nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: doxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series as the name of a species of biting fairy, possibly originally from Etymology 1 or from Etymology 3 (doxycycline is used to treat various diseases caused by insect bites). Likely influenced by pixie. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒksi/ 1. An aggressive creature similar to a fairy. Example: "Yeah, but she doesn't usually actively sabotage you." "No worries. I'm used to doxy fairies" Example: The doxies were everywhere. So he just kept swinging, feeling a shudder through his arm each time the racquet made contact with a scaly body. Despite his best efforts, two or three of the nasty, screeching things got close.
Word: drogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; probably related to drag in some way. Pronunciation: /dɹəʊɡ/ 1. A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving. Example: through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth. 2. A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to. 3. A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute. 4. A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling. 5. A wind cone.
Word: drogue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; probably related to drag in some way. Pronunciation: /dɹəʊɡ/ 1. To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached. Labels: transitive Example: The old whalesman was not long aboard before getting confirmed in his conjecture that the ship was the same whose boats had harpooned and “drogued” the cachalot', the carcass of which had been encountered by the Catamaran. Example: Although the Inuit were quick to adapt to the use of the whaleboat and new whaling methods, they retained certain elements of their aboriginal technology, and on May 1st all hands aboard the Cemma" spent the day 'making drogues (niutang) for the natives' boats to drogue fish with' ( Ross 1985b : 165 ). 2. To use a drogue with. Labels: transitive Example: Here this type was drogued at 30 m by a^([sic]) 11.85 m parachute while the other types were not drogued. Example: Moreover, droguing the drifter to some depth will not necessarily help. 3. To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object. Labels: intransitive Example: Four drifters were deployed that drogued at 100 m by a 9.2-m personnel parachute off the island of Kyushu. Example: If a dinghy were to fall from its container, out of sequence, it is still problematic whether the result would be to foul the flap and set up an unstable condition, or whether the result would drogue back and upwards sufficiently to foul the elevator horn balance. 4. To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys. Labels: transitive Example: In the East India Free Trade, the same custom is creeping in, many mercantile houses keeping small brigs constantly in the country droguing, that is, collecting freights for their large ships, which themselves only go to the head ports. Example: The merchants in Auckland send schooners and small brigs to 'drogue' for wheat along the coast; and thus the harvest finds its way to market.
Word: droshky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian дро́жки (dróžki), plural diminutive of дро́ги (drógi, “wagon, hearse”), plural of дрога́ (drogá, “centre pole of a carriage”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɒʃki/ 1. An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia. Example: Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky. Example: Was Tchitcherine there at all? sitting back in the dingy room while the lift cables slapped and creaked through the walls, and down in the street, rarely enough to matter, a droshky rattled whip-snapping over these black old cobbles?
Word: dunam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew דּוּנָם (dúnam) or Arabic دُونُم (dūnum), from Turkish dönüm, from dönmek (“to turn”). A probable calque of Byzantine Greek στρέμμα (strémma, “stremma”, literally “that which is turned”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʊn.əm/, /ˈduːnəm/ 1. An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre. Labels: historical Example: You pay eight marks and they plant a dunam of land for you with olives, oranges, almonds or citrons. 2. A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m²), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma. 3. Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m²).
Word: heptane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hept- + -ane. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛpteɪn/ 1. Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₇H₁₆, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH₃(CH₂)₅CH₃)
Word: dup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English don up (“to open”), equivalent to a blend of do + up. Compare don, doff, dout, dub. Pronunciation: /dʌp/ 1. to open (a door, gate etc.) Example: Then up he rose and donned his clothes, / And dupped the chamber door; Example: He had seen, that Maundy Thursday afternoon, dupping their chamber door in all maaaaaaa innocence.
Word: durzi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani درزی / दर्ज़ी (darzī, “tailor”), from Persian درزی (darzi, “tailor”). Pronunciation: /ˈdəːzi/ 1. A tailor, especially a personal one. Labels: India Example: Two darzees attended upon the Maharaj Kumar to make last minute adjustments and fittings. Example: I wanted to instruct the durzi that all my dresses must have a neckline that covered my scar.
