nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Afro-Argentine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Āfrī Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Afro- English Argentine English Afro-Argentine From Afro- + Argentine. 1. Of or pertaining to Argentines of African descent. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: Following the destruction of the free black battalions at Sipe-Sipe, the Afro-Argentine representation in the armed forces consisted almost entirely of ... Example: An obviously discontented unit was the Afro-Argentine Fourth Cazadores, which between November 1827 and October 1829 lost 31 soldiers dead and ...
Word: Afro-Argentine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Āfrī Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Afro- English Argentine English Afro-Argentine From Afro- + Argentine. 1. An Argentine of African descent. Labels: historical Example: In the case of Afro-Argentines, as in the case of Argentina's Indians and gauchos, this tactic arguably succeeded. Although blacks constituted about 10 percent of Argentina's population in 1810, by 1887 their numbers had dropped to less than 2 percent, and have continued to drop down to the present day. ... Example: The official mouthpiece of the Rosas government, La Gaceta Mercantil, praised Afro-Argentines as “valiant defenders of liberty who have won fame and glory in a hundred battles,” adding that “General Rosas so appreciates the mulattos and morenos that he has no objection to seating them at his table and eating with them.” In other respects, however, the persistence of racism against Afro-Argentines, Indians, and gauchos showed regrettable continuities with the colonial past.
Word: in thunderation Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: See thunderation. 1. In any set of circumstances whatsoever. Labels: US, colloquial Example: How in thunderation could anyone anticipate a result like this? Example: Where in thunderation have you been?
Word: brewsky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brew + -sky. 1. A beer. Labels: slang
Word: Zoilus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Zōilus, from Ancient Greek Ζωΐλος (Zōḯlos). 1. An Ancient Greek grammarian and critic (400–320 B.C.), known for his harsh criticisms of Homer’s poems.
Word: FBO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fixed base operator, an aircraft service center at an airport. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of football banning order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of food business operator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FBO Part of Speech: prep 1. Initialism of for the benefit of (e.g., on a check or other financial instrument sent to a custodian). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FBO Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of Facebook official. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: serrefine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French serre fine (“small clamp”), from serre (“clamp”) and fine, feminine form of fin (“thin, fine”). Pronunciation: /sɛəɹˈfiːn/ 1. Small forceps used for clamping an artery.
Word: Khorramshahr Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian خرمشهر (xorramšahr) itself from خرم (xorram, “happy, green”) + شهر (šahr, “city”). 1. A port city in Khuzestan Province, located in southwestern Iran.
Word: ursigram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Union Radiophonique Scientifique + -gram. 1. A message broadcast by telex, radio or otherwise, containing scientific data (such as sunspot activity etc)
Word: JCB Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initials of the company founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford. 1. An earthmoving machine made by the J. C. Bamford (JCB) company. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 2. any backhoe/endloader combination, or similar machinery. Example: Upon arriving at the site, they found several JCBs busily tearing down what was left of the old sheds.
Word: JCB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Joint Configuration Board. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Japan Credit Bureau. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: valuta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian valuta (“currency”). Doublet of value. 1. A foreign currency; any monetary standard. Example: It helps that the gamer’s proxy is always on a quest – for money, gold, any token that may have valuta if not intrinsic value.
Word: digitiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English digit English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English digitiform From digit + -iform. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. Having the shape of a finger.
Word: adposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ad- + position, from Latin adpositio, from adpositum, past participle of adponere, an alternative form of apponere (“to put near”). Pronunciation: /ˌædpəˈzɪʃən/ 1. An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition. Example: Throughout this book, I have assumed that adpositions (prepositions and postpositions) are not lexical categories, but rather functional categories.[…]While this view of adpositions is far from unprecedented, it runs contrary to the more standard generative treatment, championed by Jackendoff (1977: 31-33), in which adpositions constitute a fourth lexical category, filling out the logical space of possibilities defined by the two binary-valued features #43;#92;#33;#47;#92;#33;#92;#33;-#92;#33;#92;#33;#92;mathsfN and #43;#92;#33;#47;#92;#33;#92;#33;-#92;#33;#92;#33;#92;mathsfV. Example: 2008, Amani Bohoussou, Stavros Skopeteas, Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê, Elisabeth Verhoeven, Stavros Skopeteas, Yong-Min Shin, Yoko Nishina, Johannes Helmbrecht (editors), Studies on Grammaticalization, Walter de Gruyter (Mouton), page 77, It is well known in West African linguistics that languages in this broad sense display adpositions that emerge out of these two sources, namely nouns and verbs.
