nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: substandard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard English substandard From sub- + standard. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/, /ˌsʌbˈstændəd/ 1. Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements. Example: They built this with substandard parts. No wonder it collapsed. Example: Nettie describes the takeover of village after village by white men who intend to use the land and people for exploitative purposes without any regard or compensation for the villagers (who once had a strong sense of themselves) and who are then made to work the land for substandard wages. 2. Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard. Labels: dated
Word: regionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English regional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English regionally From regional + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənəli/, /ˈɹiːd͡ʒnəli/ 1. In a large but limited area, more than local but smaller than entirety. (Generally smaller than a nation.) Example: In reviewing the Mapuche case, I will examine how regionally standardized ceremonial places and elaborate symbols and objects of social status have developed and spread across the social and physical landscape by means of the exchange of women and the sublineation of kinship units linked through participation in public ritual and competition over access to, and regulation of, prime agricultural land and other key resources. Example: After the AA/BO split in 2001, Antifas continued to work locally and regionally as dedicated networks of antifascists opposing far-right demonstrations and gatherings, though many also take up other left-wing issues and causes.
Word: wytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wytes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wyte Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: illustrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin lūstrō Latin illūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin illūstrātiōbor. Middle French illustrationbor. English illustrationbf. English illustrate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English illustrative From illustrate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlʌs.tɹə.tɪv/, /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪ.tɪv/, [ɪˈlʌs.tɹə.ɾɪv], [ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪ.ɾɪv] 1. Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating. Example: This latest incident is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.
Word: wyting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wyte Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wyted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wyte Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: standardization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Frankish *standan Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Frankish *hard(ī) Frankish *standahardbor.? Old French estendre? Old French estandartbor. Middle English standard English standard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English standardize 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 standardization From standardize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌstæn.də.daɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌstæn.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌstɛən.dɚˌdɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌstæn.dɚˌdəˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌstɛən.dɚˌdəˈzeɪ.ʃn̩] 1. The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable 2. The process of establishing a standard. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
Word: spilling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such a notion identified woman with breaches in boundaries, with lack of shape or definition, with openings and exudings and spillings forth. 2. The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: spilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spills Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spɪlz/ 1. plural of spill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spills Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: epiphysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + -physis. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪf.ɪ.sɪs/, /əˈpɪf.ɪ.sɪs/ 1. The pineal gland. 2. The rounded end of any long bone. 3. A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin.
Word: convection cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of convection cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: generalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Made more general, less specialized. Example: The generalized formula applies to all cases, the specialized one only works on simple problems. 2. Spread throughout or affecting the entire body or body part.
Word: generalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of generalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diagonally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English diagonaly, modeled on Medieval Latin diagōnāliter; equivalent to diagonal + -ly. Pronunciation: /daɪˈæɡ.nə.li/, /daɪˈæɡ.ən.ə.li/ 1. In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction. Example: The diagonally opposed driving positions in the cab are identical. Example: He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
Word: convection cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A loop of moving fluid (such as air or water) in which the motion results from differences in density caused by differences in temperature.
Word: scrambled Part of Speech: adj 1. Mixed, disordered, shuffled. Example: a scrambled TV signal, requiring decryption 2. Beaten and cooked. Example: He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.
Word: scrambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scramble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sufferer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer English -er English sufferer From suffer + -er. 1. One who suffers; one who is afflicted. Example: All the main-line railways, as well as London Transport, were affected by flying-bomb damage, but naturally the Southern Railway was the principal sufferer for geographical reasons, and the L.N.E.R. came next with the damage it sustained in the Stratford area. 2. A tailor. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: From a creditor, being a "victim," "schneider," "sufferer," or "tailor," to one who sets off his wares by wearing the same, being consequently a debtor. HONOURED SIR,— I can scarcely express my delight at your kind compliments as to the fit and patterns […]
Word: anciently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English aunciently; equivalent to ancient + -ly. 1. In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did. 2. Done long ago. Example: The anciently written inscriptions in the pyramids can still be read.
