nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: master of ceremonies Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who acts as a host at a formal event. 2. Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience. Example: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies. Example: The master of ceremonies quickly grabbed and shook his hand. "Welcome to America, George." 3. A rapper.
Word: compere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A borrowing of French compère (“partner, accomplice”), from Old French comper, from Late Latin compater (“godfather”), from Latin com- (“with”) + pater (“father”). Doublet of compeer, compadre, and goombah. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɛː(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑːmpeɹ/ 1. A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Every year I am the compere for our Church Quiz Night. Example: The compere came onto the stage holding the gold envelope that contained the winner's name.
Word: compere Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A borrowing of French compère (“partner, accomplice”), from Old French comper, from Late Latin compater (“godfather”), from Latin com- (“with”) + pater (“father”). Doublet of compeer, compadre, and goombah. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɛː(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑːmpeɹ/ 1. To emcee, to act as compere. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I will be compering for next week's Village Fete.
Word: dauphin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Dauphin, from Middle French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís); the modern pronunciation is sometimes remodelled on Modern French. Doublet of dolphin. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊ.fæ̃/, /ˈdɔː.fɪn/, /doʊˈfæ̃/, /ˈdɔ.fɪn/, /ˈdɔ.fən/ 1. The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois. 2. An eldest son. Labels: figuratively Example: "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came[…]and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins.[…]"
Word: sem Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɛm/ 1. Clipping of seminary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of semester. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of semicolon Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: com Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of community. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of command. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of comedy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 6. Abbreviation of company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 7. A player in a video game which is controlled by the computer rather than a human.
Word: com Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of commercial; as in .com (the most known Internet top-level domain). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of common. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: l. com. car. a.
Word: miaou Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of miaow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: miaou Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of miaow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The "penniless" sense is attested since 1925 and is derived from a variant of skinned. Note also the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it. Pronunciation: /skɪnt/, /skʌnt/ 1. Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: There were a mixture of local people with cold, pinched faces and skint and harassed looking tourists sitting around fondling their itchsome facial hair, their tongues lolling into fizzy yellow pints of lager. Example: Mr Grave proceeded to give a stern warning to those “errant pupils” who, against the rules, had been smuggling their mobile phones into school. This was just about everyone, though Zoe was far too skint to even dream of ever owning one. 2. skinned Labels: slang
Word: saggar maker Part of Speech: noun 1. A skilled person who made saggars by hand, using the thumb to make a neat join between the side and the bottom.
Word: saggar maker's bottom knocker Part of Speech: noun 1. A young boy employed to make the base of a saggar from a lump of fireclay, knocking it into a metal ring with a wooden mallet.
Word: fireclay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fire clay. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge.
Word: fire clay Part of Speech: noun 1. a type of clay that is able to withstand intense heat; used to make firebricks, crucibles, and other ceramics Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Schrödinger's cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961). Pronunciation: /ˌʃɹoʊdɪŋɚz ˈkæt/ 1. A hypothetical cat that is depicted as being surrounded by perfectly uncertain circumstances that make an external observer absolutely unable to deem the cat either alive or dead, especially if the possibilities of survival of the cat are expected to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics. Typically, these circumstances involve the cat being inside a box while being the victim of a danger that may or may not kill it, such as radiation. Example: A cat like yours is a Schrödinger's cat, sealed up in an office where someone's disintegration provides a 50-50 chance of its death. 2. Any hypothetical situation whose circumstances make it impossible to see which among two contrary propositions is correct, especially if the situation is expected to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics. Labels: broadly Example: To see how, let us consider a nested system of Schrödinger's cats.
Word: Schrödinger's cat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961). Pronunciation: /ˌʃɹoʊdɪŋɚz ˈkæt/ 1. The thought experiment which was devised by Erwin Schrödinger, is usually considered a paradox, involves a Schrödinger's cat and is typically supposed to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics. 2. A Schrödinger's cat (a hypothetical cat that may or may not be dead) in particular, especially when implied to be the only Schrödinger's cat in the world. Example: Schrödinger's cat is necessarily alive or dead. Example: And you thought Schrödinger's cat was schizophrenic, unsure about life and death.