Word: elix Part of Speech: verb 1. To draw out or extract. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: O that our muse / Had those abstruse and sinewy faculties / That with a strain of fresh invention / She might press out the rarity of art, / The pur'st elixed juice of rich conceit, / In your attentive ears, that with the lip / Of gracious elocution we might drink / A sound carouse unto your health of wit.
Word: fungiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fungi- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English fungiform From fungi- + -form. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌn.dʒɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈfʌŋ.ɡɪ.fɔːm/ 1. Having the shape of a mushroom; especially, the archetypical such shape, suggesting a cap and stem. Example: Near-synonyms: mycomorphic, mushroom-shaped Example: the fungiform papillae of the tongue
Word: paragram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin paragramma, from Ancient Greek παράγραμμα (parágramma). 1. A play on words; a pun.
Word: paragrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paragram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euphorigenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English euphoria French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English euphorigenic From euphoria + -genic. 1. Inducing a state of euphoria.
Word: hydrocephalic Part of Speech: adj 1. hydrocephalous
Word: hydrocephalic Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has hydrocephalus.
Word: Brønsted-Lowry base Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on a theory proposed independently in 1923 by Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Thomas Martin Lowry. 1. Any chemical species that acts as an acceptor of protons
Word: Brønsted-Lowry acid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊnstɛd ˈlaʊɹi ˈæsɪd/, /ˈbɹɒn-/, /ˈbɹɜːn-/ 1. Any chemical species that acts as a donor of protons
Word: majordomo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs (“steward”), from Latin maior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”). Pronunciation: /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/, /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒɚˈdoʊ.moʊ/ 1. The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler. Example: Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in. Example: In return for ruling over the king's palace, serving as the monarch's alter ego in the domestic sphere, and bearing the burden of accountability, the majordomo was compensated amply. 2. A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate. Labels: US Example: She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate. 3. Any overseer, organizer, person in command. Labels: US Example: The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.
Word: Bronsted-Lowry acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Brønsted-Lowry acid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bronsted-Lowry base Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Brønsted-Lowry base. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bang to rights Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bang (“completely”) + to rights (“properly”). Originally US; attested from the start of the 20th century. 1. Red-handed, (caught) in the act. Labels: UK, idiomatic, not-comparable, usually Example: We had a man once who got caught with a bundle of railroad stocks. They got him bang to rights and would have shoved him, only[…] when he swore he’d found them, they couldn’t prove he hadn’t. Example: The silk! Hide it! Throw it away! If they get us with that—we’re bang to rights. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bang (adverb), to rights. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Once, after a spammer trolled Nanae, accusing antis of having no life, Mad Pierre sarcastically responded that the spammer was correct. ¶ “Damn, you’ve got us bang to rights. We have no lives. None. At all.” Example: Tyler tries to dismiss Vidal's characterization of him as a pseudo-intellectual buffoon, but succeeds only in demonstrating that Vidal had him bang to rights.
Word: bang to rights Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From reinterpretation of bang (“completely”) as bang (“to handle noisily or violently”). 1. To have sufficient, indisputable evidence that a person's actions are generally perceived to be wrong; to catch red-handed. Labels: UK, idiomatic, rare Example: I am as intent on banging them all to rights as the next bleeding heart middle-class liberal, but take a look at the record so far. Example: Good week for: Cyclists, after Britain's most prolific bicycle thief was banged to rights.
Word: banged to rights Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bang to rights Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Good week for: Cyclists, after Britain's most prolific bicycle thief was banged to rights.
Word: timorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English timorous Middle English -ly English -ly English timorously From timorous + -ly. 1. In a timorous manner.