Word: unwrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + write. 1. To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written. Labels: transitive Example: Accordingly, in June, the governor, as if rescinding the resolution could unwrite the letter, demanded its erasure from the records of the house. Example: 'Once you've written something you can't unwrite it,' I answered. 2. To nullify. Labels: transitive Example: And I'm talking about seconds that mean so much! that will let us rewrite our histories—unwrite the letters that Allie wrote near that time; unwrite her time on the beach with Johnny; make us both virgins exactly as I'd seen it then; unwrite my times with Barbara, my phone conversations, letters, years of druggy dreams of her, and my revenge story and all of Allie's times with Lemaster. Example: What he seeks is nothing less than to unwrite the Fall, to unwrite the theological fiat that made desire (a longing for union) and language (a longing for knowing) the twinned signs of our distance from what was. 3. To deconstruct. Labels: transitive Example: In Martha Nussbaum's terms, Luke attempts to “unwrite” the culture-forming stories of paganism by offering a different narrative that construes the entirety of reality in light of the God of Israel's act in Jesus. Example: His texts reveal an effort to unwrite narrative and, in effect, unwrite Beckett. 4. To revert to a known state in so that new data can be written. Labels: transitive Example: To eliminate this nonadiabatic energy loss, we need to change the cell state into a known state before writing a new data, which is called a^([sic]) unwrite operation.
Word: multures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Charleston Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑɹlstən/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: Example: Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston. 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 14. A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845). 15. A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532). 16. A town in South Australia. 17. A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. 18. A surname.
Word: Charleston Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑɹlstən/ 1. A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Example: Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker
Word: corries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corrie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sparta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Sparta, from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spắrtē)). Pronunciation: /ˈspɑː(ɹ)tə/ 1. An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training. 2. A municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese region, modern Greece. 3. A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States:
Word: wildest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of wild: most wild Labels: form-of, superlative Example: On March 9, 1903, an extension, 50 miles in length, was opened from Letterkenny to the remote outpost of Burtonport, a small township on the shores of the Atlantic in the far north-west corner of Co. Donegal, running through some of the wildest and bleakest parts of the country.
Word: toys Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɔɪz/ 1. plural of toy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toys Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɔɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of toy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sharper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sharp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑɹpɚ/ 1. comparative form of sharp: more sharp Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sharper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sharp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑɹpɚ/ 1. A swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating. Labels: dated Example: I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers. Example: Our young gentlemen who go to Rome will do well to be upon their guard against a set of sharpers, (some of them of our own country,) who deal in pictures and antiques, and very often impose upon the uninformed stranger, by selling him trash, as the productions of the most celebrated artists.
Word: receipts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːts/, /ɹɪˈsits/ 1. plural of receipt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: receipts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːts/, /ɹɪˈsits/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of receipt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: witches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of witch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: witches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of witch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: savagely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English savage Middle English -ly English -ly English savagely From savage + -ly. 1. In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner. Example: "It is shaped," he hissed at Ford, with his brow savagely furrowed, "like a policeman."
Word: kye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow and compare kine (“cows”). Pronunciation: /kaɪ/ 1. plural of cow Labels: archaic, dialectal, form-of, plural Example: Ay, that I do, to my cost. She and her black cat, too, live owre near my milk kye, Brindle and Hawky gi' but half the milk they should gi', and we wat weel whare the ither half gangs to. Example: devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.
Word: kye Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kaɪ/ 1. Cocoa (the drink). Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: […] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight. Example: Then he walked back to the wheelhouse. Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast.
Word: kye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 계(契) (gye). Pronunciation: /kjeɪ/ 1. A Korean fundraising meeting.
Word: noiselessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English noiseless Middle English -ly English -ly English noiselessly From noiseless + -ly. 1. In a quiet manner, without any noise. Labels: not-comparable Example: Noiselessly she laid the clematis and wattle on her bed, then stood near the covered face, and, looking down at her untied bootlaces, sighed an impatient sigh always well known and understood by this now unresponsive father. Example: Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Cautiously she moved a great padded paw forward, noiselessly placing it before she lifted the next. Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground--a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey.
