nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cyclophosphamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English phosphamide English cyclophosphamide From cyclo- + phosphamide. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌɪ.kləʊˈfɒs.fə.mʌɪd/, /ˌsaɪ.kloʊˈfɑs.fəˌmaɪd/ 1. An immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.
Word: cycloplegia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + -plegia. 1. paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cycloplegic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cycloplegia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cycloplegic From cycloplegia + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or causing cycloplegia Labels: not-comparable
Word: cycloplegic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cycloplegia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cycloplegic From cycloplegia + -ic. 1. One who is afflicted with cycloplegia.
Word: cyclorama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + -rama (as in panorama). 1. A panoramic image displayed on the inside of a cylindrical canvas. Example: Robert Loo sat, quite content, behind the counter, against a cyclorama of tins of milk and corned beef. 2. A building or room designed to show this image. Labels: metonymically 3. A large, often concave, backdrop, hung upstage in a theater.
Word: biopic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of biographical picture; synchronically bio + pic. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/, /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.pɪk/, /baɪˈɑp.ɪk/ 1. A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). Example: This truism helps explain why the music biopic is stuck in such a compromising loop. […] Between 2000 to 2019, 55% of leading actor and actress Oscars went to performances in a biopic. Over the past four years, the genre has been responsible for 63 Oscar nominations. Yet at the same time, hagiography has resurfaced as a pre-requisite for success. […] While one might have supposed the advent of the internet could render biopics redundant – if facts and archive footage are readily accessible, why bother making stuff up?
Word: biographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biographical From biography + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪ.əˈɡɹæf.ɪ.kəl/ 1. of or relating to an account of a person's life
Word: docusoap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of documentary + soap (for soap opera); equivalent to docu + soap. 1. A form of reality television in the style of a documentary in which an apparent plot is constructed by intention or editing in order to make programmes in this genre resemble soap operas. Example: The latest of a venerable franchise of docu-soaps, it opens, like its predecessors, with a voiceover giving the audience the lay of the promised land. Example: Nigel [Farrell] and Paul Sommers created the docusoap genre of programmes almost 20 years ago, applying the cliffhanger endings and multi-character storylines of soap operas to series such as The Village and Country House.
Word: pimping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ 1. Little or petty. Labels: dated 2. Puny; sickly. Labels: US, dialectal, obsolete 3. Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp. Labels: slang
Word: pimping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ 1. The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions. The FBI had investigated him under the Dyer Act for the interstate transport of stolen cars. 2. The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: pimping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pimp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Kosovo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косово (kosovo), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒsəvə/, /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/, /ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/, /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/ 1. A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city: Pristina. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces. Example: Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo. Example: After Milosevic’s overthrow in October 2000, international pressure on the new authorities in Belgrade to extradict Milosevic for alleged war crimes committed during the Kosovo conflict was intense. 2. One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.
Word: rust fungus Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants. Example: In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first haustorium which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen et al., 1988; Heath, 1989, 1995).
Word: basidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium. Pronunciation: /bəˈsɪdɪəm/ 1. A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. Example: The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.
Word: zymosan Part of Speech: noun 1. an insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: insoluble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English insolible, from Middle French insoluble, from Latin insolūbilis, from in- + solūbilis. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and unsolvable. By surface analysis, in- + soluble. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒljʊbəl/, /ɪnˈsɑljəbəl/ 1. That cannot be dissolved. Labels: physical Example: Petroleum is largely insoluble in water. 2. That cannot be solved. Example: The reason Fisher concluded that the problem is likely insoluble is that the ability of real-world agents to act on new perceived opportunities of arbitrage – including those that turn out to be incorrect – makes stability impossible to demonstrate without additional strong (and unrealistic) assumptions. 3. That cannot be explained. Example: Near-synonyms: unexplained, mysterious; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible, Thesaurus:mysterious 4. That cannot be broken down or dispersed.
Word: insoluble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English insolible, from Middle French insoluble, from Latin insolūbilis, from in- + solūbilis. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and unsolvable. By surface analysis, in- + soluble. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒljʊbəl/, /ɪnˈsɑljəbəl/ 1. Any substance that cannot be dissolved. Example: As there is a partial vacuum inside the drum, the liquid is sucked inside the drum and the insolubles are deposited on the outer surface of the membrane filter.