Word: incoherence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cohaerentiader. Middle French coherenceder. English coherence English incoherence From in- + coherence, formed on model of Italian incoerenza. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/ 1. The quality of being incoherent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: HE DESCENDED, signifieth a voluntarie motion, where as the bodie dead hath neither WILL nor MOTION. […] Though therefore this exposition cannot be charged with falsitie, for Christ was trulie buried; yet may it not bee endured by reason of […] the improprietie and incoherence of the worde, that a deade corps should descend […] Example: 1680, Henry Care, The History of the Damnable Popish Plot, London: B.R. et al., Chapter 23, Section 2, p. 327, […] the said Lane is prevailed with […] to prefer an Indictment against Dr. Oates, for attempting to commit upon him the horrid and detestable sin of Sodomy; but the Grand Jury, by reason of the incoherence and slightness of his Evidence, did not think fit to finde it, but returned an Ignoramus. 2. The quality of being incoherent. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1669, Robert Boyle, “The History of Fluidity and Firmness,” Section 16, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts, London: Henry Herringman, p. 182, […] if it [Salt-Petre] be beaten into an impalpable powder, this powder, when it is pour’d out, will emulate a Liquor, by reason that the smallness and incoherence of the parts do both make them easie to be put into motion […] 3. Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected. Labels: countable Example: […] Incoherences in Matter and Suppositions, without Proofs put handsomly together in good Words and a plausible Stile, are apt to pass for strong Reason and good Sense, till they come to be look’d into with Attention. Example: This was strangely heightened at times by the ragged Elijah’s diabolical incoherences uninvitedly recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of. 4. Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ramino Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rumino (“card game”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: green diesel Part of Speech: noun 1. Diesel fuel that has been dyed green to indicate that it is only permitted to be used off-road due to lower road taxes. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable 2. Environmentally friendly diesel fuel. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: abuse of discretion Part of Speech: noun 1. The rendering of a decision by a court that is so unreasonable in light of the facts of the case or is such an unreasonable deviation from legal precedent that it must be reversed. 2. Any action by a government official by which that official renders decisions for a clearly improper purpose.
Word: abuses of discretion Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abuse of discretion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: after-acquired title Part of Speech: noun 1. Legal ownership of a piece of real property obtained by a party after that party has already purported to sell a falsely claimed present interest in the property to another.
Word: after-acquired titles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of after-acquired title Labels: form-of, plural
Word: estoppel by deed Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal doctrine under which a first party who purports to sell real property that the first party does not actually own to a second party must actually convey that property to the second party if the first party later acquires title to that property. Labels: uncountable 2. The doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: boncer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer. 1. Remarkable; wonderful. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete Example: The Trout boys had often spent the day with the Burnells in town, but now that they lived in this fine house and boncer garden they were inclined to be very friendly.
Word: boncer Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of large marble; a bonce. Labels: New-Zealand, dated 2. Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete Example: ‘Of course the hero of the meeting was A.H. Holder, and let me tell you he is a ‘boncer’.
Word: public law Part of Speech: noun 1. A category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law. Labels: uncountable
Word: quickening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quicken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quickening Part of Speech: noun 1. An increase of speed. Example: If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon. Example: It resembled them in the sense that it was not ended, when it was past, but continued to unfold, in Watt's head, from beginning to end, over and over again, the complex connexions of its lights and shadows, the passing from silence to sound and from sound to silence, the stillness before the movement and the stillness after, the quickenings and retardings, the approaches and the separations, all the shifting detail of its march and ordinance, according to the irrevocable caprice of its taking place. 2. The action of bringing someone or something to life. 3. The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs. 4. Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.). Example: It may indeed be said that these days brought on a high quickening of Maisie's direct perceptions, of her sense of freedom to make out things for herself.
Word: quickens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quicken + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ 1. Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses. Labels: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, plural, plural-only Example: Quickens are not confined to one species of grass.
Word: quickens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quicken + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ 1. plural of quicken Labels: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, form-of, plural
Word: quickens Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From quicken + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: constitutional law Part of Speech: noun 1. The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government. Labels: uncountable
Word: installate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from installation. 1. To install. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: Anyone has experience installating this digital thermostat? Example: I did everything installated the new drivers and than^([sic]) installated the old drivers again.
Word: Enrolled Bill Part of Speech: noun 1. Legislation that has been passed by both houses of Congress, signed by their presiding officers, and sent to the President for signature. Labels: US
Word: blows up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blow up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blowing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blow up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blowing up Part of Speech: noun 1. Explosion. Labels: colloquial Example: Blowings up —explodings— Such would be your fate; Streams of fire 'neath us! — Bless us, what a state!
