nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: usufructuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin ūsūfructuārius, from ūsūfructus (“a usufruct”) + -ārius (suffix forming a noun denoting an agent of use from another noun); compare French usufructuaire, Italian usufruttuario, Portuguese usufructuario. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːz(j)ʊˈfɹʌkt͡ʃʊˌəɹi/, /-tjʊ-/ 1. A person who holds property, or the use of assets, by usufruct; a fructuary. Example: It was queſtioned, whether Seius had ſtill the right as uſufructuary of the Profits; in regard Titius had only the property given unto him, without the fruits, and profits, belonging to Seius during his life, Julianus answered that Seius having drown'd his right as uſufructuary to the profits, in purchaſing the property, by conſolidating the ſeverall intereſts, The rights which were before diſtinguiſhed, being made one, Titius ſhall have the ſole, and full right in the Land, and Seius by his own act looſe the right of all profits, as uſufructuary to the ſame. Example: [T]hat great Aſſembly des notables called by K. Francis the Firſt, to give their Judgment of the Articles of Peace lately made with the Emperour Charles V. at Madrid, their ſenſe was, that Burgundy which by thoſe Articles was to be delivered up, was an inſeparable Member of the Crown, of which he was but the uſufructuary, and ſo he could not diſpoſe of the one any more than of the other; […]
Word: Bahá'ís Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bahá'í Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maintenances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maintenance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rain pitchforks Part of Speech: verb 1. To rain heavily. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: “What there is no question of is”, said Linette, “that my poor frock will be spoiled. It is going to rain pitchforks. There will be water enough to drown you before we reach the house, and your mites of shoes will be lost; but come along”.
Word: dissever Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, from Latin dis- + sēparō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛvə/, /dɪˈsɛvɚ/ 1. To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something). Labels: transitive Example: [T]he ſaid floud of Rubicon diſſeuereth the Galle Ciſalpine from Italie. Example: The storm so dissevered the company […] that most of them never met again. 2. To divide (something) into separate parts. Labels: transitive Example: If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered. Example: When the corn is threshed, the kernel lieth mixed among the chaff, and afterward are they dissevered asunder with the fan or windle; even so the people in the church do first hear the preaching of God's word; now some stumble, repine, and are offended at it, and others are not offended, and yet they dwell together, one with another; but when they are fanned or windled, and when the wind of trouble and affliction beginneth once to blow, then is it easy to sunder and to know the one from the other, the faithful from the unfaithful.
Word: clean-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from clean up. 1. Alternative spelling of cleanup. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Since no brushes are required, clean-up is reduced to a minimum, and intricately carved, shaped, or hard-to-paint surfaces become as simple to do as any flat board.
Word: particle theory Part of Speech: noun 1. atomic theory Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: hog-tie Part of Speech: verb 1. To tie the feet of person or animal together; originally all four legs of a quadruped. Labels: transitive Example: # “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]” 2. To render helpless. Labels: figuratively
Word: hog-tie Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of tying the feet together in this way. 2. A harness used to tie the feet this way.
Word: control code Part of Speech: noun 1. A numeric value or string of such values that triggers a specific command or action to occur, rather than displaying a text character.
Word: cartouches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cartouche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unititular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Latin titulārisder. Middle French titulairebor. English titular English unititular From uni- + titular. 1. Owned by a single person or company. Labels: not-comparable
Word: escape character Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From escape + character. 1. A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation. The term escape sequence refers to the escape character and the subsequent character or characters so modified. Example: In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, \n represents a newline.
Word: lame ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lame duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lame ducks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lame duck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: damned if one does and damned if one doesn't Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a situation where either choice results in a negative outcome. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: You can and you can't—You shall and you shan't—You will and you won't—And you will be damned if you do—And you will be damned if you don't. Example: If John leaves for New York to follow his career, his father will disinherit him. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
Word: recommends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recommend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recommends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recommend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: quarrelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quarrel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quarrelling Part of Speech: noun 1. A heated argument. Example: Their constant quarrellings made them impossible to live with.
