nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laborer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English labor Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English laborer From labor + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/ 1. One who labors. Labels: US Example: Near-synonyms: worker, toiler 2. One who labors. Labels: US Example: Near-synonym: toiler
Word: bricks and mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brick and mortar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bricks, and, mortar. Labels: uncountable
Word: brick and mortar Part of Speech: adj 1. Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) Labels: not-comparable Example: Brick and mortar retail stores face online competition. Example: E-commerce is not the kiss of death for big, traditional brick-and-mortar business. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, and, mortar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brick and mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. Buildings, especially domestic housing. Labels: UK, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, and, mortar. Labels: uncountable
Word: brick-and-mortar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of brick and mortar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Consolidating brick-and-mortar and online toy businesses may have been a good-faith strategy. What’s certain is that the deals helped generate $128 million in transaction fees for the owners.
Word: bricks-and-mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bricks and mortar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The online fast-fashion retailer Shein will open its first permanent bricks-and-mortar store in the world in Paris this week amid political outrage, fury from workers and warnings from city hall that it will damage the French capital’s progressive image.
Word: Skirvin Part of Speech: name Etymology: The surname Skirvin may be of old Norse origin (possibly the name of a village), with many later instances of the name in the United Kingdom, primarily Scotland. The earliest instances of the name within the United States are found in Maryland dating back to the 1720s. 1. A surname.
Word: lactose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot. Pronunciation: /ˈlæk.təʊs/, /ˈlæk.təʊz/, /ˈlæk.toʊs/ 1. The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: barrel of laughs Part of Speech: noun 1. A great amount of enjoyment or entertainment, or something or someone that provides this. Labels: idiomatic, often, sarcastic Example: We went to a karaoke bar and had a barrel of laughs. Example: I gather he's a funeral director. That must be why he's such a barrel of laughs. (sarcastic)
Word: lame duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to lame + duck. First use appears c. 1761, in the London Evening Post. Derived from the situation in which a person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Verbal form first appears c. 1910. 1. A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled. Labels: colloquial Example: Thus is happens, that, when a considerable loss arises from such contract, the principal on whole behalf it was made, refuses to fulfil it; in this case, the loss falls upon the broker, without remedy; and if he does not fulfil the contract in default of his prinicipal, he foreits his credit and business, and becomes, in the cant of the Alley, a lame duck. Example: A few days after our dinner at the Albion, Glover's city speculations, in spite of his unceasing attention in watching the marker, went altogether wrong, and the poor fellow waddled away from Chapel Court a defaulter, or as the stock-brokers emphatically called it, a lame duck. 2. An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. Labels: US Example: Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents. Example: This is a lame duck administration, and if it is going to pass out political favors worth multimillions of dollars per year, it must move. 3. A person who cannot fulfill their contracts. Labels: dated, slang 4. A server that continues to serve ongoing requests while refusing new ones, allowing for graceful shutdown.
Word: lame duck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Equivalent to lame + duck. First use appears c. 1761, in the London Evening Post. Derived from the situation in which a person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Verbal form first appears c. 1910. 1. To behave in the manner of a lame duck. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive
Word: rapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rape 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 rapist From rape + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/ 1. One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.
Word: lucid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus English lucid Latin lucidus, from lūceō (“shine”) + -idus. Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)uːsɪd/ 1. Clear; easily understood. Example: [T]he book, constructed in short, lucid episodes, can be satisfyingly read as a sequence of provocative talks, at once well informed and vatic. 2. Mentally rational; sane. 3. Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent. Example: The atmosphere was unusually clear, as if loath to part with the daylight; but the moon, like a round of lucid snow, had risen on the sky; and a pale, soft gleam, came from the lamps amid the foliage. Example: Pictures of growing spring and farms and homes, / With the Fourth-month eve at sundown, and the gray smoke lucid and bright, […]
Word: lucid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus English lucid Latin lucidus, from lūceō (“shine”) + -idus. Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)uːsɪd/ 1. A lucid dream. Example: The day before nightmare-initiated lucids, subjects reported more depressed feelings[…]
Word: lovelorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From love + lorn. Pronunciation: /lʌvˈlɔɹn/ 1. Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love. Example: Ye lovesick bards! repay her scorn for scorn; / Ye artists lovelorn! madmen that ye are, / Make your best bow to her and bid adieu / Then, if she likes it, she will follow you. Example: A soft-breasted bird from the sea / Fell in love with the light-house flame; / And it wheeled round the tower on its airiest wing, / And floated and cried like a lovelorn thing; 2. Unloved, bereft of love.