Word: steatopygia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English steato- English pygo- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English steatopygia From steato- + pygo- + -ia. 1. An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: steatopygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steatopyga, steatopygia + -ous. Steatopyga is borrowed from New Latin steatopyga, from Ancient Greek στέᾱτος (stéātos) (genitive singular of στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat, suet, tallow”)) + πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks, rump”). Pronunciation: /ˌstɪ.əˈtɒ.pɪ.ɡəs/, /ˌstɪ.ə.tə(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/, /ˌstɪ.əˈtɑ.pɪ.ɡəs/, /ˌstɪ.ə.to(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/ 1. Pertaining to steatopygia; having fat or prominent buttocks. Example: [W]e may refer to some unknown condition of climate, the steatopygous deformities of the Bushmen. As these remarkable depositions of fat are not the peculiarity of one tribe, namely the Saabs, [...] we have no room for doubt that the cause of the phenomenon is some influence connected with climate and situation. Example: Living in rooms opposite these slave girls, and seeing them at all hours of the day and night, I had frequent opportunities of studying them. They were average specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed, broad-shouldered, thin-flanked, fine-limbed, and with haunches of prodigious size.
Word: komatasukui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小股掬い, meaning "over thigh scooping body drop". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker attempts to throw his opponent and, when the opponent steps forward to defend himself, the attacker grabs his leg, near the thigh, and pulls upward driving the opponent over backwards.
Word: koshinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 腰投げ, literally "hip throw". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker turns his opponent while pulling him onto his hips then straightens his knees and throws him over and onto his back
Word: kotehineri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小手捻り, literally armlocking twist down. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker locks his opponents arm at the biceps then twists him around and down.
Word: Gunt Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Tajikistan.
Word: kotenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小手投げ, literally armlock throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker wraps his arm around that of his opponent and, when it is locked near the elbow, turning away from him.
Word: timocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1580s, from Middle French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin (13th century) timocratia, from Ancient Greek τῑμοκρατίᾱ (tīmokratíā), from τῑμή (tīmḗ, “valuation; honor”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā, “a rule, reign”), from κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) (see -cracy). 1. A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: penthouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/ 1. A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. Labels: historical Example: At length, recommending himself to God, he let go one end of his cord, and suffered himself to fall down upon an old shed or penthouse, which, with the weight of his body, fell in with great noise. 2. Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc. Labels: archaic, broadly Example: The proboscis […] is doubled up by means of the joint, and in that position lies secure under a scaly penthouse. 3. Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court. Example: 2005, Tony Collins (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Traditional British Rural Sports, Routledge, page 262, An odd derivative of real tennis lasted until the latter part of the eighteenth century at Rattray in Perthshire. It was played in the churchyard by two pairs of men, and the method for starting the play was to throw the ball onto the church roof, using it like the sloping penthouse of the tennis court. 4. An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views. Example: Night of January 16th is the story of a woman on trial for pushing her wealthy boss-lover from a Manhattan penthouse.
Word: penthouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/ 1. To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar. Labels: transitive
Word: zoophytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English zoophyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English zoophytic From zoophyte + -ic. 1. of, or relating to the zoophytes Labels: not-comparable
Word: zookeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo + keeper. Pronunciation: /ˈzuːkipɚ/ 1. A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
Word: zonally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English zonal Middle English -ly English -ly English zonally From zonal + -ly. 1. in zones. 2. in a manner related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
Word: mimsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of miserable + flimsy. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪmzi/ 1. A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky Labels: nonce-word Example: ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wade^([sic – meaning wabe]); / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe. Example: Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair— / And chanted in mimsiest tones
Word: mimsy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪmzi/ 1. The vagina. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: It seems plastic surgery for men is catching up in the lunacy stakes with the world of female plastic surgery, a place where you can fly to LA and get the shape of your vagina changed: what constitutes an appealingly shaped mimsy is something else to be filed under "unanswered questions", next to the one about who wants a huge pair of balls.
