nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pericarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French péricarpe, from New Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). By surface analysis, peri- + -carp. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑːp/, /ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑɹp/ 1. The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary. Example: When, as in the cherry, the different layers of the pericarp are well-defined and largely developed, they received distinctive names ; the outer skin is the epicarp (epi, upon, carpon, a fruit), the middle fleshy part is the mesocarp (mesos, middle) ; and the innermost hard shell is the endocarp (endos, within) ; in other words the pericarp is made up of epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. […] In all normal fruits these three layers of the pericarp are present […]. Example: The pericarp of sorghums of the factorial titution BBSSrr, BBSsrr, BbsSrr, and BbSsrr may possess some t degree of coloration even though the pericarp color factor R is nt. 2. The outer layer of anything. Labels: figuratively, rare Example: He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip.
Word: peripeteia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin peripetia, and its source Ancient Greek περιπέτεια (peripéteia), from περιπίπτω (peripíptō, “to change suddenly”), from περί (perí, “round, around, about”) + the stem of πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”). Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪpɪˈtɪə/, /pɛɹɪpɪˈtaɪə/, /pɛɹɪpɪˈtiə/, /pɛɹɪpɪˈteɪə/ 1. A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If we recoil with the consternation of surprise at such a conclusion, it is no defense to invoke as parallel the peripeteia by which Euripides in his Ion leads us to expect one ending yet effects another. 2. Any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Once more I was a man in a myth, incapable of understanding it, but somehow aware that understanding it meant it must continue, however sinister its peripeteia. Example: They were to bestride the Algerian scene like demigods until the tragic peripeteia of 1961 […] 3. A turning point in psychosocial development. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The visual moment whose consequences Freud began to ponder in the essay on the phallic stage has evolved into a peripeteia: "Some day or other it happens that the child whose own penis is such a proud possession obtains a sight of the genital parts of a little girl; he must then become convinced of the absence of a penis in a creature so like himeself. With this, however, the loss of his own penis becomes imaginable, and the threat of castration achieves its delayed effect."
Word: periplus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin periplūs (“account of a voyage”) and Ancient Greek περίπλους (períplous, “voyage, naval manouver, account of a voyage”), from περί (perí, “peri-: around”) + πλοῦς (ploûs, “voyage”), from πλεῖν (pleîn, “to sail”). Cf. French périple, Spanish periplo, & Italian periplo. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪˌplʌs/ 1. An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks. Example: Then follows a Periplus of the Euxine-Sea, which bears the name of Arrian, and was undoubtedly written by him in the time of Adrian, as the inſcription ſhews. Example: The Periplûs of the Erythrêan Sea is the title prefixed to a work which contains the beſt account of the commerce carried on from the Red Sea and the coaſt of Africa to the Eaſt Indies, during the time that Egypt was a province of the Roman Empire. 2. A voyage along a coast. Example: In the great Ocean, California, its gulph, and the Vermilion Sea were known to Cortes; Cabrillo proceeded along the coast of New California as far as the 43d degree of north latitude; Galbi advanced to the 57th degree. Amidst so many real peripluses, Maldonado, Juan de Fuca, and Admiral de Fonte, placed their chimerical voyages. Example: On the spot where he [Sebastian Cabot] landed he planted a large cross, with the flags of England and of St. Mark, and took possession for the King of England. If the statement be true that he coasted three hundred leagues, he may have made a periplus of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, returning home through the Straits of Belle Isle. 3. Synonym of circuit: the path or distance around a coast. Labels: uncommon 4. Synonym of circumnavigation: a voyage around an island or the world. Labels: uncommon Example: All the four books and the photograph are, in various degrees of literality or metaphoricity, about a periplus, the circumnavigation of an entire world, be that Homer's Mediterranean, Dante's hell, purgatory and paradise, Joyce's Dublin, or the cosmos of The Cantos, stretching across all the continents and all periods of history, and they are, therefore, the logbook accounts of such a periplus.
