nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: night person Part of Speech: noun 1. A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime. Labels: idiomatic Example: "You see, I'm a creature of the night." "A what?" "A night person; I live during the nights, and sleep during the days." Example: I've always been a night person—my mother put me in afternoon kindergarten because she couldn’t get me up in the morning.
Word: night hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nighthawk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: morning person Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who wakes up, without difficulty, early each morning and is alert and active during the first part of the day. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I am a night person. My husband is a morning person since he had to get up early for years for his job." – Mrs. K. G. Example: I'm a confirmed morning person, a wind-up doll who starts my day in near-manic motion and ends it with slow, mechanical tasks requiring little energy or thought.
Word: oxpecker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ox + pecker. 1. Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, endemic to the sub-Saharan African savanna.
Word: oxpeckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxpecker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheathbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheath + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːθ.bɪl/ 1. Either of two species of scavenging birds in the genus Chionis which breed only on the Antarctic Peninsula and subantarctic islands.
Word: tutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tut + -er. 1. One who tuts (makes a tut sound in disapproval). Example: Unable to risk a desired visit to the sugar station in case of reprisals from the pre-caffeinated mob of tutters, my lack of sugar will be compensated by the sweetness of paying 50p less than the tutters for my latte. 2. One who tuts (practices the dance style known as tutting).
Word: sheathbills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheathbill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cucumber. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːk/ 1. A cucumber. Labels: informal Example: I finally figured out what is mating on my cukes: squash bugs. Example: By the time she was nine, Nina was traveling to distant markets on her own to sell her family's fresh tomatoes, beans, squash, zukes, cukes, peppers[…]
Word: cuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cucoloris. 1. A cucoloris. Labels: slang
Word: cukes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscadet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French muscadet. Pronunciation: /mʊskəˈdeɪ/ 1. A white grape grown chiefly in the Loire valley of France, or a dry white wine made from this grape. Example: Unconventionally, he recommends a Loire red with fresh oysters, a dish the French customarily consume with muscadet, a piercing Loire white.
Word: muscadets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muscadet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multitrack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English track English multitrack From multi- + track. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌl.tiˌtɹæk/ 1. Having or involving more than one track. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lush is the only word for Ulrich Schnauss’s “Goodbye” (Domino), an album that makes most multitrack pop confections sound spartan. 2. Having or involving more than one track. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multitrack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English track English multitrack From multi- + track. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌl.tiˌtɹæk/ 1. To record on multiple tracks simultaneously (typically with each performer or instrument having its own track)
Word: adzebill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adze + bill. 1. Either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand. Example: But other large birds were slaughtered – the flightless goose, an enormous rail now known as the adzebill, swans and pelicans, all of them, like the moa, exploited to the point of extinction after little more than 100 years.
Word: adzebills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adzebill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: integrationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English integration 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 integrationist From integration + -ist. 1. An advocate, supporter and/or practitioner of (social) integration, usually aiming for greater equality. Example: Instead the legal confrontation took place in the 1950s, when the Southern allegation “that integrationists were Communists” carried far greater resonance than it would have a decade earlier, and when “the power of the left to implement desegregation” — as Ms. Gilmore imagines it — no longer existed.
Word: multisectoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English sectoral English multisectoral From multi- + sectoral. 1. Involving multiple sectors Labels: not-comparable Example: As such, the triage process must take into account multisectoral (ie, water, food, sanitation, shelter, fuel, security) factors in making triage decisions.
Word: megastores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megastore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barebones Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bare-bones. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Then, as now, a mere 35 words – the barebones oath of the presidency – is all the U. S. Constitution actually requires.
Word: barebones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barebone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballclub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + club. 1. A baseball team. Example: “I got hurt trying to help the ballclub win ballgames.”
Word: bronchoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos)der. English broncho- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scopy English bronchoscopy From broncho- + -scopy. 1. A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope. Example: The center reported in May that its tests showed that Mr. Speaker had XDR-TB, based on cultures from a lung procedure, a bronchoscopy, at a hospital in Atlanta.