Word: carpetbagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carpetbag + -er, because many carried their belongings in cheap luggage made from carpet fabric. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹpɪtˌbæɡɚ/, /ˈkɑːpɪtˌbaɡə/ 1. A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence. Labels: US, offensive Example: “You are way behind the times,” he said. “There is no Klan in Atlanta now. Probably not in Georgia. You’ve been listening to the Klan outrage stories of your Scallawag and Carpetbagger friends.” Example: The carpetbagger remains one of the most enduring symbols of the Reconstruction era. Technically, a carpetbagger was simply a northerner who went South in the wake of the Civil War and took part in Republican Party politics. For most of its lifespan, however, the term has been an epithet, denoting a lowly, immoral northern opportunist, a demagogue who preyed on the defeated South, perverted sectional peace, and rose to power by deceiving African American voters. 2. One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: By the tenth century, out of the diversity of these Christianized Anglo-Saxon kingdoms emerged one of the most coherent political units in Europe, a single monarchy of England, with a precociously centralized government which eventually fell like a ripe plum into the grateful hands of Norman carpetbaggers in 1066. Example: A large number of estates, and all the most important offices, were taken over by incoming Russian officials, adventurers and carpetbaggers. At the head of them were figures like General Alexander Rimsky Korsakov (1753–1840),[…]
Word: clipping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, clip + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of clip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clipping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, clip + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is clipped (in any sense). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A piece of something removed by clipping. Labels: countable Example: a clipping of hair Example: grass clippings 3. An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine. Labels: countable Example: When a 90-year-old yellowed clipping appeared one day at my feet, an implausible new mystery entered my life. 4. A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones. Labels: uncountable 5. A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones. Labels: countable Example: The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement". Example: > --Lia An unusual clipping! -or is it not short for Julia? 6. The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level. Labels: uncountable 7. The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image. Labels: uncountable 8. Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind. Labels: Canadian, uncountable
Word: clipping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, clip + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ 1. Excellent; very good. Labels: UK, not-comparable, obsolete, slang Example: A Yankee fellow told a clipping good story. Example: Rather! a clipping good run!
Word: Catharine Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, of less common usage, variant of Catherine. Example: A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
Word: synchronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology. Pronunciation: /sɪnˈkɹɒnɪk/, [sɪŋˈkɹɒnɪk], /sɪnˈkɹɑnɪk/, [sɪŋˈkɹɑnɪk] 1. Occurring at a specific point in time. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history. Labels: not-comparable Example: The three texts that contain a more modern selection of lexis, Sengupta, Nihalani et al, and Mahal, being entirely synchronic, also suffer from a lack of historical perspective.
Word: fears Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɪəz/, /fɪɹz/ 1. plural of fear Labels: form-of, plural Example: All our fears have come to pass: we are doomed but have nothing left to fear.
Word: fears Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪəz/, /fɪɹz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He fears the dark, so he invented a longer-lasting light bulb.
Word: newer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English newer, newere, from Old English nīwra, from Proto-Germanic *niwizô (“newer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), equivalent to new + -er. Cognate with West Frisian nijere (“newer”), Dutch nieuwere (“newer”), German neuer (“newer”), Danish nyere (“newer”), Swedish nyare (“newer”), Icelandic nýrri (“newer”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.ə/, /ˈn(j)u.ɚ/ 1. comparative form of new: more new, more recent. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: After we stayed through that lease, I had her move to a good, safe area in a newer suburb of Taipei, in the Nei Hu district, where I negotiated her rent down to US$500 a month.
Word: newest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English newest, from Old English nīwost, from Proto-Germanic *niwistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwisth₂os, superlative of *néwos/*néwyos (whence new). Cognate with Scots newest, Dutch nieuwst, German neueste, neuste, Icelandic nýjastur, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (niujists), Ashkun nustári (“before”), Kamkata-viri nüštë́ř (“before”), Waigali nüst (“before”), Vedic Sanskrit नविष्ठ (náviṣṭha). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːɪst/, /ˈn(j)uɪst/, /ˈnjʉːɪst/ 1. Superlative form of new: most new. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: This was definitely to be the station, one which would cater for all needs for years to come. But it was evident within the next few years that Johannesburg would once again outgrow its newest station.
