nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: kthxbye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From k + thx + bye, literally “OK, thanks, bye”. 1. Used to express (as though facetiously polite) the abrupt or dismissive end of a conversation, statement, etc. Labels: Internet Example: Once they tell me that rubbish, it's, "Date's over, kthxbye." Example: “Your 15 minutes are up, Audrey. kthxbye.”
Word: superconductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English conduct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conductive English superconductive From super- + conductive. 1. Exhibiting or relating to superconductivity. Example: The alloy will become superconductive at 8 degrees absolute.
Word: superconductivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English conduct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conductive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English conductivity English superconductivity From super- + conductivity. 1. The property of a material whereby it has no resistance to the flow of an electric current. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Currently, superconductivity can only be achieved at extremely low temperatures.
Word: daraf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: farad reversed. Compare mho. 1. Non-SI unit of electrical elastance. Example: The capacitance of the three in parallel is 3 farad; thus the elastance of the three is reduced to ¹⁄₃ daraf.
Word: globulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin globuluslbor. French globulebor. English globule Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English globulin From globule + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒbjʊlɪn/, /ˈɡlɑbjəlɪn/ 1. Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in water only in the presence of salts, that are coagulated by heat Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most effective approach to delaying and preventing recurrent HBV infection has been high dose immune globulin (anti-HBsIg) perioperatively and postoperatively (table 4). Example: On the good news front, the guide reports that a new hepatitis A vaccine, which is now licensed in Europe, should be available in the United States sometime this year. It provides longer protection than the current recommended vaccine -- immune globulin (IG) -- against the hepatitis A virus, which means it does not have to be administered as frequently.
Word: hæmatin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hematin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: hæmoglobin Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of hemoglobin. Labels: uncountable
Word: piece of work Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1473. The idiomatic second sense came about due to Hamlet’s monologue. See cite from sense 1 below. 1. A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft. Example: What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! Example: 1996, David Ansen "The Killer And The Nun (film review)," Newsweek, 8 Jan., “Dead Man Walking” is a powerful and intelligent piece of work. 2. A person who has a strong and unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character flaws. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, often Example: Ugh! She's a piece of work. "A rotten, bad piece, I'd call it," answered Wheedles under his breath. Example: She built a reputation as a piece of work; if she didn't like a crowd, sometimes she'd walk off stage in midset and call a cab home.
Word: disapproved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disapprove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: curry comb Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/, /ˈkəɹiˌkoʊm/ 1. A flat comb used to brush down a horse.
Word: general aviation Part of Speech: noun 1. The section of the aviation industry that excludes both military and commercial passenger transport; for example, sightseeing, pleasure flights, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: no harm, no foul Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From informal instances of sports, in which a foul is a formal violation of the rules. 1. Although technically a breach of some code or law may have occurred, there was no actual damage meriting punishment, apology or retribution. Labels: idiomatic Example: He parked in my space, but I was away at the time: no harm, no foul.
Word: shami kebab Part of Speech: noun 1. A round patty of minced lamb and lentils cooked in a tandoor; often served with a small salad with a yoghurt and mint dressing
Word: dupiaza Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dopiaza. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: jalfrezi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bengali ঝালফ্রেজী (jhalfreji). 1. A Bengali curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vetting Part of Speech: noun 1. A checking or investigation. Example: The Military Intelligence Service in 1997 carried out nearly 18,000 security vettings, which resulted in 43 applicants being turned down because of a criminal record.
Word: mutter paneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani مَٹَر پَنِیر / मटर पनीर (maṭar panīr). 1. An Indian dish of peas and soft, immature cheese. Labels: uncountable
Word: take to Part of Speech: verb 1. To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master. Labels: idiomatic Example: Although he had never skated before, he took to it quickly, and soon glided around the ice with ease. Example: She took to swimming like a fish. 2. To enter; to go into or move towards. Labels: idiomatic Example: As the train rushed through, thousands of birds took to the air at once. Example: When I felt slepy I took to my bed. 3. To begin, as a new habit or practice. Labels: idiomatic Example: After the third one was rejected, she took to asking the department to check the form before she submitted it. Example: "In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, / And argued each case with my wife;[…]" 4. To be attracted to. Labels: idiomatic Example: She met Ned when he was looking anyway. . . . And he took to her, he liked her crooked straightness from the start.
