nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: axis of evil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American political commentator David Frum in 2002 and first used publicly by President George W. Bush in the 2002 State of the Union Address. Possibly from a historical analogy to the German-Italian-Japanese axis. Extended to astrophysics by Portuguese scientist João Magueijo in 2005. 1. A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. Example: I discussed Iraq with Gerhard during his visit to the White House on January 31, 2002. In my State of the Union address two days earlier, I had outlined the threats posed by Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. “States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world,” I said. The media seized on the phrase “axis of evil.” They took the line to mean that the three countries had formed an alliance. That missed the point. The axis I referred to was the link between the governments that pursued WMD and the terrorists who could use those weapons. There was a larger point in the speech that no one could miss: I was serious about dealing with Iraq. Example: Communist China is on a mission for dominance. At the helm of the New Axis of Evil, China has indicated they will invade independent countries and destroy democratic leadership to achieve that end. My recent visit to Taiwan made it abundantly clear that the leaders in Taiwan want the United States and our allies to stand with them as they fight to keep their independence. 2. An anomaly in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background as the result of a preferential axis which may have shaped the development of the universe.
Word: diprotodon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + proto- + -odon, due to its prominent two front teeth. Pronunciation: /daɪˈpɹəʊtədɒn/ 1. Any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant. Example: It is rather hard to understand how animals so largo and heavy as the diprotodons and gigantic kangaroos could have existed there when the country was in the same state in which it is now,[…]. Example: No fewer than eighty diprotodons are represented by the bones already unearthed, […]
Word: extinct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English extinct (“eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”), from Latin extīnctus, exstīnctus (“extinguished, quenched; destroyed, killed; made extinct”), the perfect passive participles of extinguō, exstinguō (“to extinguish, put out, quench; (figurative) to abolish; to destroy, kill”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + stinguō (“to extinguish, put out, quench”) (from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push”)). The Middle English word displaced Middle English aqueint, aquenched (“extinct; extinguished”). Doublet of extinguish. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/, /ɪkˈstɪŋt/, /ɛk-/ 1. Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Edward’s cigarillo was extinct by the time he had finished talking. Example: Ah pleaſant proof! / That piety has ſtill in human hearts / Some place, a ſpark or tvvo not yet extinct. 2. Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me. Example: I am the Lord, your holy one, the Creatour of Iſrael, your King. […] Which bringeth foorth the charet and horſe, the armie and the power: they ſhall lie downe together, they ſhall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as towe. 3. Of customs, ideas, laws and legal rights, offices, organizations, languages, etc.: no longer existing or in use; defunct, discontinued, obsolete; specifically, of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory. Example: The title became extinct when the last baron died. 4. Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. Example: I vvent dovvn aftervvards into Yorkſhire; but my Father vvas dead, and my Mother, and all the Family extinct, except that I found tvvo Siſters, and tvvo of the Children of one of my Brothers; […] 5. Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct. Example: They found the sites of extinct geysers. 6. Of a radioisotope: no longer occurring primordially due to having decayed away completely, because it has a relatively short half-life. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable 7. Of a person: dead; also, permanently separated from others. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, obsolete Example: [H]e may at lybertie / Paſſe ſaue without hys ieopardy / Tyll that he be from vs extyncte / And clerely out of helles precincte
Word: extinct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English extincten (“to extinguish or put out (a fire, light, etc.); to destroy, kill; (figurative) to suppress (an uprising); (law) to quash or stop (legal proceedings); to cancel (a privilege, title, etc.); (medicine) to eliminate or reduce (inflammation, an ulcer, etc.)”), from extinct (adjective) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/, /ɪkˈstɪŋt/, /ɛk-/ 1. Synonym of extinguish. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] Eugenia […] was put in the hot baths, which were extincted, and ſhe preſerued: […] At laſt the ſtorie ſaith, ſhée was with the ſword beheaded. 2. Synonym of extinguish. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive 3. Synonym of extinguish. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: Graunt that al ſinne & vice here maie bee ſo extinct: that thei neuer haue power to raigne in they ſeruaũtes. Amẽ. Example: […] Almes doe deliuer from all ſinne and from death;[…]. Not from that (ſaith Cyprian) which the blood of Chriſt hath once extincted, and from which the wholeſome grace of our baptiſme, and of our redeemer hath deliuered vs, but from that death which afterwards creepeth in by ſinne, &c. 4. Synonym of extinguish. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, specifically, transitive Example: Paleontologists determine which animal species were extincted, and geomorphologists can find cycles of soil erosion. […] The first settlers were living along the coast of this very large island off Africa [Madagascar], but in about seven hundred years they had spread across the entire island and in the process extincted almost all large game, including hippos, tortoises, giant lemurs—some two dozen species in all. 5. Synonym of extinguish. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: It is more hard, loue to our ſelues to extinkt, / Then hate to other, to plucke from tharts preſinkt, / Thus, of iuſtice no let ledeth intrupcion, / Like this loue (name ſelfe loue) growne of corrupcion. Example: Great Ioue, Othello guard, / And ſvvell his Saile vvith thine ovvne povvrefull breath, / That he may bleſſe this Bay vvith his tall Ship, / Make loues quicke pants in Deſdemonaes Armes, / Giue renevv'd fire to our extincted Spirits. 6. Synonym of extinguish. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: So if I have a rent charge, and grant it upon condition; now, though the condition be broken, the grantee's estate is not defeated till I have made my claim: but if after any such grant my father purchase the land, and it descend to me; now, if the condition be broken, the rent ceaseth without claim. But if I had purchased the land myself, then I had extincted mine own condition, because I had disabled myself to make my claim. Example: And foraſmuch as the ſaid Statute vvas ordained to give a Certainty of Title in the Lands and Tenements compriſed in the Fine, it ſeemeth that the Fine extincteth the Title of all other, as vvell in Conſcience, as it doth in the Lavv.
Word: extinct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either: * from Latin extīnctus, exstīnctus, a noun use of the perfect passive participle of extinguō, exstinguō (see etymology 1); or * from the verb (see etymology 2). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/, /ɪkˈstɪŋt/, /ɛk-/ 1. Synonym of extinction (“the action of becoming or making extinct; annihilation”). Labels: obsolete, transitive, uncountable Example: [W]ho is he […] as vvould not euen in the glas of Lucreſias perſeuerãce (euẽ to the vttermoſt extinct of life) ſe the vvõder of bevvty, matched vvith the indiuiduat adiũt vnſoyled conſtancy. Example: [W]ee have cauſe to feare the loſſe of our Kingdome, and you the extinct of the Engliſh nations renovvne; […]
Word: assistance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“to stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪs.təns/ 1. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He asked for technical assistance with the computer. Example: Financial assistance is available for low-income families.
Word: DASD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of direct access storage device, such as a USB drive or hard drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SWALK Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /swɔːlk/ 1. Acronym of sealed with a loving kiss, a term of endearment written across the seal of a love letter. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: decortication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēcorticātiōn-, dēcorticātiō. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɔːtɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of anything Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: decorticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō. Pronunciation: /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ 1. To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. Labels: ergative, transitive Example: […] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species. 2. To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc. Labels: transitive
Word: decorticate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō. Pronunciation: /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ 1. Having had the cortex removed Labels: not-comparable Example: visually decorticate
Word: decorticated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪtəd/ 1. Having had the cortex removed Labels: not-comparable Example: visually decorticated Example: An ingredient of animal feed is decorticated soybean.
Word: decorticated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of decorticate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: secession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”). Pronunciation: /səˈsɛʃən/ 1. The act of seceding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.
Word: nbsp Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of non-breaking space. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I also changed OutputToString and OutputToStream to check for an empty document when requesting plain text, in which case they'll return an empty string or stream. This fixes the bug where we'd send back an nbsp in the string. Example: You need the nbsp in order for the cell to show like a regular cell (otherwise you get that "raised" looking space -- if you know what I mean).
Word: EEC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Economic Community, forerunner of the European Community (EC) and the European Union (EU). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: Over the following decades, the EEC became the European Union, and expanded from the original six nations to today’s 27 members, from Finland in the north to Malta in the south.
Word: EEC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ectrodactyly–ectodermal dysplasia–cleft, a rare form of ectodermal dysplasia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of endogenous erythroid colony Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: Anzac Day Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈænzæk ˌdeɪ/ 1. April 25, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand that originally commemorated the sacrifices made by members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and now honours people from those countries who have served in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.