Word: perizoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin perizoma. from Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma). Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪˈzəʊmə/ 1. A loincloth worn by men and women in ancient Greece. Example: The traveller was in Erewhonian clothes to keep him inconspicuous, a conical felt hat with owl feather, yellow tabard, tasselled perizoma, belled sandals, and umbrella.
Word: perlection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin perlēctiō (“the act of reading through”), from perlegō (“read through”), from per (“through”) + legō (“read”). Pronunciation: /pəˈlɛkʃən/ 1. the reading through of something. Example: When the perlection of the Koran had been accomplished, the cloth was laid and all manner of meats and necessary things were brought.
Word: perrisodactyl Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪsəʊˈdæktɪl/ 1. having one or an odd number of toes, especially in designation of certain ungulates
Word: perrisodactyl Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪsəʊˈdæktɪl/ 1. Any member of the mammal order Perissodactyla, including the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros
Word: xerophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xero- (“dry”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪəɹəʊfaɪt/ 1. Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines. 2. A desert plant
Word: -ene Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names. Pronunciation: /-iːn/, /-in/ 1. Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: Cairo + -ene → Cairene Example: Damascus + -ene → Damascene 2. Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: Rogers + -ene → Rogerene Example: Hagar + -ene → Hagarene
Word: -ene Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine. Pronunciation: /-iːn/, /-in/ 1. An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene. Labels: morpheme 2. An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene. Labels: morpheme 3. A polymer derived from an alkene. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ene Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic. Pronunciation: /-iːn/, /-in/ 1. A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms. Labels: morpheme
Word: -diene Part of Speech: suffix 1. An unsaturated hydrocarbon with two double bonds; a diene Labels: morpheme 2. A polymer of such a diene. Labels: morpheme
Word: perscopate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From per- (“throughout, thoroughly”) + + Latin scōpātus, from scōpāre (“sweep”), from scōpa (“broom, bundle of sticks”) (classically only found as plural scōpae). By surface analysis, per- + scop(a) + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːskəpeɪt/ 1. to bristle or horripilate Labels: archaic Example: Let us take your cat: now suppose we shave her tail, so that it cannot shall I say perscopate or bristle; suppose we attach a board to her back, so that it cannot arch; suppose we then exhibit a displeasing sight – a sportive dog, for instance.
Word: petechia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin petechia, from Italian petecchie (“skin eruptions”, plural), probably from a popular Latin diminutive of petigo (“scab, eruption”) (from impetīgo). Pronunciation: /pɪˈtiːkɪə/ 1. A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin. Example: It is scurvy. All my authorities agree – weakness, diffused muscular pain, petechia, tender gums, ill breath – and M’Alister has no doubt of it. Example: The marks on Jane's skin were petechiae, little hemorrhages that indicate lack of platelets in the blood. She needed two units of platelets transfused into her bloodstream.
Word: petrary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin petraria, from Latin petra (“stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtɹəɹi/ 1. A weapon used to hurl stones Example: Their boats, loaded with six months’ provisions and a petrary for shooting crucifixes, were stowed aboard.
Word: phalera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin phalerae, from Ancient Greek φάλαρα (phálara) (plural of φάλαρον (phálaron)). Pronunciation: /ˈfæləɹə/ 1. In Ancient Greece, a metal medallion worn by men or used to ornament the harness of a horse.
Word: restart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English start English restart From re- + start. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/, /ˌɹɪˈstɑɹt/, /ˌɹɪˈstɑːt/, /ˈɹiːˌstɑːt/ 1. The act of starting something again. Example: After the restart of my browser, the problem went away. Example: We were stopped by signal soon after this and from the restart we had to lift our vast train up the 1 in 200 to Survilliers.