Word: ballclubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballclub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blinged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bling + -ed. 1. Showing a great deal of shiny jewelry. Labels: slang Example: The heavily Botoxed, stylishly black-clad, elegantly blinged women who organized this evening may not want to imitate Bette's style, but they certainly love her sass.
Word: barrelhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barrel + head. 1. The head of a barrel, especially when the barrel has been stood vertically and its head thus serves horizontally like a tabletop.
Word: barrelheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barrelhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beanbrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bean + brain. 1. A stupid person; an idiot Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Food doesn't cease to exist merely because somebody swallowed it, beanbrain.
Word: beanbrains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beanbrain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Navarino Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Pylos, Greece. 2. A town and census-designated place in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.
Word: merlots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merlot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans hok, from Dutch hok. 1. A kind of small hut. Labels: South-Africa
Word: hoks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hok Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonosemantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English phono- English semantic English phonosemantic From phono- + semantic. 1. Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation) Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to phonosemantics Labels: not-comparable
Word: mTOR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of mammalian target of rapamycin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: macroflora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English flora English macroflora From macro- + flora. 1. plants that can be seen with the naked eye
Word: madtsoiid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct snake of the family Madtsoiidae
Word: madtsoiids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of madtsoiid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cass Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from a pet form of Cassandra. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Cais (“descendant of the curly-haired one”), from cas (“curly”). 1. A diminutive of the female given name Cassandra of medieval origin, later also used for Cassidy, Cassiopeia, and Catherine with its variant forms. Example: Most of the time, Anne Marie and Kathleen got along as well as any sisters six years apart would: Kathleen called Anne Annie, and Anne Marie called Kathleen Cass or Kate. Example: “Ah, the charming Miss Cassiopeia Montgomery.” Monsieur Solage bowed over her hand with perfect aplomb. “How fortunate I am today. I have found myself in the company of the two most lovely ladies in Bath.” Athena stifled the urge to roll her eyes. Just when he had started to seem interesting, he revealed himself as just another vapid coxcomb. Cass giggled. 2. A surname originating as a matronymic. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. 4. A diminutive of the male given name Cassius. 5. A number of places: 6. A number of places: 7. A number of places: 8. A number of places:
Word: malhamensilipin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of chlorosulfolipids (such as hexachloro-14-hydroxy-tetracos-1-enol-1-sulfate) that inhibit protein tyrosine kinase. Labels: no-plural
Word: maltopyranoside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malto- + pyranoside. 1. Any glycoside formed from the pyranose form of maltose
Word: Cassian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Cassianus, derivative of Cassius. Name of early saints. Pronunciation: /ˈkæsi.ən/ 1. A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use. 2. A town in Wisconsin. 3. An age from 1.1 to 0.8 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
Word: maltoside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English malt Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English maltose Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English maltoside From maltose + -ide. 1. Any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents
Word: mangabey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native. 1. Any of several large, arboreal Old World monkeys in the genera Cercocebus and Lophocebus.
Word: Sharlene Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene. Example: The name Sharlene sounds like a chemical, she thought. Aunt Gwen has no taste.
Word: mechanokinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- English kinetic English mechanokinetic From mechano- + kinetic. 1. mechanical and kinetic Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to mechanokinetics Labels: not-comparable
Word: mechanokinetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- English kinetics English mechanokinetics From mechano- + kinetics. 1. The ability to cause movement (of artificial limbs etc) by means of the mind Labels: uncountable
Word: Darla Part of Speech: name Etymology: A back-formation from Darlene. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːlə/ 1. A female given name from English.
Word: Darla Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːlə/ 1. A gewog of Chhukha District, Bhutan.
Word: tumpline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tump + line, "tump" is an apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʌmplaɪn/ 1. A strap used to carry objects tied to its ends by placing the broadened or cushioned middle of the strap over the head just above the forehead. Example: The speaker slipped his arms into his pack-harness and adjusted the tumpline to his forehead preparatory to rising.