Word: root beers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of root beer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Torne Valley Finnish Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Torne, the name of the river that separates Finland and Sweden in the north; compare Swedish tornedalsfinska and Finnish tornionlaaksonsuomi. 1. Meänkieli (language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people in Northern Sweden)
Word: sell wolf tickets Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wolf ticket/woof ticket, from woofing (“idly boasting”), from woofing (“(emptily/harmlessly) barking like a dog”). Woof ticket/wolf ticket is attested since the 1960s. 1. To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone. Example: It's plenty people selling wolf tickets, you know. Example: I stood there in silence listening to Ollie build himself up by selling wolf tickets about what he planned to do to me.
Word: Q fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From query + fever, the causative agent being unknown at the time. 1. An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii). Labels: uncountable Example: 1995, M. Isaacson, M. J. Hale, Chapter 8: Infections Caused by Rickettsiae, W. Doerr, Tropical Pathology, page 275, In the past it was believed that chronic Q fever was always the result of reactivation of a primary infection which persisted in latent form. Example: 2001, Todd Hatchette, Thomas J. Marrie, Q Fever, entry in R. W. Ashford, Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals, page 417, Q fever (query fever) is a zoonosis with worldwide distribution. New Zealand is the only country free of the disease.
Word: atomic theory Part of Speech: noun 1. The theory that all gross matter is composed of atoms. 2. Any of several theories that explain the structure of the atom, and of subatomic particles.
Word: sucky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sūkaną Proto-West Germanic *sūkan Old English sūcan Middle English souken English suck English -y English sucky From suck + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌki/ 1. Suitable for sucking Example: a sucky sweet 2. Being something which sucks, which is unpleasant or inferior. Labels: slang Example: That comedian was pretty sucky on TV last night. Example: My mother-in-law. Who's^([sic]) isn't sucky, you ask? Mine's exceedingly sucky. More than average I'd say. She tries to turn my wife and kids against me […] 3. Tending to suck up or ingratiate oneself. Labels: slang Example: Oh no, you'll spoil her, too much sugar is bad for them. / Surely one won't hurt, just this once, Mildred. / And sucky Janine: Oh yes, can I Ma'am, please?
Word: sucky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sūkaną Proto-West Germanic *sūkan Old English sūcan Middle English souken English suck English -y English sucky From suck + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌki/ 1. A pacifier. Labels: colloquial 2. A fellation, a blowjob. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Like postman I am pat Gave a sucky then i spat 3. A fellatrix, a blowjobber. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: She a sucky acky, lucky fucky
Word: coup-de-grace Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coup de grâce. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goblin shark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Japanese 天狗鮫 (tenguzame), from 天狗 (tengu, “a mythical creature with a long nose”) + 鮫 (same, “shark”). 1. A species of mackerel shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, that has a long snout-like protrusion from its forehead and grows to 3.8 meters in length. Example: The long flexible caudal fin, without a ventral lobe, the soft, flabby body, and small, soft paired and unpaired fins, suggest that the goblin shark is a relatively inactive, slow swimming species with a density close to seawater. Example: Humans rarely see the goblin shark and we do not have a lot of information about them. Goblin sharks have a long, flat, pointy snout and their jaws protrude when they are eating. This makes the goblin shark look very unusual.
Word: restraints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restraint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infidels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infidel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eluded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of elude Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: At some point, I realized I had nothing. I thought my pockets were full of happiness, but it turned out they were empty. That only made sense; I made no effort to fill them with anything. But even that fact eluded me. I led an aimless, hollow life without substance. And one day, suddenly, it felt like I'd wasted a great deal of time.
Word: construed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of construe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deigned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: persecutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of persecution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gatherings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gathering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jealousies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jealousy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glistened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glisten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: groped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of grope Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: employments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of employment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goblin sharks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goblin shark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jack O'Lantern Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of jack-o'-lantern. Labels: alt-of Example: We helped the children carve pumpkins into Jack O'Lanterns.
Word: Jack O'Lanterns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jack O'Lantern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wilfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English wilfullīċe, corresponding to wilful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlfəli/ 1. Willingly, of one's own free will. Labels: obsolete Example: […]wilfully and comptly commit[…] Example: Why then dost thou, O man, that of them all / Art Lord, and eke of nature Soueraine, / Wilfully make thy selfe a wretched thrall [...]? 2. Deliberately, on purpose.
