nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bromic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A corrosive colourless liquid, HBrO₃; it is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and some dyes; it reacts with bases to form bromates. Labels: uncountable
Word: bromate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bromic acid + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹoʊ.meɪt/ 1. the anion BrO₃⁻¹, derived from bromic acid; any salt containing this anion
Word: bromate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English bromic acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English bromate From bromic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹoʊ.meɪt/ 1. To treat with bromic acid or a bromate
Word: pharmaceutical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.tɪ.kl̩/, [ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.ɾɪ.kl̩], /ˌfɐː.məˈs(j)ʉː.tɪ.kl̩/ 1. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. Labels: not-comparable Example: pharmaceutical industry Example: pharmaceutical company
Word: pharmaceutical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.tɪ.kl̩/, [ˌfɑɹ.məˈs(j)u.ɾɪ.kl̩], /ˌfɐː.məˈs(j)ʉː.tɪ.kl̩/ 1. A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
Word: fifty-one Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˌfɪfti wʌn/ 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty and preceding fifty-two.
Word: fifty-two Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-one and preceding fifty-three.
Word: butyric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βούτυρος (boúturos, “butter”), from which it can be isolated. 1. Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₇COOH, occurring in animal milk fat. 2. Solely the straight chain isomer of the above, normal butyric acid or n-butyric acid, CH₃(CH₂)₂COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principal components of the flavour of butter.
Word: isobutyric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. 2-methyl-propanoic acid, (CH₃)₂CHCOOH, an isomer of butyric acid, that occurs in carob beans and croton oil. Labels: uncountable
Word: fifty-three Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-two and preceding fifty-four.
Word: fifty-four Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-three and preceding fifty-five.
Word: Japanophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English Japanophile From Japan + -o- + -phile. Pronunciation: /dʒəˌpænə(ʊ)ˈfaɪl/ 1. A person who loves the country, culture, or people of Japan. Example: I am convinced that this book is not solely of interest to Japanophiles. The quality of Sado Hasegawa's work shines through and the book should prove to be a valued asset to any home library and is beautiful for display.
Word: fifty-five Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-four and preceding fifty-six.
Word: fifty-six Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-five and preceding fifty-seven.
Word: fifty-seven Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˌfɪftiˈsɛvn̩/, /ˌfɪftiˈsɛvən/ 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-six and preceding fifty-eight.
Word: Joshua Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/, /ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/ 1. The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh. 2. The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure. Example: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. 3. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua, which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name, Example: The shooter believed to be responsible for the incident was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to three sources familiar with the case. 4. A surname, transferred from the given name Example: Anthony Joshua Example: Dakota Joshua 5. A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.
Word: Joshua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/, /ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/ 1. A Joshua tree. Example: Isolated Joshua trees appear at 75.1 m. among the mesquite and sage, increasing rapidly in number until they form a forest on both sides. […] The age of the Joshuas is popularly compared to that of the Sequoias.
Word: fifty-eight Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-seven and preceding fifty-nine.
Word: fifty-nine Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-eight and preceding sixty.
Word: judges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of judge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: judges Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of judge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sixty-one Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following sixty and preceding sixty-two.
Word: sixty-one Part of Speech: noun 1. A police officer's report detailing a crime reported by a civilian. Labels: New-York, US, informal
Word: sixty-two Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following sixty-one and preceding sixty-three. Example: "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand and twenty-four thousand years respectively. So they stay hot for a long time."
Word: sixty-three Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following sixty-two and preceding sixty-four.