Word: lovelorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + lorn. Pronunciation: /lʌvˈlɔɹn/ 1. A person who is lovelorn. Example: And when there's a price involved, she can help others but - not herself. She gives advice to the lovelorn every day but she's never been in love herself. Or so I've heard.
Word: lovable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lovable, loveable, luffeabill, lufabul, equivalent to love + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvəbəl/ 1. Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute. Example: In short, the old town—the lovablest, old-timiest, easy-goingest old town that ever was—sits there by the River, hugging its traditions, and hoarding its stories, of which it has enough to make a new Thousand and One Nights. Example: Hon. Collier Weekly which furnish Japanese Schoolboy to public not often enough, when is his book coming out? […] That Boy is the dearest & sweetest & frankest & wisest & funniest & delightfulest & lovablest creation that has been added to our literature for a long time.
Word: loveable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of lovable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The young Clergyman John Sterling comes very much about me; and proves by far the loveablest man I have met for many a year. Example: I think I can partly understand why they [my sisters] appear cool towards thee; but it is for nothing in thyself personally, nor for any unkindness towards my Dove, whom every body must feel to be the loveablest being in the world.
Word: lube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of lubricant. Pronunciation: /luːb/ 1. Lubricant. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Jasmine put lube on her bike chain in preparation for the big race. Example: Squeezing a healthy dollop of lube onto her rosebud, he stretched the tight ring and forced more lubrication into her ass.
Word: lube Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of lubricate. Pronunciation: /luːb/ 1. Clipping of lubricate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, transitive Example: Jeff lubed his Rubik's Cube before entering the competition.
Word: lube Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of lubricating. Pronunciation: /luːb/ 1. Lubricating. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: The main engine lube oil sump had a maximum capacity of 2,870 gallons, with a high-level operating capacity of 2,020 gallons, a normal operating level of 1,426 gallons, and a low level of 724 gallons. The alteration section of the construction diagram for the lubricating system of the Ponce-class vessels shows that in 1972, before El Faros keel was laid, the original design specifications for the operating levels of the lube' oil sump were changed. The operating capacity was increased from 900 gallons to 1,426 gallons, the low-level capacity was decreased from 750 gallons to 724 gallons, and the sump design capacity was decreased from 4,250 gallons to 2,870 gallons.
Word: lubricate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūbricātus, perfect passive participle of lūbricō (“make slippery”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from lūbricus (“slippery”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”). Pronunciation: /ˈluːbrɪkeɪt/ 1. To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant. Example: If your bicycle chain is squeaking you should lubricate it. 2. To cause someone to become drunk, especially to make them more sociable or talkative. Labels: humorous Example: They listened with wonder and pride at their album as it played several times throughout the afternoon, with Cosmo lubricating them with beer and whiskey. Example: At Göbekli Tepe, a site in what is now modern-day Turkey we'll talk about more below, hunter-gatherers convened regularly throughout the tenth to eighth millennia BCE to feast on gazelles, build circular structures, and erect enormous T-shaped limestone pillars carved with mysterious pictograms and animal forms–probably all while well-lubricated with beer.