Word: dwale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dwale (“stupor; deception; delusion, evil”), from Old English dwala, dwola (“error, heresy; doubt; madman, deceiver, heretic”) and Old Norse dvala (“sleep, stupor”). Pronunciation: /dweɪl/ 1. Belladonna or a similar soporific plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Beneath and around the clumps of ragged moss-grown elder and hoary stunted whitethorn (...) rise thickets of tall nettles and rank hemlock, concealing the deadly but alluring dwale — Example: All parts of the dwale are poisonous, said to resemble snake bite, but the roots are said to be four or five times as virulent as the rest of the plant. 2. A sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The authors studied the ingredients and method of administration to try to ascertain whether dwale was effective, and they found it certainly could have worked. Example: 'That is all?' Payne askes. 'You need no salve? No dwale?' 3. A torpor. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: He's in a dwale, a dead sleep; a common expression in the North of England. Example: I stayed up there in a dwale – not seeing, not even thinking – until suddenly the wind got up and its chill woke me. 4. A bugbear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Consume us; shake the darkness like a tree, And fill the night with mischiefs, — blights and dwales, Weevils, and rots, and cankers! Example: Tickle under their chins microscopical djinns or tease geloscopical dwales who live in The Tree That Can Never Be and fish for chocolate whales?
Word: dwale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dwalen, from Old English dwalian, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (“to make turbid”). Pronunciation: /dweɪl/ 1. To mutter deliriously. Labels: dialectal
Word: dwimmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dwimmer, from Old English ġedwimor, dwimor (“illusion, delusion, sleight, magic”). Pronunciation: /ˈdwɪmə/, /ˈdwɪmɚ/ 1. Magic, magic arts; sorcery; spell; occult art. Labels: neologism, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: "It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises." Example: “The Lych and his dark dwimmer spell have you resisted—even defeated, defeated for the present. But you have not destroyed. They shall return in time, I fear.”
Word: STR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of short tandem repeat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: These observations lead us to predict that structural genomic variants are as important as SNPs, short tandem repeats (STRs) and other small changes in their contribution to genome variation. Example: We estimated that the following percentage of elements were correctly assembled: 95.4% of alpha satellites; 91.5% of human satellites 2 and 3; 97.7% of segmental duplications (SDs); 94.3% of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs); 94.2% of short tandem repeats (STRs); and 98.8% of all human repeats²⁶. 2. Initialism of suspicious transaction report. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of suspend to RAM. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of strength point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of sell-through rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CNV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of copy-number variant or copy number variation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: "During the past year alone, fast on the heels of two breakthrough studies, hundreds of submicroscopic copy-number variants (CNVs) and inversions have been described in the human genome." Example: 2006, Freeman et al., "Copy number variation: New insights into genome diversity" Genome Res 2006; 16: 949-61. "DNA copy number variation has long been associated with specific chromosomal rearrangements and genomic disorders, but its ubiquity in mammalian genomes was not fully realized until recently. Although our understanding of the extent of this variation is still developing, it seems likely that, at least in humans, copy number variants (CNVs) account for a substantial amount of genetic variation." 2. Initialism of choroidal neovascularization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: moody Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːdi/ 1. Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. Example: How now? moodie? / What is't thou canſt demand? 2. Sulky or depressed. 3. Dour, gloomy or brooding. Example: There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train. 4. Of dubious origin; counterfeit or stolen. Labels: UK, slang Example: Both Garry and Wally were dressed in dodgy suits and looked ready to hit the streets of Peckham to sell moody goods.
Word: copy-number variant Part of Speech: noun 1. A DNA sequence, 1000 nucleotides (or synonymously base pairs) in length or longer, that is present a variable number of times as copies in a genome relative to a reference genome.
Word: demi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demi, from Anglo-Norman demi, from Latin dimidius. Literally, “half”. 1. Alternative spelling of demy. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A fifty pence piece. Labels: slang 3. A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split. 4. A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 milliliters. Example: The place was empty save for a big man who was sitting opposite drinking a demi of dark beer. Example: A croque-monsieur will set you back €6, a steak €12.50, and a demi of Stella €3.
Word: demi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of demimonde. 1. A member of the demimonde; a woman maintained by a wealthy man. Example: It’s not every one who can distinguish between a demi and a duchess.
Word: demi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of demisexual. 1. Demisexual. Labels: informal Example: “[...] I totally think she's demi.” “What?” “Demisexual? She only likes fucking people she's in love with, whereas I,” Maddie said, moving closer to Jordan, “like fucking anything and anyone. Everyone has such hang-ups about sex, it's like pathetic, you know? We are just, like, totally animals after all, evolved monkeys. I'm all for giving in to my primal instincts.”