Word: paneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani پَنِیر / पनीर (panīr), from Classical Persian پَنِیر (panīr). Pronunciation: /pəˈniːɹ/, /pæˈnɪə(r)/, /pɑːˈnɪə(r)/ 1. A soft, non-matured, Indian cheese. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The spinach was mixed with paneer to make a satisfying meal.
Word: game bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird that is hunted for sport, especially one used for food.
Word: papadom Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncommon spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: vealy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English veal Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English vealy From veal + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪə.li/ 1. Resembling veal. Example: This meat had a vealy taste to it, didn't it? 2. Immature or naive. Example: I hope you do not really / think I am so awful veally / as not to see how famously you've played your little part.
Word: right of way Part of Speech: noun 1. The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses. Labels: uncountable Example: Even when you have the right of way, you must take action to avoid a collision if another boat fails to give way. 2. A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways. Labels: countable Example: 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4), “restricted byway” means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way. 3. A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation. Labels: countable Example: Meronym: permanent way Example: Phillips granted a right-of-way to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1873. 4. Land on which a right of way exists. Labels: countable Example: New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a rail line on an unused right of way of the Long Island Rail Road between JFK and Penn Station to whisk passengers to midtown Manhattan in twenty minutes. 5. The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks. Labels: countable Example: For example, if a railroad is required to connect a mine and a smelter, it is necessary to construct a right of way, to lay tracks, etc. Example: Mayne, speaking at the 1999 meeting, ranked the trees along the right-of-way as "old growth" or "rare," although she never defined these terms. 6. The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack. Labels: uncountable Example: In foil the important thing is to be sure you have the right of way. You gain right of way by starting the attack first or beating the blade last. 7. The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: customizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of customize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chapatti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चपाती (capātī). 1. Alternative form of chapati. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sieved Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of sieve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sieved Part of Speech: adj 1. Passed through a sieve. Example: Chappatis are made with sieved wholemeal flour.
Word: Mr Big Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Mr. Big. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle. 1. Alternative spelling of Sheila. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: steam ship Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of steamship. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: steam power Part of Speech: noun 1. Power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine (a steam engine) or turbine (a steam turbine). Labels: uncountable Example: The pistons are driven by steam power. 2. A means of transportation, or heavy equipment, based on such power, especially steamboats, steamships, or steam trains. Labels: uncountable Example: Before the diesel locomotive, steam power was king.
Word: allonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- (“other, different”) + -onym (“name”), probably via French allonyme. Compare German allonym, Allonym. First attested in 1725. Pronunciation: /ˈal.əˌnɪm/, /ˈæl.əˌnɪm/ 1. A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work. 2. An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author. Labels: uncommon
Word: eisoptrophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Fear of seeing one’s reflection in a mirror. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Apparently I do not suffer from eisoptrophobia. I say this because last year I looked in the mirror and realized I was the heaviest I'd been in a long time. Example: Not because I hate my reflection or that I suffer from Eisoptrophobia. Mirrors see straight through my facade.