Word: passed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /pæst/ 1. simple past and past participle of pass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: passed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɑːst/, /pæst/ 1. That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations). Labels: not-comparable 2. That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immediately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English immediatly, equivalent to immediate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/, /ɪˈmi.di.ɪt.li/, /əˈmi.di.ət.li/, /ɪˈmiː.d͡ʒət.li/, /əˈmiː.d͡ʒət.li/ 1. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay. Labels: not-comparable Example: I hope we can begin immediately. Example: His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him. 2. Without any intervening time or space. Labels: not-comparable Example: A tri-tone chime whistle, operated from the cab by a flexible cable passing down the right hand handrail, is mounted on the top of the smokebox immediately behind the chimney.
Word: immediately Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English immediatly, equivalent to immediate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/, /ɪˈmi.di.ɪt.li/, /əˈmi.di.ət.li/, /ɪˈmiː.d͡ʒət.li/, /əˈmiː.d͡ʒət.li/ 1. As soon as, the moment that. Example: Near-synonym: once Example: My dog is an open book: immediately he smelled our dinner, he grew more interested in our activities.
Word: biennium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin biennium, from biennis (“2-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns), from bi- (“two”) + annus (“year”), q.v. Pronunciation: /baɪˈɛn.i.əm/, /bʌɪˈɛn.ɪ.əm/ 1. A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations. Example: The Greeks being taught by their Oracles, that their accuſtomed Sacrifices were to be offered κατά τρία, which they underſtood as if their Year were to be regulated by the Sun, and their Days and Months were to be adjuſted by the motion of the Moon; were always ſolicitous, how by certain Periods they might reduce the diſagreeing motions of the Luminaries to a Third ſomething in which they might agree: Hence in the ancient times they are ſaid to have uſed a Biennium, intercalating every other year: But fault was found with this, and 'twas ſucceeded by a Quadriennium; upon the return of which the Olympic Games were celebrated. Example: No commentator on Herodotus has succeeded in explaining the curious mistake whereby the solar year is made to average 375 days. That Herodotus knew the true solar year was not 375, but more nearly 365 days, is clear from book ii. ch. iv. It is also clear that he must be right as to the fact that the Greeks were in the habit of intercalating a month every other year. This point is confirmed by a passage in Censorinus (De Die Natal. xviii. p. 91), where it is explained that the Greek years were alternately of 12 and 13 months, and that the biennium was called "annus magnus," or τριετηρίς.
Word: response Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *spend- Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti Proto-Italic *spondejō Proto-Italic *spondeō Latin spondeō Latin respondeō Latin respōnsumbor. Old French respunsbor. Middle English respounse English response From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”). Doublet of responsum. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒns/, /ɹɪˈspɑns/ 1. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply. Example: When pushed for an answer, she gave the stock response. 2. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question. 3. An oracular answer. 4. A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant. 5. A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory. 6. A reply to an objection in formal disputation. 7. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL. 8. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation. Example: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
Word: collagen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French collagène, coined from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) and -γενής (-genḗs, “-forming”) (see -gen); it is the main substance that animal glues are derived from. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈkɒləd͡ʒən/, /ˈkɑləd͡ʒən/ 1. The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Science cannot yet account for the conversion of collagen into gelatin.
Word: Boston Part of Speech: name Etymology: The US city is named after the English town (from which several prominent colonists had come), which itself is sometimes said to be named as a contraction of Botolph's town or Botolph's stone (the name Botolph itself coming from Old English Botwulf, from boda + wulf). However, this is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔstən/, /ˈbɒstən/, [ˈbɒːstɪn], /ˈbɑstən/ 1. A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244). 2. A number of places in the United States: Example: There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and gender-fluid (moving between genders) as lacking a basis in biology. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 21. A town in South Australia. 22. A municipality of the Philippines. 23. A village in County Clare, Ireland. 24. A village in Kyrgyzstan. 25. A settlement in Belize. 26. A settlement in Suriname. 27. An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each. 28. A habitational surname transferred from the place name. 29. A male given name transferred from the place name or surname. Labels: rare
Word: Boston Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The US city is named after the English town (from which several prominent colonists had come), which itself is sometimes said to be named as a contraction of Botolph's town or Botolph's stone (the name Botolph itself coming from Old English Botwulf, from boda + wulf). However, this is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔstən/, /ˈbɒstən/, [ˈbɒːstɪn], /ˈbɑstən/ 1. In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks. 2. A Boston lettuce.