Word: sheltering Part of Speech: noun 1. A shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters. Example: The result was most satisfactory, as I succeeded, with Mr. Morgan's kind assistance, in securing a considerable number of larvae living beneath shelterings formed of coccid remains, which I felt sure must be the early stage of a Thalpochares.
Word: sheltering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shelter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stowed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stəʊd/, /stoʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mangled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mangle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡəld/ 1. mutilated, twisted, or disfigured.
Word: mangled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mangle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of mangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: maddened Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: maddened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of madden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plied Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /plaɪd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: plied Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ply Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: She plied her trade at $3 a time.
Word: furrowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of furrow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: furrowed Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked with furrows. Example: While the ploughman near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Example: Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.
Word: enfeebled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enfeeble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enfeebled Part of Speech: adj 1. Weakened; reduced to a powerless state. Example: So enfeebled was resolution in him that he could only palter at a fatuous picture of himself carrying Podson bodily over the lagoon and dumping him on the sand dunes. Example: In commercial after commercial, humans are oblivious, enfeebled, barely functioning idiots beset by more tasks, stimuli and demands on their time than anyone could reasonably handle.
Word: emancipated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emancipate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: emancipated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been set free from someone's control, or from some constraint; at liberty, free. Example: Austin is an emancipated minor.
Word: dwindled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dwindle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dozing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dozing Part of Speech: noun 1. A light sleep. Example: The patient now lies at nights with his eye-lids half closed, in light distinct dozings, associated with moaning, frightful dreams, and startings […]
Word: condescended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of condescend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disputing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dispute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disputing Part of Speech: noun 1. dispute; argument Example: Do all things without murmurings and disputings.
Word: broached Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a broach Labels: not-comparable
Word: broached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of broach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aspired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aspire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tugged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tʌɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of tug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: treasured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English treasure Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English treasured From treasure + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛʒəd/, /ˈtɹɛʒɚd/, [ˈt͡ʃɹɛʒ-] 1. Valued; especially, having a personal value.
Word: treasured Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English treasure Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English treasured From treasure + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛʒəd/, /ˈtɹɛʒɚd/, [ˈt͡ʃɹɛʒ-] 1. simple past and past participle of treasure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: video jockey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video + jockey, modelled on disc jockey. 1. A person who selects, or plays music videos either on television or at a disco.
Word: waiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mishnaic Hebrew Part of Speech: name 1. The Hebrew language as used from the second to the tenth century in the Common Era, descended from Biblical Hebrew.
Word: Maulis Part of Speech: name Etymology: English modification of Czech Moulis, probably from French Moulin. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.lɪs/ 1. A United States surname from Czech, the Americanised form of the Czech Moulis
Word: transplanted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transplant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Biblical Hebrew Part of Speech: name 1. the archaic form of the Hebrew language, spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Canaan/Israel in the first millennium BC, best-attested in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Word: tragedies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tragedy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sneaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who sneaks. Example: Then there was much mirth and banter over the swift sneakings for home of certain men carrying large portions of puarka.
Word: sneaking Part of Speech: adj 1. Secret or underhand; not openly avowed.
Word: sneaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sneak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tamed Part of Speech: adj 1. domesticated; made tame
Word: tamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: speculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of speculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speculating Part of Speech: noun 1. speculation Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] whereupon ensues a long course of theatrical speculatings and practisings […]
Word: shockingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English shocking Middle English -ly English -ly English shockingly From shocking + -ly. 1. In a shocking manner. Example: He had thinned shockingly, losing 100 pounds in the last month of his illness. 2. To a shocking degree. Example: Their efforts were shockingly slipshod. Example: He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.
Word: slavishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English slavish Middle English -ly English -ly English slavishly From slavish + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪvɪʃli/ 1. In a slavish manner. Example: Although the words were not slavishly borrowed, the expressions partook of the simple dignity of the liturgy to which she had been accustomed, and was probably as worthy of the Being to whom they were addressed as they could well be made by human powers. Example: "Railways seldom slavishly followed styles to be seen in the mainstream of contemporary architecture," HE [Historic England] explains.
Word: snarlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English snarling Middle English -ly English -ly English snarlingly From snarling + -ly. 1. In a snarling manner; with a snarl. Example: When Mina went in again, Woona was still squatted among the ashes; she was silent as Mina entered, but her black eyes rolled defiantly and her lower lip fell snarlingly.