Word: mechanosensory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English -ory English sensory English mechanosensory From mechano- + sensory. 1. Of or pertaining to the sensing of mechanical stimuli. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mechanotransducer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- English transducer English mechanotransducer From mechano- + transducer. 1. Any cell, etc. that generates a measurable response to mechanical stimulation.
Word: mediational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mediation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to mediation
Word: mediolateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medio- + lateral. 1. Of or pertaining to both the medial plane and the side. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mercaptoethanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mercurium substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin captō Latin captāns Latin mercurium captānsder. English mercapto- German Ethylbor. English ethyl Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol ▲ English ethyl English eth- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English ethane ▲ English alcohol English -ol English ethanol English mercaptoethanol From mercapto- + ethanol. 1. A compound of ethanol with a thiol group, often specifically 2-mercaptoethanol, which is used in various organic chemistry applications including protein denaturation
Word: mercaptoethanols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercaptoethanol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megabreccia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English breccia English megabreccia From mega- + breccia. 1. A very large breccia
Word: metatheoretical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English theoretical English metatheoretical From meta- + theoretical. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛt.ə.θi.əˈɹɛt.ɪkl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to metatheory, the theory of theories Labels: not-comparable Example: OK – I can hear you objecting – I can see how this 'no crossing branches' constraint can be made to work mechanically, but what on earth is the point of it? Why should it matter whether branches can or cannot cross? A good question (if you asked it for the right reasons, and not just because you're be- ginning to get exasperated with Syntax!) Well, the motivation behind this con- straint is essentially as follows: on general metatheoretical grounds (the desire to develop a maximally constrained theory which provides a plausible basis for developing a model of language acquisition), we want to restrict the class of P-markers which qualify as 'possible natural language sentence-structures' as narrowly as possible, and rule out as many 'impossible' structures as we can. Example: In conclusion I will evaluate the gains achieved by formalising ITT from a metatheoretical point of view.
Word: mezuzahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mezuzah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megakaryocytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English megakaryocyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English megakaryocytic From megakaryocyte + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes Labels: not-comparable
Word: mitzvahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mitzvah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megascale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English megascale From mega- + scale. 1. Extremely large-scale
Word: megascale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English megascale From mega- + scale. 1. A very large scale used, for example, in astronomy Labels: uncountable
Word: megatechnics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English technics English megatechnics From mega- + technics. 1. Very large-scale technology. Labels: uncountable
Word: melanocytosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English melanocyte Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English melanocytosis From melanocyte + -osis. 1. The presence of an excessive number of melanocytes.
Word: melanogaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
Word: merrillite Part of Speech: noun 1. A calcium phosphate mineral found in some meteorites
Word: mesoeucrocodylians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesoeucrocodylian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesoeucrocodylian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mesoeucrocodylia + -an 1. Any of a group of mostly extinct crocodylomorphs of the clade Mesoeucrocodylia. Example: The new species possesses a combination of primitive and derived features that helps to fill wide morphological and temporal gaps in early mesoeucrocodylian history. Example: For mesoeucrocodylians known on the basis of incomplete skeletal remains, body size is generally estimated from skull length-total length relationships in extant crocodylians (Webb and Messel, 1978; Woodward el al., 1995; Sereno et al., 2001).
Word: altitudinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin altitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin altitūdō, from altus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, altitude + -ous. 1. Lofty; very high. Labels: humorous Example: STIFFLY If you’re a Brahmin-caste member of the American aristocracy (or six degrees of separation away and want to look like one), Thom Browne delivers excruciatingly high-quality apparel at equally altitudinous prices.
Word: crocodylomorph Part of Speech: noun 1. Any crocodilian or extinct relative in the superorder Crocodylomorpha.