Word: glycoprotein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyco- English protein English glycoprotein From glyco- + protein. 1. A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates. Example: Their skeletons are built on the framework of a secreted glycoprotein matrix, most commonly cemented together with secreted calcium carbonate to form a shell, but sometimes imbedded with gathered foreign mineral particles.
Word: slough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)). Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”). Pronunciation: /slʌf/, /slɐf/, /slʊf/ 1. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful. Example: And without more ado she stood up and shook the white wrappings from her, and came forth shining and splendid like some glittering snake when she has cast her slough; ay, and fixed her wonderful eyes upon me - more deadly than any Basilisk's - and pierced me through and through with their beauty, and sent her light laugh ringing through the air like chimes of silver bells. 2. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
Word: slough Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)). Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”). Pronunciation: /slʌf/, /slɐf/, /slʊf/ 1. To shed skin or outer layers. Labels: transitive Example: This skin is being sloughed. Example: Snakes slough their skin periodically. 2. To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do. Labels: intransitive Example: A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off. Example: The mud sloughed off her palms easily […] 3. To discard. Labels: transitive Example: East sloughed a heart. 4. To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. Labels: US, Western, intransitive, slang
Word: slough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slough (“muddy place; swamp; mire”), Old English slōh, probably from Proto-Germanic *slōhaz. Pronunciation: /slaʊ/, /sluː/ 1. A marshy or muddy area. Example: "That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses," retorted the doctor, "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous slough. Example: Notwithstanding this discrepancy, however, and though, taught by experience, I hastened to agree with her that the secret of her birth was not likely to be discovered in a moment, nor by so simple a process as the journey to Norwich, which I had been going to suggest, it was natural that we should often revert to the subject, and to her pretensions, and the hardship of her lot: and my curiosity and questions giving a fillip to her memory, scarcely a day passed but she recovered some new detail from the past; as at one time a service of gold-plate which she perfectly remembered she had seen on her father's sideboard; and at another time an accident that had befell her in her childhood, through her father's coach and six horses being overturned in a slough. 2. A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees. Labels: Northern-US, Southern-US Example: We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough. Example: At that time I had no staff officer who could be trusted with that duty. In the woods, at a short distance below the clearing, I found a depression, dry at the time, but which at high water became a slough or bayou. 3. A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide. Labels: US, Western Example: The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing. 4. A state of depression. Example: John is in a slough. 5. A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes. Labels: Canadian-Prairies Example: Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems.
Word: Hitler Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪtlɚ/ 1. A surname from Austrian German. Example: It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany. 2. A surname from Austrian German. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The British ruling class are fighting against Hitler, whom they have always regarded and whom some of them still regard as their protector against Bolshevism. That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out; but it does mean that at every decisive moment they are likely to falter, pull their punches, do the wrong thing. Until the Churchill Government called some sort of halt to the process, they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931. Example: Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.
Word: Hitler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪtlɚ/ 1. A dictatorial person; someone who loves to exert their power and influence over others. (often used as a term of abuse) Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: A: Don't you think you could try sorting your rubbish instead of tossing everything out together? B: Ok, Hitler. Example: How does he support his position against the prima facie case in favor of the strongly counterintuitive claim that non-violence would necessarily defeat a Hitler?
Word: supergrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + grass, from grass (“an informer”). Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)ˌɡɹɑːs/ 1. An informer providing substantial quantities of information on criminal or terrorist activities to the police. Labels: UK, slang Example: I have to tell the hon. and learned Gentleman that I do not know the facts which led to that decision. On the other hand, although it is an unpleasant fact of life, there are now and again occasions on which, in order to achieve convictions against really bad villains, it is necessary to use people who are termed supergrasses. Example: In several cases the supergrass spent days in the witness box giving evidence of scores of offences allegedly committed by many individuals over a period of years.