Word: symmetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English symmetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English symmetrical From symmetry + -ical. Pronunciation: /sɪˈmɛtɹɪkəl/, /səˈmɛtrək(ə)l/, /sɪˈmetɹɪkəl/ 1. Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations. Example: symmetrical design Example: perfectly symmetrical
Word: symmetrize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Either from French symétriser or symmetry + -ize. 1. To make or become symmetric. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive
Word: humourous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English humour Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English humourous From humour + -ous. 1. Alternative spelling of humorous. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, proscribed, uncommon Example: [W]hatever Perſon vvould aſpire to be completely vvitty, ſmart, humourous, and polite, muſt by hard Labour be able to retain in his Memory every ſingle Sentence contained in this VVork, […]
Word: strenuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin strenuus (“quick”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛ.nju.əs/ 1. Having great vigour or energy; forceful. Example: strenuous exercise Example: strenuous activity 2. Requiring great exertion; very laborious. Example: It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty. Example: We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
Word: Demi Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /dəˈmiː/, /ˈdɛm.i/ 1. A female given name, a diminutive of Demetria introduced into English in the 1990s by the actress Demi Moore.
Word: pretense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pretensse, from Late Latin praetēnsus, past participle of Latin praetendō (“to pretend”), from prae- (“before”) + tendō (“to stretch”); see pretend. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːtɛns/ 1. The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He visited the king under the pretense of friendliness. Example: "Lady Little", the title that she used, was just a pretense. 2. Affectation or ostentation of manner. Labels: uncountable Example: She was a plain-speaking woman without a hint of pretense. 3. Intention or purpose not real but professed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: with only a pretense of accuracy 4. An unsupported claim made or implied. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself. Example: They wished to demask hidden metaphysics, to demask the false pretenses of sentences purportively descriptive but de facto metaphysical or evaluative. 5. An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Intention; design. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: A very pretence and purpose of unkindness.
Word: deceitfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deceitful Middle English -ly English -ly English deceitfully From deceitful + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːtf(ə)li/ 1. in a deceitful manner 2. with the intention to deceive
Word: kylie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an Aboriginal Australian language, possibly Nyunga kylie. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.li/ 1. A boomerang. Labels: Australia, Western Example: Then we drove up to the cricket-ground to see them throw their boomerangs or kylies, which they did very cleverly. One of the kylies was broken against a tree, but most of the others flew with unerring precision. Example: The islanders have discovered that kylies made out of thin iron, such as ship′s tanks, are the most serviceable, and they show great dexterity in making them (see Fig. 6).
Word: eidetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German eidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidētikós), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛtɪk/ 1. Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images. Example: an eidetic memory Example: ‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help 2. Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.
Word: ejido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ejido, from Latin exitus (“departure”), an early borrowing from Latin. Doublet of exit and exitus. Pronunciation: /ɛˈhiːdəʊ/, /ɛˈhidoʊ/ 1. A Mexican cooperative farm. Example: Ejidos are land-grant communities organized by the federal government. Each family has a plot, which cannot be sold and can only be inherited by one person. Each ejido member has a vote at ejido meetings. Example: They made camp in an oakgrove beside the river and built a fire and sat while the girl prepared their dinner out of the bounty they’d carried off from the ejido.