Word: backcheck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + check. 1. To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal. Labels: transitive Example: Any time you've got a guy who can score 63 goals, let him, and find someone else to backcheck. 2. To engage in checking while skating toward or near one's own goal. Labels: intransitive Example: 2004, Bruce Driver, Clare Wharton, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey, page 81: A smart defensive player knows when to backcheck the puck carrier and when to backcheck to cover an open player. Hockey has no greater test of your heart and intensity than your willingness to backcheck, particularly at the end of a sustained attack when the other team has suddenly come up with the puck and you are feeling exhausted. Example: It’s been a real team effort, a commitment to defense and backchecking by everybody. 3. To check someone else's work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type of review or audit, especially one that runs on a backchannel workflow in parallel with the main workflow (and thus is not a rate-determining or throughput-bottlenecking step).
Word: backcheck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + check. 1. The act of backchecking. Example: That was a great backcheck, Gordie. Example: Please backcheck a sample of Sunita's work on the Farthington project.
Word: greenmarkets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greenmarket Labels: form-of, plural Example: We know them as farmers and skilled craftspeople, with high standards and an unfussy sensibility that they bring to the barns they raise, the baked goods they sell at greenmarkets and the quilts and furniture they produce.
Word: mesolimbic 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-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English limbic English mesolimbic From meso- + limbic. 1. Relating to the middle part of the limbic system. Labels: not-comparable Example: “The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right? They’re the ones that activate when we’re expecting or receiving a reward.”
Word: backchecks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backcheck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backchecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backcheck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backchecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backcheck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mesopallium 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-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English pallium English mesopallium From meso- + pallium. 1. The middle part of the pallium
Word: prunings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːnɪŋz/ 1. plural of pruning Labels: form-of, plural Example: Here lie the secrets of keeping African lilies blooming on the terrace from June to frost, how to grow primroses from seed, and how to build a fence out of willow prunings over a trench planted with petits pois, those tiny peas Marie Antoinette cooked herself, we are told, “in a silver saucepan with her own butter.”
Word: mesostructured 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-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English structured English mesostructured From meso- + structured. 1. Having a structure with dimensions intermediate between micro- and macro- levels Labels: not-comparable
Word: bisteeya Part of Speech: noun 1. A sweet and savory pie common in Moroccan cuisine, made with an outer layer of phyllo dough around a filling made of poultry, spices, and ground almonds Example: When the recipe for the Moroccan pigeon pie bisteeya came out, it also entered my repertory for entertaining.
Word: bisteeyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bisteeya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beltline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From belt + line. 1. The imaginary line marking the upper end of the lower body of an automobile, running just below the bottoms of the windows Example: He also envisioned a car with a high beltline and exaggerated forms that visually suggested power, and at the same time promised solidity and security. 2. A beltway: a circular expressway around a city
Word: Gervase Part of Speech: name Etymology: Name of an early saint, Latin Gervasius, of unknown meaning, possibly Latinized from some Germanic name: Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), second element of uncertain meaning, possibly vallis (“valley”), Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”), or the Brythonic name for the river Isara. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.
Word: Jarvis Part of Speech: name Etymology: A surname derived from a Middle English form of Gervase. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑːvɪs/, /ˈd͡ʒɑɹvɪs/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname. 3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. 4. A village in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
Word: seersuckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seersucker Labels: form-of, plural Example: I appreciated a batch of candy-colored men’s seersuckers and linens, a semiwild flight of a remote-controlled fancy.
Word: Gervais Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Gervais, from Latin Gervasius. Pronunciation: /dʒəˈveɪz/, /dʒəˈveɪ/ 1. A surname.
Word: metalacyclic Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a cyclic compound that has one or more metal atom in the ring
Word: metallacyclobutane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. English metallo- English cyclobutane English metallacyclobutane From metallo- + cyclobutane. 1. A derivative of cyclobutane (or of a derivative) in which a methylene group has been replaced by a metal atom
Word: Paterson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English short form of Patrick + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈpætəɹ.sən/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A city, the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States. 4. A town in New South Wales, Australia. 5. A settlement in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. 6. An electoral division in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: jasey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a corruption of jersey, itself named after the island of Jersey. 1. A wig, originally made of worsted wool. Example: Jaseys may be cheaper and more practical, but a real hair wig has more class.