Word: ceilidh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (“a pilgrimage; a social call, visit; a sojourn; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”) and Irish célidhe (archaic), céilí (“a social call, visit; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”), both from Old Irish célide (“social call, visit”), from céile (“companion, fellow; neighbour”) (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kēiliyos (“companion; servant”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle”)) + -ide. The plural form ceilidhean is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidhean. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪli/, /ˈkɛjlɪj/, /ˈkeːli/, /ˈkele/, /-lɪ/ 1. An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, also, attributive Example: The fire in the centre of the room was almost a necessity of the good old Ceilidh days. When the people congregated in the evening, the circle could be extended to the full capacity of the room, and occasionally it became necessary to have a circle within a circle. […] The circle became extended by merely pushing back the seats, and this arrangement became absolutely necessary in the houses which were most celebrated as the great Ceilidh centres of the district. The Ceilidh rendezvous is the house in which all the Folk-lore of the country, all the old sgculachdan or stories, the ancient poetry known to the bards or Seanachaidhean, and old riddles and proverbs are recited from night to night by old and young. Example: [A]ll the details of it are recited with minute exactness around the fireside during the winter ceilidhean. 2. Ellipsis of ceilidh dance. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, ellipsis Example: Looking for the Possible Dance [by Alison Louise Kennedy] sets up the 'dance', the ceilidh, as a site of personal and possibly national salvation, but one plagued by insecurities. Example: 'Traditional' British dance is a rather woolly genre; its bounds drawn without much discrimination and inclusive of folk dancing, ceilidh, country dancing and pretty much anything pre-20ᵗʰ century that didn't involve a tutu.
Word: ceilidh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (“a pilgrimage; a social call, visit; a sojourn; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”) and Irish célidhe (archaic), céilí (“a social call, visit; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”), both from Old Irish célide (“social call, visit”), from céile (“companion, fellow; neighbour”) (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kēiliyos (“companion; servant”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle”)) + -ide. The plural form ceilidhean is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidhean. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪli/, /ˈkɛjlɪj/, /ˈkeːli/, /ˈkele/, /-lɪ/ 1. To attend a ceilidh (noun sense 1). Labels: Ireland, Scotland, also, attributive, intransitive Example: Captain Mac was certainly making the most of his enforced stay at safe anchorage. He had told Fergus he would ceilidh the night away with the help of Tam McKinnon's home-brewed malt whisky. From the sound of it one half of the ceilidh was on board ship, the other half no doubt in Tam McKinnon's cottage. Example: Some nights we went ceilidhing to the home of Danny and Paddy. Their mother was a beautiful singer and she taught many of us how to dance while Danny played the accordion. There were nights when we all sat around the hearth fire singing the old Irish songs and locally composed ballads which are long since forgotten. 2. To dance a ceilidh dance. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, also, attributive, intransitive Example: Nightly the scratch of fiddles and the thud of a reel-set staccatoed the timbers [of the ship sailing from Londonderry to Boston], as the peasant Irish ceilidhed their way to 'Amerikay'.
Word: furcula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin furcula. 1. A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged. 2. The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought. 3. The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed. Example: In essence, a furcula is a long, rigid stick, held underneath the body at high tension. When the springtail releases that pressure, the stick pushes down into the ground, or even the water's surface, like an upside-down medieval catapult, firing the springtail into the air in a semi-controlled manner.
Word: ceilidhean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidhean. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.li.ən/, /ˈkɛjlɪjən/, /ˈkeːli.ən/, /ˈkele.ən/, /-lɪ.ən/ 1. plural of ceilidh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seventy-one Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy and preceding seventy-two.
Word: furuncle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin fūrunculus (“a petty thief, pilferer; a pointed burning sore, boil”), diminutive of fūr (“a thief”). Pronunciation: /ˈfjʊə.ɹʌŋ.kəl/, /ˈfjʊə.ɹʌŋ.kl̩/, /ˈfjʊɹˌʌŋ.kəl/ 1. A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
Word: seventy-two Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three. Example: The Platonic Great Year, the time it takes to make a complete circuit through the twelve astrological signs, is 25,920 years; ¹/₃₆₀ of that circle, or one degree, is seventy-two."
Word: seventy-three Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-two and preceding seventy-four.
Word: seventy-four Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.