Word: bawl out Part of Speech: verb 1. To shout very loudly. Labels: transitive Example: The teacher angrily bawled out my name. 2. To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to; to reprimand in order to kill. Labels: transitive Example: After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up. 3. To have a serious argument accompanied by shouting. Labels: idiomatic
Word: you'ns Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of you-uns: a second-person plural pronoun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: redd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Fusion of Middle English reden (“to clean up, to clear”) and redden (“to save, rescue, deliver, rid, free, clear”). The former is from Old English ġerǣdan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garaidijan, from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange”); the latter, from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną. More at rid and ready. The Scottish and Northern English senses (especially 3.5 “tidy up, clear away”) are likely from Old Norse ryðja (“to clear, free, empty”), from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną, having conflated with the native word reden (see above); if so, that would make them related to Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rydde (“to clear, tidy”). The Pennsylvania (Dutch English) sense is from Middle Low German redden, cognate with Dutch redden (“to save, rescue”), both ultimately also from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to loosen, set free, save”). The meaning is clearly historically conflated and related to the native English word, however their exact origin and relationship are unclear. Pronunciation: /ɹɛd/ 1. To free from entanglement. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 2. To free from embarrassment. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 3. To fix boundaries. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 4. To comb hair. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 5. To separate combatants. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 6. To settle, usually a quarrel. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 7. To tidy up, clear away. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 8. To clean, tidy up, to put in order. Labels: Pennsylvania, dialectal, obsolete Example: I've got to redd the place before your mother gets back.
Word: redd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin obscure, possibly from the act of the fish scooping, clearing out a spawning place, see redd above. Pronunciation: /ɹɛd/ 1. A spawning nest made by a fish. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: 2007, Michael Klesius, Fishes' Riches, National Geographic (March 2007), 32, A female chinook salmon digs her redd, or nest, prior to spawning in Oregon's John Day River.
Word: redd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɹɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rede Labels: dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of read Labels: dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: The Works of John Knox (1514–72), published 1841
Word: jaggerbush Part of Speech: noun 1. A thornbush, bramble, briar. Labels: Pennsylvania, Western, dialectal
Word: divan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub). Compare mattress, from Arabic (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans). Doublet of dewan, douane, and diwaniya. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvæn/, /ˈdaɪ.væn/ 1. A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan). Labels: historical 2. The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice. 3. Any council or assembly. Labels: archaic Example: Startled at such an unaccountable event, they sat in close divan; and concluding that the case was in all respects unnatural and prodigious, desired that a messenger might be immediately dispatched for some male practitioner in the art of midwifery. Example: As I passed, I called at the mad-house; where I found Mac Fane and the scowling keeper in high divan. 4. A couch or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and on either the floor or an elevated structure. Example: Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. 5. An establishment that serves cigars and coffee, and may offer other amenities such as books, newspapers, and chess. Labels: dated Example: Near-synonym: smoking room Example: These are delightful places, and must be preferred to the cigar shops, if you can afford the extra for coffee, &c. Never sit in a divan, for as these establishments are in imitation of foreign customs, so you should imitate the manners of foreigners, and be as unlike an Englishman as you can; you should therefore lie at full-length on the couches, or "loll" about in some graceful attitude. Should your time be entirely your own, you may remain in the divan the whole day, provided you play at chess; and should you be passionately fond of smoking, you can have smoke at breakfast—smoke at luncheon—smoke at dinner—smoke at tea—smoke at supper 6. An establishment that serves cigars and coffee, and may offer other amenities such as books, newspapers, and chess. Labels: Hong-Kong, dated Example: No person shall open, keep, manage or assist in the management of a divan where a dangerous drug is sold in the divan to be smoked, inhaled, ingested or injected therein; […] Example: During the operation, the Hong Kong Police Force conducted searches at about 1,700 locations, neutralising over 800 gambling dens, vice establishments, divans and unlicensed bars. 7. A collection of poems, especially one written by an author in Arabic or Persian.