Word: blockfront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From block + front. 1. The buildings facing the street along an entire city block Example: The second stop is the 22-story Lucida, which fills the blockfront on Lexington Avenue between 85th and 86th Streets […].
Word: blockfronts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockfront Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beltlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beltline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turcas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of masa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tralala Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of tra-la-la. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: infelicitousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infelicitous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English infelicitousness From infelicitous + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed Labels: uncountable
Word: hard science Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: hard sciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hard science Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preemptive right Part of Speech: noun 1. The right of shareholders to maintain a constant percentage of a company's shares by receiving a proportionate fraction of any new shares issued, thus preempting any dilution
Word: inside jokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inside joke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: V.O.F. Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of void of fraction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: V.O.F. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of volume of fluid: used to model free-surface flows in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: transfer agent Part of Speech: noun 1. An entity designated by a publicly-traded corporation to keep track of the ownership of the corporation's stocks and bonds
Word: transfer agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transfer agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: briefers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːfəz/, /ˈbɹifɚz/ 1. plural of briefer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brickyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪkˌjɑɹd/ 1. A place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed. Example: Since Vanita was a child, the family has roamed the country in search of work — in construction and road-building, and finally, here to this brickyard.
Word: brickyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brickyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blousy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blouse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blousy From blouse + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈblaʊsi/, /ˈblaʊzi/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing. Example: Here's the store where the women on televangelism programs must buy their dresses, simple, blousy, with padded shoulders, three-quarter-length sleeves, and lace collars. Example: Blousy tops thanks to a shipment of maternity gear from Addison's shoots help hide my faux belly from the rest of the staff, who sadly, must think I've just put on the pounds.
Word: blousy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of blowsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blouson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French blouson. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːzɔ̃ː/, /ˈbluːsɔ̃ː/, /ˈblaʊ̯zən/, /ˈblaʊ̯sən/ 1. A garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband; a blouse jacket. Example: The mom, getting ready to leave, kisses the annoying woman goodbye, deliberately smearing the back of her snow-white blouson with orange Cheetos crumbs.
Word: blueliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + liner, after blue line in hockey. 1. A defenceman Example: On Saturday, hard-luck blueliner Mike Van Ryn was blasted into the end boards by Montreal forward Max Pacioretty and isn't expected to be available for a week or perhaps longer with a lower body injury.
Word: blurbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blurb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blousons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blouson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blurbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blurb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blueliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blueliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: botanicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of botanical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bootprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boot + print. 1. The impression left by a boot while walking Example: Their bootprints turned to face the thicket of briar and bramble in exactly the same place mine had.
Word: boogieing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boogie Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boing Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boinged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of boing Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: boulevardier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier. Pronunciation: /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/, /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdjeɪ/, /ˌbu-/ 1. A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant. Example: Sitting alone at his window-seat, he was like an old boulevardier fallen on hard times, waspish, inward, slothful. Example: The 19th century was the age of the flaneur and the boulevardier, figures who made strolling down Fifth Avenue or Broadway, often vividly attired, a fashionable activity worthy of their counterparts in Paris or London. 2. A cocktail similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin. Labels: capitalized, often Example: The boulevardier is a fun drink. Similar to the negroni, the boulevardier features bourbon as the spirit instead of gin for the negroni. To be clear, they are different drinks but at the same time similar.[…] Example: Make no bones about it, if you were drinking a Boulevardier at Harry's in 1920, you were also drinking in a few hundred litres of smoke-filled air alongside it.[…]
Word: boulevardier Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier. Pronunciation: /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/, /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdjeɪ/, /ˌbu-/ 1. To strut or show off like a boulevardier. Labels: intransitive Example: One spectacular being clothed liked a boulevardiering cavalier and having the mein of a finished chesterfieldian gentleman was noted seated in an oak near the cabin one day. ... It was a northern butcher-bird, the aggressive shrike .... Example: It's safe to say that the baby boom generation is the most self-obsessed group of people ever to have boulevardiered the planet.