Word: snarling Part of Speech: adj 1. Growling, having a snarl. Example: The snarling dog scared me away without ever opening its mouth. Example: Mr. Trump’s campaign of retribution began to intensify in mid-July after an adviser stoked his snarling impatience over the slow pace of Justice Department investigations.
Word: snarling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of producing a snarl or growl. Example: When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.
Word: snarling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snarl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Christian Era Part of Speech: name 1. The current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the (assumed) birth of Jesus Christ.
Word: heresies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heresy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nutrigenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nutri(tion) + genomics. 1. The field of study that examines how the interaction between genetics and nutrition affects human health, specifically to devise a personalized diet to improve or maintain good health. Labels: uncountable
Word: unpowered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + powered. 1. Lacking in power, especially electrical power. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not using or requiring power, especially artificial power. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unpowered boat; an unpowered glider Example: The unpowered steering on the early model tandem steer British-built Fodens was almost unbelievable at times.
Word: unpowered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + powered. 1. simple past and past participle of unpower Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wasps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wasp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wasps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wasp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Lala land Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of La-La Land. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Micmac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Mi'kmaq. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Micmac Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Mi'kmaq. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bulwarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bulwark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulwarks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bulwark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delightfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delightful Middle English -ly English -ly English delightfully From delightful + -ly. 1. In a delightful manner. Example: The result, disappointingly, is a scattershot work that is, by turns, entertaining and wearisome, energetic and hokey, delightfully evocative and cheaply sensational; dead-on in its conjuring of zeitgeist-y atmospherics, but often slow-footed and ham-handed in its orchestration of social details.
Word: reeled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ripened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ripen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: caverns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.və(ɹ)nz/ 1. plural of cavern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: installer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English install Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English installer From install + -er. 1. One who installs. Example: In the event industry there are two critical times when safety is often compromised, at bump-in and at bump-out. At bump-in the organizer is usually pressed for time and it is not uncommon for installers to work around the clock. At the end of the show or exhibition, bump-out carries an even higher risk as everyone is exhausted. 2. A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use. Example: Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it. […] You can manually or programmatically push an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe. Example: Slackware does not include a graphical installer. Its package manager does not perform any dependency resolution. This can be jarring for new users, particularly within the last few years, but it also enables a deeper understanding of the system.
Word: installations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of installation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vapulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vapulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vapulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vapulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vapulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vapulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: riva Part of Speech: noun 1. A rift or cleft.
Word: North Finnish Part of Speech: name 1. A generic name for a number of Finnish dialects spoken in the Northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway. Two of them, Meänkieli (or Torne Valley Finnish) in Sweden and Kven in Norway are officially recognized as minority languages in their respective countries, and are currently considered separate languages. Their structure and grammar are similar to Finnish but the vocabularies are considerably influenced by the majority language of their country.
Word: cortical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cortex (“bark”), stem cortic-, + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/ 1. Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. Labels: not-comparable Example: An adult male skeleton from Wharram Percy showed fine-grained subperiosteal deposits of new bone on multiple skeletal elements, together with fine cortical pitting[…]. 2. Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blast- + -oma. Pronunciation: /blæstˈoʊmə/ 1. A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.
Word: pineoblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pineal gland + blastoma. 1. A tumor of the pineal gland.
Word: medulloblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medulla + blastoma. By surface analysis, medullo- + blastoma. 1. A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum
Word: nephroblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- English blastoma English nephroblastoma From nephro- + blastoma. 1. A tumour affecting a kidney.
Word: pinealoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pineal Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English pinealoma From pineal + -oma. 1. A tumour of the pineal gland.
Word: amelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia. 1. The congenital absence of one or more limbs. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities. Example: The newborn examination confirms the diagnosis of amelia and distinguishes it from other limb deficiencies (e.g. terminal transverse defects) and sirenomelia.
Word: amelus Part of Speech: noun 1. A foetus born without limbs.
Word: Sengas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Senga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blastema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βλάστημα (blástēma, “sprout”). 1. A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
Word: pinealectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pineal Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English pinealectomy From pineal + -ectomy. 1. Surgical removal of the pineal gland.