Word: blew up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of blow up Labels: form-of, past
Word: blown up Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of blow up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sends away for Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of send away for Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sending away for Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of send away for Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sent away for Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of send away for Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reindeers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reindeer Labels: universal 2. plural of reindeer Labels: nonstandard
Word: apter Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæptə/, /ˈæptɚ/ 1. comparative form of apt: more apt Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand. Example: [I]t hath been many an honest man's hap to pass for the father of children he never begot; and if your worship should provide for the child, it may make the people the apter to believe […]
Word: estragon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French estragon. Doublet of tarragon. 1. Synonym of tarragon Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rowleian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Rowley Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Rowleian From Rowley + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the literary style and characters of plays by William Rowley (ca1585-1626), English playright. Example: The style of which is neither Rowleian nor Shakespearean but a particular blending of both. Example: Tim [Bloodhound] shows many signs of being a typical Rowleian clown; he is a fat clown, judging from his joke about breaking his girdle. 2. Of or pertaining to the work of (fictional) poet Thomas Rowley, a pseudonym of Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), English poet. Example: Mr. Tyrwhitt's book on the Rowleian controversy, which is reckoned completely victorious, are all the novelties I have seen since I left town. Example: Chatterton... also imparted to Barrett two Rowleian poems, "The Parliament of Sprites," and "The Battle of Hastings" (in two quite different versions).
Word: IKEA Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish IKEA. Pronunciation: /aɪˈkiːə/, /ɪˈkeɪ.ə/, /ˈaɪˌki.ə/, /ɪˈki.a/, /i-/ 1. An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer. Example: Instruct the servant robot to clean the house, landscape the yard, and assemble several major pieces of IKEA furniture. Then, when your robot is power depleted and attempts to recharge, shut off the power to your house. Example: It seems Swedish gangs, apparently no longer satisfied with knocking over their local IKEA’s, have taken to sneaking little people into the cargo holds of the buses by stowing them in suitcases.
Word: nest scrape Part of Speech: noun 1. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a scrape. Example: 1931, Deutsche Archiv für Polarforschung, Archiv für Polarforschung in Kiel, Vereinigung zur Förderung des Archivs für Polarforschung, Polarforschung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polarforschung, etc., page 72, The breeding in 1966 is apparently the first reported from the Hazen area, although rare breeding in the past is suggested by one very old nest scrape on the study area. Example: 2006, Jon Hardey and Humphrey Clark, Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 15, Criteria for identifying breeding pairs may be variously defined to include pairs that […]; pairs that […]; pairs that repair or build a nest or prepare a nest scrape; […] or pairs that […].
Word: Falklands Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(l)kləndz/, /ˈfɒlkləndz/, /ˈfoː(l)kləndz/, /ˈfɔlkləndz/, /ˈfɔkləndz/ 1. Ellipsis of Falkland Islands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.
Word: dittos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ditto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dittos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ditto Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gorged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gorge + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːdʒd/, /ɡɔːɹd͡ʒd/ 1. With a stomach stuffed full of food. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight. Example: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!" 2. With the neck collared or encircled by an object. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having a gorge or throat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gorged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gorge + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːdʒd/, /ɡɔːɹd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of gorge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Halkomelem Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /hɒlkəˈmeɪləm/ 1. A Central Salishan language spoken around the Lower Fraser River and on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, by the Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Tsleil-Waututh First Nations downriver, by the Aitchelitz, Skway, Skowkale, Soowahlie, Squiala, Tzeachten, and Yakweakwioose First Nations upriver, and by the Cowichan, Halalt, Lamalchi, Lyackson, Penelakut, Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw-as, Stzꞌuminus, and Tsꞌuubaa-asatx on Vancouver Island. Example: At 77, she’s the last known fluent speaker of the Stó:lō Nation’s Upriver Halkomelem language (also called Halq’eméylem) – a Salish dialect that’s related to two other Halkomelem dialects, but distinct to the Stó:lō people. Example: In the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleilwaututh First Nations, the most commonly understood Indigenous mother tongue isn't Halkomelem. It's Cree, according to Statistics Canada.
Word: going down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nunation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّنَ (nawwana, literally “to nunate, nunify”), derived from the letter name نُون (nūn). Pronunciation: /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. In Akkadian, the use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Unserdeutsch Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Unserdeutsch Unserdeutsch, from German unser (“our”) + Deutsch (“German”). 1. A German-based creole language spoken primarily in Papua New Guinea and the northeast of Australia.
Word: ocotillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote. Pronunciation: /əʊkəˈtɪləʊ/, /əʊkəˈtiː(j)əʊ/ 1. Any of various succulent plants, not closely related to the cactus, in genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, living in Central America or the southwest United States. Example: It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green.