Word: rates Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪts/ 1. plural of rate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rates Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪts/ 1. Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government. Labels: Australia, Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, UK, plural, plural-only 2. Abbreviation of interest rates. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Nonetheless, it did not stop the Fed from cutting rates last Thursday.
Word: rates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bed of roses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Christopher Marlowe's poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599). Pronunciation: /bɛd ʌv ˈɹəʊzəz/ 1. A pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's a straightforward job, but it's no bed of roses, with such long hours. Example: Just speak to the stars about the bed of roses which is popularly supposed to be their resting place in the rarified atmosphere of the stellar regions!
Word: osso buco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian ossobuco (a compound of osso (“bone”) + buco (“hole”, or as an adjective, “hollow”)). Pronunciation: /ˌɒsəʊ ˈbuːkəʊ/, /ˌɑsoʊ ˈbukoʊ/ 1. A northern Italian dish of veal shanks and marrowbones braised in white wine, tomatoes, etc., often served with risotto. Labels: uncountable
Word: bad blood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia (1823). 1. Feelings of hostility or ill will. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: The government at home, and the people of the colonies, are getting to have bad blood between them. Example: [T]here was bad blood between us from a couple of weeks back, and we was only friends in the way of business. 2. A serious feud or long-standing grudge. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Now for these and other things (whereof I could tell a thousand) was the reckoning come that night; and not a line we missed of it; soon as our bad blood was up. I like not to tell of slaughter, though it might be of wolves and tigers; and that was a night of fire and slaughter, and of very long-harboured revenge. Enough that ere the daylight broke upon that wan March morning, the only Doones still left alive were the Counsellor and Carver. 3. An inherited immoral or disturbed nature. Labels: dated, idiomatic, uncountable Example: [I]f we dare not search ourselves close enough to discover the low breeding, the bad blood in us, it will one day come out plain as the smitten brand of the forcat. Example: "Humph! Thought there was bad blood somewhere!" he exclaimed […]. "No!" was the determined answer […]. Because his father was dishonest is no proof that he is a thief." 4. A particular disease; in some places, syphilis. Labels: regional, uncountable
Word: disaccharide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English disaccharide From di- + saccharide. Pronunciation: /daɪˈsækəɹaɪd/ 1. Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.
Word: monosaccharide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English monosaccharide From mono- + saccharide. Pronunciation: /mɒn.əʊˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/ 1. A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.
Word: unfunny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fun Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English funny English unfunny From un- + funny. 1. Not funny Example: Edward told an unfunny knock-knock joke that made his brother groan. Example: The decline of mobility, reason fading in and out like short-wave radio, the trickle of minor ailments that fed a deeper river—the subject was vast and not all of it was unfunny.
Word: multilateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English lateral English multilateral From multi- + lateral. 1. Having many physical sides. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having many sides or points of view. Labels: not-comparable 3. Involving three or more parties or nations. Labels: not-comparable Example: a multilateral negotiation Example: Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.
Word: multilateral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English lateral English multilateral From multi- + lateral. 1. A group with representatives from three or more parties or nations.
Word: telega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar. Pronunciation: /tɪˈleɪɡə/ 1. A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs. Example: Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.
Word: super- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Learned borrowing from Latin super-. Doublet of sur-, over-, and hyper-. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)upəː/, /ˌsupəɹ/ 1. located above; (anatomy) superior in position Labels: morpheme Example: superlabial, superglacial, superlineal (examples from ) 2. a more inclusive category Labels: morpheme Example: supercategory, superfamily, superculture 3. beyond, over, or upon Labels: morpheme Example: supernatural, superhuman, supersonic 4. greater than in quantity Labels: morpheme Example: superwavelength, supersynchronous, superrotation 5. excessive; exceptionally large in quantity Labels: morpheme Example: superphosphate, superhydration 6. superior in title or status Labels: morpheme Example: superintendent, supervisor 7. superior in power or potency Labels: morpheme Example: supervolcano, supercow, superantigen, superpotent 8. intensely, extremely, or exceptional Labels: augmentative, morpheme Example: superbenevolent, superblizzard, superquiet, supersharp, superbright 9. regarding supersymmetry Labels: morpheme Example: superparticle, superpartner, superWIMP 10. regarding superheroes Labels: morpheme Example: superheroic
Word: simple harmonic motion Part of Speech: noun 1. oscillating motion (as of a pendulum) in which the acceleration of the oscillator has an equal magnitude but opposite direction to the displacement of it from the equilibrium position.