Word: portfolio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from Latin portāre (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s. Pronunciation: /pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/, /-əʊl.jəʊ/, /poɹtˈfoʊ.liˌoʊ/, /-oʊl.joʊ/, /poːtˈfəʉ.liˌəʉ/ 1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. Example: He opened an embroidered portfolio; and, from its perfumed depths, took out a letter, which he began to read aloud. 2. The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer, or more generally, a presentation of an individual's work samples and skills (a career portfolio). Labels: broadly 3. The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. Example: His [Jared Kushner's] portfolio extended to foreign policy, as he brokered a new North American trade agreement and negotiated peace deals in the Middle East. 4. The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. Example: Behind his [Terry Smith's] success is a simple formula: buy shares in companies that make basic necessities – from toilet paper to nappies, baby food to pet food, soap to shampoo. […] It's why his portfolio of just 20 companies includes names such as Unilever […] and Imperial Tobacco (Lambert & Butler, Gauloises, John Player Special, Rizla). Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 5. A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities. Example: I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services. Example: In the past, thoughts were too real to be kept like a cultural portfolio of stocks and bonds. But now we have mental assets. 6. A range of products. Example: product portfolio
Word: dickie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dicky. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Moroccan Arabic كيف (kīf, “opiate”), from Arabic كَيْف (kayf, “joy”). Pronunciation: /kiːf/, /kɪf/ 1. A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for its narcotic or intoxicating effects. Labels: uncountable Example: The kief, which is the flower and seeds of the plant, is the strongest, and a pipe of it half the size of a common English tobacco-pipe, is sufficient to intoxicate. Example: I perceived the odour of kif, and recognised the voices of Selam the Second, Abd-el-Rhaman, and others; it was an Arab orgie in full swing. 2. The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis. Labels: uncountable 3. The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana, high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: kif Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of kiff. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: colinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English colinear From co- + linear. 1. Alternative spelling of collinear. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: indy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From independent, by shortening, + -y. 1. An independent entity. Example: To survive, an indy needed hits big enough that distributors would pay up overdue accounts to get them
Word: indy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From independent, by shortening, + -y. 1. Independent, unaffiliated (especially not affiliated with a major organization or company). Labels: not-comparable
Word: indy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Indianapolis (“location of major car race”). 1. A car designed to meet the rules on the Indianapolis 500 car race. 2. An open-wheel open-cockpit single-seat racecar Labels: broadly 3. A motorcar race that uses this type of car Labels: broadly
Word: collinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English col- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English collinear From col- + linear. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪn.i.ɚ/, /koʊˈlɪn.i.ɚ/ 1. Lying on the same straight line. Labels: not-comparable 2. Coaxial. Labels: not-comparable
Word: moto Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a series of motocross or BMX races. Example: In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown. 2. A motorcycle or moped. Example: He stood in the evening on the street in the haze of rain-flecked light. The backfire of a fucked moto cracked like a gunshot, but he did not flinch from it.
Word: moto Part of Speech: verb 1. To use or ride a moto (noun). Labels: intransitive 2. Synonym of motor (“to ride a vehicle”, verb). Labels: intransitive
Word: pimpernel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pimpernele et al., Middle French pimpinelle (“burnet saxifrage”) et al., from Medieval Latin pimpinella, pipinella, most likely from piper (“pepper”) because its fruit resembled peppercorns, although variants may suggest other derivations, bipinnella the bipennis (“two-winged”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmpənɛl/ 1. A plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga). Labels: archaic 2. Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). Example: Common Pimpernel has diverse weak square stalks lying on the ground, beset all along with two small and almost round leaves at every joint [...]. Example: Pimpernel (poor man's weather glass) was also a protection, but as the gatherer collected the herbs, he must chant a certain incantation and continue to do so twice a day for 15 days[.] 3. Sanguisorba spp. 4. Sanguisorba spp. 5. A yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima) Labels: Canada, US 6. Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice. Labels: figuratively Example: Lined up solidly with the Pimpernels and with the persecuted.
Word: butt pirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + pirate, in reference to anal sex. 1. A gay man. Labels: US, derogatory, slang 2. A person who engages in anal sex. Labels: US, slang
Word: Chimaera Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera. 1. Alternative form of Chimera. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...
Word: naken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake + -en. 1. To make naked; nake. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: allocthonous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of allochthonous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pimpology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pimp + -ology. 1. The study or practice of pimping or being a pimp. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: 1999, Rodney R Jones et al., Disorderly Conduct http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0393319261&id=mp5UFv5CfukC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&sig=6ZxwOExWZ5kPZzjYJgIQzMTKUhk D.A.: Mr. P., do you consider yourself to be a student of pimpology or the study of pimping? Example: 2003, White Noise, Hilton Als, Darryl A Turner edd. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN156025534X&id=lBXhPaF9zBIC&pg=PR23&lpg=PR23&sig=t-WYMT_KOHZNEebaxfZu8Q9AOeE Randomly choose any pre-Chronic rap track—say Ice-T’s “Somebody’s Gotta Do It”—and, despite the crass pimpology, the record exudes pleasure.