Word: barrette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French barrette, from barre (“a bar”) + -ette, literally a small bar. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹɛt/ 1. A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair. Example: Growing sleepy, Rabbit stops before midnight at a roadside café for coffee. Somehow, though he can't put his finger on the difference, he is unlike the other customers. They sense it too, and look at him with hard eyes, eyes like little metal studs pinned into the white faces of young men sitting in zippered jackets in booths three to a girl, the girls with orange hair hanging like wiggly seaweed or loosely bound with gold barrettes like pirate treasure. 2. A bar used to mount medals of chivalric orders. 3. Synonym of katepimeron.
Word: barrette Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French barrette, from barre (“a bar”) + -ette, literally a small bar. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹɛt/ 1. To put (hair) into a barrette. Labels: transitive Example: The standing woman is overweight, with scraped-back and barretted bleach- blond hair and a jowly face of detonated capillaries. Example: With her barretted white hair, blue eyes, and deep green sweater, Victoria is as perfectly put together as ever.
Word: Lezgi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Lesgi. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzɡi/ 1. A member of an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan.
Word: Lezgi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Lesgi. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzɡi/ 1. The Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Lezgi people.
Word: Lezgi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Lesgi. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzɡi/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Lezgi people or their culture or language.
Word: stinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stinks Part of Speech: noun 1. Chemistry (as a subject taught in school). Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Very few boys could resist the attractions of mixing up chemicals, manufacturing unsavoury smells, and producing loud explosions. Bowney was an exception to the general rule, however; he never had studied "Stinks," […]
Word: stinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Lezgin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian лезги́н (lezgín). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzɡɪn/ 1. Alternative form of Lezgi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lezgin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian лезги́н (lezgín). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzɡɪn/ 1. Alternative form of Lezgi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lezgin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian лезги́н (lezgín). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzɡɪn/ 1. Alternative form of Lezgi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Lezghian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Lezghi Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lezghian From Lezghi + -an. 1. A language spoken by the Lezgin people who live in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan.
Word: Lezghian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Lezghi Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lezghian From Lezghi + -an. 1. A person who belongs to this group.
Word: favorites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of favorite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dagestan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Дагеста́н (Dagestán), from Ottoman Turkish داغستان (Dağıstan), from Ottoman Turkish داغ (dağ, “mountain”) + Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-land”). Pronunciation: /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌdæɡɪˈstæn/ 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region. Capital: Makhachkala.
Word: Popocatépetl Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mexican Spanish Popocatépetl, from Classical Nahuatl Popōcatepētl (literally “smoking mountain”), from popōca (“to smoke”) + tepētl (“mountain, hill”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɒpəkæˈtɛpɛtəl/ 1. An active volcano in Mexico, located southeast of Mexico City. Example: Far to his left, in the northeast, beyond the valley and the terraced foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the two volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl, rose clear and magnificent into the sunset.
Word: instinctual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From instinct + -ual. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɪŋk.t͡ʃuː.əl/, /ɪnˈstɪŋk.t͡ʃəl/, /ɪnˈstɪŋk.tjuː.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or derived from instinct.
Word: chesterfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chesterfield. Named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), who commissioned the first such couch. 1. A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top. Example: Around the table in the bay window, the slim, japanned dining chairs. The chesterfield suite, antimacassar-draped. 2. Any couch or sofa. Labels: California, Canada, dated
Word: SFSR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Soviet federated socialist republic or socialist federated Soviet republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Holonyms: USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union Example: Meronym: autonomous oblast 2. Initialism of Soviet federated socialist republic or socialist federated Soviet republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Soviet federated socialist republic or socialist federated Soviet republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Santa Fe Southern Railway, a short line railroad in New Mexico, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of San Francisco Syncope Rule, a clinical prediction rule for syncopal episodes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of sorry for slow reply, in online communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Transcaucasian SFSR Part of Speech: name 1. A Soviet republic consisting of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan with its capital in Tbilisi (1922–1936). Labels: historical
Word: eavestrough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1813 eaves-trough, 1817 eave trough, 1870 eavestrough, from eaves + trough. 1. A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter. Labels: US, Western, countable, uncountable Example: Another contrivance worth mentioning, is, the manner of conducting the water down from an Eaves-trough or Lander, which is very common about Mansfield, on the edge of Nottinghamshire; it consists, in suspending a slight wooden rod from the end of the Lander, hanging down into the Water-Butt or Cistern, down which the water runs, without being scattered by the wind, or blown against the wall, as too constantly happens, unless expensive upright spouts or trunks are used, to convey the water down, and which are very subject to decay. Example: At 1 P. M. going into a back room I noticed that the water was falling from the eave trough of a kitchen, in which there had been no fire for some days.