Word: thought experiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of German Gedankenexperiment. 1. An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.
Word: transonance Part of Speech: noun 1. The transmission of a sound originating in one organ through the tissue of another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tran- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English transonic From tran- + sonic. 1. Just below, or just above, the speed of sound (0.8 < Ma < 1.2 approximately). Labels: not-comparable 2. Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa. Labels: not-comparable 3. Travelling through a fluid (commonly air) at a speed where regions of supersonic and subsonic flow coexist simultaneously over different portions of the surface of the moving object in question. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subsonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English subsonic From sub- + sonic. 1. having a frequency too low to be audible Labels: not-comparable 2. very quiet, almost inaudible Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: The noise of the ship was all around her. The faint subsonic rumble of the reactor and drive. (Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey) 3. (aviation) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure) Labels: not-comparable Example: But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 4. with a Mach number such that 0.3 < Ma < 0.8 (approximately - the exact limits vary between sources) Labels: not-comparable
Word: subsonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English subsonic From sub- + sonic. 1. an aircraft whose maximum speed is less than the speed of sound
Word: supersonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic. 1. Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure). Labels: not-comparable Example: supersonic jet Example: supersonic movement 2. Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: supersonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic. 1. An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.
Word: speed of sound Part of Speech: noun 1. The speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypersonic 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- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English hypersonic From hyper- + sonic. Doublet of supersonic. 1. Of a speed, equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound. Example: He said there was worry among intelligence and military officials that China or Russia could be experimenting with hypersonic technology. 2. Of a speed, far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.
Word: Mach number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After physicist Ernst Mach. 1. The ratio of the speed of a body to that of sound in the surrounding medium. Labels: uncountable
Word: Mach Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac). Pronunciation: /mɑːk/, /mæk/, /maːx/ 1. A surname from Czech. 2. Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916), born in Moravia (now Czech Republic).
Word: Mach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac). Pronunciation: /mɑːk/, /mæk/, /maːx/ 1. A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number. Labels: uncountable Example: The jet traveled at Mach 3. 2. Clipping of Machiavellian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal Example: The 1992 review concluded that Machs are generally less satisfied with their jobs.
Word: sound barrier Part of Speech: noun 1. Sonic barrier, the sudden increase in drag (resistance) and other effects experienced by moving objects when their speed approaches that of sound or becomes supersonic (which used to be considered a barrier to higher speeds). Labels: uncountable 2. A noise barrier, a structure beside a highway designed to reduce the noise of traffic. Labels: countable Example: St Ives: The guided busway on the old railway alignment to Cambridge has just passed its tenth anniversary. Railfuture has noted its down-at-heel physical appearance, with dirty concrete beams, damaged sound barriers, and unmanaged vegetation.
Word: transorbital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + orbital. 1. Passing through the orbit, or eye socket. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transorbital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + orbital. 1. A lobotomy carried out through the eye socket. 2. A commercial spacecraft operating between the planets of the solar system.
Word: transpacific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English Pacific English transpacific From trans- + Pacific. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹæns.pəˈsɪf.ɪk/, /-ˌtɹænz.-/ 1. On, from the other side of, spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transatlantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic English transatlantic From trans- + Atlantic. 1. On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Labels: not-comparable Example: Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners. Example: Many travellers via Fishguard regret the closing by British Transport Hotels & Catering Services of the Fishguard Bay Hotel, built by the G.W.R. early in the century for the expected transatlantic traffic.
Word: toolbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tool + box. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːlˌbɒks/, /ˈtuːlˌbɑks/, /ˈtʉːlˌbɔks/ 1. A storage case for tools. 2. A set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs. 3. A set of skills or competences Labels: figuratively Example: Developing this chameleon-like skill could prove to be a very useful addition to your toolbox for winning people over – and getting ahead. 4. Dumbass or idiot. Labels: slang Example: From the get go, one can immediately tell that this kid is a fucking toolbox. Example: I've been in construction since I was dishonorably discharged by those toolboxes in the Royal Guard.