Word: restart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English start English restart From re- + start. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/, /ˌɹɪˈstɑɹt/, /ˌɹɪˈstɑːt/, /ˈɹiːˌstɑːt/ 1. To start again. Labels: ambitransitive Example: All attempts to restart the engine failed. Example: Another view of Ashchurch station on August 18, 1961, with "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46148 The Manchester Regiment restarting a Worcester-Cheltenham stopping train and a Class 4 2-6-0 at the branch platform on a train from Redditch. 2. Synonym of reboot.
Word: phylarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin phylarchus, from Ancient Greek φύλαρχος (phúlarkhos), from φῡλή (phūlḗ, “large clan or tribe of ancient Greece”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪlɑːk/, /ˈfaɪlɑɹk/ 1. The ruler of a phyle in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical 2. An Athenian hipparch, head of an Athenian clan in battle. Labels: historical 3. A tribal chief, magistrate, or other local ruler.
Word: phyllotaxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- + taxis. Pronunciation: /fɪləˈtæksɪs/ 1. The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion […] likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, phyllotaxis. 2. An abortive style. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: xanth- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of xantho- before a vowel Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: xantho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξᾰνθός (xănthós, “yellow”). 1. yellow Labels: morpheme 2. derivative of xanthic acid Labels: morpheme
Word: X-ray diffraction Part of Speech: noun 1. The scattering of X-rays by the regular lattice of atoms or molecules in a crystal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The diffraction pattern so obtained. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The technique of using such patterns to determine that geometry of a crystal, or the arrangements of atoms in a molecule; X-ray crystallography. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: diffraction pattern Part of Speech: noun 1. the pattern of lines or spots produced by diffraction; especially the two-dimensional pattern produced by X-ray diffraction that may be used to determine the structure of a crystal or of a crystalline compound.
Word: orbital symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The properties of an atomic orbital or molecular orbital that characterize its symmetry; especially those properties that are conserved in a chemical reaction.
Word: Woodward-Hoffmann rules Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Robert Burns Woodward and Roald Hoffman, American chemists. 1. A set of three rules that invoke the conservation of orbital symmetry to predict the stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: pigmy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of pygmy. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: My self-love is, in every respect, more susceptible than ambitious, and I have always found that men appear to the imagination phantoms when they blame, and pigmies when they praise you.
Word: pigmy Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of pygmy. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: stereochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- English chemistry English stereochemistry From stereo- + chemistry. 1. the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species Labels: uncountable 2. the effect of such spatial arrangement on the chemistry of a particular compound Labels: countable
Word: pericyclic reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. any reaction, typically involving organic compounds, in which a cyclic transition state is involved
Word: pericyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + cyclic or pericycle + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a pericycle Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a pericyclic reaction Labels: not-comparable
Word: pericycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English pericycle From peri- + cycle. 1. In a plant root, the cylinder of plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem.
Word: endodermis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English dermis English endodermis From endo- (“within”) + dermis (“skin”). 1. In a plant stem or root, a cylinder of cells that separates the outer cortex from the central core. The endodermis controls flow of water and minerals within the plant. In most plants, this tissue is restricted to the roots. 2. The deepest layer of the skin.
Word: onde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal. 1. envy; hatred; malice Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Wrathe, yre, and onde — The Romaunt of the Rose. 2. breath Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually
Word: onde Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”). 1. To breathe; breathe on. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
Word: effete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin effētus (“exhausted”, literally “that has given birth”), 1620s. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfiːt/, /ɪˈfit/, /ɛˈfit/ 1. exhausted, spent, worn-out. Labels: obsolete Example: Nature is not effœte, as he saith, or so lavish, to bestow all her gifts upon an age, but hath reserved some for posterity, to shew her power, that she is still the same, and not old or consumed. 2. Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent. Example: Amid the effete monarchies and princedoms of feudal Europe, morally and materially exhausted by the Thirty Years' War, the only hope of resistance to France lay in the little Republic of merchants, Holland. Example: They used rock'n'roll as a weapon against itself. With all instruments but guitar, bass, drums, and voice written off as effete, as elitist accoutrements of a professionalist cult of technique, it was music best suited to anger and frustration, […] 3. Decadent, weak through self-indulgence. Example: In fact, one obvious project of the MLF […] is to counter the idea that lobster is unusually luxe or unhealthy, suitable only for effete palates or the occasional blow-the-diet treat. 4. Affected, overrefined. Example: The Port Washington players all wear matching socks and shorts and tucked-in shirts. They look sharp but effete, a mannequinish aspect to them.