Word: anthroponym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthrop- + -onym or anthropo- + -nym. First attested in 1955. 1. The name of a person, especially a surname. Example: If an anthroponym associated with a denotatum contains all the information about it, the goal of the author of a street name who uses this anthroponym to create an urbanonym consists in foregrounding a certain layer of information about the primary denotatum, from which this name was taken for secondary use. […] Therefore, concepts in commemorative urbanonymy form a ‘bundle’ of associations, ideas, and memories (comp. Stepanov, 2004), that appear in speakers as a reaction to these names, but at the same time speakers react primarily to the anthroponyms that form the basis of urbanonym units, and the street names themselves act only as ‘carriers’ of specific meaning, […]
Word: anthroponymy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English anthrop- (“person, human”) + Ancient Greek ὠνυμία (ōnumía) (from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)); By surface analysis, anthrop- + -onymy = anthropo- + -nymy. Pronunciation: /ænθɹəʊˈpɒnɪmɪ/ 1. The study of personal names. Labels: uncountable
Word: all-seater stadium Part of Speech: noun 1. A sports stadium consisting solely of numbered seats, with no terraces for standing spectators
Word: reciprocating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See reciprocate § Etymology. 1. present participle and gerund of reciprocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reciprocating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See reciprocate § Etymology. 1. That moves back and forth or up and down. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of an engine type, that has one or more pistons that move back and forth or up and down. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of an other machine, whose mechanism relies on a back and forth or up and down motion. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of a person or their actions, responding in kind. Labels: not-comparable Example: reciprocating behavior
Word: statics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstæ.tɪks/ 1. The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in static equilibrium Labels: uncountable
Word: wikilink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wiki + link. Pronunciation: /ˌwɪkɪˈlɪŋk/, /ˈwɪkɪˌlɪŋk/ 1. A hyperlink from one wiki page to another. Example: Go through the article and create internal links (wikilinks) that point to other articles (this is part of what is called wikification). Example: Adding too many wikilinks (overlinking) is usually caused by novice over-enthusiasm
Word: radar dome Part of Speech: noun 1. A weatherproof enclosure used to protect a radar antenna.
Word: tranquilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z], /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯z] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯z] 1. To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart. Labels: transitive Example: The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo. Example: Miss Ratched shall line us all against the wall, where we’ll face the terrible maw of a muzzle-loading shotgun which she has loaded with Miltowns! Thorazines! Libriums! Stelazines! And with a wave of her sword, blooie! Tranquilize all of us completely out of existence. 2. To make (something or someone) tranquil. Labels: literary, transitive Example: 1779, Frances Burney, Evelina, Dublin: Price, Corcoran et al., Volume 2, Letter 14, p. 87, […] with words of sweetest kindness and consolation, he soothed and tranquilised me. Example: […] I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose,—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. 3. To become tranquil. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare Example: Seest thou not, that this unseasonable gravity is admitted to quell the palpitations of this unmanageable heart? But still it will go on with its boundings. I’ll try, as I ride in my chariot, to tranquillize. 4. To dart (a person or animal) with a sedative Labels: transitive Example: The bear should go down several minutes after being tranquilized. Example: Moose should only be down about 15 to 20 minutes after being tranquilized.
Word: palustrine Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of palustral.
Word: truckie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From truck + -ie. 1. A truck driver. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: 2005, “Marcus”, quoted in Rose McCrohan, Chapter 3: I Don′t Care If I Live or Die, Keith D. Gilbert (editor), Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk, Volume 6, page 45, I met up with a truckie and stayed on the road with him for most of the two months. I learnt how to drive the truck, even though I didn't have a truck or even a car license. I got to know other truckies and they used to ask for me on the CB radio. Example: On the day of the funeral truckies on their way to the container wharf slow down as they pass the Railway Hotel and sound their earth-shattering horns. 2. A firefighter who works from a fire truck. Labels: slang
Word: PADI Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Don Juan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the legendary 14th-century Spanish nobleman Don Juan. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒn ˈ(h)wɑːn/, /ˌdɒn ˈdʒʊən/ 1. A man who obsessively seduces women. Example: James has three girlfriends; he's a real Don Juan.
