nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: radium Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. French radio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actif French actif French radio(actif) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium French radiumbor. English radium Borrowed from French radium, from rad(ioactif) (“radioactive”) + -ium (suffix used to form the names of metallic elements). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.dɪ.əm/, /ˈɹeɪ.di.əm/ 1. To treat (a tumour, etc.) with radium. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: We want popular verbs for several operations introduced by modern science. The X-rays, the Finsen treatment for lupus, the operation of radium for cancer, and what not—what are the words for these? A man is guillotined or hanged; his leg is amputated; he is trepanned. What is it when he is rayed, Finsened, radiumed? [From the St. James's Gazette.] Example: The victims thereof [i.e., of rheumatism] are drenched with salicylates and iodides; they are sent to spas to be bombarded by the doucheur and spanked by the masseur; they are subjected to electrical ecstasies and suffer Zander contortions; they are cataphoresed, vaccinated, serummed, radiumed and dieted, with results which vary from the sublime to the pathetic.
Word: actinium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French actinium. actin- + -ium. Pronunciation: /ækˈtɪniəm/ 1. A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Thor Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English thorium From Thor + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːɹiəm/ 1. A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90. A weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: protactinium 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 *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English actinium English protactinium From proto- + actinium. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ.tækˈtɪn.i.əm/, /ˌpɹoʊ.tækˈtɪn.i.əm/ 1. A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal. Labels: uncountable
Word: uranium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek οὐρᾰνός (ourănós) Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)der. Latin Ūranusbor. English Uranus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English uranium After Uranus (the planet), + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːˈɹeɪniəm/, /jʊˈɹeɪniəm/, /ˌjyːˈɹəɪ̯nɪ̝əm/, /jʏˈɹəɪ̯nɪ̝əm/ 1. The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades.
Word: neptunium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Neptune + -ium, after the planet. The previous element is uranium, named after the previous planet: Uranus. Pronunciation: /nɛpˈtjuːniəm/, /nɛpˈtuːniəm/ 1. The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np. Labels: uncountable
Word: plutonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Pluto (dwarf planet) + -n- + -ium. More in Wikipedia at plutonium § History. Pronunciation: /pluːˈtoʊniəm/ 1. The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Plutonium? You mean this sucker's nuclear? Example: The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation. 2. Alternative form of ploutonion. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, historical, usually
Word: americium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Americ(as) + -ium, by analogy with europium. Pronunciation: /ˌæməˈɹɪsiəm/ 1. The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: curium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Curie + -ium (suffix forming names of metallic elements), coined by the American scientists Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999), Ralph A. James (1920–1973), and Albert Ghiorso (1915–2010), who synthesized the element in 1944 and named it in honour of Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867–1934) who, with Henri Becquerel, were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in radioactivity. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əm/, /ˈkjɔː.ɹi.əm/, /ˈkjʊ.ɹi.əm/ 1. A radioactive and highly fissile, silver-grey, metallic, transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator. Labels: uncountable Example: Curium was the third transuranium element to be discovered. The first isotope of this element was the isotope, Cm²⁴², which was identified by G. T. Seaborg, R. A. James and A. Ghiorso at the Metallurgical Laboratory as the result of its production in the Berkeley cyclotron […] The availability of this isotope of curium made it possible to study the chemical properties of this element by the use of the tracer technique. Extensive investigations have led to the conclusion that curium probably exists exclusively in the III oxidation state in aqueous solution. Example: The chemical properties of americium and curium may be summarized in the statement that they bear a striking resemblance to the rare earth elements, particularly those of atomic numbers 60 to 64. […] Thus the chemical properties of americium and curium support the view that these elements are members of an actinide series in which the 5f electron shell is being filled just as the 4f shell is being filled in the rare earth series. Curium is believed to possess seven 5f electrons just as gadolinium possesses seven 4f electrons.
Word: berkelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, + -ium. Pronunciation: /bɜːɹˈkiːliəm/, /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97. Labels: uncountable
Word: californium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From California + -ium. The element was first synthesized at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (then the University of California Radiation Laboratory), thus named after the university and the U.S. state of California. Pronunciation: /ˌkælɪˈfɔɹniəm/, /ˌkælɪˈfɔːniəm/ 1. A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98. Labels: uncountable
Word: einsteinium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Einstein + -ium. Named after Albert Einstein. Pronunciation: /aɪnˈstaɪni.əm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal. Labels: uncountable Example: Einsteinium, the 99th element of the periodic table, was discovered in the fallout of the first hydrogen bomb, detonated by the United States in the Marshall Islands on November 1, 1952.
Word: fermium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fermi + -ium; named for Enrico Fermi. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːɹmiəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100. Labels: uncountable
Word: mendelevium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a modified version of Mendeleev + -ium (suffix forming names of metal elements), named in honour of the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907) who formulated the periodic law and created an early version of the periodic table of elements. The word was proposed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, comprising the team leader Stanley Gerald Thompson and members Gregory Robert Choppin, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard George Harvey, and Glenn T. Seaborg, who artificially synthesized the element in early 1955. (The same name was proposed, but rejected, for the earlier-discovered elements berkelium and erbium.) Pronunciation: /ˌmɛn.dəˈliː.vi.əm/, /-ˈleɪ-/, /ˌmɛn.dəˈli.vi.əm/ 1. A radioactive metallic transuranic chemical element (symbol Md) with atomic number 101, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator. Labels: uncountable Example: Mendelevium, the heaviest and rarest form of matter known, has been produced in the University of California's cyclotron. Identity based on only 17 atoms of new element [subtitle]. […] Mendelevium is intensely radioactive, decaying by spontaneous fission. Its half-life is between a half hour and three hours. It has chemical properties similar to those of thulium, element 69, a rare earth. Example: There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium, / And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, / And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium, / And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.
Word: nobelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nobel + -ium, after Alfred Nobel. Pronunciation: /noʊˈbɛliəm/, /noʊˈbiːliəm/ 1. a transuranic chemical element (symbol No) with an atomic number of 102. Labels: uncountable
Word: lawrencium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lawrence + -ium; named for Ernest Lawrence. Pronunciation: /ləˈɹɛnsiəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103. Labels: uncountable
Word: rutherfordium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rutherford + -ium, named for Ernest Rutherford. Pronunciation: /ˌɹʌðəɹˈfɔːɹdiəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rf) with an atomic number of 104. Labels: uncountable 2. A rejected name for seaborgium. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 3. A rejected name for lawrencium. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: dubnium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dubna + -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbniəm/, /ˈduːbniəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105. Labels: uncountable 2. A rejected name for rutherfordium. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: seaborgium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Seaborg + -ium, named for Glenn T. Seaborg. Pronunciation: /siːˈbɔːɹɡiəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Sg) with atomic number 106. Labels: uncountable
Word: bohrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bohr + -ium, named after Niels Bohr. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːɹiəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bh) with an atomic number of 107. Labels: uncountable
Word: hassium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Hassia (“Hesse”), the location of the institute where the element was first synthesized, + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˈhæsiəm/ 1. An artificially-produced transuranic chemical element (symbol Hs) with atomic number 108. Labels: uncountable Example: The authors conclude that hassium may not exist in nature outside of star interiors. 2. A single atom of this element. Labels: countable Example: This radioactive decay produces a hassium that lasts for several seconds.
Word: meitnerium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Meitner + -ium; named for Lise Meitner. Pronunciation: /maɪtˈnɪəɹi.əm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Mt) with atomic number 109. Labels: uncountable
Word: roentgenium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Roentgen + -ium. Named after Wilhelm Roentgen. Pronunciation: /ɹɛntˈɡɛniəm/, /ɹʌntˈɡɛniəm/ 1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rg) with atomic number 111. Labels: uncountable
Word: ununbium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + bi- + -ium. 1. The former systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 112 (symbol Uub), which has been officially changed to copernicium. Labels: uncountable
Word: ununtrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + tri- + -ium. 1. The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 113 (symbol Uut). The element is now named nihonium. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: “The chemistry community is eager to see its most cherished table finally being completed down to the seventh row. IUPAC has now initiated the process of formalizing names and symbols for these elements temporarily named as ununtrium, (Uut or element 113), ununpentium (Uup, element 115), ununseptium (Uus, element 117), and ununoctium (Uuo, element 118)” said Professor Jan Reedijk, President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of IUPAC.
Word: ununquadium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + quad- + -ium. 1. The systematic element name for flerovium, the chemical element with atomic number 114 (symbol Uuq). Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: ununpentium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + pent- + -ium. 1. The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 115 (symbol Uup). The element is now named moscovium. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: “The chemistry community is eager to see its most cherished table finally being completed down to the seventh row. IUPAC has now initiated the process of formalizing names and symbols for these elements temporarily named as ununtrium, (Uut or element 113), ununpentium (Uup, element 115), ununseptium (Uus, element 117), and ununoctium (Uuo, element 118)” said Professor Jan Reedijk, President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of IUPAC.
Word: ununhexium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + hex- + -ium. 1. The previous systematic element name for livermorium, the chemical element with atomic number 116. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: ununseptium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + sept- + -ium. Pronunciation: /uːnuːnˈsɛpti.əm/ 1. The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 117 (symbol Uus). The element is now named tennessine. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: “The chemistry community is eager to see its most cherished table finally being completed down to the seventh row. IUPAC has now initiated the process of formalizing names and symbols for these elements temporarily named as ununtrium, (Uut or element 113), ununpentium (Uup, element 115), ununseptium (Uus, element 117), and ununoctium (Uuo, element 118)” said Professor Jan Reedijk, President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of IUPAC.
Word: ununoctium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + oct- + -ium. 1. The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 118 (symbol Uuo); now named oganesson. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: “The chemistry community is eager to see its most cherished table finally being completed down to the seventh row. IUPAC has now initiated the process of formalizing names and symbols for these elements temporarily named as ununtrium, (Uut or element 113), ununpentium (Uup, element 115), ununseptium (Uus, element 117), and ununoctium (Uuo, element 118)” said Professor Jan Reedijk, President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of IUPAC. Example: Prior to and during the naming process, the element may be referred to by its atomic number, for example as in ‘element 118’, or by its provisional systematic name, ‘ununoctium’.
Word: ununennium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + enn- + -ium. Pronunciation: /uːnuːnˈɛniːəm/ 1. The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 119 (symbol Uue). Example: Element 119: Ununennium (Uue) This has yet to be reported. From its position in the periodic table, in group 1 below francium, this element should have the physical properties of an alkali metal and, were it long-lived enough, the element should display the singly-charged ion M⁺ as its most favoured chemical state. Example: "[…] Clemson had element 119 and somehow it attached itself to the oxygen atoms on Earth. The commission wants this element 119 to be called Ununennium based on the element number, one, one, and nine." / Sandi speaks into the telephone, "That is ridiculous! Can't you change the name of the element to the person that found the gas cloud back at SETI, Rich Tolt?" / "I can make a recommendation to the rest of the commission, but rarely do they change names. The names for the next ten elements have been chosen based on the element number and the Latin names of that number to make it easier for the world."
Word: Tok Pisin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business. Pronunciation: /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ 1. One of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.
Word: Tok Pisin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business. Pronunciation: /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ 1. A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua). Labels: uncountable
Word: yumi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 弓 (“yumi”). 1. A type of archery bow from Japan.
Word: yu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 玉. Pronunciation: /juː/ 1. An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover. Labels: countable Example: A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these. 2. Jade, nephrite or jadeite. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […] Example: Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […]
Word: yu Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See you. Pronunciation: /juː/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of you. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."
Word: yu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ю (ju). Pronunciation: /juː/ 1. The letter Ю, ю.
Word: em Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1808. In typography, the em is named after the em quadrat (later called em quad), from m quadrat, a metal type used in letterpress typesetting, which is as wide as the point size of the font. Pronunciation: /ˈɛm/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter M/m. Example: It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh." 2. A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use. Example: Insert here a one-em dash or long dash. Example: That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at the beginnings and ends of the lines not to be reckoned in the width. 3. A relative unit of sizing defined in terms of the font size.
Word: em Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See 'em. 1. Alternative form of 'em. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: em Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from them, perhaps influenced by the pre-existing em/'em, now often perceived as apheretic forms of them (though originally unrelated). Pronunciation: /ɛm/ 1. A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her. Labels: gender-neutral, nonstandard, objective, rare, singular, third-person Example: If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there’s no harm checking first. Example: I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like.
Word: em Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare um. Pronunciation: /ɛ(ː)m/ 1. a form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: She was abused by, em... David, I think. That was his name, he's a real em... what's the word, narcissist. You should really stay away from him.
Word: em Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian эм (em), Ukrainian ем (em), etc. 1. The name of the letter м/М in Cyrillic alphabets.
Word: Scandinavia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”) (compare Old English Sċedeniġ, Old Norse Skáney > Swedish Skåne (“southern tip of Sweden, Scania”)), with the suffix *awjō (“island”) (compare Old English īġ, īeġ (“island”), whence dialectal modern English ey; Old Norse ey (“island”)). Doublet of Scania. Pronunciation: /skændɪˈneɪvi.ə/, /skandɪˈnɛjvɪjə/, /skæːndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/, /skɛndɪˈnæɪvi.ə/, /skandɪˈneve.ə/ 1. A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands. Example: The Faroes are an obscure corner of Scandinavia and, apart from Lapland, Scandinavia is perhaps the most obscure corner of the world, ethnographically speaking. Example: Internet banking has become popular in Finland and other parts of Scandinavia, for a variety of reasons. 2. A peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula.
Word: Scandinavian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Scandinavi(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Scandinavian From Scandinavi(a) + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/ 1. Someone from Scandinavia. 2. The Scandinavian Defence.
Word: Scandinavian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Scandinavi(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Scandinavian From Scandinavi(a) + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Scandinavia. Example: I thought I could organize freedom / How Scandinavian of me Example: The Vikings: For a three hundred year period beginning in 800 AD, a group of Scandinavian kinksters based in Sweden roamed the ocean, from time to time making land and slaughtering whatever local people they found. 2. Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.
Word: aluminum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um Pronunciation: /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/, /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/, /əˈluː.mɪ.nəm/, /ʔɐ.lʊˈmi.nʊm/ 1. American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cesium Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of caesium. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: astatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈastətiːn/, /ˈæstəˌtin/ 1. A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Astatine, for instance, is practically unstudied. It has a name and a place on the periodic table (next to Marie Curie's polonium), but almost nothing else.
Word: ol Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From obsolete German Ol- (in Ol-Verbindungen and Olgruppen, coined by Alfred Werner in 1907), from -ol (“-ol”). Labels: attributive, empty-gloss, no-gloss, not-comparable Example: The authors hazard the guess that the oxolation of ol complexes would result in a loss of the reaction with neutral salts described in this paper. Example: The OH groups in the complex are not ol groups but rather hydroxy groups which can add hydrogen ions thereupon being converted into aquo groups.
Word: ol Part of Speech: adj 1. Nonstandard form of ol'. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: mollusk Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of mollusc. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: li Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An early romanization of Chinese Mandarin 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance. Pronunciation: /liː/ 1. The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters). Example: It was a whole day's journey from I-ch'eng to Chü-wo which, in turn, is about 60 li east of Chiang Chou — one of the most important cities in southern Shansi and a center for curio-dealers. Example: In 1979, while we were conducting our archaeological work in Yucheng and Quwo, Shanxi province, I noticed another historical record in the Kuodizhi (a comprehensive account of geography written in 641), which stated that "the ancient city of Tang was 20 li west of Yuchengxian in Jiangzhou." 2. The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m. Example: While scaling the Laoyeling Mountains, the Chinese Worker-Peasant Red Army, under the command of Mao Ze-dong and Zhu De, was successfully stepping up the historic 25 000-li Long March in China proper, breaking through the surrounding rings formed by Chiang Kai-shek’s army.
Word: li Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 市厘 (lí). Pronunciation: /liː/ 1. A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
Word: li Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 禮 /礼 (lǐ). Pronunciation: /liː/ 1. A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour. Labels: Chinese
Word: li Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 鬲 (lì). Pronunciation: /liː/ 1. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
Word: li Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Altered from la, with the vowel changed to signify a raised note. Pronunciation: /liː/ 1. In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system). Labels: uncountable
Word: ne Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní. Pronunciation: /nə/ 1. Not. Labels: not-comparable Example: For she ne dare doo, but to commande. Example: And whan the good quene herde these pyteous tydynges lytel lacked that the ne dyed for sorowe / wherfore all lamentably the began to complayne her sayenge.
Word: ne Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní. Pronunciation: /nə/ 1. Nor. Labels: obsolete Example: That than I shall not geve therunto faith ne credence, nor therfore put them to any maner ponyssement, before that they or any of them so accused may be at their lawful defence and answer. Example: And therin is no drede nor bytternes ne expences, but therin is pure recreacyon of body and of soule soo it be donn in clene places.
Word: ne Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Māori nē. Pronunciation: /nə/ 1. "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English). Labels: New-Zealand, not-comparable Example: Then, he had only chuckled again and said, “Well, we got him on the way, ne?”
Word: never Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛv.ə/, /ˈnɛv.ɚ/ 1. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. Labels: not-comparable Example: I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again. Example: We were at the same college, but happened never to meet. 2. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love. Example: "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!" 3. Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely). Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: The police say I stole the car, but I never did it. Example: You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!
Word: never Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛv.ə/, /ˈnɛv.ɚ/ 1. Did not; didn't. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary Example: I told him to go to Woodlands to buy durian for me. He came back and said no durian. But he some more said-ah, he got see people selling durian in Bukit Timah. I ask him-ah. Why you never buy from Bukit Timah. Example: That's what he said. But I never see anything. Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding.
Word: never Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛv.ə/, /ˈnɛv.ɚ/ 1. A statement of defiance Example: ‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’
Word: abbé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbot. Pronunciation: /æˈbeɪ/, /ˈæb.eɪ/ 1. A low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember. Example: At graduation [Pierre Simon] Laplace faced an anguishing dilemma. His master’s degree permitted him to take either the priestly vows of celibacy or the title of abbé, signifying a low-ranking clergyman who could marry and inherit property. Abbés did not have good reputations; Voltaire called them “that indefinable being which is neither ecclesiastic nor secular . . . young men, who are known for their debauchery.” An engraving of the period, “What Does the Abbé Think of It?” shows the clergyman peering appreciatively down a lady’s bosom as she dresses. Still, the elder Laplace wanted his son to become a clergyman. If Laplace had been willing to become an abbé, his father might have helped him financially, and Laplace could have combined church and science. A number of abbés supported themselves in science, the most famous being Jean Antoine Nollet, who demonstrated spectacular physics experiments to the paying public. 2. A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. Labels: obsolete
Word: accentually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accentual Middle English -ly English -ly English accentually From accentual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌækˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.əl.i/ 1. In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: accentuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accentual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English accentuality From accentual + -ity. 1. The quality of being accentual.
Word: accentual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English -ual English accentual From accent + -ual. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.əl/, /ækˈsɛnt͡ʃ.ə.wəl/, /ækˈsɛnt͡ʃ.wəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. 2. Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
Word: accentuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English -u- 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 accentuable From accent + -u- + -able. 1. Capable of being accentuated
Word: accentor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin accentor (“one who sings with another”), from ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”). Superficially accent + -or. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛntə/, /əkˈsɛn.tɚ/ 1. Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock. 2. The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla. Labels: obsolete 3. One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. Labels: obsolete
Word: accentless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English accentless From accent + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɛnt.ləs/ 1. Speaking without an accent. 2. Spoken without an accent. Example: “You were looking up my skirt,” she said flatly, in accentless English. 3. Not having any stress (accent). 4. Having no accent marks. 5. Having no diacritical marks of any kind.
Word: acaulose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- (“not, without”) + caul(is) (“stalk, stem”) + -ose. 1. acaulous Labels: not-comparable
Word: accede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin accēdō (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix. Pronunciation: /əkˈsiːd/, /ækˈsiːd/, /əˈsiːd/ 1. To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way. Labels: intransitive Example: to accede to a request Example: It was added that if he acceded to these proposals, his fortresses and sea-ports should be garrisoned by French and Spanish troops to protect him from England’s vengeance, but that if he refused—and the answer was to be given within four days—he must take the consequences of such a line of policy. 2. To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position) [with to]. Labels: intransitive Example: the house of Hanover acceded to the English throne Example: Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours. 3. To become a party to an agreement or a treaty [with to]. Labels: intransitive Example: to accede to the European Union 4. To approach; to arrive, to come forward. Labels: archaic, intransitive 5. To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: accedence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accede + -ence. Pronunciation: /ækˈsid.əns/ 1. The act of acceding Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acceder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accede Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English acceder From accede + -er. 1. One who accedes. Example: […] lawful covenants, made by the greater part of a society bind the whole, and every future acceder to it,—at least, unless the minority o[f] acceders have, by a proper dissent, diverted the obligation from themselves […] Example: He mentions this, not, of course, for readers in general, but for the sake of those daily acceders to the list of the reading public, whose knowledge of books is not yet equal to their love of them.
Word: accelerando Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero. Pronunciation: /ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/, /ætʃɛləˈɹændəʊ/, /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/ 1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed. 2. A passage having this mark. 3. Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing). Labels: broadly Example: The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.
Word: accelerando Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero. Pronunciation: /ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/, /ætʃɛləˈɹændəʊ/, /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/ 1. With a gradual increase in speed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: white guilt Part of Speech: noun 1. The individual or collective guilt felt by some white people for harm resulting from past or current racist treatment of other ethnicities by white people. Labels: uncountable Example: Is white guilt supposed to make me forget I'm running a business?
Word: bus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/, /bɐs/, /bɔs/, /bʊz/ 1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. Example: I'm on the bus. Example: I can't read on the bus because I get sick. 2. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. Labels: Canada, US 3. Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car. Labels: UK, dated Example: “Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?” Example: It had to be something with only two cylinders, if the whole ignition was to be put out of action with one needle: that is, a Morgan, a Belsize-Bradshaw, or a motorbike. He probably avoided the bike on the grounds of exposure to weather, and chose the Morgan as the next most handy and numerous two-cylinder ’bus. 4. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components. 5. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target. 6. An ambulance. Labels: slang 7. An aeroplane. Labels: slang 8. A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
Word: bus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/, /bɐs/, /bɔs/, /bʊz/ 1. To transport via a motor bus. Labels: transitive Example: Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county. Example: Machine guns are the most effective form of ‘election campaigning’, but the occupiers appear to also be bussing in ‘voters’ from the Russian Federation, and ‘registering total strangers in the homes of people forced to flee after the Russian invasion. 2. To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration. Labels: US, transitive Example: But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name Example: ...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country. 3. To travel by bus. Labels: intransitive
Word: bus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from busboy. 1. To clear meal remains from. Labels: US, transitive Example: He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out. Example: He was hired to bus tables, but after a few incidents they moved him to the kitchen. 2. To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy. Labels: US, intransitive Example: He’s been bussing for minimum wage.
Word: bus kanaka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin bus kanaka. 1. An uncivilized person; a person who follows a traditional rather than a modern lifestyle. Labels: Papua-New-Guinea Example: […] for some more sophisticated coastal people there was merely the shame at being led by a bush kanaka, […] Example: Fuyuge men recount with humor their initial encounters with life in Port Moresby during the 1950s. They speak of travelling to the coast in their bark-cloths and realising upon their arrival that they were inappropriately dressed: “We immediately felt bus kanaka [wild, uncivilized].”
Word: plinth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French plinthe, from Latin plinthus, from Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”). Pronunciation: /plɪnθ/ 1. A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based. Example: The queen placed the vase on the plinth so the cupbearer could fill it with flowers. Example: There appears to be no definite information about the origin of the two large boulders, mounted on plinths, on the platforms of St. Anne's Park Station, Bristol. 2. The bottom course of a wall. 3. A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.
Word: paddler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paddle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English paddler From paddle + -er. 1. One who paddles; especially, a person who propels a canoe or kayak by the action of paddling.
Word: daffynition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of daffy (“mad; eccentric”) + definition. 1. A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase. Example: Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.
Word: canoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa. Pronunciation: /kəˈnuː/ 1. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends. Example: The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation. Example: He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […] 2. An oversize, usually older, luxury car. Labels: slang 3. Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.
Word: canoe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa. Pronunciation: /kəˈnuː/ 1. To ride or paddle a canoe. Example: Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets. 2. To split someone's head with a round. Labels: US, slang Example: The email said, “Do you know how happy I’ll be when your cunt ass face is canoed by an assault rifle? Tick tock bitch. Watch your back.” Canoeing is a term for when people mutilate someone’s head.
Word: kayak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪˌæk/ 1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck. Example: It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.
Word: kayak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪˌæk/ 1. To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak. Labels: intransitive Example: Kayaking is an Olympic sport. 2. To traverse (a body of water) by kayak. Labels: transitive Example: On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.