Word: pilgarlic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pilled/peeled + garlic. Pronunciation: /pɪlˈɡɑːlɪk/ 1. A bald-headed person. Labels: archaic Example: Dad turned to Haley, the pliant daughter. “He's a very lanky pumpkin,” he said. “And he's a pilgarlic.” 2. A pitiable or foolish person. Labels: archaic
Word: pilled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɪld/ 1. Pilled-up, intoxicated on pills. Labels: slang Example: Remember when I was bumming around Chelsea on the purple hearts! The chicks there thought I was God's gift to their little bohemia. A real devil. ‘I'm pilled to the gills,’ I'd tell them and their little eyes would grow as big as plates. Example: I never give these randy bastards a second glance when I'm dancing because when I'm pilled sex is too slow and anyway my legs are like rubber and I feel like I can out-dance anyone. 2. Of woven fabric: having formed small matted balls of fiber.
Word: pilled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of pill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pinguid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pinguis (“fat”) + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋɡwɪd/ 1. Relating to fat. Example: Fr. Christopher Maire, far from pallid, wearing no black beyond his Queue-Tie, neither wiry nor unnaturally fit, in Manner as free of the suave as of the pinguid, seems scarcely any Englishman’s idea of a Jesuit. Example: First he (Molotov) called on Göring at the Air Ministry where he asked Hitler's 'paladin' more embarrassing questions which the Reichmarschall simply doused with his pinguid heartiness.
Word: pishogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglo-Irish, from Irish piseog (“witchcraft”), from Middle Irish piseóc, pisóc. Pronunciation: /pɪˈʃəʊɡ/ 1. Magic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk. Example: Pishog: A mystic rite, by which one person is enabled to make a supernatural transfer of his neighbour's butter into his own churns.
Word: mob rule Part of Speech: noun 1. Government by violent gangs, or by the masses.
Word: Elsass Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Elsass. 1. A surname from German. 2. Alsace (a region in France) Labels: rare
Word: tardiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tardy 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 tardiness From tardy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being tardy. Labels: uncountable Example: Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties. Example: I would like to say this. Tardiness is not something you can do on your own. Many, many people contributed to my tardiness. I would like to thank my parents for never giving me a ride to school, the LA city bus driver who took a chance on an unknown kid and last but not least, the wonderful crew from McDonalds who spend hours making those egg McMuffins without which I might never be tardy. 2. The result or product of being tardy. Labels: countable
Word: pismire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to piss + mire (“ant”). So called due to the smell of anthills. Compare English pissant, Old Frisian pisimme, Dutch pismiere, Swedish pissmyra. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsmaɪə(ɹ)/ 1. An ant. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Why looke you, I am whipt and ſcourg'd with rods, Netled, and ſtung with piſmires, when I heare Of this vile polititian, Bullingbrooke, Example: Much there is not of wonder in the confused Houses of Pismires, though much in their busie life and actions […]
Word: interference microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used to study the differences in the phase of light transmitted through a specimen.
Word: phase contrast microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. A microscope that uses the change of phase when light is transmitted or reflected from a transparent or reflective specimen to form an image; used especially to study living cells.