Word: glyphs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡlɪfs/ 1. plural of glyph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ulster Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from Old Norse Uladztir, itself from Old Irish Ulaid (“Ulstermen”). More at Ulster. Pronunciation: /ˈʌlstəɹ/, [ɔ̈ls.t̪əɹ], /ˈʌlstə/, /ˈʊlstə/, /ˈʌlstɚ/ 1. The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland. 2. The six counties that make up Northern Ireland. Labels: proscribed 3. A county named after the Irish province in New York State: see Ulster County. Example: Ulster County saw a smaller, but still dramatic spike in reported cases last year with 419, compared to 351 in 2016. Ulster also largely has seen a decline in the number of annual cases from a high of 778 in 2008 to the low in 2016. 4. A township in Floyd County, Iowa, United States. 5. A town in Ulster County, New York, United States. 6. A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Word: Ulster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Old Norse Uladztir, itself from Old Irish Ulaid (“Ulstermen”). More at Ulster. Pronunciation: /ˈʌlstəɹ/, [ɔ̈ls.t̪əɹ], /ˈʌlstə/, /ˈʊlstə/, /ˈʌlstɚ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of ulster (“men's heavy overcoat”). Labels: alt-of
Word: vext Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vex Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: She was vext and angry, God wot: "What hast thou here in the grove to do? Little business, I trow, thou hast got." Example: What happiness to reign a lonely king, Vext — O ye stars that shudder over me, O earth that soundest hollow under me, Vext with waste dreams?
Word: ugg boot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In Australia ugg boots and variants like ug, ugh or uggs are used generically. A trademark of UGH-BOOTS was registered in 1971 but was not enforced and generic users of the terms successfully applied for its removal in 2006 (Deckers Outdoor Corporation v B&B McDougal ATMO 5 (16 January 2006)). Pronunciation: /ʌɡ buːt/ 1. A boot made of sheepskin with the wool as the lining and the leather as the outside.
Word: whoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”)). Pronunciation: /wuːp/, /ʍuːp/, /wʊp/, /huːp/ 1. A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. Example: Mixed with the whoop of the crane and the roar of the grim alligator. Example: [A] great whoop of victory sounded as finally they carried the fish up the beach. 2. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. 3. A bump on a racetrack. Example: . Example: The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […]
Word: whoop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”)). Pronunciation: /wuːp/, /ʍuːp/, /wʊp/, /huːp/ 1. To make a whoop. Labels: intransitive Example: each whooping with a merry shout Example: When naught was heard but now and then the howl / Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. 2. To shout, to yell. Labels: transitive Example: I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. 3. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. 4. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be / Whooped out of Rome.
Word: whoop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a traditional African American and Southern US pronunciation of whip. Pronunciation: /wʊp/, /ʍʊp/ 1. To beat, to strike. Labels: informal, transitive 2. To defeat thoroughly. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: teletsunami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + tsunami. Pronunciation: /tɛlətsuˈnɑːmi/ 1. A tsunami that travels more than 1000 kilometres from its origin before reaching land.
Word: Nawlins Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːlənz/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of New Orleans. Labels: Louisiana, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: smurf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch smurf (via the Belgian comic De Smurfen, a translation of French Les Schtroumpfs), from French schtroumpf, a word that was created by Peyo based on German Strumpf (literally “stocking, sock”) while he was having dinner, either simply because it sounds funny to the French ear or based on a regional German use for “idiot”. Armand van Raalte was an employee for the Belgian publisher of Peyo's stories who felt that schtroumpf would not have the same effect in Dutch, so he tried to find a simple word that could be used both as a noun and a verb. The result was smurf. In other languages, the term was similarly altered; compare the translations below. Pronunciation: /smɜːf/, /smɝf/ 1. A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs. Example: He occasionally used the proper noun of the restaurant as an adverb, the way a Smurf would. 2. A smurf account or its user. Labels: Internet 3. A smurf attack. 4. One member of a team, each of whom acquires a small amount of money or ingredients for manufacturing drugs, keeping the transactions too small in order to not raise suspicion. Labels: slang Example: Each smurf goes to different banks and purchases cashier's checks in denominations of less than $ 10,000, thus bypassing the reporting requirement. Example: Once the checks and money orders were purchased, the smurfs delivered them to Barrera, who arranged deposits of multiple checks and money orders into bank accounts that he controlled for further transfer to accounts in Panama, Colombia, and elsewhere.