Word: bootprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bootprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boulevardiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boulevardier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bolter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bolt + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒltə/, /ˈbəʊltə/, /ˈboltəɹ/, /ˈboʊltɚ/ 1. A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly. Example: 1992 June, Bill Tarrant, Gun Dogs: Problems with a Hunting Pattern, Field & Stream, page 104, Bolting can be one of the worst problems in dogdom to solve. We′ve all seen a bolter — or rather, we haven't seen him. We released him to hunt, and he was gone for the day, the week, the month. I′ve known of bolters to be gone for years. 2. A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual. Example: Evidence is accumulating that bolters are plants which have changed their long-day habit to that of short-day. 3. A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour. Example: The bolter was basically a sheet or roll of wire mesh or cloth (most often canvas or linen, but sometimes silk or another fabric). The flour produced by the mill was fed through or over the device, which was shaken by a mechanism (several were possible) taking power from the drive train leading from the water wheel to the millstones. 4. A person who sifts flour or meal. 5. A filter mechanism. Example: This first bolter contains a screen of eight meshes to the inch and separates the hard particles, dirt or scale. 6. An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory. Labels: Australia Example: Last year he was eliminated by the bolter Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and this time he was beaten by the shining star, Fernando Verdasco. 7. A horse that wins at long odds. Labels: Australia 8. In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success. Labels: New-Zealand 9. A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee. Labels: US Example: The bolters from the Republican convention say, in their manifesto: "Discontent and distress prevail to an extent never before known in the history of the country." 10. A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing. 11. A kind of fishing line; a boulter. 12. Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
Word: bolters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bolter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bolters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bolter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: untheatrical 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 theatrical English untheatrical From un- + theatrical. 1. Not theatrical; mundane; not staged. Example: Some people claim that Beckett's plays have grown more and more untheatrical. I believe the opposite is true Example: Mr. Brown’s work is an odd mixture of theatrical and untheatrical — even antitheatrical — elements in other aspects too.
Word: catechin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catech(u) + -in. Compare catechol. Pronunciation: /ˈkatɪt͡ʃɪn/, /ˈkæt.ə.t͡ʃɪn/ 1. A flavanol derived from catechol (2R,3S)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol
Word: flying squad Part of Speech: noun 1. A rapid-response unit of a police force.
Word: awayday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a railway day-return ticket at a special price. 1. A business event, such as a team-building exercise, training course or internal meeting, that takes place away from the office without the usual distractions. Labels: UK Example: Unlike one location of the 2019 comedy series Down from London, in which Kingsman and Graham Dickson starred as an odd couple trying to fix their relationship with awaydays, her home is not by the sea.
Word: banjolele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of banjo + ukulele. Pronunciation: /ˌbæn.d͡ʒəˈleɪ.li/ 1. A four-stringed musical instrument with a small membrane-covered body like a banjo, with a neck fretted like a ukulele.
Word: banjo ukelele Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of banjo ukulele. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: compensatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English compensate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English compensatable From compensate + -able. 1. Synonym of compensable.
Word: iroko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba ìrókò. 1. A hardwood obtained from several African trees, especially of the species Milicia excelsa. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The tree itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was stuck high in the giant iroko tree that grew in the center of town.
Word: nightbird Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird of the clade Strisores. 2. Alternative form of night bird. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This bar was practically in my quartier and I had many times had breakfast in the nearby working man’s cafe to which all the nightbirds of the neighborhood retired when the bars closed.
Word: wretcheder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wretched: more wretched Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: wretchedest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of wretched: most wretched Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: overexcitement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English excitement English overexcitement From over- + excitement. 1. The condition of being excessively excited. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: vapourises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vapourise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paratroop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + troop. 1. A company of paratroopers.