Word: transparence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin trānspārentia. 1. Synonym of transparency. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: transparency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentia, equivalent to transparent + -cy. Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/, /tɹænzˈpæɹənsi/, /tɹænz-/, /tɹænsˈpɛɹənsi/ 1. The quality of being transparent. Labels: uncountable 2. Openness; accessibility to scrutiny. Labels: uncountable Example: And it [bribery and fraud] didn't stop there. Both Sir Winston Churchill and later Labour leader Michael Foot were allegedly regular recipients of private cheques that would have seen them summarily sacked in this present age of transparency. Example: Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 3. A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it. Labels: countable Example: According to Bray (Life of Stothard, p. 50), the silversmiths Rundell and Bridge displayed a large transparency by Thomas Stothard, painted in thin oils on canvas and lit from behind, in front of their house on Ludgate Hill in honour of the King's Jubilee in 1810. Example: It soon came: as they were on their way to a transparency of their majesties, not a little larger than life—with Bellona, in a very handsome helmet, on one side, and Peace, with a cornucopia and a full blown wreath of roses, on the other—the path was interrupted by a little knot of gentlemen. 4. A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it. Labels: countable Example: When Jessie Washburne-Harris worked as a sales associate at Gagosian New York in the late 1990s, she shared images of available artworks with her clients via colour transparencies, which were incredibly expensive to produce. 5. Something transparent. Labels: countable Example: John Lehmann's narrator Jack Marlowe is such a transparency, and his fiction is totally formless. 6. Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: offre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of offer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: offre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of offer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: train wreck Part of Speech: noun 1. A train crash. 2. The wreckage resulting from a train crash. 3. A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers. Labels: figuratively Example: There is a feeling in Washington that we are gathering at the side of the track to watch a gigantic economic train wreck one of these days. Example: "Your personal life has been, and is, a train wreck." 4. Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin. Labels: figuratively Example: She may have been a train wreck, but she was a train wreck people still can't seem to get enough of. The sordid but fascinating story of her vicious, no-holds-barred battle with life is one of the most gripping, sex-soaked biographies in years. Example: […] women, by and large, do not like themselves very much: their ambition gaps, their orgasm gaps, their imposter syndrome, […] their trainwrecks, and their need for trainwrecks; the enduring, self-loathing need to find someone about whom they can say well, at least I'm not that girl.
Word: train wreck Part of Speech: verb 1. To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: […] basic fundamental communication steps must be achieved so not to train wreck the new employee. Example: "I want this, too, I want you. Like really want you more than anything I've wanted in a long time. But if you force it, you're going to train wreck the whole thing in a fiery mess over a steep cliff with jagged rocks below."
Word: brutalitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of brutal + totalitarian. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹuː.talɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌbɹu.tælɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. brutal and totalitarian
Word: brutalitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of brutal + totalitarian. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹuː.talɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌbɹu.tælɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A brutal totalitarian.
Word: goose pimple Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of goose bump. Labels: Northern-US Example: Trace a line of goose pimples up the thin young arm. Slide the needle in and push the bulb watching the junk hit him all over. Move right in with the shit and suck junk through all the hungry young cells.
Word: goose skin Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of goose bump. Labels: uncountable
Word: goose flesh Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡusˌflɛʃ/, /ˈɡuːsˌflɛʃ/ 1. Synonym of goose bumps. Labels: uncountable
Word: pilomotor reflex Part of Speech: noun 1. The reflex that causes raised skin, usually the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear.
Word: light source Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪt.sɔːs/, /ˈlaɪt.sɔɹs/, [ˈlʌɪt.sɔɹs] 1. A source of illumination.