Word: pendulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnd͡ʒʊləm/, /ˈpɛndjʊləm/, /ˈpɛnd͡ʒələm/, /ˈpɛnd(j)ələm/, /ˈpɪ̟nd͡ʒələm/ 1. A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. 2. A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. Labels: broadly Example: The pendulum can be seen to be swinging in favour of rail, as with each issue of RAIL comes news of further intermodal service expansion. 3. A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling. 4. A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
Word: THC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tetrahydrocannabinol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Over the years, Jacobson has had many of these products tested at labs; almost invariably they contained very little or no CBD and too much THC. It has psychoactive effects, and there wasn’t much science suggesting THC could treat seizures. 2. Abbreviation of thermohaline circulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: tetrahydrocannabinol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English hydro English tetrahydro Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis)bor. Latin cannabislbor. English cannab(is) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English -ol English cannabinol English tetrahydrocannabinol From tetrahydro + cannabinol. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈkæn.əb.ɪn.ɒl/, /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ).kəˈnæb.ɪn.ɒl/, /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹək.əˈnæb.əˌnɔl/, /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹoʊˈkæ.nə.bɪˌnɔl/ 1. The psychoactive substance present in cannabis, a hydrogenated derivative of cannabinol. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While the agency hasn’t proposed changing its 2023 6.7 million-gram quota for marijuana for 2024, it is now calling for the manufacturing of 900,610 grams of delta-9 THC and 790,010 grams of all other tetrahydrocannabinol. That represents another increase after DEA already moved this week to nearly double the 2023 quota for delta-9 THC to 628,460 grams and called for 350,000 grams of other tetrahydrocannabinols.
Word: psychoactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psycho- + active. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkoʊˈæktɪv/ 1. Affecting the mind or mental processes. Example: LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs. Example: Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. "As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs.
Word: psychoactive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psycho- + active. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkoʊˈæktɪv/ 1. Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes. Example: LSD and DMT are psychoactives.
Word: mid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle. The slang sense may be influenced by terms such as middling and midwit. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. Occupying a middle position; middle. Labels: no-comparative Example: Passing through the silent village, he heard the clock tell the mid hour of night. Example: Though teams from China have hoisted the Summoner’s Cup, which goes to the Worlds champion, it’s always been South Korean mid laners who have starred on those teams. Erzberger said Knight wants to be the first Chinese mid laner to hoist that trophy — and maybe become a national treasure himself. 2. Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ]. Labels: no-comparative 3. Mediocre; of middling quality. Labels: no-comparative Example: The song is one of his best, but its real power comes from the accompanying, highly-stylized video wherein Lil Nas X breaks out of a prison populated with Black gay men (and, for an unspecified reason, Jack Harlow in an unseemly role as the Straight White Savior who delivers a verse that is mid at best and inappropriate at worst). Example: I’ve watched all of these shows. They’re not bad. They’re simply … mid. Which is what makes them, frustratingly, as emblematic of the current moment in TV as their stars’ previous shows were of the ambitions of the past. 4. Trashy; low-quality. Labels: Internet, broadly, no-comparative
Word: mid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle. The slang sense may be influenced by terms such as middling and midwit. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. The middle of the battlefield. Labels: Internet, slang, uncountable Example: We need to retake mid.
Word: mid Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle. The slang sense may be influenced by terms such as middling and midwit. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. To or into the middle of the battlefield. Labels: Internet, not-comparable, slang Example: Everyone head mid.