Word: seventy-four Part of Speech: noun 1. A ship having seventy-four guns. Labels: historical Example: the ocean stream / Here and there studded with a seventy-four [...]. Example: For all the world like a seventy-four of the line, / Riding the swell and firing off Finisterre.
Word: seventy-six Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-five and preceding seventy-seven. Example: Seventy-six people working at Glenn Valley Foods were arrested by federal immigration authorities Tuesday morning, the Department of Homeland Security told NBC News in an email.
Word: seventy-seven Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-six and preceding seventy-eight. Example: “Every time it’s shown, I get e-mail from young guys who want to get it on with me,” she said. “Which is wonderful. I’m seventy-seven fucking years old.”
Word: fusain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fusain. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzeɪn/ 1. Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A drawing made with it. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fossilized charcoal that exists in geologic formations, which often contain other fossil fuels nearby as well (e.g., bitumen, brown coal). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By the Carboniferous period 300 million years ago, trees had spread over so much of the globe and locked down so much carbon that they altered the atmosphere completely. Levels of oxygen went rocketing up from 15 percent to 35 percent, with a correspondingly massive impact on life on earth. Animals became gigantic, plants struggled to adapt, and oxygen became so available that fire destroyed huge swathes of trees. A particular type of fossil carbon called fusain is everywhere in Carboniferous fossil deposits, evidence of widespread forest fires. But through their structure and chemistry, trees learned to survive and even to master fire, as well as the other elements, and out of the ashes of the Carboniferous forests a thousand new types of tree evolved.
Word: fuscous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fusc(us) (“dark, dusky”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌskəs/ 1. Of a dark, brownish-grey color; dark-hued, dusky, swarthy. Example: ‘Fresh, fresh, fresh,’ one commented in deep bass on the departing soldier, and the other nodded assent, though in that cave of spoiled air and fuscous lamplight the word ‘fresh’ was misleading […].
Word: seventy-nine Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-eight and preceding eighty.
Word: furtherance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English further Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English furtherance From further + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːðəɹəns/, /ˈfɜːðɹəns/, /ˈfɝðɚəns/ 1. The act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the furtherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering.
Word: furthermore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further + -more. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/, /ˈfɜː.ðəˌmoː(ɹ)/ 1. In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information). Labels: not-comparable Example: He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up. Example: He claimed further(more) that he was not even in town the day the murder occured.
Word: furthermore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further + -more. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/, /ˈfɜː.ðəˌmoː(ɹ)/ 1. comparative form of further: more further; the more especially forward, ahead or (figurative) progressed Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: eighty-two Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-one and preceding eighty-three.
Word: eighty-three Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-two and preceding eighty-four.
Word: eighty-four Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-three and preceding eighty-five. Example: Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.
Word: eighty-five Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-four and preceding eighty-six.
Word: eighty-six Part of Speech: num Etymology: From eighty + six. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.tiˈsɪks/ 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-five and preceding eighty-seven.
Word: eighty-six Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown for certain. Possibly rhyming slang for nix (“cancel, say no to”) (given by the OED), or possibly part of a code of such numbers created in the 1920s. See also: Wikipedia:86 (term) and 86. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.tiˈsɪks/ 1. Alternative form of 86. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”.
Word: eighty-seven Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-six and preceding eighty-eight.