Word: flagstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈflæɡ.stəʊn/, /ˈflæɡˌstoʊn/ 1. A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing. Example: Grass sprouted between the pebbles and a greenish stain lay upon the flagstones. Example: In 1946, several of the heavy flagstones, which form the decking of the viaduct, were replaced or reseated, and manholes were provided in the decking, to facilitate access to the inner walls. 2. One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
Word: transpiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro. 1. The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The passage of gases through fine tubes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transpirable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English transpire Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transpirable From transpire + -able. 1. able to be transpired Labels: not-comparable
Word: transplace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trans- + place. 1. To move or put something in an opposite or different place; to transpose. Labels: transitive
Word: transplantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English transplant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transplantable From transplant + -able. 1. able to be transplanted
Word: transpolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + polar. 1. extending across, or crossing one of the poles, or a polar region Labels: not-comparable
Word: bag of bones Part of Speech: noun 1. A skinny, malnourished person or animal. Labels: idiomatic Example: Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman. That old bag of bones to bring down cataclysm on him! That old thing the nemesis of an inspired aspiration!
Word: transponder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of transmitter + responder. Pronunciation: /tɹænˈspɒn.də/, /tɹænˈspɑn.dɚ/ 1. A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal. Example: 36 MHz transponder providing a pool of 794 reallocatable frequencies. Example: Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.
Word: identification friend or foe Part of Speech: noun 1. An identification system designed for command and control. It enables military and national (civilian air traffic control) interrogation systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly and to determine their bearing and their range from the interrogator. Labels: uncountable 2. An identification system designed for command and control. It enables military and national (civilian air traffic control) interrogation systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly and to determine their bearing and their range from the interrogator. Labels: uncountable
Word: transportable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā 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 Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transportable From transport + -able. Pronunciation: /tɹænˈspɔː(ɹ)təb(ə)l/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔː(ɹ)təb(ə)l/, /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbəl/, /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbl̩/, /tɹænzˈpɔɹtəbəl/ 1. Capable of being transported; easily moved. 2. Incurring the punishment of transportation or exile to another place. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: a transportable offence
Word: transportable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā 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 Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transportable From transport + -able. Pronunciation: /tɹænˈspɔː(ɹ)təb(ə)l/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔː(ɹ)təb(ə)l/, /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbəl/, /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbl̩/, /tɹænzˈpɔɹtəbəl/ 1. A semi-permanent building, such as a portable classroom in a school, or accommodation for fly-in fly-out workers. Labels: Australia 2. A portable computer or telephone. Labels: dated Example: In some cases, the heavier transportables are replacing desktop PC models — but they are not leaving the office.
Word: transporter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā 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 Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transporter From transport + -er. First attested in 1535. Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈpɔːt.ə/, /tɹansˈpɔːt.ə/, /tɹænsˈpoɹt.əɹ/, /tɹænsˈpoːt.ə/, /tɹɛnsˈpoːt.ə/ 1. One who, or that which transports. 2. One who, or that which transports. 3. One who, or that which transports. 4. One who, or that which transports. 5. A carrier.
Word: transporter bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of movable bridge that carries a segment of suspended roadway across a river. Example: The most striking feature at Runcorn is the well-known transporter bridge, a suspended car which carries road traffic across both the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.
Word: transposable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English transpose Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transposable From transpose + -able. 1. able to be transposed (in any sense) Labels: not-comparable
Word: transposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French transposer. 1. Someone who transposes (in any sense). 2. A computer program that automatically transposes music from one key to another.
Word: transposase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transpose Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English transposase From transpose + -ase. 1. An enzyme required for the transposition of transposons Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transposon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transpose + -on. 1. A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome of another species. Example: 2002, Ahmet Ipek, Introduction of an Ac/Ds Based Two-element Transposon Tagging System and Trans-activation of Ds in Carrot (Daucus Carota L.), University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 44, Transposon tagging is a powerful technique to identify and clone genes. The successful application of transposon tagging requires previous identification and cloning of a transposon in the species under consideration. Example: An alternative approach to the use of retroviruses was to use a DNA transposon to integrate DNA into zebrafish chromosomes.