Word: mid Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid Inherited from Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle. The slang sense may be influenced by terms such as middling and midwit. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. Amid. Labels: archaic Example: mid the best Example: To shelter quivering natures, wrap them round / In downy softness, and impalace them / Mid fair magnificence, where all is found / Abundant as the longing heart can wish.
Word: mid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midją, *midjǭ, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin mediānus. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. Middle. Labels: archaic Example: About the mid of night come to my tent.
Word: mid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mid-range. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. A mid-range.
Word: mid Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From or representing German mit, and/or perhaps German Low German mid. Although Middle English had a native preposition mid with this same meaning ("with"), it had fallen out of general use by the mid 1400s and survived into the modern English period only in sporadic use and the compounds midwife and theremid. Pronunciation: /mɪd/ 1. With. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid.
Word: caftan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kaftan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: From the pocket of her discarded caftan she lifted a thick medallion and set it in place around her neck. Example: Still, he did look striking in his long white flowing pants and a white caftan.
Word: kaftan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Classical Persian خَفْتَان (xaftān), which occurs already in the Shahnameh. Pronunciation: /ˈkæf.tæn/, /ˈkæf.tən/ 1. A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. 2. A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Word: plebe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), probably via Middle French plebe (“plebeians, commoners, the rabble”) and possibly later understood as a clipping of plebeian. Cognate with Italian plebe, Spanish plebe, Portuguese plebe. Pronunciation: /plib/, /pliːb/ 1. A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens. Labels: historical, plural-normally Example: Another the like was among the Romanes of Patricij & plebes, thone ſtriuing with thother a long time, the patricij many yeares excluding the plebes from bearing rule, vntill at laſt all magiſtrates were made cõmon [common] betweene thẽ [them]: […] 2. The plebs, the plebeian class. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: All other roomes were free for the plebe or multitude. 3. The similar lower class of any area. Labels: obsolete 4. A freshman cadet at a military academy. Labels: US, slang Example: My drill master, a young stripling, told me I was not so ‘gross’ as most other pleibs, the name of all new cadets. Example: "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."
Word: mermaid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mermayde (“maid of the sea”), from mere (“sea, lake”) + maid, equivalent to mer- + maid. Cognate with Dutch meermeid (“mermaid”), Middle High German mermaget, mermeit (“mermaid”, > German Meermagd, Meermädchen (“mermaid”)). Compare Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːˌmeɪd/, /ˈmɝ.meɪd/ 1. A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish. Example: Search the depth, & ſee that variety of Sea monſters & fiſhes, Mare-maids, Sea men, Horſes, &c. which it affords. Example: People that are drowned, and whose bodies are not founds are believed to have been taken into the dwellings of the Mermaids. 2. Coloured a brilliant turquoise. Example: a mermaid smoothie Example: mermaid ice-cream 3. A prostitute. Labels: obsolete Example: A Gentleman or an honeſt Cittizen, ſhall not Sit in your pennie-bench Theaters, vvith his Squirrell by his ſide cracking nuttes; nor ſneake into a Tauerne vvith his Mermaid; but he ſhall be Satyr'd and Epigram'd vpon, and his humour muſt run vpo'th Stage: […]
Word: mass starvation Part of Speech: noun 1. The starvation of a large proportion of a region's population due to drought, warfare, famine, or similar events. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And then, also later on: the Atlantic Ocean Current is currently in the midst of collapsing right in front of our eyes, and, if indeed it does fully collapse, we're looking at a global catastrophic nightmare the likes of which we've never seen, totally reworking the way the world functions and perhaps might be something that leads to the downfall of civilization as we know it- mass starvation- horrible stuff. So you don't want to miss any of this really important stuff. You guys know the drill: everybody subscribe to the channel; click that bell icon.