Word: concierge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French concierge (“caretaker; doorkeeper; lodge-keeper of a château”), from Old French conciarge, consierge, consirge, from Medieval Latin consergius; further etymology uncertain, probably from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, from Latin cōnservus (“fellow servant; fellow slave”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + servus (“servant; slave”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to guard; to take care of”) + *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems)). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnsiˈɛːʒ/, [-ˈɛə̯ʒ], /ˈkɒnsiˌɛːʒ/, /ˌkɑnsiˈɛɹʒ/, /ˌkɑnˈsjɛɹʒ/ 1. An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests. 2. An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests. Labels: attributive, broadly Example: concierge banking (that is, private banking) concierge medicine concierge service 3. A nurse who provides support during fertility treatment. 4. One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors. Labels: US, often Example: Underground parking, private storage and daily housekeeping are offered as well, and the club's concierge can assist with prearrival grocery shopping, spa reservations, dinner plans and golf tee times. Example: Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city. 5. A senior official in charge of a fortress, palace, etc.; also, a custodian of a house; a warden of a prison. Labels: obsolete 6. Synonym of conciergerie (“the office of a concierge; also, the lodge or residence of a concierge”). Labels: obsolete
Word: ashame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English āsċamian, from ā- + sċamian (“feel shame”), from Proto-Germanic *skamēnan, from *skamō (“shame, humiliation”). Pronunciation: /əˈʃeɪm/ 1. To feel shame; to be ashamed. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Ashame thou, Sidon, seith the se, the strengthe of the se, seiende, I trauailide not with child, and bar not, and nurshede not out ȝung childer, ne to ful waxing broȝte forth maidenes. 2. To make ashamed; to shame. Labels: rare, transitive Example: I am young Woman indifferently well brought up in the Country, and might raiſe my fortune conſiderably had I not got ſuch a Habit of Sweating, which quite aſhames me, when in Company, to ſee my Face of a dewy Sweat, and the generality complain of Cold. Example: The notice annoyed and ashamed him.
Word: NPTA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Police and Troopers Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: arabesque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French arabesque, from Italian arabesco, from arabo (“Arab”). By surface analysis, Arab + -esque. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹ.əˈbɛsk/, /ˌɛɹ.əˈbɛsk/ 1. An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns, mainly used in Islamic art and architecture. Labels: also, attributive Example: The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “ near-aissance.” 2. An ornate composition, especially for the piano. 3. A dance position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other raised backwards, and the arms outstretched. 4. Elaborate or ornate creations in general. Labels: attributive, broadly Example: It was a sort of scene which Adam had beheld almost weekly for years; he knew by heart every arabesque flourish in the framed specimen of Bartle Massey’s handwriting which hung over the schoolmaster’s head, by way of keeping a lofty ideal before the minds of his pupils; […]. Example: For a man who condemned worldly pleasures he ate with elegance. She loved to watch the arabesque of fingers and two forks.
Word: arabesque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French arabesque, from Italian arabesco, from arabo (“Arab”). By surface analysis, Arab + -esque. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹ.əˈbɛsk/, /ˌɛɹ.əˈbɛsk/ 1. To move in an arabesque motion. Labels: intransitive 2. To decorate with an arabesque pattern. Labels: transitive
Word: Robin Hood Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɒbɪn ˈhʊd/, /ˈɹɑbɪn hʊd/ 1. A legendary English outlaw famous for his skill in archery and his vow to defend the poor and the oppressed against established authority. 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A locality near Drouin, Victoria, Australia.
Word: Robin Hood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɒbɪn ˈhʊd/, /ˈɹɑbɪn hʊd/ 1. A criminal or vigilante with similar social tendencies. Example: There were still nobly-born and accomplished sea-rovers — Robin Hoods of the wave — […] Example: Hey now, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's heart. 2. Short for Robin Hood shot Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: blood sport Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport involving the killing or the shedding of blood of persons or animals. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable Example: The way she said, “Are you not entertained?”—surely we both knew it was a quote from Gladiator, a movie in which a hero falls from grace, is forced to perform blood sport for the pleasure of spectators, and emerges victorious, having survived humiliation and debasement to soar higher than ever. 2. Any activity that revels in the misfortune of others, or taking advantage of others. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Shopping here is bloodsport, and you are the game, but the vendors are friendly. Example: Debating the topic, of course, is practically a blood sport. There is an essay genre devoted to “Leaving New York.” 3. Synonym of bloodplay. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Underground Railroad Part of Speech: name 1. The pre-American Civil War anti-slavery resistance movement dedicated to helping escaped slaves to reach safe territory. Labels: historical
Word: meteorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English meteor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English meteorite From meteor + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.tɪ.ə.ɹaɪt/, /ˈmi.ti.əˌɹaɪt/, /-ɾi-/ 1. A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid. Example: The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites. Example: Approximately 1.25 miles of Virginia Highway 58 was rerouted to merge with US Highway 25E south of the gap. This photograph shows the phenomenon of the “fogfall,” when fog trapped in the meteorite crater of Middlesboro escapes […]
Word: meteoritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English meteor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English meteorite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English meteoritic From meteorite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to meteorites, meteors, or meteoroids. Labels: not-comparable
Word: DSO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of deep sky object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of dynamic shared object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of days sales outstanding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Distinguished Service Order. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: deep-sky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A modern term used primarily by amateur astronomers. 1. Existing outside of the Solar System; relating to that which exists outside of the Solar System. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nebular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neβelā Latin nebulalbor. English nebula English -ar English nebular From nebula + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to a nebula. 2. Cloudy; diffuse.
Word: sudokuist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Japanese 数(すう)字(じ) (sūji) Japanese は (wa) Japanese 独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin) Japanese に (ni) Japanese 限(かぎ)る (kagiru) Japanese 数独 (sūdoku)bor. English sudoku 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 sudokuist From sudoku + -ist. 1. A person who solves sudoku puzzles. Labels: rare
Word: Liz Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /lɪz/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth. Example: "Liz. That doesn't sound like your name, wildcat. It is far too hard and brittle." She shrugged. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but that is my name. Elizabeth is too stuffy, Beth is too soft, so Liz it is." Example: Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Monday if the Supreme Court does not resolve the issue of presidential immunity “quickly and decisively,” it will have a “profoundly negative impact” on the country.
Word: serval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvəl/, /ˈsɝvəl/ 1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.
Word: manul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ману́л (manúl), from Mongolian мануул (manuul)/ᠮᠠᠨᠤᠤᠯ (manuul). 1. A small wild cat of Central Asia, Otocolobus manul.
Word: sand cat Part of Speech: noun 1. A small wild cat, Felis margarita, distributed over African and Asian deserts.
Word: margay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá. 1. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America. Example: In Costa Rica margays were once widely distributed in dense forest from the coastal lowlands to about 3,000 meters elevation in the interior mountains. Example: Margays are small and slim spotted cats (60cm/40cm/3.5kg) with long bushy tails and long legs with large feet. Typically found in mature forest, margays are nocturnal and arboreal, hunting mostly in trees (they can rotate their hind legs and descend a tree head first).
Word: jaguarundi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese jaguarundi, from Old Tupi yawaundí. 1. A medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Herpailurus yagouaroundi.
Word: jack off Part of Speech: verb 1. To masturbate. Labels: Canada, US, ambitransitive, derogatory, reflexive, slang, vulgar Example: Two boys jacking off under railroad bridge. The train shakes through their bodies, ejaculates them, fades with distant whistle. 2. To stimulate or please oneself in an unproductive or idle way. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: jack off Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of jackoff (“a jerkoff”). Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: languor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English langouren (“to be ill; to languish, suffer; to cause to suffer”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman langurer and Middle French langorer, langorir, langourer (“to languish; to be languorous”), from Old French languerer, from langueur (“disease, illness; suffering; emotional fatigue, sadness; listlessness; stagnation”); see further at etymology 1 above. Later uses of the verb have been influenced by the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡə/, /ˈlæŋɡɚ/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡɚ/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋɡɚ/ 1. To languish. Labels: intransitive
Word: sky pilot Part of Speech: noun 1. A clergyman, especially a military chaplain or padre. Labels: slang Example: "But we've got the laugh on our sky-pilot, for he's as puzzled as the rest of us." Example: Jack, I swear, I'm no sky-pilot, but a creep pad turns into a confession booth as soon as I squat in it – the chicks really run their mouths some spieling their life histories in my face. 2. A polemonium, especially Polemonium eximium.
Word: stationmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From station + master. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃənˈmɑːstə/ 1. The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads. Example: The glare, the flies, while they waited, and he and the stationmaster put their heads together over the time-table, trying to find this other train, which, of course, they wouldn't catch. Example: A letter from the Stationmaster was issued to all the staff, thanking them for "sticking it out" through one of the most difficult periods ever experienced at Redhill. None of them will easily forget Christmas, 1957.
Word: ventricular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin *ventricularis, from ventriculus (“belly, stomach, ventricle”), diminutive of venter (“belly, stomach, womb”). Equivalent to ventricle + -ar; See ventricle. 1. Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus. Labels: not-comparable Example: Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies. Example: When your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, providers call this tachycardia. This means you may have an issue with your heart’s conduction system that signals your heart to beat. Examples of this type of issue include atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia.
Word: arterioventricular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)bor. Latin artēria Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā) English arteri- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arterio- English ventricular English arterioventricular From arterio- + ventricular. 1. Of or relating to the spatial relationship or communication between the great arteries and the ventricles of the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subitise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subitize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: subitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin subitus (“sudden; unexpected”) + -ize, from the feeling of immediately knowing the number of items present. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbɪtaɪz/ 1. To judge (the number of objects in a group) rapidly, accurately and confidently without counting them. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Previous researchers have noted a similarity between the set sizes that adults can estimate rapidly, or subitize, and the set sizes that infants can discriminate: both are less than five items. This similarity has led some to suggest that subitizing is […] Example: When students subitize, they know how many because the arrangement is familiar and/or friendly. While recent information about the benefits of teaching subitizing has surfaced (Clements, 1999), early use of the term appeared more than […]
Word: Oshindonga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Ndonga oshi- Ndonga Oshi- Ndonga ndonga Ndonga Oshindongabor. English Oshindonga Borrowed from Ndonga Oshindonga (“Ndonga language”). 1. Ndonga
Word: vanadyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *wanaz Old Norse vanr Old Norse Vana Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁sder. Proto-Germanic *dīsiz Old Norse dís Old Norse Dís Old Norse Vanadís Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin vanadiumder. English vanadium Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vanadyl From vanadium + -yl. 1. The divalent radical VO, or the cation VO²⁺. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: odoriferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin. By surface analysis, odor + -i- (“bearing, carrying”) + -ferous. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/, /ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfɹəs/, /ˌoʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/, /ˌoʊdəˈɹɪfɹəs/ 1. Having an odor or fragrance. Example: Lewis the eleventh had a conceit everything did stinke about him, all the odoriferous perfumes they could get, would not ease him, but still hee^([sic]) smelled a filthy stinke. Example: True, the rich spices, the perfumed woods, the fragrant oils, which would feed the sacred fire of my funeral pyre, would save my mortal remains from that corruption which makes the disgust of death even worse than its dread. A few odoriferous ashes alone would be left for my urn.
Word: omata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 大股 (ōmata). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's leg from the inside and lifts it up and backwards, driving his body into that of the defender, forcing him over onto his back. A thigh scooping body drop.
Word: osakate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大逆手, literally backward twisting overarm throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker, grappling near the edge, bends backwards and swings his opponent around and out.
Word: aithochrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἰθός (aithós, “reddish brown”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “color”). Pronunciation: /ʌɪˈθəʊkɹəs/ 1. reddish-brown, ruddy Example: a boy as splendid and aithochrous as the Cnossan striplings wrestling among blue flowers on Minos’ walls
Word: oshidashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 押し出し, literally "frontal push out". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker pushes his opponent out of the ring, maintaining hand contact at all times
Word: oshitaoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 押し倒し, meaning frontal push down. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pushed his opponent backwards and over.
Word: stock ball Part of Speech: noun 1. the type of ball (such as an off break) that a particular bowler most frequently bowls
Word: straight bat Part of Speech: noun 1. The bat when held vertically, or when swung through a vertical arc.
Word: straight bat Part of Speech: verb 1. To play (a delivery) with the bat held or swung in this manner.
Word: straight hit Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position close to the boundary directly behind the bowler; a fielder in this position.
Word: strike bowler Part of Speech: noun 1. A bowler having the ability to take wickets, though often conceding runs.
Word: astrological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin astrologicus + -al. By surface analysis, astrology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌæstɹəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Of, or relating to astrology. Example: astrological prediction Example: She read her astrological chart every morning.
Word: colour blindness Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of color blindness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cleft palate Part of Speech: noun 1. An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.
Word: hard palate Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
Word: soft palate Part of Speech: noun 1. The soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth. Example: The part which is connected by a thin tendinous end to the tendinous membrane, that is extended above upon the soft palate, coming from the nostrils; and with that membrane seems to be inserted into the middle and posterior edge of the palate bones.
Word: leper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpɚ/ 1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease. 2. Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah. Labels: figuratively