Word: smurf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch smurf (via the Belgian comic De Smurfen, a translation of French Les Schtroumpfs), from French schtroumpf, a word that was created by Peyo based on German Strumpf (literally “stocking, sock”) while he was having dinner, either simply because it sounds funny to the French ear or based on a regional German use for “idiot”. Armand van Raalte was an employee for the Belgian publisher of Peyo's stories who felt that schtroumpf would not have the same effect in Dutch, so he tried to find a simple word that could be used both as a noun and a verb. The result was smurf. In other languages, the term was similarly altered; compare the translations below. Pronunciation: /smɜːf/, /smɝf/ 1. Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs. Labels: slang 2. To split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny; to carry out structuring. 3. To carry out a smurf attack against someone. Labels: transitive 4. To use a smurf account. Labels: Internet 5. To use a smurf account. Labels: Internet, broadly, intransitive, transitive Example: He has been absolutely smurfing this season. Example: Oh my god, he smurfed that fight so hard!
Word: harass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle French, Old French harasser (“to exhaust, tire out, wear out; to harry, torment, vex”) (modern French harasser (“to exhaust, tire out, wear out”)), possibly from Old French harer (“to set a dog on”), from Frankish *hara (“here, hither”) (a command for a dog to attack), from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r (“here, in this place”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; this”) + *ís (“the (person or thing just named)”) + *-r. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /həˈɹæs/, /ˈhæɹəs/ 1. Harassment; pestering. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Mean while the men of Judah to prevent / The harraſs of thir Land, beſet me round; […] Example: Now, Belford, if ſhe be not much concerned at the broken veſſel, which, in one ſo fiery in his temper as I have the reputation to be thought, may be very dangerous; a malady that I ſhall calmly attribute to the haraſſes and doubts, that I have laboured under for ſome time paſt; which will be a further proof of my love, and will demand a grateful return—
Word: titivate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words such as cultivate and renovate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/, /ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/ 1. To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up. Labels: transitive Example: Had she spent the best part of a day in titivating herself in order that she might sit plunged in darkness, with nothing but her feet and her nose revealed?
Word: Goran Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in the Djurab Desert region of Chad by the Daza people, part of the Nilo-Saharan language family. 2. A language spoken in southeastern parts of Kurdistan by Kurdish people, part of the Gorani-Zaza language family. This language has no relation with the Goran language spoken by the Daza people.
Word: molest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛst/ 1. To sexually assault or sexually harass. Example: At last he simmered down, choked out his explanations. And the news was indeed enormous. That afternoon, just three hours earlier, his younger sister, Gina, had been molested, debauched, as she crossed a children's playground in the park. 2. To annoy, trouble, or afflict. Labels: dated Example: They have molested the church with needless opposition. Example: It was a true sanctuary. Once inside, the Faces were unreachable. Nothing could molest them. They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line. Here they took command, they reigned. 3. To disturb or tamper with. Labels: dated
Word: pisiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin pisum (“pea”) + -iform 1. Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape Example: a pisiform iron ore
Word: pisiform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin pisum (“pea”) + -iform 1. A small bone in the wrist at the junction of the ulna and the carpus
Word: ballpoint pen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballpoint + pen. Compare Dutch balpen (“ballpoint pen”). 1. A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).
Word: hypercalciuria Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hypercalcinuria. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Paki-bashing Part of Speech: noun 1. In skinhead culture, the act of physical or verbal attacks by non-Asians against Pakistanis or other people originating from North Africa, the Middle East or the Indian subcontinent, and predominantly of a Muslim background. Labels: UK, derogatory, uncountable
Word: hypercalcinuria Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypocalcinuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English calcinuria English hypocalcinuria From hypo- + calcinuria. 1. Condition of low levels of calcium in the urine Labels: uncountable
Word: twitterpated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twitter + pated, i.e., having one's pate (“head”) in a twitter (confused). First used in the Disney movie Bambi (1942). 1. Smitten or love-struck; romantically infatuated. Labels: Canada, US, informal
Word: word processor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɜːd ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/, /wɝd ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/ 1. A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing. Example: Actually that first story, and all of the succeeding ones, were written by archy — a cockroach with such a need for self-expression that he hoisted himself onto the typewriter keys every night and dove headfirst onto key after key, to pound out his stories. (That is why all of the poems are lower case — he might have better luck these days with a word processor.) 2. Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features. Example: A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.