Word: harder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + -er. Pronunciation: /hɑːdə/, /ˈhɑɹdɚ/, [ˈhɑɹɾɚ] 1. comparative form of hard: more hard Labels: comparative, form-of Example: He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder. Example: Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.
Word: harder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”). Pronunciation: /hɑːdə/, /ˈhɑɹdɚ/, [ˈhɑɹɾɚ] 1. Alternative spelling of haarder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hardest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdɪst/, /ˈhɑɹdɪst/, /ˈhɑɹdəst/ 1. superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Diamond is the hardest natural material. Example: The hardest thing I ever did was run the 25th mile of a 26 mile long marathon.
Word: depraved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of deprave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depraved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/ 1. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense. Example: a depraved killer Example: The driver who speeds with reckless disregard for the consequences to others but without any intent to harm the darting child may receive jail time but is often treated far differently from the depraved killer who sets out with a purposeful plan to murder the child. 2. Violating principles of rectitude or given standards of decency. Example: You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved. Example: I want to do what little I can to make my country truly free, to broaden the intellectual horizon of our people, to destroy the prejudices born of ignorance and fear, to do away with the blind worship of the ignoble past, with the idea that all the great and good are dead, that the living are totally depraved, that all pleasures are sins, that sighs and groans are alone pleasing to God, that thought is dangerous, that intellectual courage is a crime, that cowardice is a virtue, that a certain belief is necessary to secure salvation, that to carry a cross in this world will give us a palm in the next, and that we must allow some priest to be the pilot of our souls. 3. Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal. Labels: archaic Example: The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […] Example: There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]
Word: unsavory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English savory English unsavory From un- + savory. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈseɪv.əɹ.i/ 1. Not savory; without flavor. Labels: US 2. Of bad taste; distasteful. Labels: US Example: The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […] 3. Making an activity undesirable. Labels: US 4. Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character. Labels: US Example: His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York. Example: [G]ood ſalt cannot relyſh in ſo vnſauory a mouth, […]
Word: manor house Part of Speech: noun 1. The main house on a landed estate. Labels: UK Example: Near-synonyms: great house, great hall 2. The house of the lord of the manor. Example: Many of the houses have neat little dormer windows and tall stone chimneys, and Corfe's older buildings include the fine old manor house.
Word: aak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 아악(雅樂) (aak). Doublet of gagaku and yayue. 1. A genre of Korean court music Labels: uncountable
Word: Cody Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊdi/, /ˈkoʊdi/ 1. A surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Cuidighthigh (“descendant of Cuidightheach (“helpful”)”). 2. A surname from Irish anglicized from Mac Óda (“son of Odo”). 3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 4. A locale in the United States. 5. A locale in the United States. 6. A locale in the United States. 7. A locale in the United States. 8. A locale in the United States. 9. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
Word: first-person shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective (POV, point of view) and the ability to fire a weapon.
Word: third-person shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. A combat-themed video game of a kind with a perspective view, typically positioning the camera over the shoulder of the player.
Word: lesbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lesb(ian) + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzbəʊ/, /ˈlɛzboʊ/ 1. A lesbian. Labels: colloquial, derogatory
Word: lesbo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lesb(ian) + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛzbəʊ/, /ˈlɛzboʊ/ 1. Lesbian. Labels: colloquial, derogatory
Word: CORDIC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of coordinate rotation digital computer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: iru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba irú. 1. A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans. Labels: uncountable
Word: aken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English ācennan or gecennan, equivalent to a- + cennan (“to give birth to”). Pronunciation: /əˈkɛn/ 1. To bear, give birth to. (Usually in the past participle.) Labels: obsolete
Word: aken Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeɪkən/ 1. alternative past participle of ache. Labels: alternative, form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: currants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of currant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eelpot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eel + pot. 1. eel trap
Word: eelbuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eel + buck (“trap”), from Middle English bouk (“fishtrap”), from Old English būc (“belly, container”). 1. A device for catching eels.
Word: aluminoxane Part of Speech: noun 1. a class of organometallic compounds of aluminium having general formula R₂Al-O-AlR₂; they are used as catalysts in the polymerization of epoxides and oxetanes to form polyether elastomers.