Word: transputer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of transistor + computer. 1. A single chip with CPU, memory and communications capability, used in grids to form parallel processing computers. Example: One of the most intriguing advances has been the development of the transputer, a single-chip computer developed by Inmos Ltd.
Word: remuda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish remuda. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈmuːdə/ 1. A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected. Labels: Canada, US Example: ‘Don’t die!’ You can bet your Red River remuda on that. Example: To one side of the barn was a remuda of work-horses, perhaps twenty in all.
Word: transubstantiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin substantis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin substantia 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 trānsubstantiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin trānsubstantiātiōbor. English transubstantiation Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānsubstantiātiō. Pronunciation: /tɹænz.səbˈstæn.ʃiˌeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!” 2. Conversion of one substance into another. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: transubstantial Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to transubstantiation Labels: not-comparable
Word: transubstantiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tran- + substantiate. 1. To change one substance into another; to transmute. Labels: transitive 2. To change the bread and wine of the Eucharist into the body and blood of Jesus. Labels: transitive
Word: transudation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, trans + sudation. 1. the process of passing through a membrane, pore or interstice Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transudate Part of Speech: noun 1. The product of transudation 2. A substance that transudes
Word: transude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tran- (“through”) + sudare (“to sweat”). 1. To pass through a pore, membrane or interstice.
Word: transuranic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English uranic English transuranic From trans- + uranic. 1. Of an element: lying beyond uranium in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 92. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transuranic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English uranic English transuranic From trans- + uranic. 1. Any element lying beyond uranium in the periodic table.
Word: transactinide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English actinide English transactinide From trans- + actinide. 1. Lying beyond lawrencium (the last actinide) in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 103. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transactinide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English actinide English transactinide From trans- + actinide. 1. Any of the artificially produced elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
Word: Deichtine Part of Speech: name 1. Female name. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the mother of Cúchulainn and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa. Labels: Irish
Word: tenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.nənt/ 1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy). Example: Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place. Example: You are just a tenant here, you say / Living in and out of this life / As cheaply as you can 2. One who has possession of any place. Labels: broadly Example: c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom sweet tenants of this grove Example: the happy tenant of your shade 3. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application. Example: multi-tenant hosting 4. One who holds a feudal tenure in real property. Labels: historical 5. One who owns real estate other than via allodial title. Labels: broadly
Word: tenant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.nənt/ 1. To hold as, or be, a tenant. 2. To inhabit. Labels: transitive Example: His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. Example: The felling of dense and lofty forests, which covered, even within the records of history, a considerable space on the globe, now tenanted by civilized man, must generally have lessened the amount of vegetable food throughout the space where these woods grew.
Word: tenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”). 1. Misconstruction of tenet. Labels: alt-of, misconstruction
Word: archivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English archive 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 archivist From archive + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)kəvɪst/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)ˌkaɪvɪst/ 1. One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives. Example: The billionaire’s will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.
Word: under the wire Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Across the finish line. Example: Lying forward flattened along Sunfish's hard-muscled shoulders, Bud was gaining and gaining—one length, then two lengths as he shot under the wire, slowed and rode back to find a silent crowd watching him. 2. At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late. Labels: idiomatic Example: Russians had heard rumors, and foreign correspondents had obtained confirmation, that the Dictator will soon drastically tighten up proverbially loose Bolshevik divorce laws. In a panic to get in under the wire, every Moscow mate who has recently thought of divorce was last week jamming the official bureaus.
Word: mend fences Part of Speech: verb 1. To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't think he was very happy with my work, so I'm going to talk to him and try to mend fences. Example: And furthermore, just because I agree to take a walk doesn't mean we've mended fences. But he doesn't pick up.