Word: frore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frore, froare, yfrore, froren, from Old English froren, ġefroren (“frozen”), from Proto-West Germanic *froʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fruzanaz (“frozen”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Doublet of frorn and frozen. 1. Extremely cold; frozen. Labels: archaic Example: We die, even as the winds of Autumn fade, Expiring in the frore and foggy air. Example: For heavenly beauty, mid perennial springs, Feels not the change, which frore sad winter brings.
Word: frore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frore, froare, yfrore, froren, from Old English froren, ġefroren (“frozen”), from Proto-West Germanic *froʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fruzanaz (“frozen”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Doublet of frorn and frozen. 1. simple past and past participle of freeze Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past, rare Example: And down below all fretted and frore, Were wrought the coral and the madrepore, […]
Word: word processing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From word + processing. Pronunciation: /ˈwəːdˌprəʊsɛsŋ/ 1. The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer. Labels: uncountable
Word: word processing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From word process + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwəːdˌprəʊsɛsŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of word process Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: desktop publishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents. Labels: uncountable Example: "My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."
Word: hypermetamorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English metamorphic English hypermetamorphic From hyper- + metamorphic. 1. Of or relating to hypermetamorphism.
Word: hypermetamorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English metamorphism English hypermetamorphism From hyper- + metamorphism. 1. An extreme form of metamorphosis occurring in certain insects (especially beetles of the family Meloidae) in which the animal passes through two or more different larval stages. Labels: uncountable
Word: helio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”). Pronunciation: /ˈhi.li.oʊ/ 1. Concerning the sun. Labels: morpheme
Word: heliochrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helio- + -chrome. 1. A photograph representing an object in its natural colours. Labels: obsolete
Word: heliodon Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical device, used in architecture, for demonstrating the sun's motion relative to a building.
Word: louche Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French louche. Pronunciation: /luːʃ/, /luʃ/ 1. Of questionable taste or morality; decadent. Example: Upstairs Downstairs hosts the Kennedys and Wallis Simpson (these days, in British culture, the archetypal louche American). Example: Ever since X-Men: First Class set the series' clock back a few decades and installed Michael Fassbender's moody Magneto and James McAvoy's louche Charles Xavier as replacements for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart's chess-playing pappies, the big-screen X-Men's central conflict—Xavier's Booker T. Washington-esque School For Gifted Youngsters vs. a rogue's gallery of evil mutants, crew cuts, and politicos—has gotten a lot murkier. 2. Not reputable or decent. Example: My uncle knows something about that fellow—Clavering knows something about him. There’s something louche regarding him. Example: The aunt will refuse; she will think the whole proceeding very louche! 3. Unconventional and slightly disreputable in an attractive manner; raffish, rakish. Example: Anyone inside the business can also tell you that without Carine Roitfeld's louche sexy styling Tom Ford's Gucci might easily have come off looking like a high-end Club Monaco.
Word: louche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French louche. Pronunciation: /luːʃ/, /luʃ/ 1. A dubious or disreputable person or thing Example: 'That's right,' Joe smiled. 'Loafing about on the Mall with the louche of the town. And, speaking of the louche of the town, don't we have an appointment to interview one or two of them this morning?' Example: I'm outraged this louche has since fathered two children with another woman and that after all this questionable, nefarious behavior, Greer continues to see no conflict of interest in him being Terd's guardian.
Word: louche Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French louche. Pronunciation: /luːʃ/, /luʃ/ 1. To make (an alcoholic beverage, e.g. absinthe or ouzo) cloudy by mixing it with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect. Labels: transitive Example: Certain anise-flavored drinks have developed a mystique based on the exotic appearance of louching. Example: In distillation, the first few liters of absinthe to come out of the still are called the head; the last few liters are the tail. The head and tail don't have enough alcohol to keep the oils in suspension, so the absinthe comes out of the still louched.