Word: hylotheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hylo- + theism. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.loʊˈθi.ɪzəm/ 1. Theory equating matter with God or merging one into the other (see pantheism). Labels: uncountable 2. Doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe (see materialism). Labels: uncountable
Word: hit the rock Part of Speech: verb 1. To use crack cocaine. Labels: slang 2. To make a gesture to show celebration or friendship, or as part of a secret handshake, by one person raising their fist so the fist is pointing at the person and the other person lightly punches the fist. Labels: slang
Word: receded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recede Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: receding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recede Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: receding Part of Speech: adj 1. Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing. Example: a receding hairline
Word: receding Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of something that recedes. Example: the great overflowings and recedings of the waters 2. A recessed part. Example: The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]
Word: recedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anepigraphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anepigraph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anepigraphic From anepigraph + -ic. 1. Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: masterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *méǵh₂s From Middle English maisterli, from maister (“leader, ruler; high official; official in charge of a place; person in control; employer; owner; schoolmaster, teacher; scholar, sage; holder of a master's degree; religious teacher; master craftsman; expert; magician; social superior; husband; lover; Jesus Christ; a god; male stud animal”) + -li (suffix forming adjectives). Maister is derived from Old English mæġester (“master”) and Old French maistre (“master”) (modern French maître), both from Latin magister (“teacher; master”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The English word is analysable as master + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstəli/, /ˈmæ-/, /ˈmæstɚli/ 1. Executed in the manner of a master; showing competence and skill; masterful. Example: Her years of experience enabled her to render a masterly performance. Example: He made confeſsion of you, / And gaue you ſuch a maſterly report / For art and exerciſe in your defence, / And for your Rapier moſt eſpeciall, / That he cride out t' would be a ſight indeed / If one could match you; [...] 2. Like a master; arbitrary; domineering, imperious. Labels: derogatory, obsolete, usually Example: The godlie counſels of Salomon and Ieſus the ſonne of Sirach, for ſharpe kepinge in, and bridleinge of youth, are ment rather, for fatherlie correction, then maſterlie beating, rather for maners, than for learninge: for other places, than for ſcholes. Example: Many times fear is a profitable and an active ſervant, if it do not dominere and grow maſterlie.
Word: masterly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English maisterli (“artistically; skilfully; in the manner of a conqueror or master; overconfidently”), from maister (see etymology 1) + -li (suffix forming adverbs); analysable as master + -ly (suffix forming adverbs). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstəli/, /ˈmæ-/, /ˈmæstɚli/ 1. In a masterful manner; competently, masterfully. Labels: archaic Example: At length the sound of a flute broke upon mine ear; it was not played masterly, but the tones were very sweet; and what is more correct, perhaps, they harmonized with my feelings.
Word: masterful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English maysterful, maistrefull, equivalent to master + -ful. 1. Of or pertaining to the manner of a master of an art, technique, profession, or craft; masterly. Example: The brushwork on the skin tones was masterful. 2. In the manner of a master; very skillful. Example: The masterful conducting ensured the orchestra gave of their best. Example: As Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman showed in his brilliant biography, Cheney deployed his masterful knowledge of policymaking to exert influence at all levels of government. 3. Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-à-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering. Example: ...do you not agree with me that I have a right to be a little masterful, abrupt; perhaps exacting, sometimes, on the grounds I stated... Example: When John spoke in that masterful tone, Meg always obeyed, and never regretted her docility.
Word: intemperance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French intempérance, from Latin intemperantia. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛmpɛɹəns/ 1. Lack of moderation or temperance; excess. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They deserved the enmity of the Pagans; and some of them might deserve the reproaches of avarice and intemperance; of avarice, which they gratified with holy plunder, and of intemperance, which they indulged at the expense of the people, who foolishly admired their tattered garments, loud psalmody, and artificial paleness. Example: Raffles proved more unmanageable than he had shown himself to be in his former appearances, his chronic state of mental restlessness, the growing effect of habitual intemperance, quickly shaking off every impression from what was said to him. 2. Drunkenness or gluttony. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As I supported him towards his lodgings I could see that he was not only suffering from the effects of a recent debauch, but that a long course of intemperance had affected his nerves and his brain. […] He rambled in his speech, too, in a manner which suggested the delirium of disease rather than the talk of a drunkard. Example: How can we marvel that the constitution thus disposed to intemperance finds the stimulus of drink indispensable?