Word: paratroop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from paratrooper. 1. To serve as a paratrooper. Labels: intransitive
Word: peridomestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English domestic English peridomestic From peri- + domestic. 1. Living in and around human habitations. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rat is a peridomestic animal.
Word: tiddler Part of Speech: noun 1. A small person. Labels: informal 2. A small fish, especially a stickleback. Labels: UK, informal
Word: vapourising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vapourise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vapourised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vapourise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pipeworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + worker. 1. A person who installs pipework (in factories, power stations etc)
Word: vulgarer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of vulgar: more vulgar Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ontosophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onto- + -sophy. 1. A comprehensive explanation for being (in contrast to merely a description of being, or a reason for being). Labels: uncountable
Word: Our Lady of Sorrows Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Latin Māter Dolōrōsa (“Sorrowful Mother”) under influence from Domina Nostra (“Our Lady”) and their descendants in other languages. 1. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her grief at the Christ's crucifixion.
Word: ranchero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish rancho Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Spanish -ero Spanish rancherobor. English ranchero Borrowed from Spanish ranchero. Pronunciation: /ɹænˈt͡ʃɛəɹoʊ/, /ɹɑːnˈt͡ʃɛəɹoʊ/ 1. a ranch or rancho worker Labels: US 2. a ranch or rancho owner Labels: US
Word: rancheros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranchero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ranchera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ranchera (in Spanish the ending "a" usually is for feminine terms, like in this case, because originally is an adjective for música and/or canción, which are feminine nouns). Pronunciation: /ɹænˈt͡ʃɛɹə/ 1. A traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar. Example: With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music. 2. A female ranch or rancho owner 3. A female ranch or rancho worker
Word: rancheras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranchera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: out-of-body experience Part of Speech: noun 1. An experience in which one feels outside of one’s body.
Word: antifraud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fraud. 1. Acting against fraud. Example: “We believe we can still address our legitimate interests in security, innovation and antifraud efforts with this shorter period,” Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy counsel, wrote in the letter.
Word: bachata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Caribbean Spanish bachata (“party, good time”). Pronunciation: /bəˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ 1. A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata. 2. A style of dance accompanying this music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.
Word: waterlilies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterlily Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caoutchoucs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caoutchouc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spit it out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɪt ɪt ˈaʊt/, [spɪ.ɾɪˈɾaʊt] 1. To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general. Labels: derogatory, imperative, often, slang Example: – Sir, I... I... er... – Come on, man! Spit it out! Example: CHUBUKOV. Oh, don't go round and round it, darling! Spit it out! Well? LOMOV. One moment ... this very minute. The fact is, I've come to ask the hand of your daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, in marriage.
Word: vouch for Part of Speech: verb 1. To affirm the truth or reliability of. Labels: idiomatic Example: Let him in. I’ll vouch for his good behaviour.
Word: decertify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English certify English decertify From de- + certify. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɜːtɪfaɪ/ 1. To annul the certification of. Labels: transitive Example: The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors. Example: Nigeria was tagged as a transit-route of drug carriers. This prompted the United States government to decertify the country. 2. To annul a labor union. Labels: transitive Example: As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it.
Word: decertified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decertify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decertifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decertify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decertifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decertify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counterattacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counterattack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counterattacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterattack Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Two groups that have had ties to insurgents, the Islamic Party Fighters and forces of the 20th Revolution brigade, counterattacked in support of the local residents, apparently having turned against those insurgents because of their links to Al Qaeda.
Word: order trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of order tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: order tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A set that is the union of subsets (called segments), each of which is totally ordered, such that the segments fit together a certain way.
Word: ℝ-order trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ℝ-order tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ℝ-order tree Part of Speech: noun 1. An order tree whose segments are homeomorphic to segments of the real line and that is the union of countably many segments.
Word: Winnipeg goldeyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Winnipeg goldeye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metallated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of metallate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metallated Part of Speech: adj 1. Modified by metallation