Word: xylyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MEK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: catalyst: A chemical that makes the polyester resin harden, usually MEK (methyl-ethyl-ketone) 2. Initialism of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MEK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mojahedin-e-Khalq. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Those that fled were predominantly royalists, leftists, and members of the Islamist-Socialist Mujahedin-e Khalgh, or the MEK, which, until its recent delisting by Washington, was considered a terrorist group by Iran and America alike. Some of those immigrants and their descendants became a visible part of the cultural scene in California, in Tehrangeles, the worst of which were depicted in the unflattering reality show Shahs of Sunset. Apart from the MEK, this older generation has mostly shied away from outright political activism, but many will sometimes support the idea of a new revolution, or even foreign intervention in Iran.
Word: 2-butanone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of butanone. Labels: uncountable
Word: ethylmethylketone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of butanone. Labels: uncountable
Word: methylpropanone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of butanone. Labels: uncountable
Word: package stores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of package store Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liquor stores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liquor store Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pantelere, a dissimilated variant of Middle English panterere, from panetrie; equivalent to pantry + -er. 1. The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house. Labels: obsolete Example: A good shallow young fellow. ’A would have made a pantler; ’a would ha’ chipp’d bread well. Example: Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon This day she was both pantler, butler, cook, Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all;
Word: Lilian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪli.ən/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Airy, fairy Lilian, / Flitting, fairy Lilian, / When I ask her if she loves me, / Claps her tiny hands above me, / Laughing all she can. Example: When it was my turn Roger told the crowd that my romanised second and third name, if written as one word in Pinyin, as is now the custom, was exactly like the English girl's name Lilian and he therefore proposed to leave it like that, Lilian being a very pretty name, he said.
Word: hourglass figure Part of Speech: noun 1. A human body shape resembling an hourglass, i.e. with a very narrow waist and wide bust and hips.
Word: investments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛs(t)mənts/ 1. plural of investment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concentrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of concentrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dog my cats Part of Speech: intj 1. Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment Labels: idiomatic Example: Why, dog my cats, they must a ben a house-full o' niggers in there every night for four weeks to a done all that work, Sister Phelps. Example: "I began to feel sorry for Hubby, dog my cats if I didn't."
Word: grandest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of grand: most grand Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: grander Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of grand: more grand Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: massacring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of massacre Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: massacring Part of Speech: noun 1. A massacre.
Word: massacred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of massacre Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: compensated Part of Speech: adj 1. That received compensation (payment) Example: Some commenters foresaw the possibility that "a handful of very compensated employees could tilt the average high enough to meet the minimum average benefit with little or no contributions to the 'average' employee . 2. That has been adjusted to compensate for some circumstances. Example: But, if my view is correct, the only gold standard which could have survived during the last few years would have been the very compensated gold dollar against which the bankers' report was written. Example: The equations of motion can be set up for an airplane equipped with a "compensated" autopilot ( one in which the autopilot constants are varied as the airplane parameters vary ) , including the effects of lag in both the autopilot and the commuter .
Word: compensated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of compensate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: studiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English studious 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 studiousness From studious + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being studious. Labels: uncountable
Word: studiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English studious Middle English -ly English -ly English studiously From studious + -ly. 1. In a studious manner. Example: Petrarca had his Laura, and Dante his Beatrice, but Lorenzo has studiously concealed the name of the sovereign of his affections. Example: Forthwith I mingled with my fellow-men, / And studiously from records of the past, / And from the flowing tide of human being, / Cull’d deepest knowledge of their history
Word: stuck-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of stuck up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stunningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stunning Middle English -ly English -ly English stunningly From stunning + -ly. 1. So as to stun or amaze. Example: She was stunningly beautiful. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Example: a stunningly expensive gift
Word: stylishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stylish Middle English -ly English -ly English stylishly From stylish + -ly. 1. In a stylish manner. Example: The heavily Botoxed, stylishly black-clad, elegantly blinged women who organized this evening may not want to imitate Bette's style, but they certainly love her sass.
Word: suggestibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of being suggestible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Using techniques of character invalidation (i.e. humiliation), shouting to induce feelings of guilt, fear and suggestibility. Example: In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986).