Word: expediency Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.ən.si/ 1. The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation. Labels: uncountable Example: Imperfet governments […] may palliate crimes upon the plea of necessity or expediency; divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice; […] Example: Much declamation may be heard in the present day against “expediency”, as if it were not the proper object of a Deliberative Assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. 2. Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled. Labels: uncountable Example: Utterly neglectful of what he owes to the kingdom which he hopes to regain, Charles has learned but adversity's worst lesson—expediency. Example: Others warned the British government’s approach would be imitated, for political expediency, by authorities elsewhere. 3. Haste; dispatch. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. An expedient. Labels: countable
Word: galvanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French galvanique, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -ique. Pronunciation: /ɡælˈvænɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric. Example: [S]he was quivering like a galvanic battery with the suppressed force of some powerful emotion. 2. Energetic; vigorous. Labels: broadly Example: Whether the town existed during Mr. Tapley's time I have not been able to learn. . . . At that moment a galvanic motion had been pumped into it by the war movements of General Halleck. Example: Then he clenched his fists, and, with an agility astonishing in a man of his years, indulged in a series of galvanic little hops in front of the astounded Peter Truefitt. 3. Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic. Example: Physicians used galvanic currents, which required only a galvanic power source, and faradic treatments, which utilized an "alternating" induction coil.
Word: galvanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French galvanisme, after physiologist Luigi Alyisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -isme. By surface analysis, galvano- + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælvəˌnɪzəm/ 1. The chemical generation of electricity. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The (therapeutic) use of electricity directly applied to the body. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth. Example: The sudden application of galvanism to bands of savages may fairly rank as a new sensation, and they, thinking the wire held this strange and mysterious power, wisely left it alone.
Word: disposable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French disposerbor. English dispos(e) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English disposable From dispos(e) + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/, /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/ 1. That can be disposed of. 2. That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired. Example: Rather than purchase an expensive razor he bought a packet of cheap disposable ones. Example: A disposable cup sits in a museum gallery, fully intact even after being cast aside thousands of years ago. 3. Available to be used; at one's disposal. Example: disposable income
Word: disposable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French disposerbor. English dispos(e) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English disposable From dispos(e) + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/, /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/ 1. Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired. Example: Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both. Example: Durable goods can be cost-effective but make great disease vectors, and disposables like syringes and needles can be a problem in the poorest places, where there's desperate need of vaccines for diseases like polio. That's where the UCSD scientists come in. 2. Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired.
Word: refilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of refill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: restorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English restoratif, restoratyve, from Old French restoratif, restauratif and Medieval Latin restaurātīvus. Equivalent to restore + -ative. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/ 1. Serving to restore. Example: After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer. Example: Destroys life's enemy, / Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.
Word: restorative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English restoratif, restoratyve, from Old French restoratif, restauratif and Medieval Latin restaurātīvus. Equivalent to restore + -ative. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/ 1. Something with restoring properties. Example: Marianne’s joy was almost a degree beyond happiness, so great was the perturbation of her spirits and her impatience to be gone. Her unwillingness to quit her mother was her only restorative to calmness; and at the moment of parting her grief on that score was excessive. Example: For Louis XIV's advancing age, a drink consisting of sugar, distilled spirits, and orange water was recommended as a restorative of vigor. 2. An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic. Labels: euphemistic Example: “Well, let's hope you're right, darling. In the meantime,” said Kipper, “if I don't get that whisky-and-soda soon, I shall disintegrate. Would you mind if I went in search of it, Mrs Travers?” “It's the very thing I was about to suggest myself. Dash along and drink your fill, my unhappy young stag at eve.” “I'm feeling rather like a restorative, too,” said Bobbie. “Me also,” I said, swept along on the tide of the popular movement. “Though I would advise,” I said, when we were outside, “making it port. More authority.”
Word: sensitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sensitive 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 sensitiveness From sensitive + -ness. 1. The quality or degree of being sensitive. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ability to perceive sensation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How wrong I was! wit, with him, was only the sparkle of the waters which hide precious things in the depths below. I can enter into the sensitiveness which is fain to keep that which it prizes most dearly, hidden from a cold and mocking world.