Word: placket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a variant of placard or borrowed from Middle French plaquette (“metal plate”), from plaquer (“to lay or clap on”). See placard. Pronunciation: /ˈplækɪt/ 1. A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings Example: Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the placket of her skirt. Example: When the placket of his shirt gave way, the stones tore freely into the skin on his chest and back, and he no longer imagined Lucy Hartley enjoying his guitar serenades—he wondered if he would get to the roof alive. 2. A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat. Labels: obsolete Example: Is there no manners left among maids?VVill they vveare their plackets vvhere they ſhould bear their faces? 3. A woman. Labels: broadly, obsolete, slang Example: […]: after this,the vengeance on the vvhole Camp,or rather,the bone-ach,for that,me thinkes is the curſe dependant on thoſe that vvarre for a placket. Example: […] was that brave [hart] made to pant for a placket: and now i’th’ dog-days too, when nothing dare love! 4. A woman's pocket. Labels: obsolete 5. A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel. Labels: historical 6. An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate. Labels: historical
Word: plapper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈplæpə(ɹ)/ 1. To make a flapping noise with the lips. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: She took no notice while he read by rote a solfa fable for her, plappering flatly Example: Adam was making a plappering noise in his sleep like a horse.
Word: interferometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English interfere Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English interferometry From interfere + -o- + -metry. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tə.fəˈɹɒ.mɪ.tɹi/, /ˌɪn.(t)ɚ.fəˈɹɑ.mɪ.tɹi/ 1. The design and use of optical or radio interferometers. Labels: uncountable
Word: rakia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rakija. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Emanuel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Emmanuel, borrowed from Spanish and from various other European languages. 1. A male given name from Hebrew. 2. A surname.
Word: Duval Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Italic *olnos Old Latin olle Latin ille Old French le Old French del French du Proto-Indo-European *welH-? Latin vallis Old French val French val French Duvalbor. English Duval Borrowed from French Duval. 1. A topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley. 2. Ellipsis of Duval County Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. A locality in the Armidale council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Emmanuel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Immanuel. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmænjuəl/, /ɪˈmænjəl/, /ɪˈmænwəl/ 1. Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold). Example: Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 2. Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold). 3. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Example: Cade. What is thy name? / Clerk. Emmanuel. / Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go hard with you. Example: Some call their sons Emmanuel : this is too bold. The name is proper to Christ, therefore not to be communicated to any creature. 4. A surname. 5. Ellipsis of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Word: rodman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English *rodd Middle English rodde English rod English -man English rodman From rod + -man. 1. Synonym of rodsman.
Word: weedwhacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weed + whacker. 1. A device used to cut grass and destroy weeds; a string trimmer. Labels: US
Word: druggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drug Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English druggie From drug + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌɡi/ 1. A drug addict or abuser. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: All up and down the promenade outside King's Cross, druggies are making eye contact with one another. Example: I’ve tried repeatedly, over the course of my life, to become a druggie.
Word: Kati Part of Speech: name 1. A rare modern spelling variant of Katie, diminutive of the female given name Katherine.
Word: pneuma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːmə/ 1. A neume. Example: With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom. 2. The spirit or soul. Example: But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / Become Pneuma 3. One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.
Word: killing spree Part of Speech: noun 1. A number of murders in a short span of time; a rampage.
Word: interferometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English interfer(e) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English interferometer From interfer(e) + -o- + -meter. 1. Any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices, measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements.
Word: poculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin poculum. Doublet of bucchero. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒkjʊləm/ 1. A drinking-cup used in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical Example: They sat together over elaborate glass pocula blown in Cologne; the wine too was Rhenish.
Word: pollicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin pollex (“thumb, big toe”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/ 1. To gesture with the thumb. Example: ‘Disgusting? this is Tea, Friend, Cha,— what all tasteful London drinks,– that,’ pollicating the Coffee-Pot, ‘is what’s disgusting.’
Word: pollicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pollex (“thumb, big toe”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/ 1. Of insects: having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intermediate vector boson Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the three fundamental particles (the two W-bosons and the Z-boson) that transmit the weak nuclear force and have a mass about 100 times that of a proton. Labels: particle
Word: intermetallic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. any solid material, composed of two or more metal atoms in a definite proportion, that has a definite structure which differs from those of its constituent metals Example: An intermetallic compound must be present, the high freezing-point of which indicates that it is formed from its components with the liberation of a large amount of energy.
