nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prior knowledge Part of Speech: noun 1. Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful. Labels: uncountable Example: The defendant was convicted because the prosecutor proved the defendant's prior knowledge of the victim's particular vulnerability. 2. Prior to the inception of an insurance policy, knowledge of specific extant circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a claim under that policy. Labels: uncountable Example: All our policies require a declaration of no prior knowledge as a matter of routine. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prior, knowledge. Labels: uncountable Example: I had no prior knowledge of linguistics, but that didn't stop me from writing a dictionary. Example: The impact of prior knowledge on the acquisition of knowledge is certanly not a new finding.
Word: auster Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɔːstɚ/, /ˈɒstɚ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”). Labels: alt-of
Word: austerely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English austere Middle English -ly English -ly English austerely From austere + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɔˈstiɹli/ 1. In an austere manner. Example: "You'd better hurry," said Hetty austerely.
Word: austereness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English austere 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 austereness From austere + -ness. 1. The state of being austere Labels: uncountable 2. The state of being austere Labels: uncountable Example: VVho will beleeue thee Iſabell? / My vnſoild name, th' auſteereneſſe of my life, / My vouch againſt you, and my place i'th State, / VVill ſo your accuſation ouer-vveigh, / That you ſhall ſtifle in your ovvne report, / And ſmell of calumnie.
Word: austerity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐστηρότης (austērótēs, “bitter, harsh”). Morphologically austere + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɔˈstɛɹɪti/ 1. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most rigid and noted of the English ladies resident in the French capital acknowledged and countenanced her; the virtuous Lady Elderbury, the severe Lady Rockminster, the venerable Countess of Southdown—people, in a word, renowned for austerity, and of quite a dazzling moral purity:—so great and beneficent an influence had the possession of ten (some said twenty) thousand a year exercised upon Lady Clavering’s character and reputation 2. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance. Example: The war-torn first half of the 20th century, together with the railway grouping of 1923, ushered in further austerity in design. 3. A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment." 4. Sourness and harshness to the taste. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: producibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English producible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English producibility From producible + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being producible. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The measure of the relative ease of manufacturing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: australize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English austral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English australize From austral + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːs.trə.laɪz/ 1. To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. Labels: intransitive Example: They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another. Example: A loadstone placed upon a small trencher of wood, floating on water, does instantly in one determinate point australize […]
Word: austromancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin auster (“south wind”); austro- + -mancy. 1. Soothsaying or divination from observing the winds or clouds. Labels: uncountable
Word: authentical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Classical Latin authenticus + -al. By surface analysis, authentic + -al. 1. Authentic. Labels: archaic Example: He graunted it: and streight his warrant made, / Under the Sea-gods seale autenticall[…]. Example: The curious and exact care he had of his body, is an authenticall witneſſe of it, forſomuch as hee vſed the moſt laſcivious meanes that then were in vſe, […]
Word: authentically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English authentically From authentic + -ally. 1. In an authentic manner; genuinely Example: It is in the nature of all party systems that the authentically political talents can assert themselves only in rare cases, and it is even rarer that the specifically political qualifications survive the petty maneuvers of party politics with its demands for plain salesmanship. Example: Contrary to popular belief, sushi doesn't have to be served over a bar. A favorite place to get authentically sushified.
Word: authenticalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English authentical 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 authenticalness From authentical + -ness. 1. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Slutsky Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Слуцкий (Sluckij). Pronunciation: /ˈsluːtskiː/, /ˈslʌtski/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Слу́цкий (Slúckij). 2. A surname from Russian.
Word: authenticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin authenticō. By surface analysis, authentic + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɒˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/, /ɔˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/, /ɑˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/ 1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. Labels: transitive 2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true. Labels: transitive Example: He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake. Example: The server could not authenticate the request.
Word: authenticate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English authenticate From authentic + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɒˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/, /ɔˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/, /ɑˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/ 1. Synonym of authentic.
Word: authenticly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English authentic Middle English -ly English -ly English authenticly From authentic + -ly. 1. Dated spelling of authentically.