Word: Karelo-Finnish SSR Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (“a short-lived republic of the Soviet Union with its capital in Petrozavodsk (1940–1956)”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical
Word: autonomous oblast Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the administrative divisions of the former Soviet Union created for certain “smaller” nations and characterized by following features: they were given an autonomy within a union republic or, in the RSFSR, within a krai; had a status lower than an autonomous republic; had a different titular nation from that of their union republic/krai. Abbreviated as AO. Example: In addition, there were six state archives of autonomous oblasti, nine state archives for national okrugi, and sixteen archives and four branches for the sixteen autonomous republics under the RSFSR. Example: The largest Republic by far, the RSFSR, thus contains within its boundaries no less than sixteen Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, five Autonomous oblasti (Regions) and ten Autonomous okruga (Districts), while the other SSRs include four additional A SSRs and five further Autonomous Regions.
Word: Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ). 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923 and lasting until 1991. Example: The Azerbaijan SSR includes the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Word: recusal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English recuse Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English recusal From recuse + -al. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkjuːzəl/ 1. An act of recusing; removing oneself from a decision/judgment because of a conflict of interest. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gonch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gitch, a variation of gotch, from Ukrainian га́чі (háči), ґа́чі pl (gáči). 1. Men's brief-style underwear. Labels: slang Example: I better do laundry tonight, I'm going to need some clean gonch in the morning Example: He was standing in his gonch with his big belly hanging over.
Word: bowlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Red Kurdistan Part of Speech: name 1. The Kurdish territory of the Soviet Union. Labels: colloquial
Word: all-inclusive Part of Speech: adj 1. Providing all amenities, benefits or perquisites in a single package. Labels: not-comparable Example: We stayed at an all-inclusive resort while we were in Bermuda, and even the golfing was free.
Word: all-inclusive Part of Speech: noun 1. A resort that provides all amenities, benefits or perquisites in a single package. Example: The development of all-inclusives may restrict the development of other forms of tourism, such as nature heritage tourism, since all-inclusive visitors are not generally consumers of these activities.
Word: alliterate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from alliteration. Pronunciation: /əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt/, [əˈlɪ.ɾə.ɹeɪt] 1. To exhibit alliteration. Labels: intransitive 2. To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration. Labels: transitive Example: It is a strophe of six lines, of which the first and second and the fourth and fifth belong together, while the third and sixth are independently alliterated.
Word: alliterative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English alliterate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English alliterative From alliterate + -ive. 1. In the form or style of alliteration.
Word: alliteratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English alliterative Middle English -ly English -ly English alliteratively From alliterative + -ly. 1. In an alliterative manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: allusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English allusive Middle English -ly English -ly English allusively From allusive + -ly. 1. In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion.
Word: allusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English allusive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English allusiveness From allusive + -ness. 1. The quality of being allusive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: alongshore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From along + shore. Pronunciation: /əˈlɒŋʃɔː/ 1. At or along a shore or coast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: alongshore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From along + shore. Pronunciation: /əˈlɒŋʃɔː/ 1. At or along a shore or coast. Labels: not-comparable Example: On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages alongshore, the word and its mistress returned to Gatsby's house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn.
Word: alphanumerical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English alpha- Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French numériquebor. English numeric English -al English numerical English alphanumerical From alpha- + numerical. Pronunciation: /ˌælfən(j)uˈmɛɹɪkəl/ 1. Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: alphanumerical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English alpha- Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French numériquebor. English numeric English -al English numerical English alphanumerical From alpha- + numerical. Pronunciation: /ˌælfən(j)uˈmɛɹɪkəl/ 1. alphanumeric
Word: alternator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alternate + -or. 1. An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.
Word: amateurishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English amateurish Middle English -ly English -ly English amateurishly From amateurish + -ly. 1. In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism. Example: He came in and we went out to the back area I'd bricked amateurishly years ago.