Word: subconsciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English subconscious Middle English -ly English -ly English subconsciously From subconscious + -ly. 1. Below the level of conscious awareness. Example: Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
Word: Shirgah Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Savadkuh, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Word: Motown Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of motor + town; see Motor City. The poker slang comes from jacks and fives sounding similar to Jackson 5, associated with Motown popular music. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊtaʊn/ 1. Detroit. Labels: informal
Word: Motown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of motor + town; see Motor City. The poker slang comes from jacks and fives sounding similar to Jackson 5, associated with Motown popular music. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊtaʊn/ 1. A style of popular soul music strongly associated with Motown Records. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable Example: They may be a rock band, but their retro style shows a heavy Motown influence. 2. A jack and a five as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: youthful river Part of Speech: noun 1. A fast-flowing river characterized by a deep, narrow erosion pattern forming a V-shaped channel or valley.
Word: tinnient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tinnīo + -ent. 1. Having a ringing or clinking sound.
Word: tintinnabular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tintinnabulum (“little bell”) + -ar (“forming adjectives”). 1. Of or related to bells; of the nature of a bell. Labels: uncommon Example: That tintinnabular peculiarity of the British nation, the semihourly bell. 2. Of or related to bell-ringing. Labels: uncommon Example: He excurred to the tintinnabular summons alacritously.
Word: didapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dydoppar, from earlier douedoppe, deuedep, dyuedap with agentive suffix -er, from Old English dūfedoppa (“diving bird, pelican”), from dūfan (“to dive”) + *doppa (“diver”) (whence modern English dop (“diving bird”)). By surface analysis, dive + dop + -er. 1. A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe or dabchick. Example: The misery of man may fitly be compar'd to a Di­dapper, who when she is under water, past our sight, and indeed can seem no more to us, rises again; […] 2. A scoundrel, a worthless person Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: If a Martin can play at cheſtes, as well as his nephewe the ape, he ſhall knowe what it is for a ſcaddle pawne, to croſſe a Biſhop in his owne walke. Such dydoppers must be taken vp, els theile not ſtick to check the king. Example: In earneſt thus; There is a Doctor and his Fart, that haue kept a foule ſtinking ſtirre in Paules Churchyard; I crie him mercie I ſlaundered him, he is ſcarſe a Doctor till he hath done his Acts: this dodipoule, this didopper, this profeſſed poetical braggart, hath raild vpon me with out wit or art, in certaine foure penniworth of Letters, and three farthing-worth of Sonnets; now do I meane to preſent him and Shakerley to the Queens foole-taker for coatch-horſes: for two that draw more equallie in one Oratoriall yoke of vaine-glorie there is not vnder heauen.
Word: dioscuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Hellenic *Dzéus Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús) Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Hellenic *kórwos Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros) Ancient Greek Δῐόσκοροι (Dĭóskoroi)lbor. Latin Dioscūrīlbor. English Dioscuri Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dioscuric From Dioscuri + -ic. 1. Describing a twin; whether person or event. Labels: not-comparable 2. Related to the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux). Labels: not-comparable
Word: duniwassal Part of Speech: noun 1. A gentleman of the Scottish Highlands.
Word: spinach dip Part of Speech: noun 1. A common restaurant appetizer made from spinach and another ingredient such as mayonnaise, cream cheese, or sour cream, and usually served with tortilla chips. Labels: US Example: If you aren't sure, just go with the spinach dip and you'll be safe every time.
Word: bev Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of beverage; especially, an alcoholic beverage. Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Spirits & dist. alcoholic bevs Example: The body typically takes an hour to process one standard drink. If you drink fast or chug your bevs, your body doesn't have the time it needs to do this, resulting in a buildup of alcohol in your bloodstream and a higher BAC.
Word: scenarii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scenario, the terminal o having been replaced with an i to form its plural, by the Italian -o → -i pattern for forming plurals, by analogy with concerti and virtuosi. However, the modern plural of the Italian word scenario is scenari. Pronunciation: /sɛˈnɑːɹiː/ 1. plural of scenario Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural, rare
Word: cooperatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operative English cooperative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English cooperatively From cooperative + -ly. 1. In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team. Example: Google Drive enables users to edit documents and interactive notes cooperatively.
Word: bunkbed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bunk bed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: co-operatively Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of cooperatively. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stelling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch stelling. 1. A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies) Example: For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.
