying the foofoo coffee for my girlfriend.
Word: foofoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fufu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The foofoo had a very good texture, neither too light nor too heavy; no doubt the cassava had been lightened with green bananas.
Word: foofoo Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Foo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fufu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”). Pronunciation: /ˈfuːˌfuː/, /ˈfuˌfu/ 1. A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form. Labels: uncountable Example: Africans generally serve highly seasoned stews with a starch - corn, millet, yams, cassava or rice - which they mash and whip to a paste, called fufu in West Africa. This is topped with a sauce known as palava. Example: “I want some real food,” Binta angrily said. “Like fufu and egusi soup.”
Word: fufu Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ふふ (fufu, onomatopoeia for laughter). Pronunciation: /ˈfuːˌfuː/, /ˈfuˌfu/ 1. Alternative form of fufufu (onomatopoeia for laughter; especially a snicker). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: summable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sum 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 summable From sum + -able. 1. Able to be summed (able to be added); that is, able to be summed up (able to be added up); thus: Labels: not-comparable 2. Able to be summed (able to be added); that is, able to be summed up (able to be added up); thus: Labels: not-comparable 3. Having a Lebesgue integral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sonoluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus English sono- English luminescence English sonoluminescence From sono- + luminescence. 1. The emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hildegard Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Hildegard in the 19th century; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hildigardu. 1. A female given name from German.
Word: Hildegarde Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Hildegard.
Word: Guro Part of Speech: name 1. A language of the Mande family spoken in the Ivory Coast.
Word: Zacharias Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), the New Testament form of the figure's name in the Old Testament, Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”). Compare Zachariah and Zechariah. 1. Alternative form of Zechariah. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: superinflation 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 inflation English superinflation From super- + inflation. 1. A very high rate of inflation Labels: uncountable 2. A proposed inflation of spacetime in the early universe driven by the kinetic energy of the dilaton Labels: uncountable
Word: poikilotherm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poikilo- + -therm. 1. Cold-blooded.
Word: poikilotherm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poikilo- + -therm. 1. A cold-blooded animal.
Word: carburetion Part of Speech: noun 1. The process, as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
Word: carburetions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carburetion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carburation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carburetion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carburations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carburation; Alternative spelling of carburetions. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humoral immunities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humoral immunity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cepheid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae Labels: not-comparable
Word: cepheid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae
Word: skyways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skyway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cepheids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cepheid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intrinsic brightness Part of Speech: noun 1. The brightness that a star would have if not attenuated by distance or intervening gas or dust.
Word: intrinsic brightnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intrinsic brightness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snaileries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snailery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: denitrifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of denitrification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soldados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soldado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: death-watch beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death-watch beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apparent brightness Part of Speech: noun 1. The brightness of a star as measured by an observer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: apparent brightnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apparent brightness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superspace 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- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English superspace From super- + space. 1. A coordinate space invoked in supersymmetry
Word: revest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman revestir, revestre et al., Middle French revestir, and their source, Late Latin revestire, from Latin re- + to clothe. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈvɛst/ 1. To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service. Labels: obsolete 2. To reclothe; to dress again. Example: Her nathelesse / Th'enchaunter finding fit for his intents, / Did thus reuest, and deckt with due habiliments. 3. To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate 4. To invest again with possession or office. Example: to revest a magistrate with authority 5. To take effect again. Labels: intransitive
Word: revests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revested Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: revested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mangold Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall (see Mangel). * As a German surname, from an old Germanic name composed of the elements *manag (“many”) + *wald (“rule”). 1. A surname.
Word: thermalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thermal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize 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 -ization English thermalization From thermal + -ization. 1. The process of reaching thermal equilibrium by mutual interaction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: celestist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English celeste Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English celestist From celeste + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the celeste.
Word: chimest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English chime Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English chimest From chime + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of chime Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: clavichordist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clavichord Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English clavichordist From clavichord + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the clavichord.
Word: variational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From variation + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by variation
Word: concertinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English concertina Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English concertinist From concertina + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the concertina.
Word: vectorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Italic *weɣō Latin vehō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vectorlbor. English vector Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English vectorial From vector + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a vector. Labels: not-comparable 2. In the electron transport chain, being or relating to a type of enzyme-mediated reaction that moves protons in a specific direction (from the matrix into the inter-membrane space in this example). Labels: not-comparable
Word: contrabassist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contrabass Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contrabassist From contrabass + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the contrabass.
Word: contrabassoonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contrabassoon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contrabassoonist From contrabassoon + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the contrabassoon.
Word: Pax Romana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Pāx Rōmāna, from pāx (“peace”) + Rōmāna (“Roman”), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 AD and popularized in English by Edward Gibbon in his publication Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). 1. The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD. Labels: historical
Word: vortical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin vortex + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔːtɪk(ə)l/ 1. Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. Example: The motions of this odd Liquor were not only various, but frequently Vortical; to be satisfyed of which I sometimes put short bits of straw, or Fragments of some such like stuff, upon the discovered part of the surface of the Liquor, by which they were carryed towards very distant, if not opposite, parts of the Vessel at the same time. Example: He assumed, in brief, that infinite space is filled with infinite matter; that matter was originally in a chaotic, formless condition; that the cosmical bodies arose at first from vortical motions in the original mass.
Word: Pax Augusta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Pax Romana + Augustus. 1. Synonym of Pax Romana.
Word: didgeridooist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English didgeridoo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English didgeridooist From didgeridoo + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the didgeridoo.
Word: Pax Americana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin pāx (“peace”) + Americāna (“American”) after the model of the imperial Roman Pāx Rōmāna and earlier British Pāx Britannica. 1. The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States. Example: Earlier this month Boston's WBUR radio station titled a special on US imperial power with the Latin tag Pax Americana. Tom Wolfe has written that the America of today is “now the mightiest power on earth, as omnipotent as… Rome under Julius Caesar”. Example: A war like this — a voluntary war of aggression — would be a sign that Putin believed that Pax Americana was over and that the U.S., the European Union and their allies had become too weak to exact painful consequences.
Word: TEMPSC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of totally enclosed motor propelled survival craft, a form of lifeboat typically installed on large sea-going vessels or platforms and vessels associated with the oil and gas industry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Pax Britannica Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Pax Britannica, from pāx (“peace”) + Britannica (“British”) after the model of the imperial Roman Pāx Rōmāna. Earliest recorded use is in 1871 in a work by the British jurist and historian Sir Henry James Sumner Maine. 1. The period of British hegemony over the seas and most oversea colonies between the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and the onset of World War I in 1914.
Word: dulcimerist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dulcimer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English dulcimerist From dulcimer + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the dulcimer.
Word: adhesively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French adhésifder. English adhesive Middle English -ly English -ly English adhesively From adhesive + -ly. 1. In an adhesive manner; by adhesion. Example: The screw fastening was supplemented adhesively.
Word: flageoletist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French flageoletbor. English flageolet Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English flageoletist From flageolet + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the flageolet.
Word: adoptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adoptive Middle English -ly English -ly English adoptively From adoptive + -ly. 1. In an adoptive manner; by adoption. Labels: not-comparable Example: The became grandparents adoptively.
Word: adolescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adolescent Middle English -ly English -ly English adolescently From adolescent + -ly. 1. In an adolescent manner; like a teenager.
Word: accommodatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English accommodative 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 accommodatively From accommodative + -ly. 1. In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.