Word: amateurishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English amateurish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English amateurishness From amateurish + -ness. 1. The quality of being amateurish. Labels: uncountable Example: He betrays his amateurishness in a hundred ways.
Word: amateurism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English amateur 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 amateurism From amateur + -ism. 1. Amateur beliefs and practices generally. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ambassadorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ambassador Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English ambassadorship From ambassador + -ship. 1. The post or office of ambassador.
Word: ambidextrously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ambidextrous Middle English -ly English -ly English ambidextrously From ambidextrous + -ly. 1. In an ambidextrous manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ambitiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ambitious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ambitiousness From ambitious + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being ambitious. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ambrosial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Partly from ambrosia and partly from Latin ambrosius, + -al. Pronunciation: /amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/, /æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/ 1. Pertaining to or worthy of the gods. Labels: Greek Example: And whilst he slept she [Venus] over him would spred / Her mantle, colour’d like the starry skyes, / And her soft arme lay underneath his hed, / And with ambrosiall kisses bathe his eyes [...] Example: Their life is long; they eat Ambrosial food, and with the Deathless frame The beauteous dance. 2. Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine. Example: Thy Chamber vvith Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / Nevv loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: […] Example: VVhile thus she spake, / She touched his eye-lashes with libant lip / And breath'd ambrosial odours; […]
Word: ambulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/ 1. Able to walk; ambulatory. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are crossing the carpark with difficulty for Rick is holding Pym's arm in an ambulant bearhug and they are advancing at an angle like a pair of crookedly hung overcoats. Example: The patients, mostly ambulant, were brought in one by one. 2. Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking. Labels: not-comparable Example: an ambulant toilet
Word: ambulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/ 1. A patient who is able to walk.
Word: ambulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Latin ambulātiō. 1. Walking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amebic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: ameb- + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of amoebic. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: ameboid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of amoeboid. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ameboid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of amoeboid. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: ameliorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ameliorate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ameliorative From ameliorate + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈmiːliəɹətɪv/ 1. Able to repair or ameliorate. Example: One night while he was moaning on about his sorry existence I said: Do you really want to change it? Of course I do, he said, but nothing I’ve tried has been ameliorative. 2. Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation. Example: […]personal nicknames can generally be divided into positively marked (ameliorative) ones, usually given by family members and friends as a sign of affection and acceptance, and those negatively marked (pejorative or derogatory), whose aim is to mock or ridicule a person[…] 3. Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve. Example: ameliorative inquiry Example: ameliorative analysis
Word: ameliorative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ameliorate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ameliorative From ameliorate + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈmiːliəɹətɪv/ 1. That which betters or improves. Example: With such conventional Keynesian amelioratives, the economy normally recovers with output and employment on the rise, and, unfortunately, with inflation picking up too. Example: It certainly means the stripping from Parliament of endless debates on niggling parsimonies and trivial amelioratives; the thousand and one unreal fights and distractions which has kept democracy from winning the other half of freedom. 2. A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation. Labels: rare Example: Moreover, diminutives, augmentatives, pejoratives and amelioratives have always been analysed as independent categories, neglecting the possible interrelations among them.
Word: amenability Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or quality of being amenable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amenably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English amenable Middle English -ly English -ly English amenably From amenable + -ly. 1. In an amenable manner.
Word: amercement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English amercement, from Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci. Also from Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amerciament, amercement, amerciment. Equivalent to amerce + -ment. 1. A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 29 March. The quhilk daye Thomas Garnes is fund in þe wrang and amerchiament of court, for þe violent ſchuting and towking of Dauid Fleming, officiar to the Cowparis, on frydaye laſt. Example: This channel at one point gave occasion for a moss-grown bridge whereon the curious might inform themselves by the authority of a weather-beaten sign that while the road powers of the county of Sussex claimed the bridge and all that appertained to it, they expressly disclaimed liability for any sort of accident or ill that might be experienced there, and in fact held you strictly responsible and answerable in amercement.
Word: amicability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amicable + -ability, perhaps after Medieval Latin amīcābilitās. Piecewise doublet of amiability. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.mɪ.kəˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/ 1. The state or quality of being amicable or friendly. Labels: uncountable
Word: amoebic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈmiːbɪk/ 1. Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.
Word: amorousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English amorous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English amorousness From amorous + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.mə.ɹəs.nəs/, /ˈæm.ɹəs.nəs/, /ˈæ.mɚ.əs.nəs/, /ˈæ.mə.ɹʊs.nəs/ 1. The state or quality of being amorous. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And in her soul, she was lonely, because even Vanessa, to whose strength she clung, and on whose courage she leaned, knew nothing of what Jack Ashton's vices and follies, his disgraceful infidelities, and yet more disgraceful amorousnesses had taught her, nothing of where her knowledge had brought her. Example: There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.
Word: amorphously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English amorphous Middle English -ly English -ly English amorphously From amorphous + -ly. 1. In an amorphous manner.
Word: Dzierzynszczyzna Part of Speech: name 1. A Polish Autonomous District in the Byelorussian SSR (1932-1935).
Word: Marchlewszczyzna Part of Speech: name 1. A Polish Autonomous District in the Ukrainian SSR (1926-1935). Labels: historical
Word: South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. A former autonomous oblast of Georgian SSR, Soviet Union, existing from 1922 to 1990.
Word: amorphousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English amorphous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English amorphousness From amorphous + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being amorphous. Labels: uncountable
Word: Adyghe Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established on August 24, 1922 and existing until July 3, 1991, when it was elevated to the status of a republic and renamed Republic of Adygea.
Word: Chechen Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR (1922-1936).
Word: Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in January 1944.
Word: Cherkess Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in 1943.
Word: Chuvash Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in June 1920.
Word: Altai Republic Part of Speech: name 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia, in southern Siberia. Capital: Gorno-Altaysk.
Word: Oyrot Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in 1922 and renamed to Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast in 1948.
Word: Ingush Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR from 1924 to 1934.
Word: Jewish Autonomous Oblast Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Russian Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть (Jevréjskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ). 1. A federal subject, an autonomous oblast in the Far East of Russia.
Word: varnishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of varnish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lacquers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacquer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. New Latinder. English -onym English theonym From theo- + -onym. Pronunciation: /ˈθi.əˌnɪm/ 1. The name of a deity.
Word: paper snowflake Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of paper that has been folded many times and then cut so that when it is opened a figure that looks like a snowflake has formed.
Word: paper snowflakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paper snowflake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snowflakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snowflake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snowflakes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snowflake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: motivational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive 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 motivation English -al English motivational From motivation + -al. 1. Tending or intended to motivate.
Word: innertube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inner + tube. 1. Alternative spelling of inner tube. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fanaticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic 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 fanaticism From fanatic + -ism. Pronunciation: /fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/, /fəˈnæɾ.ɪ.sɪ.zm̩/ 1. The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order. Example: Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism.
Word: albarello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian albarello. 1. A ceramic pharmacy or drug jar, generally majolica ware, usually tall rather than wide, and often of a waisted shape.
Word: atropin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of atropine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: eyas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rebracketing of a nyas as an *eyas. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪəs/ 1. A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry. 2. Something diminutive and immature or untrained. Labels: figuratively Example: Are we to suppose the following lines of Plautus to have been delivered by an "eyas?"
Word: eyasmusket Part of Speech: noun 1. An eyas. Labels: obsolete
Word: pacifism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pacifisme, from pacifique; pacific + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsɪfɪzəm/ 1. The support of peace, specifically: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. Example: The individual pacifist (who may or may not follow a particular religion) can for example support voluntary euthanasia while at the same time retaining a consistent view about how to approach issues surrounding violent conflict and the common good. Although such issues raise complex ethical dilemmas, for some, pacifism can accomodate^([sic]) the possibility of killing in certain circumstances. 2. The support of peace, specifically: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pacifism forbids us from killing would-be murderers in self-defense, but terrorism permits us to slit the throat of a 17-year-old working a night shift at the zoo.[…]Pacifism also has the modal implication that no possible wrongful aggressor can be permissibly harmed, even in possible worlds where doing so is the only feasible means of saving oneself or others. 3. The support of peace, specifically: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nyas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French niais (“bird from the nest”), from Latin nidus (“nest”). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪəs/ 1. an eyas (a fledgling falcon) Labels: obsolete