Word: fusty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fusty, equivalent to fust + -y. Compare Scots foosty. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌsti/ 1. Moldy or musty. 2. Stale-smelling or stuffy. Example: I rather vvonder vvhat Charms a VVoman of any Spirit can fancy in a Nunnery, in vvatching, vvorking, praying, and ſometimes, I am afraid, vviſhing for other Company than that of an old fuſty Friar— […] Example: All up the hills that hem the city in, these houses swarm; and the mites inside were lolling out of the windows, and drying their ragged clothes on poles, and crawling in and out at the doors, and coming out to pant and gasp upon the pavement, and creeping in and out among huge piles and bales of fusty, musty, stifling goods; […] 3. Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: In contrast to exploitation or suppression or even alienation, involution is presented as part of the natural order of things—like bad weather. You can’t point fingers at an abstraction or rally against a fusty term from an anthropology text. Example: An anonymously sourced report by one of Britain’s freewheeling tabloid newspapers has sparked a debate over both tabloid journalistic ethics and sexism in Parliament, leading some to question whether the institution is capable of shedding its fusty reputation and becoming an inclusive workplace. 4. Tasting of the cask. Example: Now consider what happens when that flavor is not fresh lemon but scorched garlic or some fusty wine. Unpleasant flavors are distributed at the same molecular level as good ones. Example: Alison had a mouthful of warm, rather fusty wine and lay back on the grass, cupping the back of her head in her hand.
Word: eighty-nine Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following eighty-eight and preceding ninety.
Word: fousty Part of Speech: adj 1. Fusty. Labels: West-Country
Word: ninety-one Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety and preceding ninety-two.
Word: capric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From capr- + -ic and acid. 1. A fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₈COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours. Labels: uncountable
Word: ninety-two Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-one and preceding ninety-three.
Word: caproic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin caper (“goat”) because of its smell. From capr- + -oic and acid. 1. A liquid fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₄COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavours. Labels: uncountable
Word: caprylic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, capr- + -yl + -ic and acid. 1. A fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₆COOH, obtained from butter and other animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours. Labels: uncountable
Word: ninety-three Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-two and preceding ninety-four.
Word: ninety-four Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-three and preceding ninety-five.
Word: ninety-five Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-four and preceding ninety-six.
Word: ninety-six Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-five and preceding ninety-seven.
Word: ninety-seven Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-six and preceding ninety-eight.
Word: ninety-nine Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.
Word: ninety-nine Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve. Labels: countable 2. A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine. Labels: uncountable
Word: glib Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). Pronunciation: /ɡlɪb/ 1. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow. Example: glib anwers Example: A much more thorough examination of this period is essential, and no glib answers should be accepted as good coin. 2. Smooth or slippery. Labels: archaic Example: a sheet of glib ice 3. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued. Example: a glib tongue Example: a glib speech 4. Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way. Example: Sometimes our relationship is strained, for though we both recognize each other's intelligence, he think's I'm often too serious and I think he's often too glib Example: Its style is both open and arch, never verging on glib camp but always a little removed, reducing large emotions to small observations and thereby making them all the more effective.
Word: glib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). Pronunciation: /ɡlɪb/ 1. To make smooth or slippery. Labels: transitive Example: 1628, Joseph Hal, “Christian Liberty Laid Forth,” in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume V, London: Williams & Smith, 1808, p. 366, https://books.google.ca/books?id=8iUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; which, being once glibbed with intoxicating liquor, runs wild through heaven and earth; and spares neither him that is God above, nor those which are called gods on earth. Example: And, when to all his Angels he propos'd / To draw the proud king Ahab into fraud, / That he might fall in Ramoth, they demurring, / I undertook that office, and the tongues / Of all his flattering Prophets glibb'd with lyes / To his destruction, as I had in charge.
Word: glib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). Pronunciation: /ɡlɪb/ 1. A person's mouth or tongue. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."
Word: glib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish glib. Pronunciation: /ɡlɪb/ 1. A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland. Labels: historical Example: Whom when she saw in wretched weedes disguiz'd, / With heary glib deform'd and meiger face, / Like ghost late risen from his grave agryz'd, / She knew him not […] Example: The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curled bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them.
Word: glib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Old English and dialectal English lib (“to castrate, geld”), dialectal Danish live, Low German and Old Dutch lubben. Pronunciation: /ɡlɪb/ 1. To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. Labels: obsolete Example: Fourteen they shall not see To bring false generations. They are co-heirs; And I had rather glib myself than they Should not produce fair issue.