Word: EAU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Eurasian Economic Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: New Democratic Party Part of Speech: name 1. A Canadian social-democratic political party which fields candidates in both federal and provincial elections.
Word: NDP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of net domestic product. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of neutron depth profiling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of nucleoside diphosphate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Norrie disease protein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NDP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Democratic Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: That day A.K. was carrying a banner in an SED demonstration, L.G. said he was sorry he had caused me to lose my temper, B.R. said that he expected to get a U. S. visa next month, and R.D. said that he was going into the U. S. Zone to work for the NDP in the forthcoming elections. Example: Members of the NDP have condemned the arrests as an attempt "to eliminate constitutional opposition by unconstitutional means." 2. Initialism of Newfoundland Democratic Party. Labels: Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: Larry Daley, president of the Newfoundland Federation of Labor, said today that while labor will support and endorse the NDP, many candidates will not be associated with trade unions. 3. Initialism of New Democratic Party Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: But it was decided that a member of the Federal Parliament could not be president or associate president of the party. A NDP member elected in such party office would, however, be entitled to complete his parliamentary term. Example: Mr. Green agreed that the Columbia River treaty was indeed a problem. He said that the Liberals and the NDP both wanted re-negotiation. 4. Initialism of National Day Parade Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of National Development Plan Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 6. Initialism of Neighbour Discovery Protocol Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of National Defense Panel Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 8. Initialism of Nortel Discovery Protocol Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NDPer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From NDP + -er. 1. A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party. Labels: Canadian, informal Example: One week before the Liberal leadership convention, it's NDPers who are among the most agitated. […] "What's not to like?" the NDPer asks. "He talks about the environment and social justice like he's motivated about them." Example: Langen, who has been volunteering on NDPer Keith Bellamy's council campaign in Daniel McIntyre, said he got a call from a local union asking for a top-tier campaign manager willing to kick May's campaign into high gear.
Word: Afro-Argentines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Afro-Argentine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chasma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”), from Ancient Greek χᾰ́σκω (khắskō, “to gape, yawn”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan-, *gʰan- (“to gape, yawn”) + -σκω (-skō, inchoative suffix forming a present-tense word), from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti (suffix forming a durative or iterative imperfective verb); or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, yawn”)) + Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming an action or result noun)). Doublet of chasm. The obsolete “aurora” sense is from the fact that aurorae were thought to be rifts in the sky from which light shone through: see the 1822 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈkazmə/, /ˈkæzmə/ 1. A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System. Example: The most prominent tectonic feature on Tethys is the globe-girdling Ithaca Chasma, which is 60 to 100 km wide, 3–4 km deep, and can be traced through at least 270° of a rough great circle (Smith et al, 1982; Moore & Ahern, 1983). […] Odysseys Tangent Chasma. A prominent chasma 60–80 km wide and at least 800 km long (90° arc), visible in 80.27, is tangent to the rim of Odysseus, trending about 10° east of north. The chasma intersects a ridge-bounded trough radial to Odysseus […] and is then lost in the zone around the North Pole that is shadowed in all of the extant images. Example: Venus shows clear signs of past tectonic activity in the highland regions. The deformational (tectonic) features showing^([sic – meaning show]) the results of both compressional and extensional forces. Rifting of the crust has occurred to produce relatively shallow chasmas and abundant faulting in the Aphrodite Terra and Beta Regio highlands […] 2. An aurora. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Thus Cornelius Gemma, Professor of Medicine in Louvain, mentions them [the aurora borealis] under the name of chasma, as appearing in Brabant on the 13th February and 28th September, 1575. Example: Livy (lib. xxii. cap. 1.) mentions a similar appearance among the prodigies which preceded Hannibal's entrance into Italy in the second Punic War. It was reported, says he, […] that at Falerii the Heaven seemed to be rent with a vast chasm; and that where it was opened, a great light shone forth. Such phenomena the Roman naturalists called chasmata, chasms, as we learn from Pliny [the Elder], Nat. Hist. lib. ii. cap. 26. and Seneca [the Younger], Nat. Quæst. lib. i. cap. 14. 3. Obsolete form of chasm. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dorsum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dorsum (“the back”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː.səm/, /ˈdɔɹ.səm/ 1. The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal. 2. The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal. 3. A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon. 4. Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.
Word: flexus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin. 1. A low, curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern. 2. In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on an upper tooth. Example: A flexid or flexus is said to abut when the enamel of the flexid or flexus touches the enamel of the opposite side of the tooth. The distal end or termination of the flexid or flexus is described as flattened, rounded or narrowed.
