nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: whatever floats your boat Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The earliest evidence hints that the phrase originated in the late 1970s among pleasure boaters in the United States. 1. One should do whatever stimulates one or suits one's inclinations. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: You can achieve a non-ordinary or altered state with drugs, drumming, dancing, fasting, meditation, whatever floats your boat—floats it into the beyond, that is. Example: You can fill your life with love / You can fill your life with owt / You can fill your lifе with food and drink / Or whatever floats your boat
Word: octoxide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oct- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide English octoxide From oct- + oxide. 1. any oxide having eight oxygen atoms in each molecule or unit cell
Word: whatever creams your twinkie Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Related to the Twinkie brand of cream-filled snack cake. 1. Do what you will, whatever makes you happy. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: 1998: “Gidget”, alt.support.marriage (Google group): Why NOT Get Married?, the 3ʳᵈ day of November at 9 o’clock a.m. I guess the thrill is in the conflict, not in the need to know. Hey, whatever creams your twinkie, Binky. Example: 2001: “Armin Scheans”, rec.motorcycles (Google group): Buell M2 Cyclone vs Honda VTR 1000, the 23ʳᵈ day of November at 2:53pm Of course, you can’t ride a stat sheet and there are more to bikes than just numbers. Get whatever creams your twinkie.
Word: American Dream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. First attested in the 1910s. Popularized by American writer and historian James Truslow Adams in 1931. 1. The ideal stressing egalitarianism and that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve material prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. Labels: idiomatic Example: They are not racists or sick; they are not guilty of the crime that plagues the land. They are black and they are white —they're native born and foreign born—they're young and they're old. […] They give drive to the spirit of America. They give lift to the American Dream. Example: If America has stood for anything unique in the history of the world, it has been for the American dream, the belief in the common man and the insistence upon his having, as far as possible, equal opportunity in every way with the rich one.
Word: oxidimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English oxidimetry From oxide + -metry. 1. Any form of volumetric analysis using an oxidizing agent such as potassium permanganate. Labels: uncountable
Word: oxidise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of oxidize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: oxidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide 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 oxidable From oxide + -able. 1. Capable of being oxidized. Labels: not-comparable 2. Capable of being oxidized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English oxidate From oxide + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To oxidize. Labels: dated
Word: oxidate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide English -ate English oxidate From oxide + -ate. 1. An oxide. Labels: dated
Word: darken someone's doorstep Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of darken someone's door. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ace up one's sleeve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the dishonest hiding of a high-value ace card for use during play, e.g. in the game of poker. 1. A surprise advantage of which others are not aware. Labels: idiomatic Example: SCP-7450 is an apocalyptic scenario where the Foundation has to resort to an ace up their sleeves and belief in a higher power solves the problem, but not in the way anyone would expect.
Word: pinhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + head. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪn.hɛd/ 1. The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.) Example: The moment the nitre was red hot, the coal, previously reduced to small pieces of the size of a pinhead, was projected in portions of one or two grains at a time… Example: Settlements some centuries old, and still no bigger than pinheads on the untouched expanse of their background. 2. A foolish or stupid person. Labels: slang Example: I don't want to be a pinhead no more / I just met a nurse that I could go for Example: My daddy repairs cars driven by women who are pinheads. 3. A telemark skier. Labels: slang 4. A human head that is unusually tapered or small, often due to microcephaly, or a person with that trait. Often promoted in freak shows as "human pinheads". Labels: slang Example: The microcephalic idiot is an unfortunate with a "pinhead," sometimes exhibited as a "what's-it" in circus side-shows, whose mental age never goes beyond that of an imbecile. Example: Zip the What-Is-It was simply a Negro idiot. […] For half an hour at a time, David Belasco used to watch Zip at Coney Island. The producer insisted he saw signs of intelligence in the pinhead […] 5. A newborn cricket used as food for pets. Labels: slang Example: A newly hatched gecko will need pretty small crickets, but you will not have to go all the way down to pinheads. Example: Crickets can be purchased in many sizes from newborns ("pinheads") to adults. 6. The immature juvenile fruiting body of a mushroom prior to its gills opening.
Word: of age Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Old enough to be considered an adult (in law, or by society generally). Example: He's of age now: he can make his own decisions. 2. Having existed for a certain period of time; used in referring to a person's age. Labels: formal, idiomatic, literary, usually Example: He has a son who is six years of age. Example: One must be 18 years of age to be an eligible voter in most countries.