Word: authenticness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English authentic 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 authenticness From authentic + -ness. 1. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. Labels: uncountable
Word: authentics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called on account of its authenticity. 1. A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author. Labels: uncountable
Word: promissory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English promissorye, from Medieval Latin prōmissōrius. By surface analysis, promise + -ory. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɔɹi/ 1. Containing or consisting of a promise. Labels: not-comparable 2. Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: psalmist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English psalm 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 psalmist From psalm + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːmɪst/ 1. A composer of psalms. Example: An environment which would have made a contented woman a poet, a suffering woman a devotee, a pious woman a psalmist, even a giddy woman thoughtful, made a rebellious woman saturnine. 2. A composer of one of the Biblical Psalms. Labels: capitalized Example: The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says. Example: Either man is the creature whom the Psalmist described as "a little lower than the angels," crowned with glory and honor, holding "dominion over the works" of his Creator; or man is a soulless, animated machine to be enslaved, used and consumed by the state for its own glorification.
Word: pyogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pyo- + -genic. Pronunciation: /ˌpaɪ.əˈdʒɛnɪk/ 1. Referring to bacterial infections that make pus.
Word: forgetfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forgetfulnes, forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse, equivalent to forgetful + -ness. Pronunciation: /fəˈɡɛtfʊlnɪs/ 1. The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: forgetfulness of duty
Word: implicature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/, /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/ 1. An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.
Word: paraphrastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to a paraphrase. 2. Of a Latin conjugation: composed of the verb sum with participial forms of the verbs conjugated (as in e.g. amaturus sum).
Word: organza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since about 1820, of uncertain origin. Suggestions include: alteration of Lorganza (supposedly a trade name at the time for such a fabric) and/or ultimate derivation from Urgench or Old Urgench (supposedly associated with fabric production). Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡæn.zə/, /ɔɹˈɡæn.zə/ 1. A thin, stiff, sheer fabric that is made from silk or a synthetic yarn, which resembles organdy, and is used in dressmaking. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But Pinky, at night, toward the morning, to become a woman, was that it? How the white legs would glow against the fire-colored chiffon and bright pink organza, Pinky's white white legs.
Word: ooid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oo- (“egg”) + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊˌɔɪd/, /ˈoʊˌɔɪd/ 1. A small calcium carbonate- or iron-coated grain found on the seafloor.
Word: ooid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oo- (“egg”) + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊˌɔɪd/, /ˈoʊˌɔɪd/ 1. Shaped like an egg; ovoid; ovate. Example: One thinks of everything from amphitheaters like the Colosseum to Buckminster Fuller in his more ooid modes
Word: hypercapnia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + capn- + -ia; more at capno- § Etymology. 1. The condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: kulan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of koulan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kanten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 寒天 (kanten). 1. agar Labels: uncountable
Word: arctophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English arctophile From Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) + English -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːktəfaɪl/, /ˈɑɹktəˌfaɪl/ 1. One who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them. Example: On the other hand I am appalled by the ways these "arctophiles" seem to feel for their childhood friends not an informed, reminiscent emotion, but exactly what they felt at 6 with no development at all.
Word: impeached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impeach Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. Removed from office in accordance with Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution.
Word: attorney-client privilege Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal doctrine that protects certain confidential communications between a lawyer and his or her clients. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: solicitor-client privilege Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of attorney-client privilege. Labels: uncountable
Word: ass-licker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said because the ass is considered vulgar and being willing to kiss another's is considered a sign of submission and patronage. 1. Someone who performs anilingus. Labels: US, literally, slang, vulgar 2. Someone who succumbs to authority, someone who excessively flatters or submits to authority figures in order to gain favor or secure a reward. Labels: US, figuratively, slang, vulgar Example: If they’re to make anything of themselves, they must instead become ass-lickers, lap dogs and sycophants. 3. Any contemptible person. Labels: US, broadly, figuratively, slang, vulgar
Word: choo choo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of choo-choo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: linoleate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From linoleic + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of linoleic acid.
Word: renewal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From renew + -al. 1. The act of renewing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods. 2. An offensive action made immediately after a parried one. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: occasional table Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From occasional (“for an occasion”) + table. 1. Any small table, such as an end table, which has no particular function and may typically be folded away. Example: A cushion-covered divan; three-piece lounge-suite; occasional table, writing table and radio constituted the principal pieces[.]
Word: Rabia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic رَابِعَة (rābiʕa), the feminine of رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) as well as رَابِع (rābiʕ, “fourth”), from أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”). Hence Rabia means both "spring" and "the fourth female". 1. A female given name from Arabic, meaning spring, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia El Basri.
Word: Nathan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪθən/ 1. An Old Testament prophet who advised King David. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And Dauids anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: […] 2. The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 3. A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale. Admittedly, Nathan Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: Nathan Hale, / Nathan Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail. Being a Nathan was sometimes trying. Example: He was so proud he'd had a son. He talked me into naming him Nathan saying he had always loved that name. I was surprised to see when I looked it up in a name book it meant gift from God. And yes that was a very appropriate name. 4. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An Ashkenazi surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of Natan. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nathan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a 2014 meme which suggested that white people should replace the word nigga in rap songs with Nathan. The present meaning of the term dates from around 2017. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪθən/ 1. A white hip-hop fan, especially one who listens to white rappers and looks down on mumble rap. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: A Nathan is a stereotype who usually listens to white rappers like Eminem,logic and NF, and hates new rap Example: Nathans are infinitely worse than mumble/trap fans
Word: IVA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of individual voluntary arrangement. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of individual vehicle approval. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of intravehicular activity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of in-vitro activation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: gorget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gorget, from Old French gorgete, from gorge (“throat”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːdʒɪt/, /ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒɪt/, /ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒɛt/, /ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒət/, /ˌɡoɹˈʒeɪ/ 1. A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest. Labels: historical Example: About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target Example: Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. 2. A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon, used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a dress military uniform by officers. Labels: historical 3. A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple. Labels: historical 4. An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc. 5. A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. 6. A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget. 7. A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Example: There was […] the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage […] 8. A hake caught in a net set for other fish. Labels: Cornwall, UK, dialectal
Word: pettifoggery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pettifogger Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English pettifoggery From pettifogger + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi/ 1. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel. Example: He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery. Example: Yet even Harlan was to prove capable of grievous pettifoggery on the racial issue.
Word: infeasible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + feasible. Cognate to French infaisable. 1. Not feasible. Example: "With magic in limited use and hidden, it was possible to enhance the various magic resistances of humans, and to keep certain forms of magic from being possible. If magic enters common usage, this interference becomes infeasible." Example: Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said: "There is a cost-of-living crisis, and the Prime Minister blew nearly £1m of public money on an utterly infeasible vanity project. That's enough to fill 18,000 potholes. This shows the Tories' sheer disrespect for public money."
Word: Zaum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian за́умь (záumʹ, literally “nonsense”). 1. Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
Word: toom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). 1. Empty; bare. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, rare Example: Gin she was toom afore, she's toomer now, Her heart was like to loup out at her mou'. Example: Then hie to the Custom House, add to your pleasures, Now you're well cover'd, so toom the new measures: It ne'er will be finish'd, I'll wager a groat, Till they've cut a canal te admit five-men boats!
Word: toom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). 1. A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited. Labels: Scottish
Word: toom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). 1. To empty; teem. Labels: dialectal, rare
Word: toom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmą (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”). 1. Vacant time, leisure. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He had exhausted Bath, but his connections and introductions made the transition easy. There was toom for two in the capital.
Word: Zaun Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Zaun. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Zwilling Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwinosder. Proto-Germanic *twinaz Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz Old High German *twiniling Old High German zwiniling Middle High German zwillinc German Zwillingbor. English Zwilling Borrowed from German Zwilling. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Zweig Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Zweig. 1. A surname from German or Yiddish. Example: “This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to re-establish control over an underregulated sector,” David Zweig, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said of the death-sentence verdict. […] Mr. Zweig at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, however, says the sentences handed down recently are more aimed at the domestic audience, which is at the greatest risk of being harmed by counterfeit or substandard drugs made in China.
Word: tegula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tegula (“a tile”), from tegō (“to cover”). Doublet of tile. 1. A small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum. 2. A flat Roman roof tile with raised edges, joined together by an imbrex. 3. Any sea snail in the genus Tegula.
Word: religiosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From religio(u)s + -ity, from Latin religiositas. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˌlɪd͡ʒɪˈɒsɪti/, /ɹɪˌlɪd͡ʒɪˈɑsəti/ 1. The quality of being religious or pious, especially when zealous. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “At least part of the stir over Carter’s shirtsleeve religiosity is that he seems to practice what he preaches,” Newsweek magazine mused a few days after the “born again” question made headlines across the country. “Kennedy went to Mass and Richard Nixon spoke affectionately of his Quaker mother, but neither appeared to be truly religious.”
Word: Zipfel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Zipfel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Zeug Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *teugą Proto-West Germanic *teug Old High German giziug Middle High German ziuc German Zeugbor. English Zeug Borrowed from German Zeug. 1. A surname from German.
Word: look on Part of Speech: verb 1. To watch; to observe without participating. Labels: idiomatic Example: My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on. 2. To think of something in a particular way. Labels: idiomatic Example: I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend. Example: We don't look kindly on people like you.
Word: spritzing Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount applied by a spritz; a small amount of liquid, lightly applied; a sprinkling. Example: He gave the shirt a spritzing of water and ran the iron across the collar. Example: Employees even help pool guests stay cool on hot summer days with spritzings of Evian water.
Word: spritzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spritz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: risk universe Part of Speech: noun 1. All the risks that could affect an entity.
Word: Microscopium Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”). 1. A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.
Word: psig Part of Speech: symbol 1. Pounds per square inch, gauge (unit of pressure)
Word: political risks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of political risk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: showcases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of showcase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: showcases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of showcase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: risk management Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of determining the maximum acceptable level of overall risk to and from a proposed activity, then using risk assessment techniques to determine the initial level of risk and, if this is excessive, developing a strategy to ameliorate appropriate individual risks until the overall level of risk is reduced to an acceptable level. Labels: uncountable Example: 2002: InsTech.info, LLC, A short history of risk management: 1900 - 2002 at http://www.instech.info/utaustin/DOWNLOADS/Hist_of_RM_2002.pdf 1921: Frank Knight publishes Risk, Uncertainty and Profit, a book that becomes the keystone in the risk management library. Example: a2006: University of Surrey website, Risk Management History read at https://web.archive.org/web/20080529083848/http://portal.surrey.ac.uk/portal/page?_pageid=823,181134&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Even if it has deeper foundations, risk management, as it is practiced today, is essentially a post-1960s phenomenon.
Word: cooled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cool Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English cooled From cool + -ed. Pronunciation: /kuːld/, /kuld/ 1. Brought to a lower temperature. Example: Set one of the cooled cakes, with its top side down, on a cake stand or plate […]. 2. With a descriptive word: brought to a lower temperature by means of. Example: a water-cooled engine 3. Brought to a reduced degree of anger or fervour. Labels: figuratively
Word: cooled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English cool Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English cooled From cool + -ed. Pronunciation: /kuːld/, /kuld/ 1. simple past and past participle of cool Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: along about Part of Speech: prep 1. Approximately; at around some time. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: If you ask for it back Sunday he might return it along about Wednesday.
Word: political risk Part of Speech: noun 1. Any financial or other risk that stems from the possibility of a nation changing its policies.
Word: on the verge of Part of Speech: prep 1. Almost at the beginning of. Example: He was finally on the verge of success. Example: Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.
Word: Musca Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin musca (“a fly”). Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, between 1595 and 1597. Doublet of mouche. 1. An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.
Word: musca Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of musca volitans. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: frustrated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ˈfʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of frustrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frustrated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ˈfʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/ 1. Foiled, stopped, disappointed. 2. Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire. Example: She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters. Example: Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes. 3. Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated. Labels: Philippines, form-of, imperfect Example: A frustrated robbery may financially cripple the company or lead it to recover; a frustrated homicide or murder leaves the victim injured or wounded, not killed.
Word: Rigel Part of Speech: name Etymology: A corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one (i.e., Orion)”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl/ 1. A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky. Example: He is so pictured in the ancient Denderah Zodiac, where we see a man coming forth pointing to the three bright stars (Rigel, Bellatrix, and Betelguez) as his.
Word: Rigel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reigel or Riegel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: vaso vasorum Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of vasa vasorum. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: These vessels communicate with the cavity of the thrombosed vessel, and with its vaso vasorum. (Fig. 128.) Example: The tenuous vaso vasorum therefore remains preserved in the naturally occurring state, a circumstance which improves vascular patency.
Word: Tucana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From later Latin tucana (“toucan”). 1. A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a toucan. It lies south of the constellations Phoenix and Grus.
Word: salmagundi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French salmigondis (“seasoned salt meats”), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”), from Old French salemine. Pronunciation: /ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/, /ˌsæl.məˈɡʌn.di/ 1. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms. Example: This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.
Word: riff-raff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of riffraff. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: recompensation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recompense + -ation. Equivalent to re- + compensation. 1. Synonym of compensation. Labels: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable 2. A plea in cases of debt collection whereby a plaintiff counters a defendant's claim of compensation as a reason for absolving the alleged debt. Labels: Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: red mist Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to prevent clear thinking. Labels: also, attributive, figuratively Example: What was that tackle about? The red mist still descends on Beckham occasionally. Example: Slowly the red mist faded from before Tarzan’s eyes. Things began to take form—he was regaining the perspective of civilized man. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, mist. Example: the red mists of the morning
Word: reimbursement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reimburse Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English reimbursement From reimburse + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.ɪmˈbɜːs.mənt/ 1. The act of compensating someone for an expense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: expense reimbursement Example: medical reimbursement
Word: retrospective memory Part of Speech: noun 1. The remembering of information from the past. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: risk assessment Part of Speech: noun 1. The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: BBC News website, Radioactive warning on Fife beach read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4974692.stm on 14 May 2006 - Sepa has been carrying out a risk assessment at the bay and now wants a detailed investigation to be carried out. Example: NR had carried out risk assessments in 2002, identifying potential dangers with the crossing and recommending the installation of automatic locking gates. But this was not acted upon. In 2007, following the tragic deaths of Charlotte and Olivia, NR erected a footbridge and installed locking gates at the foot crossing. 2. The determination of the potential impact of an individual risk by measuring or otherwise assessing both the likelihood that it will occur and the impact if it should occur, and then combining the result according to an agreed rule to give a single measure of potential impact. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rolling pin Part of Speech: noun 1. A food preparation utensil consisting of a cylinder with a handle at each end, used to flatten dough.
Word: menthol cigarette Part of Speech: noun 1. A cigarette containing added menthol, the mint flavour tending to produce a cool sensation.
Word: prescient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praesciēns (“foreknowing; foretelling, predicting”), present participle of) Latin praesciō (“to foreknow”), from prae- (prefix meaning ‘before; in front’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + sciō (“to know, understand; to have knowledge of”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)). The word is cognate with Middle French prescient (modern French prescient (“prescient”)), Italian presciente (“prescient”). By surface analysis, pre- (“earlier in time, beforehand”) + scient (“knowing, aware”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsiənt/, /ˈpɹiːʃiənt/, /ˈpɹɛʃ(i)ənt/, /ˈpɹiːʃ(i)ənt/ 1. Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place. Example: And if the præſcient Muſes guide my Lay, / Or, future Secrets, Phœbus can diſplay, / The Day ſhall ſhine diſtinguiſh'd from the reſt, / That Anna dignify'd, and Hymen bleſt; […] Example: Mean time the king, aſtoniſh'd at the ſign, / Haſtes to conſult his præſcient ſire divine.
Word: mercury-vapour lamp Part of Speech: noun 1. a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation Labels: UK Example: By night the carriage yard is illuminated by mercury vapour lamps on 50ft lattice steel towers remotely controlled from the diesel depot.
Word: mercury-vapor lamp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mercury-vapour lamp. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: salam Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of salaam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: salam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of salaam. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: salam Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of salaam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: meromictic lake Part of Speech: noun 1. Any lake whose waters are permanently stratified and do not completely circulate.
Word: mixolimnion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mixo- + -limnion. 1. The upper stratum of a meromictic lake; its waters are mixed by the wind.
Word: chemocline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English -cline English chemocline From chemo- + -cline. 1. The boundary layer between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion in a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers). Example: The chemocline fluctuated at depth probably because of seasonal variations of inflows and circulation patterns in the forebay. The depth of the chemocline was shallowest from spring to early summer and deepest during the winter.
Word: monimolimnion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόνιμος (mónimos, “stable, permanent”) + -limnion (from Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (lĭ́mnē, “lake”) + -ion), first appearing in the writings of British ecologist George Evelyn Hutchinson (1903–1991). Pronunciation: /ˌmɒ.nɪ.mə(ʊ)ˈlɪm.nɪ.ən/, /ˌmɑ.ni.məˈlim.ni.ən/, /-moʊ-/ 1. The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above. Example: Mermomictic^([sic – meaning meromictic]) lakes may have an extremely high calcium carbonate content in the monimolimnion. Example: The resulting pH-drop causes a dissolution of carbonate material which has been biogenically precipitated in the epilimnion. This carbonate is recycled to the surface waters during the autumn and winter circulation and can be transported through the outflowing rivers to the oceans. A similar situation exists in temporary or permanently stratified waters of freshwater, brackish and marine environments. Examples of such environments are the monimolimnions of meromictic lakes, the Baltic Sea […] and Norwegan fjords where a high CO₂ input is maintained by vigorous degradation of organic matter.
Word: centauroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From centaur + -oid. 1. Resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having an upper humanoid torso adjoining the lower quadrupedal body where the creature's head should normally appear. Example: 'Centauroid' was a very loose description. The burly two-armed torso merged smoothly with the four-legged barrel…
Word: centauroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centaur + -oid. 1. A creature resembling a centaur.
Word: mesoionic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a class of compounds having five-membered ring heterocycles (or their benzo derivatives) which possess a sextet of π-electrons in association with the atoms comprising the ring, but which cannot be represented by any one covalent or polar structure; typically the ring structure contains both positive and negative delocalised charges which cannot be associated with any one ring atom, and the negative charge can also be associated with a conjugated exocyclic atom (typically oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen).
Word: Rajesh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit राजेश (rājeśa). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: Rajindra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”) + इन्द्र (indra, “Indra”). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: mesoionic 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 ionic English mesoionic From meso- + ionic. 1. of, or relating to a mesoionic compound Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesoionic 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 ionic English mesoionic From meso- + ionic. 1. A mesoionic compound
Word: delocalised Part of Speech: adj 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of delocalized. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: delocalized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈləʊkəlaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of delocalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delocalized Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˈləʊkəlaɪzd/ 1. Describing the π-electrons in a conjugated, aromatic or mesoionic compound that are not associated with any particular atom or bond Labels: not-comparable, physical
Word: aromatic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound which exhibits aromaticity.
Word: aromaticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aromatic + -ity, from aroma. 1. The property of having an aroma. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The property of being aromatic, i.e. having at least one conjugated ring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: benzo Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌbɛnzoʊ/ 1. Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: benzo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbɛnzoʊ/ 1. A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring. 2. Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group. 3. Clipping of benzodiazepine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: The benzos, it turns out, are just as highly addicting as the barbs, but they do have a much lower potential to cause death by overdose. Example: I feel fly / I'm rocking Kenzo / I'll get high, but I ain't doing benzos
Word: nebulae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɛbjʊliː/ 1. plural of nebula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 12-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. The 12-foot diameter circle outermost in the house.
Word: 4-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. The 4-foot diameter circle in the house 2. Alternative form of four foot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metal carbonyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any complex of a transition metal combined with carbon monoxide; they are typically volatile solids or liquids, soluble on common organic solvents but insoluble in water; they are highly toxic.
Word: 8-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. The 8-foot diameter circle in the house.
Word: arena ice Part of Speech: noun 1. Temporary curling ice made quickly on a hockey rink or the like, generally different or less suitable for curling than that of a full-time curling facility. Labels: uncountable
Word: back board Part of Speech: noun 1. The border at the extreme ends of the sheet.
Word: blank end Part of Speech: noun 1. An end in which no stones are touching the house, and thus no points are scored.
Word: metal cluster compound Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound in which two or more metal atoms are bonded to one another Labels: physical
Word: metal halide lamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A high-pressure discharge lamp that is enclosed in a quartz envelope containing metal halides (usually iodides), and produces high-efficacy white light.
Word: metal hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound in which hydrogen is bonded chemically to a metal or metalloid element
Word: mixed doubles Part of Speech: noun 1. A game played between two teams, each consisting of a female and a male. Labels: plural, plural-only