Word: transition element Part of Speech: noun 1. Any element in the d block of the periodic table (i.e. groups 3 to 12 inclusive). 2. The same, but excluding the group 12 elements (i.e. groups 3 to 11 inclusive). Labels: dated 3. Any of the group of metallic elements that have an incomplete inner (d) electron shell, having multiple valencies and forming coloured compounds and stable complex ions. Labels: dated
Word: mishap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mishap, myshappe, myssehappe, equivalent to mis- + hap. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪshæp/ 1. An accident, mistake, or problem. Example: Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step. Example: He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked. 2. Ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Example: Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest, Secure from worldly chances and mishaps! Example: He ſvvet and ſvvet againe vvith ſuch exceſſiue ſvvoonings, as not only himſelfe, but likevviſe all the beholders, did verily deeme, that his life vvas ending. This ſtorme and miſhappe endured about ſome tvvo hovvres, after vvhich hee remayned not cured as his Maſter, but ſo vveary and indiſpoſed, as hee vvas not able to ſtand.
Word: mishap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- + hap. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈhæp/ 1. To happen through misfortune; to mishappen. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: reallow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Latin allaudō Old French aloer Latin allocō Old French aloer Anglo-Norman alouerbor. Middle English allowen English allow English reallow From re- + allow. 1. To allow again. Labels: transitive
Word: mentions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnʃənz/ 1. plural of mention Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mentions Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnʃənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mention Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blueberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blueberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blueberries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blueberry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ween Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”). Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. Doubt; conjecture. Labels: obsolete
Word: ween Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. Labels: archaic Example: And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000. Example: And right as Arthur was on horseback there came a damosel from Morgan le Fay, and brought unto Sir Arthur a sword like unto Excalibur, and the scabbard, and said unto Arthur, Morgan le Fay sendeth here your sword for great love. And he thanked her, and weened it had been so, but she was false, for the sword and the scabbard were counterfeit, and brittle, and false. 2. To expect, hope or wish. Labels: dated
Word: ween Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English weinen (“to wail, lament”), from Old English wānian (“to bewail, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, lament, grieve”). Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, cry”), German weinen (“to weep, cry”), Icelandic veina (“to wail, cry out”), West Frisian weine (“to weep, cry”). Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. To weep or cry. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, rare Example: The boy's mother weened day and night. 2. To lament. Labels: obsolete
Word: ween Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. Misspelling of wean. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ween Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of wiener dog Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. wiener dog, dachshund Labels: slang
Word: ween Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of wiener (penis) Pronunciation: /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwɪi̯n] 1. penis Labels: slang
Word: hoise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Middle Dutch hisen (modern Dutch hijsen) or Middle Low German hissen. Compare hoist, the modern form. Pronunciation: /hɔɪz/ 1. To hoist. Labels: transitive 2. To hoist, be raised. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: tipple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpəl/ 1. An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. Labels: countable 2. An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. Labels: countable Example: Alternative form: tippler 3. Any alcoholic drink. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: The comedian would have divers bottles of tipple hidden under bushes and in crannies around his house, and would select guests to embark on his idea of a treasure hunt. Example: What's your tipple?
Word: tipple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpəl/ 1. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. 2. To drink too much alcohol. Labels: ambitransitive 3. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess. Labels: intransitive Example: Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets. 4. To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it. Labels: transitive 5. To fall over; to topple. Labels: intransitive Example: The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth. Example: After taking a few moments to recover he turned and meandered towards the closest Supergun, ramming it from the side and watching as it tippled over.
Word: in order Part of Speech: adj 1. In a sequence. Example: Place the cards in order by color, then by number. 2. Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy. Example: Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order. Example: I wish I could get my desk in order. 3. In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body. Labels: formal, idiomatic 4. Appropriate, worthwhile. Labels: idiomatic Example: Now that we have finally finished, I think a celebration is in order.
Word: in order Part of Speech: adv 1. Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […] Example: She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd. 2. Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her. 3. In sequence. Labels: comparable Example: They sang in order, ending with a basso profundo.
Word: orbiculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. spherical or circular; orbicular Example: Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.
Word: orbiculate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.
Word: musical bow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzɪkəl ˈbəʊ/ 1. A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.