Word: fluctus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin fluctusbor. English fluctus Borrowed from Latin fluctus. 1. An area covered by outflow from a volcano.
Word: flumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flūmenbor. English flumen Borrowed from Latin flūmen (“river”). Doublet of flume. 1. In planetary geology, any of the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.
Word: macula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), borrowed from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of macchia and macule. Pronunciation: /ˈmæk.jᵿ.lə/, /ˈmæk.jə.lə/ 1. An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision. 2. A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith. 3. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb. 4. A rather large spot or blotch of color. 5. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.
Word: mensa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsa (“table, altar”). Doublet of mesa. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnsə/, [-nts-] 1. In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land. 2. The upper surface of an altar. Example: Some churches also have an altar stone, a separate stone set into the mensa containing a relic of a saint, although this is becoming extremely rare.
Word: mons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mōns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount. Pronunciation: /mɒnz/ 1. One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount. Labels: obsolete 2. Ellipsis of mons pubis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself. 3. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano. Example: Olympus Mons Example: Maxwell Montes
Word: phytotaxonomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English taxonomic English phytotaxonomic From phyto- + taxonomic. 1. Of or pertaining to phytotaxonomy; pertaining to the classification of plants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rupes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rūpēs (“cliff”). 1. An escarpment on another planet or a moon.
Word: tholus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos. 1. A small domical mountain or hill. Example: Hecates Tholus is a Martian volcano. 2. A round building, dome, or cupola. 3. Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species.
Word: heart-leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of heartleaf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lace-leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. An aquatic plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis, syns. Aponogeton fenestralis, Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins.
Word: leaf cutter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leaf-cutter Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect that cuts pieces from leaves. 2. A plantcutter 3. A tool for trimming leaves from plants. 4. A person employed to collect leaves from wild growing trees and shrubs for use in zoos, animal hospitals, etc. 5. A pastry mould in the shape of a leaf or leaves.
Word: leaf-cutter ant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the 41 species of ants in the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, that cut fragments from leaves and takes them to its colony's nest.
Word: leaf-cutter bee Part of Speech: noun 1. A bee of the family Megachilidae that cuts fragments from leaves and uses them to build its nest.
Word: leafcutter bee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter bee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leafcutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leaf + cutter. 1. Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leafcutter ant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter ant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leaf-cutting bee Part of Speech: noun 1. A leaf-cutter bee, of the family Megachilidae.
Word: leaf-cutting ant Part of Speech: noun 1. A leaf-cutter ant.
Word: programmata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of programma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leaf-cutting Part of Speech: adj 1. That cuts leaves; used in the names of various insects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leaffish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leaf + fish. 1. A small South American freshwater fish of the family Polycentridae. 2. An Asian leaffish, of family Nandidae 3. Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish), of the family Scorpaenidae.
Word: leaf-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having feet that resemble leaves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leafhopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leaf + hopper. Pronunciation: /ˈlifˌhɑ.pəɹ/ 1. Any insect of the family Cicadellidae. Example: The prominent leaf defoliators, as the rose-chafer and flea-beetle, frequently destroy or vastly injure the crop over large districts, and the little leaf-hopper, though rarely preventing a partial crop, is so uniformly present and widely distributed as to probably levy a heavier tribute on the grape in this country than any other insect. Example: 1907, Altus Lacy Quaintance, Cornelius Lott Shear, Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Grape East of the Rocky Mountains, Farmers' Bulletin 284, US Department of Agriculture, page 19, Throughout the United States and Canada, wherever the grape is grown, this small leaf-hopper (Typhlocyba comes Say) will almost invariably be found in greater or less numbers infesting the lower surface of the leaf, where it feeds and breeds, increasing in numbers as the season progresses, until by late summer and fall the vines are often literally swarming with it.
Word: leaf hopper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leafhopper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: colet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acolyte. 1. A lower servant in a church. Labels: obsolete
Word: cyanophycean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Cyanophyceae + -an Pronunciation: /saɪˌænəʊˈfaɪsi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Cyanophyceae class of blue-green algae (now called Cyanobacteria); cyanobacterial. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: artiodactyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdaktɪl/ 1. Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla. Example: I have been unable to find out if these are linked in some way to the 1945 Budapest hippos, with the possibility this would create of a parallel history of Central Europe seen through the endurance of one brave African artiodactyl family.