Word: mucky pup Part of Speech: noun 1. A typically messy or dirty child or (humorously) adult. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: seizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: riveted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rivet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: collimated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of collimate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: collimated Part of Speech: adj 1. Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar. Example: Low-mass objects have much more collimated flows than high mass sources. Example: 2008 May, A. M. Soderberg, et al., An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova, Accepted draft, page 3, Wolf-Rayet stars are also argued⁹ to give rise to gamma-ray bursts, a related but rare class of explosions characterized by highly-collimated relativistic jets.
Word: kiltie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɪl.tiː/ 1. A shoe having a fringed tongue or fringed extra piece that lies over the tongue. 2. The fringed tongue of such a shoe. 3. A person who wears a kilt. Example: At one place I had leapt with my pal into a small shell hole, and over to my right was a kiltie engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Hun.
Word: canoodle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From a blend of ca(ress) + noodle (“to engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time; to mess around, to play”). * From German knuddeln (“to cuddle; (originally) to embrace tightly”); or related to Low German knuddle (“a clump, a knot”), a diminutive of knude, related to Old High German knodo, knoto (“a knot”) (modern German Knoten (“knot”)); ultimate etymology unknown. Compare also Norwegian Bokmål knulle (“to fuck”), Swedish knulla (“to fuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; to mash”) (and also compare the semantics of the Scandinavian cognates of fuck). The noun is probably derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːdl̩/, /kəˈnud(ə)l/ 1. To caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love with. Labels: slang, transitive Example: He’s got a big smile on his face—who’s he been canoodling recently? 2. To cajole or persuade (someone). Labels: figuratively, slang, transitive Example: “There,” she cried triumphantly, when her labours were finished, “it [the drawing-room] looks different now, really quite effective and ‘canoodling’.” Example: And above all things, do not let her kanoodle you with soft words and looks of love, because she is full of 'em. If she can't scare you, with her indignation at the outrage of arresting and searching her, she will try to capture you and make you love her. You must be as firm as adamant. 3. Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Young Robin and my daughter. / ‘Canoodling’ too. This must lead to manslaughter. Example: Gerald Arbuthnot sat with her in the library all the time Jim was upstairs dying and they canoodled together on the sofa in front of the fire.
Word: canoodle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From a blend of ca(ress) + noodle (“to engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time; to mess around, to play”). * From German knuddeln (“to cuddle; (originally) to embrace tightly”); or related to Low German knuddle (“a clump, a knot”), a diminutive of knude, related to Old High German knodo, knoto (“a knot”) (modern German Knoten (“knot”)); ultimate etymology unknown. Compare also Norwegian Bokmål knulle (“to fuck”), Swedish knulla (“to fuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; to mash”) (and also compare the semantics of the Scandinavian cognates of fuck). The noun is probably derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːdl̩/, /kəˈnud(ə)l/ 1. A caress, a cuddle, a hug. Labels: slang Example: She got on with the crewmen, all of whom liked her and at least one of whom, Pinky Montmorency, took more than a casual interest in her. Probably a bit of a canoodle now and then in the room behind the office.
Word: canoodle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːdl̩/, /kəˈnud(ə)l/ 1. A donkey. Labels: slang 2. A foolish lover; also (generally) a fool. Labels: slang
Word: Tornedalen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish Tornedalen (“Meänmaa”), a geographic region shared by Sweden and Finland. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː(ɹ)nəˌdɑːlən/ 1. Tornedalen Finnish, or Meänkieli (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden)
Word: platte Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of plate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] a cotte of platte, a sallet, a halbert, a byll, sworde, and dager, 1l. 6s. 8d.; […] Example: Two hundred half Lucoryes, half hundred English hupes, one bruing paune two smale paunes, one brass potte, five chests one trunke fiue brass candlesticks, two coops of platte, two Juells of gould two ringes of gould, two cupperts, tenn poundes worth of triffling in merchant ware, twelve poundes in money, seaven hundred sheepskins, two Spanis tables three quarter hundred Riess three barrells of beare malt twelve peeter dishes, two pattingers, two smale savcers with other smale trifflings.
Word: riem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of reim. Labels: alt-of, alternative