Word: divergence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, diverge + -ence. Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/ 1. The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. 2. The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Disagreement; difference. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: divergence of thought 4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: individualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French individualisme, equivalent to individual + -ism. 1. The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism. 2. The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action. Example: Republicans and Democrats interpret individualism differently, and those divides are more pronounced than ever in our deeply polarized political climate. 3. The doctrine that only individual things are real. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: belief system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of beliefs; a set of beliefs with interrelations. Example: Holonyms: cosmology, ontology, epistemology, epistemics, epistemic regime, philosophy; reality
Word: mode of thought Part of Speech: noun 1. The way in which a person tends to think based on experience, beliefs, learning and reason.
Word: hailing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈheɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hailing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈheɪlɪŋ/ 1. The act by which somebody is hailed. Example: There is an unending series of hailings, both direct and indirect, to which the reader responds or does not respond. Thus, although certain texts attempt to address themselves to the reader, she may be critical of them […]
Word: sackcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath. By surface analysis, sack + cloth. 1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Garments worn as an act of penance. Labels: also, countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes. Example: Next you saw her alone, a kneeling penitent at the foot of the crucifix; her long fair hair is unbound, and the sackcloth robe is girded by a cord round her slender shape: her hands are clasped, and tears are flowing fast from the quenched radiance of those shadowy eyes;...
Word: halftone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half- + tone. 1. Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale. Example: That animals utter musical notes is familiar to every one, as we may daily hear in the singing of birds. It is a more remarkable fact that an ape, one of the Gibbons, produces an exact octave of musical sounds, ascending and descending the scale by half-tones; so that this monkey “alone of brute mammals may be said to sing.” 2. A picture made by using the process of half-toning. Example: Before leaving New York a handsome booklet had been prepared and printed. The brochure contained the names of the commissioners, their public records, halftone portraits and a carefully prepared statement of the objects of the expedition. 3. An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. Example: “No, I cannot enjoy it,” Cecilia said to Mrs. Devereux; “I don't mind the grey light; cloud and water, and half-tones of colour, are homely English and pleasant, and that opal where the sun should be has a suggestiveness richer than sunlight.[…]”
Word: halftone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From half- + tone. 1. To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.
Word: simulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of simulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: halftoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of halftone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: halftoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of halftone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: halftones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halftone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high-spirited Part of Speech: adj 1. Possessing a bold nature. Example: The more high-spirited among the youth were, about the time that our narrative begins, expecting, rather with hope than apprehension, an opportunity of emulating their fathers in their military achievements. Example: "She was as fine a figure of a woman as I was a man, as high-spirited and courageous, as reckless and dare-devilish." 2. Energetic, exuberant, or high-strung. Example: Their poor mother was, I believe, naturally a lighthearted, sociable, high-spirited little creature; and her gay and childish nature pined in the isolation and gloom of her lot. Example: Though she was nineteen she gave the effect of a high-spirited precocious child, and in the present glow of her youth and beauty all the men and women she had known were but driftwood on the ripples of her temperament.
Word: enjoined Part of Speech: adj 1. Prescribed; expected (by an authority). Example: For if there be any book in the Divine record, the publication of which is more enjoined than another, it is this. Example: The former is no more enjoined by the Constitution than the latter , and the latter no more prohibited than the former.
Word: enjoined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enjoin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tan someone's hide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By metaphor from tannery: beating hides (to condition them), tanning them (with dyes and chemicals), and so on. 1. To beat or spank someone, usually on their backside. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: "You lying little snipe," he roared. ". . . I've a mind to tan your hide good."
Word: setter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English settere English setter From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer. The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛt.ə/, /ˈset.ə/, /ˈsɛt.ɚ/, [-ɾɚ] 1. A typesetter. Example: Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author. 2. One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination. Example: The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood. Example: The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally. 3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game. Example: She has a spaniel and a red setter. Example: The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago. 4. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack. 5. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter. 6. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets. Example: It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses. 7. One who hunts victims for sharpers. Example: O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice 8. One who adapts words to music in composition. 9. A shallow seggar for porcelain. 10. A shill bidder at an auction. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: setter Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛt.ə/, /ˈset.ə/, /ˈsɛt.ɚ/, [-ɾɚ] 1. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: setters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of setter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gain + -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪnə/, /ˈɡeɪnɚ/ 1. One who gains a profit or advantage. Example: … it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress. Example: Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end. 2. One who puts on weight. 3. A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation. Labels: slang Example: I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs. Example: Wiener went up so fast it did a gainer.