Word: Judaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French judaique (modern French judaïque) and its etymon Latin iūdaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊκός (Ioudaïkós), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). By surface analysis, Juda + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ̯.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion. Labels: not-comparable Example: While many consider Chanukah a celebration of Judaic values over Greek values, this is an error. The Maccabees were fighting for the rights of all cultures to exist within the same empire. Example: The gods' begettings in the Theogony are reminiscent of the biblical human begettings in the Old Testament and emphasize their being in nature, unlike the Judaic God outside of it.
Word: haint Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /heɪnt/ 1. Alternative form of haunt. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: Looking from juror to juror and seeking out the smug faces of the witnesses who'd testified against him, he repeated his threat. "Those who say I kilt anybody are liars," he proclaimed. "And each of you will be hainted every day for the rest of your life. Then the devil will have ye." Example: After he killed him, Ed came back and he didn't have no head and he hainted [haunted] Ole Master until he died himself — getting in his way all the time — Ole Ed would be right there with him.
Word: haint Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /heɪnt/ 1. A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt. Labels: US, dialectal Example: "Ain't you scared of haints?" Example: I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house, and nothing in between but the daughter I am holding in my arms.
Word: haint Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /heɪnt/ 1. Alternative form of ain't. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction, dialectal
Word: pittance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pitaunce, from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪtəns/, [ˈpʰɪʔn̩s] 1. A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal. 2. A meagre allowance of money or wages. Example: In the very prime of life, Mr. Glentworth found every prospect gone; he had only a meagre pittance, compared to his former expenditure; but he had neither the habits nor the opportunity of increasing it. Example: So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it. 3. A small amount. Example: The former residents of Fraguas, who sold up for a pittance, have swung behind the resettlement, happy to see life return to the narrow lanes where they grew up.
Word: savoury Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of savory. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: savoury Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of savory. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: culet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French culet, diminutive of cul (“bottom”), from Latin culus (“arse”). Pronunciation: /ˈkju.lɪt/, /ˈkju.lɛt/ 1. A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks. Labels: historical Example: The Turk prosecuted his advantage to the uttermost of his power; yet the other[…]not onely avoided the Turkes violence, but having drawne his Faulchion, pierced the Turke so under the Culets thorow backe and body, that although he alighted from his horse, he stood not long ere hee lost his head, as the rest had done. 2. A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone. Example: 1999, John W. Kenney, III, 7. Pressure Effects on Emissive Materials, D. Max Roundhill, John P. Fackler Jr. (editors), Optoelectronic Properties of Inorganic Compounds, Plenum Press, page 234, The common diamond cut for high pressure work is the modified brilliant cut (see Fig. 1) in which the point of a brilliant cut diamond (i.e., the type of diamond commonly found in an engagement ring) is lopped off to provide a flat surface, called a culet, for pressure transmission. Two opposed diamond culets, separated by a thin, extrudable metal gasket into which a small sample hole is drilled, are squeezed together mechanically to reduce the volume of a hydrostatic medium and thereby increase the pressure of the sample as shown in Fig. 1. Example: 2006, Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Diamonds: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide, LongHill Partners (GemStone Press), 2nd Edition, page 85, The culet looks like a point at the bottom of the stone, but it is normally another facet—a tiny, flat, polished surface. This facet should be small or very small. A small or very small culet won't be noticeable from the top. Some diamonds today are actually pointed. This means that there really is no culet, that the stone has been cut straight down to a point instead. The larger the culet, the more visible it will be from the top. The more visible, the lower the cost of the stone. Stones described as having a large or "open" culet, such as old-European or old-mine cut diamonds (see chapter 5), are less desirable because the appearance of the culet causes a reduction in sparkle or brilliance at the very center of the stone. For the same reasons, a broken or chipped culet will seriously detract from the stone's beauty and significantly reduce the cost.
Word: depravedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depraved 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 depravedness From depraved + -ness. 1. The state of being depraved; depravity Labels: uncountable
Word: depravedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English depraved Middle English -ly English -ly English depravedly From depraved + -ly. 1. In a depraved manner.