Word: neglect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588. Pronunciation: /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ 1. To fail to care for or attend to something. Labels: transitive Example: to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts Example: I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. 2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight. Labels: transitive Example: to neglect strangers 3. To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness. Labels: transitive Example: A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece. 4. To ignore for the sake of simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy. Labels: transitive Example: We can neglect this term, as it approaches zero in the limit anyway. Example: This problem says to neglect air resistance.
Word: neglect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588. Pronunciation: /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ 1. The act of neglecting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being neglected. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Habitual lack of care. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fifteen participants argued that the neglect of discourse on relationships had major implications for the ability of adolescents to acquire courtship skills and maintain relationships. This neglect means that the students acquire knowledge and skills through the media and by observing and imitating others in their immediate environment.
Word: Arnhem Land Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the ship of Captain Willem van Colster; the ship was named after the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands. Pronunciation: /ˈaːnəm lænd/ 1. An historical region of 97,000 sq. km in the north-eastern corner of the Northern Territory, Australia, controlled by the Northern Land Council, inhabited by local Aboriginals.
Word: undignified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dignified. 1. lacking in or damaging to dignity
Word: undignified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + dignified. 1. simple past and past participle of undignify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: highlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English high Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English highlight From high + light. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪlaɪt/, /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ 1. An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated. Example: The image blurred into the highlight, like something familiar seen beneath disturbed though clear water; he looked at the familiar image with a kind of quiet horror and despair, at a face suddenly older in sin than he would ever be, a face more blurred than sweet, at eyes more secret than soft. 2. An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time. Labels: figuratively Example: Meeting my future wife was the highlight of my trip to Spain. Example: We'll be broadcasting the news highlights every half an hour. 3. A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
Word: highlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English high Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English highlight From high + light. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪlaɪt/, /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ 1. To make prominent; emphasize. Labels: transitive Example: The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns. Example: Farmer highlights the fact that the reasons why causing offence is (or is not) deemed criminalizable are often historically specific, and follows Duff in counselling against attempts to ground criminalization in some 'master principle'[…] 2. To be a highlight of. Labels: transitive 3. To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference. Labels: transitive 4. To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest. Labels: transitive 5. To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: You could have asked: is there a reason this easy patch was not applied, either on IRC or private mail by me. You did write a comment on IRC and I did see it. Problem is that you did not highlight me _and_ you did not wait for an answer. Example: You must be somewhere completely different. I’ve looked for several days and don’t see you. But: I’m kind of blind from time to time - please feel free to highlight me ([Sno]) or probably (H. Merijn Brand) Tux or vanHoesel (Theo van Hoesel).
Word: fluorescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluorescent From fluoresce + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˌflʊəˈɹɛsənt/, /flɔˈɹɛsənt/ 1. Of or relating to fluorescence. 2. Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence. Example: The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness. 3. Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury. Example: The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years. Example: The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work. 4. Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon. Example: Her shirt was fluorescent orange.
Word: fluorescent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluorescent From fluoresce + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˌflʊəˈɹɛsənt/, /flɔˈɹɛsənt/ 1. A fluorescent light. Example: The fluorescents hummed day and night. Example: Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.
Word: XPCOM Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Cross-Platform Component Object Model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Although most components available from XPCOM are written in C++, the XPConnect/XPCOM pairing can also accommodate other languages. Example: XPCOM is entirely internal to the Mozilla Platform. XPConnect is the glue that turns XPCOM-compliant objects and their interfaces into JavaScript host objects.
Word: crank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæŋk/, [ˈkʰɹʷæŋk], /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈkɹɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈkʰɹʷɛ̃ŋk] 1. Hard; difficult. Labels: dialectal 2. Strange; weird; odd. Labels: informal 3. Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair. Labels: dialectal 4. Sick; unwell. 5. Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast. Example: This ship is so crank and walty I fear our grave she will be! Example: The stowage was clumsily done, and the vessel consequently crank. 6. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated. Example: He who was a little before bedred[…]was now cranke and lustie. Example: If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it.