Word: mandatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/, /mænˈdeɪ.tə.ɹi/, /ˈmæn.dəˌt(ɔ)ɹi/, /ˈmɛən.dəˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. obligatory; required or commanded by authority. Example: Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children. Example: This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'. 2. Of, being or relating to a mandate. Example: Mandatory Palestine
Word: mandatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.də.t(ə)ɹi/, /mænˈdeɪ.tə.ɹi/, /ˈmæn.dəˌt(ɔ)ɹi/, /ˈmɛən.dəˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it. 2. A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary. Labels: dated, rare
Word: carbamic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. amino-formic acid, NH₂COOH; it is too unstable to have been isolated, but its esters and salts are known. Labels: uncountable
Word: urethane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas. Etymonline proposes an apparent decomposition as urée + éther + -ane. 1. A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds. Labels: uncountable 2. Any compound consisting of this general structure. Labels: countable 3. Polyurethane. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: He doesn’t remember polishing off the bottle of slivovitz that stands empty on the scratched urethane surface of the oak-veneer tabletop, next to the wing chair.
Word: urethane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas. Etymonline proposes an apparent decomposition as urée + éther + -ane. 1. Synonym of polyurethane. Labels: transitive
Word: interwar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English war English interwar From inter- + war. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tə.wɔ(ː)/ 1. During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939). Labels: not-comparable Example: His family emigrated to America in the interwar years. Example: But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plot sometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia.
Word: carbamate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbamic + -ate. 1. Any salt or ester of carbamic acid.
Word: carbolic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. 1. phenol (C₆H₅OH) Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: inter-war Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of interwar. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Christmas Day trains remained on timetables in the inter-war period, but they declined in number after 1945.
Word: carbonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A weak unstable acid, H₂CO₃, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water. Labels: uncountable Example: Had she lived now, she would have talked of the last delightful lecture on gas, or the charming new treatise on carbonic acid; she would have studied German, and delighted in the society of "talented people." Example: [I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do. 2. Carbon dioxide. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: a notch above Part of Speech: adj 1. superior to; of a higher quality than Labels: idiomatic Example: The hotel we stayed in this year was fabulous. It put our vacation a notch above the rest.
Word: according to Hoyle Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Named after Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), an early author on the subject of card gaming. 1. In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: This isn't a country where things are cut and dried, and done according to Hoyle. Example: When you're lost in the Wild, and you're scared as a child, / And Death looks you bang in the eye, / And you're sore as a boil, it's according to Hoyle / To cock your revolver and . . . die.
Word: all over but the shouting Part of Speech: adj 1. Such that the substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: all the way to Egery and back Part of Speech: phrase 1. The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel. Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: party to Part of Speech: adj 1. Privy to; having knowledge of. Labels: idiomatic Example: I am not (a) party to such proceeding.
Word: assault weapon Part of Speech: noun 1. Any select-fire firearm that allows semi-automatic and fully automatic operation, and is used or was once used by a military organization. Labels: US 2. A semi-automatic firearm that resembles a military weapon. Labels: US 3. A semi-automatic firearm that resembles a military weapon. Labels: US 4. A rocket launcher designed to attack fortified structures, such as a Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (aka SMAW). Labels: US
Word: an apple a day Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: as the crow flies Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the fact that while crows fly to their source of food, their flight bypasses obstacles like rivers and terrain. Compare beeline. 1. In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: It is 15 kilometers as the crow flies. Example: ʽFire,ʼ said Bill, ʽin the form of a common cowshed, is burnin' about nor'-nor'-east as the crow flies.ʼ
Word: around the clock Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. All the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly. Labels: idiomatic Example: They worked around the clock to finish the project on time.
Word: around the clock Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of around-the-clock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: around the clock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of round the clock (“darts game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: as all get-out Part of Speech: adv 1. Extremely; to a superlative degree; very much. Labels: US, idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: Miss Collins looks pretty as all get out on a club floor, much more so than a frequent TV camera shot would lead you to suppose. Example: John and I got over to the house around eight o’clock and were all set to watch a television show when we noticed Mr. Pignati was sad as all get out.