Word: corridors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corridor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of watermark. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of woman marine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of walking mattress. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of white male. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of window manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: bodig Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈboʊ.dɪɡ/ 1. A medical condition prevalent on Guam, or an aspect of Lytico-Bodig disease, which causes dementia. Labels: uncountable Example: Only by degrees did it become clear to them, and him, that this was an organic malady, an all-too-familiar one, the bodig. Example: Often lumped with lytico owing to clinical, familial, and pathological associations, is the parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam (PDCG), known locally as bodig; 40% of patients with bodig also have lytico. PDCG has its onset in middle[…]
Word: hysterokinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hystero- (“outer”) + kinetic (“moving”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɪstəɹəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the suffix (alternatively, on the last syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the case-ending, with full ablaut-grade, in the weak case-forms. Labels: not-comparable Example: The PIE word for ‘father’ was hysterokinetic: nominative singular *ph₂-tér-s, genitive *ph₂-tr-és. Example: Hysterokinetic ('later-mobile'): the accent moves between the stem and the ending. Ablauting endings were in full grade. Certain kinship terms, and most r- and n-stems (179-87), went like this: nom. **p-H̥₂-ter-s (*pH̥₂tḗr) 'father', gen. *p-H̥₂tr-ós, acc. *p-H̥₂tér-m̥, and so on. The type is much better preserved than the other three, which means that our understanding of the distribution of ablaut grades of both stem and ending is the most complete for this type
Word: circumferentor Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
Word: appraisee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appraise + -ee. 1. One who is appraised; one undergoing an appraisal. Example: This form of classroom observation calls for more confidence in the process on the part of the appraisee than more general observation.
Word: kick-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from kick off. 1. The opening kick of each half of a game of football. Example: The atmosphere at Upton Park before kick-off reflected the palpable tension surrounding the club right now Example: Alcohol consumption following football matches is fuelling domestic abuse in the hours after a game, according to new evidence suggesting that changing kick-off times could help reduce violence. 2. The opening sequence of any event. Labels: broadly Example: Duffy, 26, began a campaign for the 9th Suffolk district […] The crowd of approximately 50 people at his kickoff party was overwhelming composed of other young, white gay men. Example: Darbishire glanced at the first manuscript. "This one’s pretty ribby for a kick-off. It’s Binns’ famous effort.” 3. The opening sequence of notes in a song, usually played by the song's main instrument, to indicate the beginning of the song.
Word: kurgan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian курга́н (kurgán), from a Turkic language. Pronunciation: /kʊəˈɡɑːn/ 1. A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia. Example: The kurgans and the burials they contain are consistent with the early IE burial practices outlined above, and the late Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas proposed that the kurgan peoples were in fact early Indo-Europeans. Example: A broad scatter of kurgan graves in the steppes contained imported Tripolye C2 pots (among other imported pot types) and a few, like Serezlievka, also contained Tripolye-like schematic rod-headed figurines.
Word: set piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of freestanding stage scenery. 2. Any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation. Example: set-piece battle 3. An elaborate and interesting scene in a movie or video game, usually the most important and visually iconic scene in the work. Example: What’s so great about the episode is it takes its time. The first 30 minutes of this 79-minute behemoth—a model for season eight’s reportedly extended run-times—are a single set piece, the big parlay in the Dragon Pit at King’s Landing. Example: The message is that Hynkel is not a brilliant strategist or a mighty leader. He is an overgrown adolescent – as demonstrated in the sublime set piece in which he dances with an inflatable globe, dreaming of being "emperor of the world". 4. Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff. Example: Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.
Word: wingback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wing + back. 1. A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking. 2. A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback. 3. One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair. 4. A wingback chair.
Word: torporific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torpor + -ific. Pronunciation: /ˌtɔː(ɹ)pəˈɹɪfɪk/ 1. Inducing torpor; tending to cause apathy or lethargy.
Word: show one's true colors Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Nautical origin. The word colors (or colours) refers to the flag or ensign which every ship is obliged to fly at sea. It was once a common deception of pirates to “sail under false colours” and fly a friendly flag in order to get within close range of potential targets (other ships) without exciting suspicion. Only when the pirate ship reached close quarters would it unfurl its true colours. 1. To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed or after having been deceptively and deliberately misleading. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: true colors Part of Speech: noun 1. American spelling of true colours Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: oxi- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Obsolete spelling of oxy-. Labels: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Word: oxal- Part of Speech: prefix 1. derived from, or related to oxalic acid Labels: morpheme
Word: oxalo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. derived from, or related to oxalic acid Labels: morpheme 2. containing the radical -CO-COOH derived from oxalic acid by removal of a hydroxyl Labels: morpheme
Word: oxine Part of Speech: noun 1. 8-hydroxyquinoline when used to form complexes with metal ions in inorganic analysis.