Word: existed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of exist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/ 1. Causing depression; dispiriting. 2. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic. 3. Relating to or characteristic of depression.
Word: depressive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/ 1. A person suffering from depression.
Word: bidirectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English direction English -al English directional English bidirectional From bi- + directional. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪ.dɪˈɹɛk.ʃə.nəl, -daɪ-/ 1. Moving in two directions (usually opposite). Labels: not-comparable 2. Operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite). Labels: not-comparable Example: However, statistical modelling paints a different picture. We found that the influence of mental health and ideology on harmful attitudes and beliefs was two-and-a-half times stronger than networking. We also found that mental health and ideology shared a potential bidirectional relationship, with poor mental health causing greater buy-in to ideology and vice versa.
Word: bidirectional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English direction English -al English directional English bidirectional From bi- + directional. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪ.dɪˈɹɛk.ʃə.nəl, -daɪ-/ 1. Such an antenna or microphone
Word: depressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English depressive Middle English -ly English -ly English depressively From depressive + -ly. 1. In a depressive manner.
Word: dispiriting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɪɹɪtɪŋ/ 1. Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening. Example: Luckily, though, the sumptuous, eerie look and mood of the movie make it possible to ignore this dispiriting and superfluous adherence to convention. Example: Kane's late leveller will make a big difference to England's morale before two home games against Italy and Hungary, as a second successive loss would have been dispiriting for a side suffering a physical and mental toll after such a long season.
Word: dispiriting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɪɹɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dispirit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: depressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depressive 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 depressiveness From depressive + -ness. 1. The state of being depressive. Labels: uncountable
Word: dispirit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English dispirit From dis- + spirit. 1. To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten. Labels: transitive
Word: agent provocateur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French agent provocateur (literally “provocative agent”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑʒɑnt pɹəˌvɔkəˈtɝ/, /-ˈtʊəɹ/, /ˌɑʒɑ̃-/, /ˌæʒɒ̃ pɹəˌvɒkəˈtɜː/, /ˌeɪd͡ʒənt-/ 1. A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker. Example: "This agent-provocateur business is quite foreign to British justice." Example: I was told afterwards—quite possibly it was true—that agents provocateurs were touching off masses of explosive in order to increase the general noise and panic.
Word: disheartening Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy. Example: After this, with the disheartening failures after the Railway Mania, railway projection in east Cornwall went to sleep.
Word: disheartening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dishearten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dispiritedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dispirited Middle English -ly English -ly English dispiritedly From dispirited + -ly. 1. In a dispirited manner. Example: Cora's dazed stare followed them to earth and returned to Bradly, still unable to visualize him as a pauper. Bradly, having done with pretences and illusions, now dispiritedly accepted the inevitable. Example: "Ah, well," he said, shrugging his shoulders dispiritedly.
Word: dispiritedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dispirited 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 dispiritedness From dispirited + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being dispirited. Labels: uncountable
Word: agente provocatrice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French agente provocatrice. Pronunciation: /ˌaʒɒ̃(t)pɹəvɒkəˈtɹiːs/ 1. A female agent provocateur; a woman who incites someone to do something, especially something incriminating. Example: “It's a star part I am offering you. The beautiful, slinky agente provocatrice.” Example: Rigault set an agente provocatrice to pick up the judge in a café; then, once the bait had been taken, Rigault arraigned the judge with seducing his sister […].
Word: dispiritingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dispiriting Middle English -ly English -ly English dispiritingly From dispiriting + -ly. 1. In a dispiriting manner.
Word: dispiritment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English dispirit Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English dispiritment From dispirit + -ment. 1. Dispiritedness; disheartenment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You honestly quit your tools; quit a most muddy confused coil of sore work, short rations, of sorrows, dispiritments and contradictions, having now honestly done with it all; — and await, not entirely in a distracted manner, what the Supreme Powers, and the Silences and the Eternities may have to say to you.