Word: get one's ass in gear Part of Speech: verb 1. To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: He had been sitting there for two hours until the boss showed up and told him to get his ass in gear.
Word: around Robin Hood's barn Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Reference to Robin Hood, the legendary outlaw, whose barn was simply the fields and pastures surrounding Sherwood forest, his home. “Around Robin Hood’s barn” simply means all around the countryside, all through the fields and pastures. 1. the long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route Labels: idiomatic 2. all over the place Labels: idiomatic
Word: Kawasaki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Japanese 川崎 (Kawasaki). Pronunciation: /kæwəˈsɑki/, /kaʊəˈsɑki/ 1. A major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname from Japanese. Labels: countable 3. A Japanese motorcycle manufacturer. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of Kawasaki disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: baby blues Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for baby blue eyes. 1. Blue eyes. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: baby blues Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baby + blues. 1. Period and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Most women (70–80 percent) will experience “baby blues” beginning a few days or weeks postpartum. Symptoms can include irritability, mood swings, crying spells, feelings of tension or nervousness, sleep disturbance, feelings of being overwhelmed, loss of appetite, and sadness. Baby blues generally lasts anywhere form a few hours to a few days and is caused by the sudden fluctuation of hormones following birth. Example: And you say that you're scared / Might be unprepared for havin' the baby blues
Word: bits and bobs Part of Speech: noun 1. A random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and items. Labels: idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only
Word: sex symbol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1871 used in Anthropology, first applied to a person in 1959 (Marilyn Monroe). 1. A person who embodies the sexual ideals of a mass audience. Example: In the 50's and 60's Marilyn Monroe was considered a sex symbol.
Word: sexiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sexy 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 sexiness From sexy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛksinəs/ 1. The state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: What we now encounter in the male order of civilization is "sexiness," the erotic power of the beautiful woman to lure the powerful man to his own destruction.
Word: goose bump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance of goose bumps to the bumps on the skin of a plucked goose. 1. Raised skin, usually caused by the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear. Labels: in-plural
Word: ahead of the game Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Having completed a task before it is due; ready, prepared, or anticipating. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you start work on the new assignment now, you'll be ahead of the game for when the teacher sets it officially.
Word: beat a dead horse Part of Speech: verb 1. To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason. Labels: idiomatic Example: After having shown us three hours of instructional and safety videos, the inspector was simply beating a dead horse by telling us to buckle up as we got into the van. Example: The library director believes the argument about “professionalism” is a “dead horse we should stop beating.”
Word: add insult to injury Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from the fables of Phaedrus in the first century CE. The story was of a bald man who swats at a fly which has just landed on his head, but instead hits himself on the head. The fly comments, "You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do to yourself since you have added insult to injury?" (quid facies tibi, Iniuriae qui addideris contumeliam?) The actual wording appears in English from the middle of the 18th century. 1. To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavorable situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: As if the hostile takeover weren't enough, to add insult to injury they scrapped ninety percent of our products and replaced them with their own. Example: [...] the line crossed over an iron bridge spanning Ludgate Hill itself [...] neatly obliterating any view of St Paul's from Ludgate Circus and Fleet Street. A thousand people had put their names to a petition against the bridge. To add insult to injury it carried a small thicket of railway signals as well as regular steam trains.
Word: Madison Avenue Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Madison Avenue, a north–south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, where advertising boomed in the 1920s. 1. The American advertising industry, regardless of location. Labels: US, metonymically Example: Maligned by rockers, misunderstood by critics, and merched by Madison Avenue, rave may be the only vital youth culture remaining. 2. An avenue in Manhattan, New York, that traditionally has been a principal locus for that industry and whose name is metonymically extended to refer to it. Example: Holonyms: Manhattan < New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World
Word: cheese and rice Part of Speech: intj 1. Euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ
Word: cerotic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A very-long-chain saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₂₄COOH, found in beeswax and carnauba wax. Labels: uncountable
Word: chloric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong acid, HClO₃, known only in solution and as its chlorate salts; a powerful oxidizing agent. Labels: uncountable
Word: chlorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of chloric acid. Example: Chlorates are powerful oxidizing agents. Example: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
Word: oxidizing agent Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.
Word: reducing agent Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another; in so doing, it becomes oxidized.
Word: cholic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid 19th century, from Greek kholikos, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). 1. a steroidal bile acid, C₂₄H₄₀O₅, derived from cholesterol Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of bile acid. Labels: countable
Word: steroidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English steroid English -al English steroidal From steroid + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹɔɪdəl/ 1. Of, being, or derived from a steroid. Labels: not-comparable 2. Characterized by rapid growth, especially growth that is unsustainable or out of line with economic fundamentals or expectations. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: Weaning China off steroidal industrial policies that feel good in the short run but are toxic in the long run is the key to sustained, high-quality growth and reconciliation of international disputes. Example: The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.
Word: steroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English steroid From sterol + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/ 1. A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids. 2. Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance. Example: Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use. Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.
Word: illiberal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French illibéral, from Latin illiberalis, equivalent to il- + liberal. 1. Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom. Example: Behind Europe's commitment to liberal democracy lurks an illiberal tradition. Every time freedom has failed in Europe, it is to that tradition - of violent repression, totalitarianism, xenophobia, and intolerance - that Europeans have reverted. Example: Unless the administration compels all workers to invest in life cycle accounts — an illiberal but nonetheless sensible idea — this particular danger cannot be eliminated. 2. Narrow-minded; bigoted. Example: Accordingly, that form of Popery, which prevailed in Scotland, was of the moſt bigotted and illiberal kind. Example: While they maintained a denominational character, they were in nowise illiberal, and set up no religious test for entrance. 3. Ungenerous, stingy. Labels: archaic Example: ...the final offer made on the part of the King was that the Queen should have an allowance of 52,000 pounds a year— not, one would have thought, a very illiberal allowance for the daughter of a small German prince... Example: The few who are more fortunate are rendered illiberal by their unjust privileges, and oppressive through fear of the awakening indignation of the masses. From the highest to the lowest, almost all men are absorbed in the economic struggle: the struggle to acquire what is their due or to retain what is not their due. 4. Not adhering to either liberalism or neoliberalism. Example: In the general atmosphere of lawlessness and arbitrariness the final outcome may be less harsh and unpleasant than might at first have been expected — though it can be a lot worse if you are an Albanian "irredentist", for example, or a Croatian "separatist", or if you happen to be undergoing trial and sentence in an illiberal republic like Bosnia or Hercegovina.
Word: illiberal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French illibéral, from Latin illiberalis, equivalent to il- + liberal. 1. One opposed to liberal principles. Example: Yes, illiberals argue that Poorman's privation bestows upon him the inalienable right to receive assets (coercively expropriated from Richman). These same illiberals usually claim to believe that all tranquil citizens have equal rights.
Word: dead cert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipped compound of dead certainty. 1. A practically guaranteed outcome. Labels: informal Example: It's a dead cert that United will beat City in the cup. Example: “Jockeys are bad tipsters. But that one was a cert, a dead cert.” A dead cert. The casual, everyday racing expression jabbed in my mind like a needle.
Word: sarcastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs)der. Latin -astabor. English -ast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -astic ▲ Late Latin sarcasmusbor. French sarcasme French sarcastiqueder. English sarcastic Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”). Pronunciation: /sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/, /sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/ 1. Containing sarcasm. Example: a sarcastic quip Example: the teacher's sarcastic tone 2. Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm. Example: Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic.