nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dilution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dilute Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English dilution From dilute + -ion. Pronunciation: /daɪˈljuːʃən/, /daɪˈluʃən/, /dɪˈluʃən/ 1. The process of making something dilute. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of share dilution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Ellipsis of trademark dilution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: bili Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪli/ 1. Clipping of bilirubin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
Word: arsenic trihydride Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound arsine. Labels: uncountable
Word: trihydride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English hydride English trihydride From tri- + hydride. 1. Any hydride containing three atoms of hydrogen per molecule
Word: arsenous hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound arsine. Labels: uncountable
Word: arsenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English arsenous From arsenic + -ous. 1. of, related to, or derived from arsenic, especially in an oxidation state of three; arsenious Labels: not-comparable
Word: arsinic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, related to, or derived from an arsinic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydroplane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English plane English hydroplane From hydro- + plane. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹəʊˌpleɪn/, /ˈhaɪdɹoʊˌpleɪn/ 1. To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed. Labels: intransitive 2. For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking. Labels: intransitive Example: Don't drive too fast on wet roads or the car may hydroplane and cause you to lose control of the vehicle.
Word: hydroplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English plane English hydroplane From hydro- + plane. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹəʊˌpleɪn/, /ˈhaɪdɹoʊˌpleɪn/ 1. A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing. Labels: intransitive 2. A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water. Labels: intransitive 3. A hydrofoil (“boat type”) Labels: intransitive 4. A hydrofoil (“hydrodynamic surface”) Labels: intransitive 5. The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth Labels: intransitive
Word: arsinic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The acid H₂As(=O)OH. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any hydrocarbyl derivative of this acid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tawa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi तवा (tavā). 1. A frying pan or griddle. Labels: South-Asia Example: Deeti gave her daughter the job of sweeping the poppy petals into a heap while she busied herself in stoking the fire and heating a heavy iron tawa.
Word: tawa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori tawa. 1. Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.
Word: hydrocarbyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any univalent radical, derived from a hydrocarbon, such as methyl or phenyl.
Word: tinda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi टिंडा (ṭiṇḍā). 1. A squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Peel tindas and cut a slice off the stalk end.
Word: cycloalkyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl English cycloalkyl From cyclo- + alkyl. 1. Any univalent radical derived from a cycloalkane by removal of an atom of hydrogen
Word: heterocyclyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English heterocycle Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English heterocyclyl From heterocycle + -yl. 1. any univalent radical derived from a heterocycle be removal of an atom of hydrogen from any ring atom
Word: organoheteryl Part of Speech: noun 1. any univalent radical, containing carbon, but which has its free valence at an atom other than carbon Labels: uncountable
Word: organyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English organic Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English organyl From organic + -yl. 1. any univalent radical having its free valence at a carbon atom
Word: saponification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French saponification, from saponifier (“saponify”). 1. The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French anthracènebor. English anthraceneclip. English acene Clipping of anthracene. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪsiːn/ 1. Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a rectilinear arrangement of fused benzene rings.
Word: tetracene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- French anthracènebor. English anthraceneclip. English acene English tetracene From tetra- + acene. 1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing four fused rings, isomeric with tetraphene; any derivative of this compound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pentacene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- French anthracènebor. English anthraceneclip. English acene English pentacene From penta- + acene. 1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grotesquely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō) Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor. Latin crypta Italian grotta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -esco Italian grottescobor. Middle French grotesquebor. English grotesque Middle English -ly English -ly English grotesquely From grotesque + -ly. 1. In a grotesque manner; disgustingly. Example: Till the grotesquely angry scene was interrupted by the arrival of Mina, who came asking for Andrew. Example: Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position, stared at us out of the mountain of white bones, grotesquely horrible caricatures of humanity.
Word: amniotic fluid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæm.niˈɑ.tɪk ˈflu.ɪd/ 1. In placental mammals, a fluid contained within the amnion membrane that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: principals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of principal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Old Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Old Latin -tus Old Latin iovestos Latin iūstus Old French justebor. Middle English juste English just Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English juster From just (adjective) + -er. 1. comparative form of just: more just Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: juster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Old Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Old Latin -tus Old Latin iovestos Latin iūstus Old French justebor. Middle English juste English just 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 juster From just (verb) + -er. 1. Obsolete form of jouster. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: theion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεῖον. 1. the divine, especially a divine fire Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: ...the human soul, assumed into Christ, is a theion striving ever after the theioteron, seeking the uncontainable plenitude of God. Example: Heidegger's attempts to transform theology into "theiology" and thus to transform a thinking/speaking about God into a thinking/speaking of the divine (theion) point in this direction. 2. sulfur, especially in the context of fire and brimstone Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The word theion translated "brimstone" is exactly the same word theion which means "divine."
Word: diether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērder. English ether English diether From di- + ether. 1. Any organic compound having two ether functional groups.
Word: geminal diol Part of Speech: noun 1. Any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to the same carbon atom.
Word: diol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + -ol. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɒl/ 1. any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups
Word: acetogenin Part of Speech: noun 1. A polyketide.
Word: aqueous humour Part of Speech: noun 1. The clear, watery fluid that fills the front of the eye between the cornea and the crystalline lens.
Word: acetonide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree 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 Latin acētumder. English aceto- English acet- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English acetone Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English acetonide From acetone + -ide. 1. Any cyclic acetal derived from acetone and a diol, especially from a vicinal diol such as a sugar
Word: vicinal diol Part of Speech: noun 1. Any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to adjacent carbon atoms.
Word: acetylene black Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of carbon black formed by the decomposition (but not by the burning) of acetylene. It is characterized by its high degree of crystalline orientation compared with other sources of carbon black. Labels: uncountable
Word: acetylide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree 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 Latin acētumder. English aceto- English acet- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English acetyl Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English acetylide From acetyl + -ide. 1. Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
Word: terminal acetylene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any acetylene (alkyne) having the triple bond attached to a terminal carbon atom; R-CC-H.
Word: acylal Part of Speech: noun 1. Any diester of a geminal diol; R₂C(OCOR')₂.
Word: diester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + ester. 1. any organic compound containing two ester functional groups
Word: acyl halide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a halogen.
Word: acyl bromide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a bromine atom.
Word: acyl chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group (R-CO-) directly attached to a chlorine atom (R-CO-Cl).
Word: acyl fluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a fluorine atom.
Word: acyl iodide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a iodine atom.
Word: acyloin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any α-hydroxy ketone.
Word: acyloxyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acyl + oxyl. 1. Any univalent radical containing an acyl functional group bonded to an oxygen atom having a free valence on the oxygen atom; RC(=O)O-
Word: alcoholate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ate English alcoholate From alcohol + -ate. 1. A crystalline salt containing alcohol in place of water of crystallization. Labels: obsolete 2. An alcoholic extract of plant material; a tincture. 3. An alkoxide.
Word: alkoxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
Word: cationic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cation Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cationic From cation + -ic. 1. of, relating to, or being a cation Labels: not-comparable
Word: aldaric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of polyhydroxy dicarboxylic acids derived from an aldose by oxidation at both terminal carbon atoms.
Word: aphetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aphesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English aphetism From aphesis + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fəˌtɪ.zəm/ 1. The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable, such as squire or vanguard. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Aphesis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polyhydroxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English hydroxy English polyhydroxy From poly- + hydroxy. 1. Having three or more hydroxy functional groups. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sand fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sandfly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Googler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly Google + -er (occupational suffix), partly + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡ(ə).lə/, /ˈɡu.ɡ(ə).lɚ/ 1. A full-time Google corporation employee. Example: Over at Google, a company known to have pioneered the modern tech workplace, one designer complained of spending 40 percent of their time on “the inefficien[cy] overhead of simply working at Google.” Some report spending all day on tasks as simple as changing the color of a website button. Working the bare minimum while waiting for stock to vest is so common that Googlers call it “resting and vesting.” 2. A regular or habitual user of the Google search engine. Example: Of course, the more committed Googlers in this class probably already knew the deal between Howard and the celebrity Kipps. 3. A device used to regularly access the Google search engine.
Word: squeaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squeak + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskwiːki/ 1. Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.
Word: sinfonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́μφωνος (sŭ́mphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) ▲ Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) ▲ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) ▲ Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek -φωνίᾱ (-phōníā) Ancient Greek σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ (sŭmphōnĭ́ā)der. Latin symphōniabor. Italian sinfoniabor. English sinfonia Borrowed from Italian sinfonia. Doublet of symphonia, symphony, tsampouna, and zampogna. 1. A symphony. 2. A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello. 3. A small symphony orchestra.
Word: Wilson's storm petrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson. 1. A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.
Word: Wilson's petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Wilson's storm petrel.
Word: South Shetland Islands Part of Speech: name 1. A group of islands in the Antarctic Circle, lying north of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Word: Antarctic Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. The northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica.
Word: Shetland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis, hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος (ōkeanós Douēkaledoníos); if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to Old Norse hjalt (“hilt”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛtlənd/ 1. Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. A historical county of Scotland.
Word: Shetland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis, hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος (ōkeanós Douēkaledoníos); if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to Old Norse hjalt (“hilt”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛtlənd/ 1. A particular breed of pony. Labels: uncountable 2. A pony of this breed. Labels: countable 3. A particular breed of sheep. Labels: uncountable 4. A sheep of this breed. Labels: countable 5. Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric. Labels: alt-of, uncountable Example: […] I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand.
Word: Orkney Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Orkneyjar (“seal islands”), from Old Norse ørkn (“seal”) + ey (“island”). The modern form is singular. Ninth-century Norwegian settlers reinterpreted the Pictish/Proto-Brythonic name for the islands, recorded as Ancient Greek Όρκάδες (Órkádes), which was derived from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“young pig”). Less common theories include a connection with Welsh erch (“speckled”) (on the basis of the Welsh form Erch) or Proto-Celtic *orkā (“pine”) (however, these islands are known for their lack of trees). Pronunciation: /ˈɔɾkne/, /ˈɔɾknɪ/, /ˈɔɾkni/, /ˈɔːkni/ 1. Ellipsis of Orkney Islands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the plough.” 2. A historical county of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Word: storm petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump. Example: Nólsoy is home to one of the largest breeding colonies of storm petrels on earth.
Word: emergence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ 1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then 2. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An emergency. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services. Example: I[…]had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford me assistance. 4. An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: snow petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet.
Word: unquestionably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unquestionable + -ly or un- + question + -ably. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkwɛs.t͡ʃən.ə.bli/, /ʌnˈkwes.t͡ʃən.ə.blɪ/ 1. Without question; beyond doubt; indubitably. Example: It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box. Example: Mary Slessor wasn’t technically the first missionary to oppose twin killing in Calabar, but she was unquestionably the most effective and relentless. 2. OK, right-on Labels: informal
Word: fuar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of feuar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carrying violation Part of Speech: noun 1. The violation that occurs when a player places the palm of his hand under the ball while dribbling. As long as a player's hand is on top of the ball, he can dribble it above his shoulder.
Word: mear Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɪə/, /mɪɹ/, /miə/, /miːɹ/, /mɛː/ 1. Alternative form of mere (“boundary”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So huge a mind could not in lesser rest, Ne in small mears contain his glory great
Word: kirks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kirk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libidinosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English libidinous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English libidinosity From libidinous + -ity. 1. Lustful desires, characterized by lewdness; sensuality; lascivity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Diane Part of Speech: name Etymology: An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana Pronunciation: /daɪˈæn/ 1. A female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century Example: Oddly enough, there was a woman involved. I remember nothing about her except her name: Diane. It was an improbable name in connection with Bertie, particularly in the wilds of Kent. However, Diane was there. Example: Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon. The house is owned by Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein.
Word: Loew Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German surname, variant of Lowe. 1. A surname from German of German derivation (from Loewe or Löwe).
Word: Hank Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋk/, [ˈhæŋk], /ˈheɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈheɪ̯ŋk], /ˈhɛ̃ŋk/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Henry. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John). Labels: archaic
Word: tangihanga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori tangihanga. 1. A Maori funeral. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: CHE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Carnian humid episode. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Campaign for Homosexual Equality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: a rising tide lifts all boats Part of Speech: proverb 1. A truly good outcome benefits all. Example: Whereas in the 1960s, incomes rose as the economy grew—to use President Kennedy's phrase, “a rising tide lifts all the boats”—this no longer applied in the 1980s. Example: Hay and other early gay rights activists were influenced by the Black civil rights movement in a broader sense, too. The rising tide of African American organizing raised all boats, and the hopes of all whose dreams had been deferred.
Word: lifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lifts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lift Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: alterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English alter 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 alterable From alter + -able. 1. Capable of being changed; changeable; mutable.
Word: alterable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English alter 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 alterable From alter + -able. 1. Something that can be altered; a variable.
Word: changable Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of changeable. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ambitiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ambitious Middle English -ly English -ly English ambitiously From ambitious + -ly. Pronunciation: [ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li] 1. In an ambitious manner. Example: by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value Example: Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously.
Word: arbitrarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin arbitrāriusder. Middle English arbitrarie English arbitrary Middle English -ly English -ly English arbitrarily From arbitrary + -ly. 1. In an arbitrary manner. Example: The winner was chosen arbitrarily. Example: From these remarks it will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms. The term variety, again, in comparison with mere individual differences, is also applied arbitrarily, and for mere convenience sake. 2. To an arbitrary degree. Example: an arbitrarily large number
Word: barbarism Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/, /ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩/ 1. A barbaric act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse. 2. The condition of existing barbarically. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like dancing, it is a remnant of ancient barbarism—fit for the days of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians, when people were only amused through their eyes—the sole entertainment of which savage nations are susceptible. Example: War is at best barbarism... Its glory is all moonshine. 3. A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.
Word: barefaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced. Compare typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło). Pronunciation: /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/ 1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude. Example: And they vvere become ſo bare-faced and impudent in their Vices, that good and prudent Men thought fit to keep ſilence in that Time, becauſe it vvas an evil Time. Example: Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said. 2. Open, undisguised. Example: It's simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she's married him. 3. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair). 4. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering. 5. Not wearing makeup on the face.
Word: beneficence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beneficence, from Latin beneficentia. Pronunciation: /bəˈnɛf.ɪ.səns/, /bəˈnɛ.fə.sən(t)s/ 1. The practice of doing good, such as acts of philanthropy, kind deeds; or other acts which benefit someone else. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence. 2. Good or charitable character or behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A duty or obligation to act in the best interests of another, especially a patient or beneficiary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: beneficent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, combining form from faciens, present participle of facere (“to make or do”). Compare English beneficence. Pronunciation: /bəˈnɛ.fɪ.sənt/, /bəˈnɛ.fə.sənt/ 1. Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial. Example: Near-synonyms: benevolent, generous, magnanimous Example: beneficent spirit
Word: bergie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans bergie, from berg (“mountain”). So called because they used to live in the mountains. 1. A homeless person in Cape Town. Labels: South-Africa Example: The man joined a group of bergies sleeping near the police station and pretended to be one of them when confronted by the rangers. Example: ‘You check my records, okay? You'll see. Always, every week, some bergie or skollies causing trouble for me. What are my customers supposed to do?’
Word: perlemoen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”). 1. abalone Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: alikreukel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.iˈkɹɔɪ.kəl/, /ˌæl.iˈkɹɪ.kəl/ 1. giant periwinkle, Turbo sarmaticus Labels: South-Africa
Word: Plymouth Rock Part of Speech: name 1. The traditionally accepted landing site of the Mayflower settlers to America in 1620, on the shore of Massachusetts.
Word: Plymouth Rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A chicken of a certain American domestic breed.
Word: 'twas Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /twɒz/, /twʌz/ 1. Contraction of it + was, often at the beginning of a line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, poetic Example: ’Twas the Night Before Christmas Example: ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, / […]
Word: complex sentence Part of Speech: noun 1. A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause. 2. A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence. Example: Sentences are either simple or complex. […] A complex sentence consists of two or more members, as, “Alexander, when he had conquered the world, is said to have wept, because there were not other worlds to subdue.” […] When a member of a complex sentence is simple, it is called indifferently a member, or a clause; as, “I have called; but ye have refused.” Example: Complex sentences are traditionally divided into two basic types: (i) sentences including co-ordinate clauses, and (ii) sentences including subordinate clauses.
Word: monoculturalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English monocultural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English monoculturalism From monocultural + -ism. 1. The practice of maintaining, in a society, a single culture, suppressing the (sub)cultures of e.g. minority groups and excluding external influences. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The creation of a monoculture in agriculture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: condole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several things) + doleō (“to suffer physical pain, hurt; to be sorry, grieve for, deplore, lament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”)). Pronunciation: /kənˈdəʊl/, /kənˈdoʊl/ 1. Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone. Labels: intransitive Example: She condoled with her father over the death of his mother. Example: [A]n Ambaſſador ſent from a Prince, to congratulate, condole, or to aſſiſt at a ſolemnity, though the Authority be Publique, yet becauſe the buſineſſe is Private, and belonging to him in his naturall capacity; is a Private perſon. 2. To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Bott[om]. VVhat is Pyramus? a louer, or a tyrant? / Quin[ce]. A louer that kils himſelfe, moſt gallant, for loue. / Bott. That vvill aſke ſome teares in the true performing of it. If I doe it, let the Audience looke to their eyes: I vvil mooue ſtormes: I vvill condole, in ſome meaſure. Example: As vve congratulate their thus preventing perſecution according to Chriſts precept, ſo vve cannot but condole, that the ſame perſons vvere aftervvards poiſoned vvith hereticall opinions, contrary to the expreſs vvord of God, and became Apoſtate Nazarites. 3. To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament. Labels: formal, often, transitive Example: Nay, compaſsion it ſelfe, comes to no great degree, if vvee haue not felt, in ſome proportion, in our ſelues, that vvhich vvee lament and condole in another. Example: God is Serious in hearing our Prayers, and delivering us from our dangers, and removing our troubles, and beſtovving his Mercies. VVhen vve are afflicted he is afflicted vvith us, […] He condoleth their miſery vvhen he is forced to chaſtiſe them: […] 4. To express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone); to lament in sympathy with (someone). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue. Example: I not condole the dead, but thoſe vvho're living, / To vvhom the fear of death, gives cauſe of grieveing. 5. To express or feel sorrow for (oneself); to bewail, to mourn. Labels: obsolete, reflexive, transitive Example: [A]s for our tramontane lovers, when they begin their midnight complaint with, My lodging upon the cold ground is, we are not to understand them in the rigour of the letter; since it would be impossible for a British swain to condole himself long in that situation, without really dying for his mistress.
Word: socializing Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: socializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of socialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: socializing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who socializes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] attend its ceremonies, participate in its rites and rituals and socializings. Eventually you will then join the community in belief as well.
Word: squeaky clean Part of Speech: adj 1. Very clean, like a hard surface that squeaks when rubbed. Labels: not-comparable 2. Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: Mr. Smith's reputation was that of a squeaky clean polititian. 3. Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: We performed at the birthday party and we kept the plot squeaky clean.
Word: rocketeer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rocket Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English rocketeer From rocket + -eer. 1. Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.
Word: sexing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sex Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sexing Part of Speech: noun 1. The determination of the sex of a young bird (typically poultry) Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: marrons glacés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marron glacé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mieskeit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish מיאוסקייט (mieskeyt, “an ugly person”). 1. An ugly person. Labels: Jewish, slang Example: He could remain a useful White House counselor — no mieskeit, he — but he would not be a credible Attorney General. Example: Then he would pretend to call to my mother who was busy in the kitchen making breakfast, to come up and see me, to look at what a mieskeit her daughter was in the morning.
Word: tellurous Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing tellurium in a higher valency than in telluric compounds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tellurious Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of tellurous. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: tellur- Part of Speech: prefix 1. tellurium Labels: morpheme
Word: telluri- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of tellur-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: rompers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of romper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rompers Part of Speech: noun 1. A one-piece garment for babies and small children, consisting of a top and trousers. A romper suit. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He is wearing the last clean rompers I had for him and they are getting dirtier by the minute.
Word: rompers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of romper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: but and ben Part of Speech: noun 1. A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack Labels: Scotland Example: Whether the old lady had caught cold the time she moved, or whether her ailing frame had been simply worn out, she never seemed to thrive after leaving the little but and ben she had so long lived in. Example: It was no more than a butt and a ben, with a rickle of sheds behind it where old Pooty kept his cow and a bit donkey that was nearly as old as himself […]
Word: but and ben Part of Speech: adv 1. In the inner and outer parts of a building Labels: not-comparable Example: to live but and ben
Word: Araucana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Spanish Araucanía, the region of Chile where the breed was first documented by Europeans. 1. A type of poultry notable for laying blue or green eggs.
Word: hell's bells Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From hell + -’s + bells, possibly an elaboration of hell (used to express anger, discontent, or unhappiness) with bells chosen to rhyme with hell’s. The noun sense (Datura stramonium) may allude to the often spiny seed capsules of the poisonous plant which somewhat resemble bells when they mature and split open; compare devil's cucumber, devil's snare, devil's trumpet, and devil's weed which are other common names for the plant. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛlz ˈbɛlz/ 1. An expression of frustration, outrage, or surprise. Labels: mildly, vulgar Example: What's the matter with his talking so polite? Hell's bells, Harry, no harm in being polite. There's some regular he-men that are just as polite as women, prett' near. Example: "You've never had a woman in any of your other pictures. Why do you want one for this?" / "Hell's Bells! You don't think I'm consulting my own preference, I hope."
Word: hell's bells Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hell + -’s + bells, possibly an elaboration of hell (used to express anger, discontent, or unhappiness) with bells chosen to rhyme with hell’s. The noun sense (Datura stramonium) may allude to the often spiny seed capsules of the poisonous plant which somewhat resemble bells when they mature and split open; compare devil's cucumber, devil's snare, devil's trumpet, and devil's weed which are other common names for the plant. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛlz ˈbɛlz/ 1. Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: harvesting Part of Speech: noun 1. The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The gathering of any resource. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: American regulations at the time prohibited organ harvesting from brain-dead patients if their hearts were still beating.
Word: harvesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of harvest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: harvested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of harvest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dietarian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪ.əˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌdaɪ.əˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Somebody following a diet; a dieter. Example: There are many who are dietarians in theory, but liberal feeders in practice. They suppose or maintain that it is a duty to deny oneself of all luxuries at the table, but practically they take the best that they can get.
Word: doubleganger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of German Doppelgänger, equivalent to double + ganger. 1. A doppelganger. Example: Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. You speak like Hereward, you look like Hereward. Just what Hereward would be now, you are.
Word: dismissive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dismiss + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmɪsɪv/, /dəsˈmɪsɪv/ 1. Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss. Example: I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”
Word: Aracuna Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of Araucana. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: jagua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jagua. 1. A tree of species Genipa americana, native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean; genipap. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The jagua tree is, in fact, one of the most well-disbursed native trees of the rainforests. Example: Some Indians used a preparation concocted from the fruit of the jagua tree (Genipa americana), a sixty-foot-high deciduous tree that grows in much of tropical America and produces an elliptical yellow-brown fruit about the size of an orange. 2. The oval-shaped fruit of this tree; genipap. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nothing is wasted— leaves are used to make baskets, the juice of the jagua fruit is applied as a mosquito repellent, and the river provides fresh water for bathing. Example: This concoction, which Estellita Lins claims capable of dissolving a candiru lodged in the urethra, is a hot tea made from jagua juice. Jagua is the fruit of the tropical tree Genipa americana. 3. The extract of this fruit, used as a dye for temporary body art and tattoos that stain the upper layer of the skin. Labels: uncountable Example: Coordinate term: henna 4. Ellipsis of jagua palm, also called inajá, Attalea maripa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: enrobe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English robe English enrobe From en- + robe. 1. To invest or adorn with a robe or vestment; to attire. 2. To coat or cover.
Word: inbuilt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English built English inbuilt From in- + built. 1. Existing as an essential constituent; built-in; inherent; integral.