Word: intermetallic phase Part of Speech: noun 1. an intermetallic compound
Word: intermetallic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English metallic English intermetallic From inter- + metallic. 1. Of, relating to, acting between, or comprising two or more metals. Labels: not-comparable Example: An intermetallic compound must be present, the high freezing-point of which indicates that it is formed from its components with the liberation of a large amount of energy.
Word: intermetallic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English metallic English intermetallic From inter- + metallic. 1. An intermetallic compound.
Word: ponent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to place”). Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊnənt/ 1. The west; the area of the setting sun.
Word: ponent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to place”). Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊnənt/ 1. Pertaining to the west, westerly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent winds, Eurus and Zephyr Example: There was an ambiguity surpassing conjecture in her eyes, and the wind rose up around us in that half barbaric Russian garden with its alien Diana blackened by snows and fierce ponent winds
Word: intermolecular force Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the attractive or repulsive interactions that occur between atoms or molecules and become significant at separations of about 1 nanometer or less
Word: pottle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒtəl/ 1. A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size. Labels: archaic Example: Why, he drinks you, with facility, your Dane dead drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he gives your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be filled. Example: c. 1605, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore Part 2, London: Nathaniel Butter, 1630, a pottle of Greeke wine 2. A small food container, usually made of plastic or cardboard, typically used for containing hot chips, yoghurt or other foodstuffs. Labels: New-Zealand Example: Outside, I ripped open the bag to reveal the chips were sitting inside a paper pottle. A pottle! Example: Did you know that the six and four-pack pottle yogurts – the kind we buy for lunches – can’t be recycled. 3. A small pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries. Labels: archaic Example: Strawberry pottles are often half cabbage leaves, a few tempting strawberries being displayed on the top of the pottle. Example: He had a paper-bag under each arm and a pottle of strawberries in one hand, and was out of breath.
Word: pottle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒtəl/ 1. To place in a pottle. Labels: transitive
Word: internal energy Part of Speech: noun 1. A property, characteristic of the state of a thermodynamic system, the change of which is equal to the heat absorbed minus the work done by the system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: drum cadence Part of Speech: noun 1. A work played exclusively by the percussion section of a modern marching band, descended from early military marches, primarily as a purposefully emphasized means of providing a beat to marchers.
Word: interstellar extinction Part of Speech: noun 1. the dimming of light from the stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium Labels: uncountable
Word: pralaya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌləjə/ 1. destruction, apocalypse Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A period of cosmic inactivity, lasting 4.32 billion years. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ring cadence Part of Speech: noun 1. The ringing pattern heard by the dialer before the called party picks up the call.
Word: as of Part of Speech: prep 1. At or by a specified time, with the implication that the said condition will be true from that time onward. Labels: idiomatic Example: All leave is cancelled as of now. Example: The server will be down for maintenance as of tomorrow afternoon. 2. At a specified time, with the implication that the said condition was or will be true at that time. Labels: idiomatic Example: The US has a population of 300 million, as of 2006.
Word: prebendary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin praebendārius, from Late Latin praebenda (“literally ‘things to be supplied’; prebend”), neuter plural of gerundive of praebeō (“supply”), from prae- (“pre-”) + habeō (“have, hold”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛbəndəɹi/ 1. An honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church. Example: Among the prebendaries have been men eminent for their learning and piety: as Lancelot Andrews, bishop of Winchester, Dr. Sherlock, Archdeacon Paley, and the Rev. William Beloe, B.D. well known by his translation of Herodotus. Example: Wolverhampton church, dedicated to St. Mary, was a collegiate establishment, with a dean as president, and a number of prebendaries or canons who were “secular” priests, and not brethren of any of the regular “orders of monks.” […] A prebendary, it may be explained, is one who enjoys a prebend or canonical portion; that is, who receives in right of his place, a share out of the common stock of the church for his maintenance.