Word: planetary gear train Part of Speech: noun 1. An assembly of meshed gears consisting of a central (sun) gear, a coaxial internal gear-wheel and one or more intermediate pinions supported on a revolving carrier.
Word: plasmon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electronbf. Ancient Greek -ον (-on)influ. English -on English plasmon From plasma + -on, modelled after electron. Pronunciation: /ˈplazmɒn/ 1. The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.
Word: plasmon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (cyto)plasm + -on. Pronunciation: /ˈplazmɒn/ 1. All the genetic material outside the cell nucleus.
Word: plate girder Part of Speech: noun 1. A beam built of steel plates and shapes welded or bolted together to form a deep beam larger than could be produced by a rolling mill.
Word: pleochroic halo Part of Speech: noun 1. A microscopic spherical region in which there is a change in color from the surrounding mineral, due to radiation damage from alpha particles.
Word: Panendeism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of panendeism. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: popover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: pop + over 1. A light hollow muffin, resembling an individual Yorkshire pudding. Labels: US 2. A pop-up element that is rendered over the current web page rather than opening a new tab or window. Labels: Internet 3. A kind of versatile wraparound dress.
Word: PanenTheists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PanenTheist (alternative spelling of panentheists). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pan-en-theist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of panentheist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pan-en-theist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of panentheist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pan-en-theists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pan-en-theist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PanenTheist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of panentheist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹætəl/ 1. To rattle; to make a scampering noise. Labels: intransitive Example: Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.
Word: gewgawed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gewgaw + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/ 1. Covered in or decorated with gewgaws. Example: The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon's perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls.
Word: commission de bene esse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin de bene esse (“for the good cause”). 1. A commission appointed to take evidence by deposition where the deponent is unwilling or unable to come to court and the court cannot compel the witness/deponent.
Word: spot-on Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of spot on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unrelenting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + relenting. 1. Not relenting; not yielding in strength, severity, or determination. Example: There’s faith in their unrelenting woes, / There’s Life in the Old Land yet! 2. Having no pity; not being or becoming lenient, mild, gentle, or merciful. Example: Tears may not bring again Sardathrion. But this the gods may do who have seen, and seen with unrelenting eyes, the sorrows of ten thousand worlds—thy gods may weep for thee.
Word: unrelentingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unrelenting Middle English -ly English -ly English unrelentingly From unrelenting + -ly. 1. In an unrelenting manner: 2. In an unrelenting manner:
Word: rigidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-der. Proto-Italic *rigēō Latin rigeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rigidusder. Middle English rigide English rigid 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 English -ly English rigidly From rigid + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd.li/ 1. In a rigid manner; stiffly. Example: What could have been done by such a machine downhill can only be conjectured, for the maximum speed was restricted rigidly to 80 m.p.h. Example: Even her sex life is rigidly regulated, the liaisons with her married co-worker, Peter (Michael Esper), unfolding with more efficiency than pleasure.
Word: unrelentingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unrelenting 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 unrelentingness From unrelenting + -ness. 1. The quality of being unrelenting. Labels: uncountable Example: It plausibly pressed upon him, that as all the evidences of his mother's dying unrelentingness toward him were negative; and the only positive evidence—so to speak—of even that negativeness, was the will which omitted all mention of Pierre […]
Word: inflexibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inflexible Middle English -ly English -ly English inflexibly From inflexible + -ly. 1. With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.
Word: Palauan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Palau Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Palauan From Palau + -an. Pronunciation: /pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/ 1. A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.
Word: Palauan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Palau Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Palauan From Palau + -an. Pronunciation: /pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/ 1. Someone from Palau.
Word: Palauan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Palau Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Palauan From Palau + -an. Pronunciation: /pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/ 1. From or relating to Palau. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sweeter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sweet: more sweet Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: inflexibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inflexible 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 inflexibleness From inflexible + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being inflexible Labels: uncountable 2. Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending pertinacity. Labels: uncountable
Word: inflexibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French inflexibilité, from Old French inflectibilité. Equivalent to in- + flexibility or inflexible + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rigidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/ 1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: moral rigidity Example: The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend. 2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: structural rigidity 3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: speak with excessive rigidity 4. stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: malleability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being malleable. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The property by virtue of which a material can be extended in all directions without rupture by the application of load; a material's ability to be bent, formed, or shaped without cracking or breaking. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: malleably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English malleable Middle English -ly English -ly English malleably From malleable + -ly. 1. In a malleable manner; flexibly.
Word: malleableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English malleable 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 malleableness From malleable + -ness. 1. The quality of being malleable. Labels: uncountable
Word: friability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French friabilité. 1. The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: friableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English friable 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 friableness From friable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being friable; friability. Labels: uncountable
Word: friably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English friable Middle English -ly English -ly English friably From friable + -ly. 1. In a friable manner.
Word: brittleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English brittle Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 brittleness From brittle + -ness. 1. The state of being brittle (in various senses). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [David] Riesman did his best, in prefaces to two subsequent editions of the book (at great length in 1961, and, with some brittleness about having to do it once more, in 1969), to correct this reading—to insist that he never meant to suggest that Americans now were any more conformist than they ever had been, or that there's even such a thing as social structure without conformist consensus. Example: These vignettes often have the flavor of case studies, with interlocking themes related to the brittleness of the body and the complicated work of mourning.
Word: fragility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity. Pronunciation: /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/ 1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […]. 2. Weakness; feebleness. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: frailty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪlti/, /ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/ 1. The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived. Labels: uncountable Example: the limitations and restraints of civil government, and a legal constitution, may be defended, either from reason, which reflecting on the great frailty and corruption of human nature, teaches, that no man can safely be trusted with unlimited authority ; Example: For all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea with ease to restore parity nine minutes before half-time. Aaron Ramsey's pass was perfection and Gervinho took the unselfish option to set up Van Persie for a tap-in. 2. A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frailness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frail + -ness. Piecewise doublet of fragileness. 1. The state of being frail; frailty; weakness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: frailly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From frail + -ly. Piecewise doublet of fragilely. 1. In a frail manner; weakly; infirmly.
Word: infirmly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English infirm Middle English -ly English -ly English infirmly From infirm + -ly. 1. In an infirm manner; feebly.
Word: feebleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The traditional bourgeois ethic, puritan or secular, had ascribed [economic failure] to moral or spiritual feebleness rather than to lack of intellect, for it was evident that not much in the way of brains was needed for success in business, and conversely that mere brains did not guarantee wealth and still less ‘sound’ views.
Word: unchaste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unchaste, unchaast, unchast, equivalent to un- + chaste. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪst/ 1. Not chaste; not continent
Word: unchasteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unchaste 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 unchasteness From unchaste + -ness. 1. Lack of chastity; the state of being unchaste; unchastity. Labels: uncountable
Word: unchastely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English un-chastely; equivalent to un- + chastely or unchaste + -ly. 1. In an unchaste manner.
Word: unchastity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- + chastity. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtʃastɪti/ 1. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.
Word: pliability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the ministry; and this was done by sheer force of talent.
Word: pliableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pliable 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 pliableness From pliable + -ness. 1. The state of being pliable; pliability. Labels: uncountable
Word: zoochore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -chore. 1. A plant whose seeds, spores, or fruit are dispersed by animals.
Word: privation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English privacioun, from Middle French privation, privacion, from Old French privacion, from Latin prīvātiō; compare French privation. See private. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈveɪʃən/, /pɹaɪˈveɪʃən/ 1. The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His [the Native American's] nature is stern, simple and enduring; fitted to grapple with difficulties, and to support privations. Example: For Yen Hsüeh-mei, the Shanghai-bred nurse, life in northern Hupei must have represented a striking change. Lao-ho-k'ou was the headquarters of General Li Tsung-jen, commander of the Fifth War Area.[…]If the General lived in such humble quarters, it is safe to say that the quarters to which Chiang Kuei brought his wife were plainer yet. But physical privation was nearly universal and in many ways Lao-ho-k'ou was an interesting place to be. 3. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Degradation or suspension from an office. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Refinement and amusement, like knowledge, are so diffused now-a-days, that an exile from the royal circle would be a nominal punishment; but it then included every species of privation. The theatre—at that era such a resource—balls, fêtes, &c., to say nothing of worldly influence, were all forfeited by a banishment from court, the centre of all the pleasures, variety, and ambition of society.
Word: oriented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛn.tɪd/, /ˈɒɹ.ɪˌɛn.tɪd/, /ˈoɹ.iˌɛn.tɪd/ 1. Having a specific orientation (positioning or direction). Example: During assembly, keep the tab oriented toward the slot that it will later enter. 2. Having had an orientation (an introduction to a topic or place). Labels: often Example: They are now oriented with the main campus. Example: I am no expert in geometry, but I am suitably oriented in it. 3. In any of various technical senses, admitting or being equipped with a notion of handedness (i.e. of distinguishing clockwise and anticlockwise). See Orientability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 4. Having (something) as a primary concern or guiding principle; focused on (something). Labels: in-compounds
Word: oriented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛn.tɪd/, /ˈɒɹ.ɪˌɛn.tɪd/, /ˈoɹ.iˌɛn.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of orient Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perforation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌpɚfəˈreɪʃən/, /ˌpəːfəˈreɪʃən/ 1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any opening in a solid object. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. That portion of a surface that remains after an open disk is removed from it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: perforation gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for measuring the number of perforations per 2 centimetre distance along the edge of a postage stamp. Example: The perforation-gauge is surrounded by a neat border, and inscription indicating the price — one shilling — and the publisher's address. Example: We desperately need starter materials such as stamps, albums, perforation gauges, hinges or mounts, and magnifying glasses — any materials that a novice collector requires to get started.
Word: Antony Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈæntəni/ 1. A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony. Example: Demetrius. Is Caesar with Antonius priz'd so slight? Philo. Sir, sometimes, when he's not Antony, He comes too short of that great property Which still should go with Antony. 2. A civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4054). 3. A civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4054). 4. A commune of Hauts-de-Seine department, France.
Word: ling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lenge, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long. Pronunciation: /lɪŋ/ 1. Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish. 2. Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable
Word: ling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ling, linge, from Old Norse lyng. Pronunciation: /lɪŋ/ 1. Any of various varieties of heather or broom. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various varieties of heather or broom. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was sitting by a path on a tussock between some bushes, whence I could overlook the path and a little valley to which it led down, and where nothing but ling and heather grew. Example: Partridges, enjoying their last weeks of security, rose whirring and clattering from among the ling.
Word: ling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɪŋ/ 1. Clipping of linguistics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
Word: Luther Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Luther. Pronunciation: /ˈluːθə/, /ˈluθɚ/ 1. Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther. Labels: US 3. A surname from German of English speakers who descend from German immigrants. 4. A city and town in Iowa. 5. A village in Newkirk Township and Ellsworth Township, Lake County, Michigan. 6. An unincorporated community in Montana. 7. A town in Oklahoma.
Word: Luther Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English luthier (“lute player”). Pronunciation: /ˈluːθə/, /ˈluθɚ/ 1. A surname originating as an occupation. Labels: rare
Word: outworn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of outwear Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: My sister gave away her shoes from when she was little, having outworn them.
Word: outworn Part of Speech: adj 1. no longer usable 2. worn out Example: Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust! Example: Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine— You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine. 3. out of date Example: Unitarian Universalists urge reflection upon outworn religious assumptions and propose a serious religious alternative that affirms reason, science, human intuition and lived experience as profoundly as it affirms ancient religious traditions.
Word: mortals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mortal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: securities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪtiz/, /sɪˈkjɔːɹətiz/, /sɪˈkjɵːɹɪtɪjz/, /sɪˈkjoːɹɪtɪjz/, /səˈkjʊɹɪtiz/ 1. plural of security Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sociopetal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- (prefix meaning ‘society’) + -petal (suffix meaning ‘travelling towards’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in 1957: see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˈpiː.tl̩/, /-ʃi-/, /ˌsoʊ.si.o(ʊ)ˈpit(ə)l/, [-ɾ(ə)l] 1. Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a group of people so that each person can see and interact with the others. Example: Sociopetality is that quality which encourages, fosters and even enforces the development of stable interpersonal relationships such as are found in small, face-to-face groups. The tepee, the igloo, the Zulu kraal are examples of buildings that could be described as highly sociopetal. Example: Rather than design and furnish wards that further the patient’s desire to retreat from people, most psychiatrists would like to establish sociopetal wards in which patients are oriented toward other people.
Word: sociofugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From socio- (prefix meaning ‘society’) + -fugal (suffix meaning ‘travelling out from’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in 1957: see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˈfjuː.ɡl̩/, /-ʃi-/, /ˌsoʊ.si.o(ʊ)ˈfju.ɡ(ə)l/ 1. Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a group of people so that each person can maintain some privacy from the others. Example: By sociofugality I mean a design which prevents or discourages the formation of stable human relationships. […] Sociofugal buildings do not encourage interpersonal relationships and when group relationships occur they are of the shoulder-to-shoulder type found in a crowd or, when modified by discipline, in the regimented group. […] [S]ome of the luxury buildings found in private psychiatric hospitals seem to be derived not from psychiatric principles but from an attempt to ape general hospitals and hotels—both highly sociofugal buildings.
Word: buisson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French buisson. 1. A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.
Word: caves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪvz/ 1. plural of cave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /keɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: slaughtered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slaughter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slaughtered Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely drunk. Labels: slang
Word: updated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʌpˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of update Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unfairly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unfair + -ly or un- + fairly. 1. In a manner that is unfair. Example: The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize. Example: As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory. This was not legal slavery (also known as de jure slavery), but slavery in practice (de facto slavery).
Word: repairing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repair Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repairing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is repaired; a mending. Example: […] he would not consent to raise any part of the money advanced on the gates, notwithstanding the necessity of the repairings, and the conveniences which would ensue to the school from it.
Word: calculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of calculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: calculating Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the ability to calculate. Labels: not-comparable Example: an early calculating device 2. Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner. Labels: especially Example: Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."
Word: denying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈnaɪ.ɪŋ/, /dəˈnaɪ.ɪŋ/, /dɪ-/ 1. present participle and gerund of deny Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: denying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈnaɪ.ɪŋ/, /dəˈnaɪ.ɪŋ/, /dɪ-/ 1. The act of one who denies something; a denial.
Word: reasoned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈriːzənd/, [ˈɹiːzn̩d] 1. based on reasoning; being the result of logical thought
Word: reasoned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈriːzənd/, [ˈɹiːzn̩d] 1. simple past and past participle of reason Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: speculations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speculation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palanquins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palanquin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acculturate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923 Pronunciation: /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/ 1. To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture. Labels: transitive 2. To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of a society (or of a region, industry, or company), as in the case of children growing up in that culture, immigrants learning that culture, or new hires learning the ropes of a job. Labels: transitive 3. To be changed by acculturation. Labels: intransitive
Word: acreage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Germanic *akraz Proto-West Germanic *akr Old English æcer Middle English aker English acre Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English acreage From acre + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪk(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Size, as measured in acres. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An area of land measured in acres. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acridity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acrid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English acridity From acrid + -ity. 1. Bitterness or acerbity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An acrid taste or smell. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Bitterness in speech or behavior; causticness. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: She was not safe from the acridity of his tongue but at least she need not fear physical violence, which was well within the possibilities for others.
Word: acridness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acrid 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 acridness From acrid + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈækɹɪdnəs/ 1. Bitterness or acerbity. Labels: uncountable 2. An acrid taste or smell. Labels: uncountable
Word: adz Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ædz/ 1. Alternative spelling of adze. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: The adz is used in reducing the camphor tree to chips, which can be placed into retorts for the distillation process (see illustration on the next page).
Word: adz Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ædz/ 1. Alternative spelling of adze. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: deaconess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dekenesse; equivalent to deacon + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːkəˈnɛs/ 1. A non-clerical role for women in some churches. 2. A female deacon. Labels: rare 3. A female servant in the early Christian church. 4. The nun in charge of the altar in a convent. 5. One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
Word: deadbolt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + bolt. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌboʊ̯lt/ 1. The part of the lock which is moved when the key is engaged. 2. A kind of lock in which the bolt (moving portion) is held in position by the cylinder rather than by a spring and so cannot be retracted except by turning the cylinder.
Word: deadbolt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dead + bolt. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌboʊ̯lt/ 1. To fasten or secure with a deadbolt. Labels: transitive
Word: deadliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dedlinesse, deadlicnesse, from Old English dēadlīcnes, equivalent to deadly + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdlɪnəs/ 1. Synonym of lethality. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Synonym of lethality. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Tedium, or the quality of being boring. Labels: excessive, figuratively, uncountable, usually
Word: Julianna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Modern combination of Julie + Anna, perhaps sometimes intended as a form of Juliana. 1. A female given name from Latin.
Word: conceptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conception Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of assail Labels: form-of, participle, past