Word: disheartenment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dishearten Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disheartenment From dishearten + -ment. 1. The act of disheartening. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being disheartened; dejection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: instigator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin īnstīgātor (“stimulator”), from īnstīgāre (present infinitive of īnstīgō (“to incite, set on, stimulate, rouse or urge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab; to puncture; to goad”)) + -or (from -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂- (suffix forming nouns denoting authority or burden)); cognate with French instigateur. By surface analysis, instigate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstɪɡeɪtə/, /ˈɪnstəˌɡeɪtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ 1. A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble. Example: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:troublemaker Example: [T]he Pope doth not keepe his quarter, but will needs breake forth of the rayles and limits of that diſtinction, taking vpon him to be authorized alſo temporally, and that, for the ſuppreſſion and ſubverſion of the Civill Soveraignity, […] whence muſt neceſſarily ariſe either privie complottings, or open attempts, in favour of their opinions, and in furtherance of their deſires, which how farre it will extend, and into how deepe degrees it vſeth to grow, many ſorowfull and fearefull examples hath in this Realme demonſtratively declared vnto vs, to every whereof Papacy hath beene the ſtirrer and inſtigator.
Word: craterlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crater Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English craterlet From crater + -let. 1. A small crater. 2. A crater-like feature of a larger crater.
Word: corrupted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəˈɹʌptɪd/ 1. Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved. 2. Dishonest. 3. Containing errors. Example: It proved impossible to recover any data from the corrupted disk.
Word: corrupted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈɹʌptɪd/ 1. past participle of corrupt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: katagelophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of catagelophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: gynephobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gynophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Holton Part of Speech: name Etymology: The first element has a wide variety of possible origins, among which Old English hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”), healh (“corner, nook”), holh (“hollow, depression”) or holt (“small wood”). The second element is tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). 1. A place in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A place in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A place in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maasha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi माशा (māśā). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːʃə/ 1. A traditional unit of weight in South Asia, usually about a gram and variably equivalent to a tenth or a twelfth of a tola; in modern use, standardised to 0.972 grams and a twelfth of a tola. 2. A coin in South Asia weighing one maasha, variably equivalent to a tenth or a twelfth of a rupee. Labels: historical
Word: mabble Part of Speech: verb 1. To wrap up. Labels: obsolete, regional, transitive
Word: mabby Part of Speech: noun 1. A Barbadian spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes. Labels: uncountable Example: Their usual Drink is Mabby, made of Potato's, which refreshes, and is good against the Phlegm; also another Liquor call'd Oko, made of steep'd Cassadar, and is like Beer in taste, strength, and colour. Example: The flips or vines they feed hogs and rabbits with; and an excellent drink is made of the roots, called mabby.
Word: mabby Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of maybe. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: We allowed as how mabby you took it 'long with you. Example: "Mabby he won't be tellin' ye all, even if be is shtarted, " replied Mrs. Finerty.
Word: Philippine Islands Part of Speech: name 1. The islands of the Malay Archipelago on which the country of Philippines is situated
Word: mabolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish mabolo, from Tagalog mabulo. 1. A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. 2. The edible fruit of this tree.
Word: macadamize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From macadam + -ize, after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam who pioneered this method of road construction around 1820. 1. To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface. Example: Lo there what mix’d conditions run! The orphan lad; the widow’s son; And Fortune’s favour’d care— The wealthy born, for whom she hath Mac-Adamized the future path— The Nabob’s pamper’d heir! Example: 1860, Review of Erastus C. Benedict, A Run Through Europe, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 21, p. 546, He pointed to the macadamized streets about that great hospital, and said, “The managers applied to the Emperor to macadamize the streets, to prevent the noise, and he did it. He does all that is asked of him.” Some say, however, that the Emperor is so ready to macadamize, because paving stones are so convenient in revolutionary barricades.
Word: macarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακαρίζω (makarízō). 1. To congratulate or laud; to pronounce blessed or happy. Labels: dated, formal, transitive Example: Couldn't I now say that “happy” is not used to describe things, but when I call someone happy I'm really doing this other thing, pragmatically I'm macarizing him?
Word: Maccabean Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌmækəˈbɪən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees. Labels: not-comparable Example: the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times
Word: macerater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macerate + -er. 1. One who, or that which, macerates. 2. A vessel used in the maceration of alcohol. 3. An apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
Word: engraved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡɹeɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of engrave Labels: form-of, participle, past