Word: prebendary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin praebendārius, from Late Latin praebenda (“literally ‘things to be supplied’; prebend”), neuter plural of gerundive of praebeō (“supply”), from prae- (“pre-”) + habeō (“have, hold”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛbəndəɹi/ 1. Pertaining to the office or person of a prebendary; prebendal. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is at least a third of the way up the career path to being a saint. Conscientious men (and women for that matter) often hear a sort of susurration in their ears when they achieve this prebendary status. 2. Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent. Labels: not-comparable Example: While in the cloth, all clerics, regardless of social origins, were members of privileged class, exempt from corvée and taxes and sharing the government’s prebendary benefices of land and conscript labor. Example: Following Max Weber, I define the prebendary state as a regime where those who hold state power live off politics. In addition to their salaries, the rulers and officials of the state benefit from the perquisites of office, either in the form of bribes or outright appropriation of public monies from the various government agencies and state enterprises for private ends (Weber 1968, 86-95, 206-9). […] Under a prebendary regime, a fraction of the middle or dominant class controls the state by allying itself with a supreme ruler or dictator.
Word: made-for-TV Part of Speech: adj 1. Produced for or originally distributed by a television network as opposed to being shown in cinemas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antinoise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + noise. 1. Intended to reduce environmental noise. Labels: not-comparable Example: Grayned v. City of Rockford, Supreme Court of the United States, 408 U.S. 104 (1972). We conclude that the antipicketing ordinance is unconstitutional, but affirm the court below with respect to the antinoise ordinance. 2. Capable of neutralizing a noise. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have invented an antinoise raygun.
Word: antinoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + noise. 1. A sound wave, of the same amplitude but of opposite phase to that of an unwanted sound, that can neutralize the unwanted sound using destructive interference. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: procacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin procāx (“bold, impudent”), from procō (“ask, demand”), from procus (“suitor”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkeɪʃəs/ 1. Bold, forward, insolent. Example: Another piece of Vain-glory to be Denied, is in The Reputation of strength and valour. The witless part of men, especially in their procacious humours, do use to be carried away with this […] Example: 1882, John Brown, “Mr. Syme” in Horæ Subsecivæ, New Edition, First Series, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 370, In his little room in the Surgical Hospital—once the High School […] his house-surgeons and clerks and dressers—now all over the world, working out his principles and practice—will well remember how delightful he was, standing with his back to the fire, making wise jokes […] now abating a procacious youth, now heartening a shy homely one […]
Word: etymologies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒiːz/ 1. plural of etymology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proparoxytone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/, /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/ 1. Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proparoxytone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/, /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/ 1. A proparoxytone word.
Word: antiphrastic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪˈfræstɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or exhibiting antiphrasis. Labels: rhetoric
Word: copywriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copy + writer. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtə/, /ˈkɑːpiˌɹaɪtɚ/ 1. A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
Word: antiphrasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin antiphrasis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίφρασις (antíphrasis) (< phrazein "declare"). Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪfrəsɪs/ 1. Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: When they called him “bad as hell”, they weren’t calling him evil. It was antiphrasis. Example: By the turn of this century the situation concerning logic was quite simple: there was basically one logic (classical logic) which could be used (by changing the set of proper axioms) in various situations. Logic was about pure reasoning. Brouwer’s criticism destroyed this dream of unity: classical logic was not suited for constructive features and therefore it lost its universality. Now by the end of the century we are faced with an incredible number of logics-some of them only named ‘logic’ by antiphrasis, some of them introduced on serious grounds.