Word: gainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English file 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 filer From file + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪlɚ/ 1. One who files something. Example: Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, […] 2. A software program for managing files. Example: The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.
Word: filers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kieran Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɪəˌɹɔːn/, /ˈkɪɹˌɔn/ 1. A unisex given name from Irish, an anglicized form of Ciarán. 2. A unisex given name from Sanskrit, an anglicized form of किरण (kiraṇa).
Word: Ciaran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ciarán. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪəɹən/, /ˈkɪɹən/ 1. A male given name from Irish. Example: ‘What's your name?’ I asked. ‘Ciaran,’ he said, and then, as though having read my mind, ‘though it's only my father who's Irish–I'm Danish.’ 2. A female given name from Irish. Labels: rare
Word: retrieving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retrieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retrieving Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of retrieval.
Word: pure mathematics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An early usage, from 1746, is in the title of the position Sadlerian Lecturer of Pure Mathematics (later "Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics"). 1. The study of mathematical concepts independently of applications outside mathematics. Labels: uncountable Example: This book is the result of an attempt to bring between two covers a wide region of pure mathematics. Example: 1983, B. D. Bunday, H. Mulholland, Pure Mathematics for Advanced Level, Butterworths, 2nd Edition, page v, Since the first edition was published there have been changes in the content of the pure mathematics syllabuses of the various examining boards.
Word: gundogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gundog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-tone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of halftone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [...] A good selection of half-tones well portrays the Southern atmosphere.
Word: half-tone Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of halftone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: novelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian plural of novella. 1. plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incontestable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English contest Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English contestable English incontestable From in- + contestable. 1. Not contestable; indisputable; certain. Example: That he was the greatest 100m runner of his generation was incontestable.
Word: red coat Part of Speech: noun 1. A customer service representative of Delta Air Lines. Labels: US Example: You'll find our Red Coats hanging around the airport to answer any […] Example: You can also flag down one of the airport's "Red Coats," the customer service representatives stationed in the arrival areas, at bus stops, and on the monorail platforms. 2. Alternative form of redcoat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: des- Part of Speech: prefix 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 des- English des- From Middle English des-, dis-, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-. 1. Obsolete form of dis- (“reversal of sense of succeeding word”). Labels: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete 2. A removal of a group from a molecule. Labels: morpheme
Word: masterfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English maysterfully, maisterfullich, equivalent to masterful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstəf(ʊ)li/, /ˈmæstɚf(ʊ)li/ 1. In a masterful manner; in an extremely confident and competent manner.
Word: masterfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English masterful 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 masterfulness From masterful + -ness. 1. The quality of being masterful. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: grum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced in form by glum. Compare also Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”). See also grim, gram, grump. Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌm/ 1. Morose, stern, surly, sullen. Example: Look not so grum at me; there is something to make thee more cheerful. (Offering him money with one hand, while he receives the bag with the other.) Example: She cast a speculative look upon her husband, silent and grum as if he had been thus gruffly carved out of wood. 2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural Example: a grum voice
Word: disaccord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disacorden, from Anglo-Norman desacorder. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈkɔːd/ 1. The absence or reverse of accord. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Disharmony. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disaccord Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disacorden, from Anglo-Norman desacorder. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈkɔːd/ 1. To fail to be in accord; to dissent. Labels: intransitive Example: He stated the case but I did disaccord. Example: For she was daughter to a noble Lord Which dwelt thereby, who sought her to affy To a great Pere; but she did disaccord
Word: disaccords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disaccord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disharmony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English harmony English disharmony From dis- + harmony. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈhɑːməni/, /dɪsˈhɑɹməni/ 1. The absence of harmony or concordance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
Word: disharmonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disharmony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disaccording Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disaccord Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disaccorded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disaccord Labels: form-of, participle, past