Word: fauchard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fauchard. See also -ard. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/ 1. An early European weapon consisting of a curved blade on a long pole. Labels: historical
Word: perissodactyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-) Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós) Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos) English perissodactyl From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “uneven”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger, toe”). Compare the taxon name Perissodactyla. 1. Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, an equid, a tapir, or a rhinoceros. Example: The chalicotheres were among the strangest mammals that ever lived. They were perissodactyls - relatives of horses, rhinos and tapirs - and if all you had seen of one was its head, you might have mistaken it for a very strange horse.
Word: perissodactyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perissodactyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artiodactyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artiodactyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schuhplattler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Schuhplattler, from Schuhe (“shoes”) + platt (“flat”) + -ler. 1. A folk dance from Bavaria and Austria in which the thighs and the soles of the shoes are slapped. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The book’s cover, borrowed from an old folkloristic LP, Jodler und Schuhplattler, depicts the Bavarian Schuhplattler, “the most virile and joyful of the world’s dances.” […] Schuhplattlers feature yodels that highlight the males’ vigor—they still have energy left to yodel. Example: And as I drove in the fast-moving Saturday traffic listening to Schuhplattler, I thought it probably was not possible to be a European immigrant from their era, or from my own, for that matter, without being a snob of some order: a snob about culture, […] 2. One who dances the Schuhplattler. Labels: countable Example: Brassy German bands play oompapah music for gaily costumed locals, ethnic dancers, Schuhplattlers, and entertainers from Munich and Austria. Example: Frank and Ann Uher, seen here, were well-known Schuhplattlers.
Word: Schuhplattler Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German Schuhplattler, from Schuhe (“shoes”) + platt (“flat”) + -ler. 1. Rare form of schuhplattle (“to dance the Schuhplattler”) Labels: form-of, rare Example: There will be merry-making galore, but Sarah Gertrude Knott, director of the festival, says an important aim is to break down barriers of prejudice that exist among different groups. Assisting her (when he’s not “Schuhplattlering”) is Dave Rosenberg (photo at right). Example: The all-over-the-floor show is provided by five lederhosen-clad, frenetic Oberlohr Brothers playing and singing and wood-chopping and “Schuhplattlering” around while Franzi, her hands on her dirndl-skirted hips, yodels her very heart and tonsils out.
Word: leafletted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of leaflet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: polyplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English polyplastic From poly- + plastic. 1. That undergoes several transformations into different forms
Word: leafletting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of leaflet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leafletting Part of Speech: noun 1. A demonstration at which leaflets are distributed. Example: In Los Angeles, a boycott of all Mann's Theatres plus a leafletting of Filmex and picketing of the theater where the film was being shown resulted in "Snuff's" departure from that city.
Word: polyplastid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English plastid English polyplastid From poly- + plastid. 1. A multicellular organism Labels: obsolete
Word: polygoneutism Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being polygoneutic Labels: uncountable
Word: leaf-miner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf miner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polyadenitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + aden- + -itis. 1. A condition in which many of the lymph nodes are inflamed. Labels: uncountable
Word: leaf miner Part of Speech: noun 1. An insect larva that lives between the epidermis of a leaf and consumes the leaf tissue.
Word: placoderm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From placo- + -derm, after German Placoderm. 1. A member of an extinct paraphyletic class (†Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods. Example: Out to sea are placoderms – heavily armoured fish, some of them more than six metres (twenty feet) long and equipped with massive, powerful jaws.
Word: placoderm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From placo- + -derm, after German Placoderm. 1. Pertaining to the paraphyletic class †Placodermi. Labels: not-comparable Example: Research published recently on placoderm fish fossils from Scottish Devonian lakes (around 365 myo) found evidence for how this extinct group of animals copulated.
Word: placoderms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of placoderm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leaf-nosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a projection resembling a leaf on the nose. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leaf-nosed bat Part of Speech: noun 1. A bat of the family Phyllostomidae, having a pointed projection on the snout.
Word: leaf protein Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein found in leaves extracted for use as a food for humans. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leaf protein concentrate Part of Speech: noun 1. Concentrated leaf protein used as a food for human beings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leaf-roller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leaf roller. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leaf roller Part of Speech: noun 1. A caterpillar of any tortrix moth (Tortricidae family), a pest that infests plants and rolls up their leaves.
Word: leaf-rolling Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a leaf roller. Labels: not-comparable