Word: copywrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from copywriter. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/, /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ 1. To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter. Labels: rare
Word: copywrite Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/, /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/ 1. Misspelling of copyright. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bardacious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bodacious. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bowdacious Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of bodacious. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bodacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina) or a blend of bold and audacious. Pronunciation: /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/ 1. Audacious and unrestrained. Labels: US Example: If you’re going to lie, you might as well tell a bodacious lie. Example: 1898, Emma M. Bachus, “Tales of the Rabbit from Georgia Negroes” in Journal of American Folk-Lore (Vol 12, No 45), page 115. Google Book page link. Then that bodacious Brer Rabbit, he go softly through the bresh, and just creep inside that pig and lay hisself down, and he lay out to keep he eye open and watch out for the cart, but ’fore he know hisself he fall asleep. 2. Incorrigible and insolent. Labels: US Example: You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel. 3. Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary. Labels: Australia, US, slang Example: bodacious - Extremely strong, as in reference to an incoming signal. Example: Twenty meters in diameter to match the bore of the huge Japanese ore drilling machines, the floor had been leveled by an equally bodacious milling robot, and the shiny metallic walls seemed to stretch on to infinity. 4. Sexy, attractive. Example: [Patrick] Stewart has “been named The Most Bodacious Man on TV by the readers of TV Guide (1992), one of the 10 Sexiest Men by Playgirl (1995), and one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine (1995)”. Asked how he felt about TV Guide’s readers voting him “The Most Bodacious Man on TV,” Stewart replied, “It still astonishes me. It is truly incomprehensible to this day. But it’s very pleasant.” Example: Bill Ward has always been known for drawing the biggest, bustiest, most bodacious babes to strut across a comic book or cartoon panel.
Word: bodacious Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina) or a blend of bold and audacious. Pronunciation: /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/ 1. Bodaciously. Labels: US, nonstandard Example: Well, he knows by this time, I reckon, that the fastest man afoot can’t noways match speed with a hornet. He taken out through the bresh and thickets, yelpin’ and hollerin’ and hoppin’ most bodacious. He run in a circle, too, for in three minutes he come bellerin’ back, gave one last hop and dove back into the thicket. By this time I figgered he’d wore the hornets out, so I came alive again.
Word: coeducation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Latin ēducātiōder. English education English coeducation From co- + education. 1. the education of male and female students in the same institution Labels: uncountable
Word: conjugative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English conjugate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conjugative From conjugate + -ive. 1. Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
Word: Cycladic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from or relating to the Cyclades.
Word: dysmorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dys- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Of, relative to, producing, or having dysmorphism. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first clue to possible genetic disease is usually the appearance of the infant, who does not ‘look right’ – in other words, he is dysmorphic. Example: Much of the suffering experienced by disabled or dysmorphic people is socially determined and value laden. 2. Usually body dysmorphic: Having or relating to dysmorphia, also known as body dysmorphic disorder. Labels: not-comparable Example: Body weight and weight change can highlight psychological and control issues, lack of confidence and body dysmorphic tendencies, all of which accompany the potential stress related to infertility. Example: “The patient spoke once or twice about a nightmare. Perhaps there was some mention of mirrors, and while some counsel removing mirrors to avoid encouraging dysmorphic tendencies, we find that such a practice might create greater harm,” said Hughes, now very much the polite and civilized man of medicine responding in ten-dollar words to a worried relative.
Word: dysmorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. any malformation of the anatomy Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Primary genetic or endocrine etiologies are rare but need to be taken into consideration, if the child has dysmorphism, severe hyperphagia, developmental delay, clinical signs of Cushing impressively increasing in or Cushingoid syndromes, and hypothyroidism.
Word: elocution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elocucioun, ellocucioun, from Late Latin ēlocutiōnem. Doublet of elocutio. Pronunciation: /ɛləˈkjuːʃən/ 1. The art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: perfect elocution Example: elocution training
Word: corduroy road Part of Speech: noun 1. A road paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side, used e.g. to cross swampy areas. Example: The army moved from Savannah on the 28th of January, 1865, on its march through South Carolina […] During this march, Sherman’s army had built thirty-nine miles of corduroy road through the otherwise impassable swamps.
Word: disoriented Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + oriented or disorient + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of disorient Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disoriented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + oriented or disorient + -ed. 1. Alternative form of disorientated Having lost one's direction; confused. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: thankyou Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of thank-you. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: thankyou Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of thank you. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard