nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dig out Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove something by digging. Labels: transitive Example: The archaeologist dug out a Saxon dagger. Example: Houdini not only got out of the ropes: he also dug himself out of the hole he had been buried in. 2. To find or retrieve something buried. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: I shall try to dig out my old textbooks. Example: 'I thought it better to bring her down by car, sir,' explained Annesley in an aside of moody resignation. 'I only dug her out at something past eleven last night, and all the trains are at sixes and sevens just now.' 3. To make something by digging. Labels: transitive Example: We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire. 4. To decamp; to leave a place hastily. Labels: US, intransitive, slang 5. To have penetrative sexual intercourse with someone. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I'd like to dig her out. 6. To block a yorker with the bottom of the bat, at the last second. Labels: transitive
Word: zymography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zymo- + -graphy. 1. A form of electrophoresis used in the study of enzyme activity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ye olde Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Middle English, derived from the + old. First attested in 1850. Pronunciation: /ðiː əʊld/, /ði oʊld/, /jiː əʊld(i)/, /ji oʊld/ 1. Pseudo-archaic form of the old, as to suggest antiquity or old tradition. Example: I'm not wasting my time going to lectures given by ye olde professor Jones. Example: Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe
Word: ye olde Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Middle English, derived from the + old. First attested in 1850. Pronunciation: /ðiː əʊld/, /ði oʊld/, /jiː əʊld(i)/, /ji oʊld/ 1. Old-fashioned, antiquated, historic, especially in a contrived manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: We lived in Crofton, Maryland, halfway between Annapolis and Washington, DC, at the western edge of Anne Arundel County, where the residential developments are all in the vinyl-sided Federalist style and have quaint ye-olde names like Crofton Towne, Crofton Mews, The Preserve, The Ridings.
Word: such as Part of Speech: prep 1. For example. Example: Waterbirds, such as the duck or the gull, are common in the area. Example: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. 2. Like, of the kind mentioned. Example: I was never in a country such as that. Example: A plan such as you propose will never succeed.
Word: have the biscuit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From have + the + biscuit (“Communion wafer”). 1. To be of no further use; to be near death. Labels: Canada, idiomatic
Word: Islamize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Islamize From Islam + -ize. 1. To convert to Islam. 2. To make someone, or a society, conform to Islamic law. Example: 1999, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Georgetown University John L. Esposito Professor of Religion and International Affairs, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?: Myth or Reality? In particular, many are challenged to avoid, in their zeal to Islamize state and society, a tendency to “kafirize.”
Word: menstrual fluid Part of Speech: noun 1. The mixture of blood and cellular debris from the uterus that constitutes the menses Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: moxibustion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of moxa (“mugwort”) + combustion, literally “burning of mugwort”, with the connecting -i- usual in Latinate vocabulary. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒk.sɪˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/ 1. The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Traditional Chinese medicine includes herbal remedy, diet therapy, use of animal secretion and organs, acupuncture, massage, moxibustion (the application of a burning moxa plant to skin), and other folk methods.
Word: moxa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒksə/, /ˈmɑksə/ 1. A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And thereupon she burned with her Moxa (of which hereafter) on my feet and knees, (to my best remembrance) about twenty little Escars, which looked like lit∣tle gray specks, without raising any blisters, or causing any after-pain; whereupon also all the pain of the Gout vanish’d. Example: Moxa is celebrated in the eastern countries, for preventing and curing many disorders, by being burnt on the skin: a little cone of moxa, laid on the part previously moistened, and set on fire at top, burns down with a temperate glowing heat, and produces a dark coloured spot, the exulceration of which is promoted by applying a little garlic, and the ulcer either healed up when the eschar separates, or kept running for a length of time, as different circumstances may require. 2. Any other substance used in moxibustion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wastegate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waste + gate. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstɡeɪt/ 1. A valve that allows exhaust gases to bypass an engine's turbocharger, in order to keep from overspeeding the turbocharger rotor or driving the boost pressure high enough to risk engine knocking or detonation.
Word: intercooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cool 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 cooler English intercooler From inter- + cooler. 1. A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.
Word: hollandaise sauce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sauce hollandaise (“Dutch sauce”). 1. An emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, used in French cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: winny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪni/ 1. Synonym of winnebago.
Word: plenum chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. A pressurised housing.
Word: seropositivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seropositive + -ity, or sero- + positivity. 1. The quality or state of being seropositive, of having blood serum that tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pretest probability inversely correlates with the probability that the reported seropositivity is a false-positive. Example: As discussed above, because of the severe consequences of HIV infection, a few states have required that ARC and even seropositivity be reported. 2. Seropositivity prevalence rate: synonym of seroprevalence. Labels: broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: At first, the prophylaxis budgeting efforts were triaged to the areas with the highest seropositivity.
Word: seropositive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- English positive English seropositive From sero- + positive. 1. Of blood serum, testing positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV (HIV positive). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a person or animal, having seropositive blood serum. Labels: not-comparable Example: They offer individual and group counseling to seropositive individuals, street outreach education, and an educational workshop series for people at risk. Example: Other tests (marked ‘+ +’ in Table 2C.8) are more sensitive in that they produce higher antibody titres but they do not detect substantially more seropositive individuals in a population.
Word: seropositive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- English positive English seropositive From sero- + positive. 1. A person with such blood serum.
Word: self-redress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English redress English self-redress From self- + redress. 1. Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution. Labels: uncountable
Word: self-redress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English redress English self-redress From self- + redress. 1. To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge.
Word: restitutory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English restitute Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English restitutory From restitute + -ory. 1. Of or pertaining to restitution.
Word: restitutor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who (or that which) restores or makes restitution.
Word: knick points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knick point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restitutive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English restitute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English restitutive From restitute + -ive. 1. Of or pertaining to restitution; tending to restore to a previous state.
Word: nick point Part of Speech: noun 1. A point at which a river suffers a break of slope in its long profile; the current point of rejuvenation working upstream
Word: long profile Part of Speech: noun 1. A curve showing the vertical profile of a river from its head to mouth
Word: reinclude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English include English reinclude From re- + include. 1. To include again something that was previously excluded
Word: eyries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyrie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fictionalise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fictionalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: fictionalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fictionalise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fictionalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fictionalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fictionalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fictionalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flummoxes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flummox Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flummoxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flummox Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flummoxing Part of Speech: adj 1. Confusing, flustering, flabbergasting.
Word: franchised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of franchise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oh my days Part of Speech: intj 1. An exclamation of astonishment or gleeful disapproval. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, euphemistic Example: “[…] Oh, my days, don’t ’ee say another word about either of ’em. I wish I’d never been born.” Example: "Oh my days," said my mother and she sank into a chair.
Word: roast dinner Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional British hot meal consisting of roast meat, usually with potatoes, vegetables, and other trimmings.
Word: rosaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rosāceus. Alternatively, from Rosaceae + -ous. Pronunciation: /roʊˈzeɪʃəs/ 1. Of or relating to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: rosaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Translingual rosacea Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English rosaceous From Translingual rosacea + English -ous. Pronunciation: /roʊˈzeɪʃəs/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish. Example: In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge.
Word: rythmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of rhythmic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: well-intended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From well + intended. 1. Well-intentioned.
Word: vitelline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vitellinus. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an egg.
Word: vitelline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vitellinus. 1. A terminal branch of any of the main arteries connecting the aorta to the yolk sac.
Word: vilipend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/, /ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/ 1. To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on. Labels: dated, formal, transitive 2. To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify. Labels: dated, formal, transitive Example: But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large. Example: But, for all their feint of nonchalance, these young persons have no other task in life but to explain and extol their own conduct and to vilipend their critics and opponents.
Word: videography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From video- + -graphy. 1. The art and technology of producing moving (video) images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The occupation of making videos. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The list of music videos an artist has appeared or performed in. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vibrissae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vɪˈbɹɪsaɪ/ 1. plural of vibrissa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unvisited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English visited English unvisited From un- + visited. 1. Not visited. Example: O, you have lived in desolation here, Unseen, unvisited, much to our shame. Example: […] whence, with neighbouring arms, And opportune excursion, we may chance Re-enter Heaven; or else in some mild zone Dwell, not unvisited of Heaven’s fair light, Secure, and at the brightening orient beam Purge off this gloom: […] 2. Never visited. Labels: not-comparable
Word: put pedal to the metal Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of put the pedal to the metal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gas pedal Part of Speech: noun 1. An accelerator; a foot control for fuel flow. Labels: Canada, US
Word: uncached Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cached English uncached From un- + cached. 1. Not cached. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having no cache. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tucket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tuck (“a blow, a drum beat”), from Old French touchet (“stroke, blow”). Compare toccata. Compare also Middle French toquer from Old French *toquer (“to strike”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʌkɪt/, /ˈtʌkət/ 1. A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar. Example: [T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld. Example: But just then the dull beat of many horses on the snow suddenly arose in the hollow ear of the night, and, with incredible swiftness, drew nearer and swelled louder. At the same time, answering tuckets repeated and repeated Hatch's call "Rally, rally!" cried Dick. "Rally upon me! Rally for your lives!"
Word: trophallaxis Part of Speech: noun 1. The mutual exchange of (fluid) food between individuals, especially in social insects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Trophallaxis is at its most highly developed in social insects such as ants, wasps, bees and termites, but is also used by some birds, and by wolves and vampire bats.
Word: floor it Part of Speech: verb 1. To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent. Labels: idiomatic, informal 2. To move (run, ride etc.) at full speed. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: trihydrochloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + hydrochloride. 1. Any compound containing three hydrochloride groups
Word: triconodont Part of Speech: noun 1. A tooth having three conical cusps. 2. Any extinct mammal of the paraphyletic order †Triconodonta, partially replaced by †Eutriconodonta. Labels: archaic
Word: put the pedal to the metal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears c. 1976. Originated in car racing. 1. To press the gas pedal to the maximum extent. Labels: idiomatic Example: I released the brakes, smashed the clutch and switched the transmission case into low gear, then put the pedal to the metal again throwing the car into what is known as a “moonshine spin”. 2. To exert maximum effort. Labels: broadly Example: There are times for all of us when we have to put the pedal to the metal. Businesspeople and students have deadlines. Parents have periods of time when they don't get breaks because their partners are unavailable or they have no partners.
Word: chenet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chenet. 1. fire dog, andiron
Word: pronunciational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pronunciation Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pronunciational From pronunciation + -al. 1. Of or relating to pronunciation. Example: [A]n English batsman had been caught by Tellerkeratne of the bowling of Wijaygunawaden which is, I agree, a set of circumstances to make strong men quail in a pronunciational sense.
Word: dancen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dauncen, equivalent to dance + -en. 1. plural simple present of dance Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: Holly and his merry men, they dancen and they sing; Ivy and her maidens, they weepen and they wring. Example: Whereto they dauncen eche one with his mayd.
Word: rosaniline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Rosanilin (from Rose + Anilin) (so called by chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann in 1862). 1. An organic base, C₂₀H₁₉N₃, used to make the dye fuchsine Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The deep red or magenta colour of fuchsine (rosaniline hydrochloride). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: romantical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English -al English romantical From romantic + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a romantic tendency or character.
Word: improviso Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso. 1. Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"
Word: recooper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cooper English recooper From re- + cooper. 1. To cooper again, to repair a damaged barrel. Labels: archaic 2. To make good any damaged package or container. 3. To recover or reclaim.
Word: recooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cooper English recooper From re- + cooper. 1. Recovery. Labels: obsolete
Word: daubing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of daub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: daubing Part of Speech: noun 1. Something daubed, such as graffiti. 2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; roughcast. 3. In currying horses, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; dubbing.
Word: daubed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of daub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sleazes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleaze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nevenen, nevnen, nemmen, nempnen, nemnen, from Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, call, give a name to a person or thing; use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing; enumerate; address, speak to; nominate; call upon the name of, address by name, invoke; mention by name, mention, relate”) and Old Norse nefna (“to name, call”); both from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name”). More at name. 1. To give as a name to; name; call (someone something). Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To appoint; nominate. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To utter; mention the name of. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive Example: Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name. 5. To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive 6. To say; speak. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: delegacy Part of Speech: noun 1. The position or state of being a delegate. 2. A collection of delegates.
Word: delegacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delegacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deltoid muscle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for deltoideus + muscle. Previously the deltoideus muscle and musculus deltoideus. 1. A triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
Word: demandable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English demandable From demand + -able. 1. Capable of being demanded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dialyse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dialysis. 1. Alternative spelling of dialyze. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: dialysing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dialyse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dialysed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dialyse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dialyzes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dialyze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dialyzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dialyze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dosimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dosimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English devitalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English devitalization From devitalize + -ation. 1. The act or process of devitalizing; its results. Labels: uncountable Example: The wands are Spenser's phallic white rods, here symbolizing wintry devitalization.
Word: devitalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devitalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: devitalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devitalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devitalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devitalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heavy-set Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of heavyset. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dissolvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dissolve 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 dissolvable From dissolve + -able. 1. Capable of being dissolved.
Word: dissolvable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dissolve 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 dissolvable From dissolve + -able. 1. Something that can be dissolved, especially a form of tobacco that dissolves in the mouth instead of being chewed. Example: Disposables and dissolvables may soon lessen the need to return goods which have been used or worked with.
Word: discotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disc + -otomy = disc + -otomy = disco- + -tomy. 1. Synonym of discectomy.
Word: discotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cattishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cattish 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 cattishness From cattish + -ness. 1. The property of being cattish. Labels: uncountable
Word: carousels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carousel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carnations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carnation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telefone Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of telephone. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bilwa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vilwa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bino Part of Speech: noun 1. The superpartner of the gauge boson corresponding to weak hypercharge. The W and Z bosons are electroweakinos: winos and binos.
Word: shouting match Part of Speech: noun 1. An argument or debate characterized by the loudness or intensity of the participants. Example: On these words being read, a furious storm broke out in the meeting. It degenerated into a mere shouting match, in which Dioscorus and his party came off victors. Example: When an argument and a shouting match ensued, the crowds outside pushed their way into the poll room.
Word: pixellated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pixelated. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pixellated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pixellate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Black Thursday Part of Speech: name 1. The day when the New York Stock Exchange crashed before the Great Depression; Thursday, October 24th, 1929. Labels: historical 2. March 12, 2020, as part of the 2020 stock market crash; the day on which United States stock markets saw their biggest single-day percentage drop since 1987. Labels: historical
Word: volves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of volve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: volvas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Montezuma Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (literally “he frowns like a lord”). Pronunciation: /mɒntɪˈzuːmə/ 1. A Nahuatl male given name, the name of two Aztec emperors. 2. Moctezuma II (1466–1520), the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest. 3. A town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. 4. A town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States:
Word: trip the light fantastic toe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of trip the light fantastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Com, and trip it as ye go / On the light fantaſtick toe, Example: The venerable Sachems now returned to the ballroom, where they tripped the light fantastic toe until the hour far.
Word: make a monkey out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The rough old sealer swore some terrible oaths, protesting "that he would not make a monkey of himself, by appearing in this garb." Example: Across France last week, doctors were trying to make a monkey of the government-controlled health-insurance system. . . . Doctors in many départements went on informal strike.
Word: make a monkey of Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of make a monkey out of. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: foul anchor Part of Speech: noun 1. An anchor which has become entangled or caught up in something, or an image of this. Example: One stone in particular attracts me. It bears a beautiful ‘foul anchor’ and the simple inscription: Dummy 1879-1918.
Word: fouled anchor Part of Speech: noun 1. A foul anchor
Word: Home Counties Part of Speech: noun 1. A geographic area consisting of the counties surrounding London, England. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: From Caro, the British colonel's wife, now ferrying around anti-tear gas solvent kits and bottled water, her toenails painted a riot of different colors, her posh Home Counties diction already absorbing the shortened vowels of our southern African dialect.
Word: trackway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + way. 1. A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized. Example: Fossil trackways of landfish […] tell us more about how their evolution proceeded in the later stages of this geological period. 2. Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.
Word: toolmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tool Old English macung Middle English making English making English toolmaking From tool + making. 1. The art or craft of a toolmaker; the manufacture of tools. Labels: uncountable Example: Either that, or “you have two different groups of hominins with two totally different toolmaking traditions occupying the same landscape at the same time yet never intermixing,” said the study’s lead author, Daniel Adler, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut.
Word: toadstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toad + stone. 1. A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A soft, earthy variety of trap-rock of a brownish-grey colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rowley-Rag appeared to be the same thing as basalt and toadstone resembled some species of lava.
Word: chocho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of Caribbean Spanish origin, ultimately from an indigenous South American word. Compare also Réunion French chouchou. 1. A chayote. Labels: Caribbean
Word: rhyparography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ɹɪ.pəˈɹɒ.ɡɹə.fi/, /ɹɪ.pəˈɹɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ 1. The painting, or literary description, of mean or sordid things; especially still-life or genre painting. Labels: uncountable
Word: sacred ibis Part of Speech: noun 1. A wading bird of species Threskiornis aethiopicus, of the family Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. Example: Mr. Poynter will probably contribute to the forthcoming Exhibition of the Royal Academy his picture of a damsel attached to the worship of Isis feeding the sacred ibides before the great temple at Karnac.
Word: tie back Part of Speech: verb 1. To tie or fasten behind. Example: Marie tied back her long hair to keep it out of her way when she worked.
Word: tied back Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tie back Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squamose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of squamous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: provocatrice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French provocatrice. 1. A female provocateur. Labels: rare Example: In these last ten days in the settle-bed, he had reached one other definite though qualified conclusion: if the legend was true, he had lost Merrily completely, and for one simple reason. The reason was this: she was the one woman he could truly love. She was a provocatrice, yes. An accomplished flirt, yes. No better than she should be, by the gossip, yes. But he loved her. Example: The Sceptic will be no provocateur or provocatrice; if we imagine a female Sceptic, she will have no doctrinal reason for doing anything to provoke her neighbours or the authorities.
Word: squamate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin squāmātus (“scaly”). Pronunciation: /ˈskweɪmət/ 1. Covered in scales. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for the costive denizens of the Sahel, an unspoiled latrine for Mother Nature and all her feathered, furred and squamate creation.
Word: squamate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the taxonomic name Squamata, from Latin squāmātus. Pronunciation: /ˈskweɪmeɪt/ 1. Any reptile of the order Squamata; a lizard, snake or mosasauroid. Example: In particular, dinosaurs did not participate in the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, some 130 to 100 Ma, when flowering plants, leaf-eating insects, social insects, squamates, and many other modern groups radiated substantially.
Word: saeptum Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of septum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: scis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sci Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweater dress Part of Speech: noun 1. A knitted dress, especially of wool, worn for warmth.
Word: sweaterdress Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sweater dress. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sweater-dress Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sweater dress. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chilblained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chilblain + -ed. 1. Afflicted with a chilblain. Example: [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of Senſe vvould crack / The ſinevves of my Patience.
Word: big hairy armadillo Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of armadillo found in South America, Chaetophractus villosus.
Word: beautiful armadillo Part of Speech: noun 1. An extinct prehistoric species of armadillo, †Dasypus bellus.
Word: cumshaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 感謝 /感谢 (kám-siā, “thank you”). 1. A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
Word: cumshaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 感謝 /感谢 (kám-siā, “thank you”). 1. To give or make a present to.
Word: sugar spoon Part of Speech: noun 1. A spoon used for serving granulated sugar from a sugar bowl, often with a wider head than most other types of spoon.
Word: wine coolers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wine cooler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby daddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: African-American Vernacular English (General American would be baby's daddy) 1990s, popularized in the 2000s; compare baby mama. Possibly from or influenced by same term in Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole baby-father, alternatively due simply to grammatical similarities between AAVE and Jamaican Creole. 1. The biological father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child. Labels: US, slang Example: My baby’s daddy, [sic] Barack Obama. Example: The baby daddy many of us at one point or another have or will be in a relationship with someone who has a child or children, and with that child or children comes another parent.
Word: boyshorts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boy + shorts. 1. A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The only viable alternative, one that my daughter favored, was an item called boyshorts, a low-riding pair of short shorts loosely, or should I say tightly, based on Britney's stagewear. Example: This time round BarelyPolitical.com has got in on the act, selling skimpy red boy-shorts with "OBAMA" written in big white lettering across the back.
Word: co-occur Part of Speech: verb 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 occur English co-occur From co- + occur. 1. To occur together. Labels: intransitive Example: For all of the taxonomies studied, there was a level of abstraction at which all of these factors co-occurred. Example: The lexicon or dictionary in a language is then the set of word forms and idiomatic expressions—common sets of words that co-occur often—each with a meaning (the semantics).
Word: todaye Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of today. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: subcommission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English commission English subcommission From sub- + commission. 1. A subdivision of a commission
Word: historicalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From historical + -ization. 1. The framing of something in an historical perspective. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: instrumentalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English instrumental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English instrumentalize From instrumental + -ize. 1. To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. Labels: transitive Example: […] they also instrumentalize race to reinstate nostalgic, vanguard notions of political activism […] 2. To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice Labels: transitive
Word: disaffectation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disaffect + -ation, perhaps with influence from (or confusion due to) affectation. 1. Alternative form of disaffection. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. alexithymia, a neurological condition characterized by severe lack of emotional awareness Labels: uncountable
Word: consolised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of consolized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: catalytic converters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catalytic converter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palettise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From palette + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪtaɪz/, /ˈpælətaɪz/, /ˈpælətɑez/ 1. Alternative spelling of palettize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reimage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English image English reimage From re- + image. 1. To completely replace the operating system (on a particular computer) with a preconfigured image, typically as a drastic means of fixing problems. Labels: transitive
Word: citronellol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From citronella + -ol. 1. A natural acyclic monoterpenoid, occurring in citronella oils and used in perfumes and insect repellents.
Word: alakazam Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Unknown, with various theories ranging from spontaneous usage as a nonsense chant, to less likely sources from Arabic, Latin, and Hindi. Some etymologists suggest an origin from Arabic القَسَم (al-qasam, “the oath”). Pronunciation: /ˌæl.ə.kəˈzæm/ 1. A magic word used in conjuring; presto, shazaam.
Word: I'll say Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to indicate emphatic agreement Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: - Jack's put on a bit of weight recently. - I'll say!
Word: periodontitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”) + -itis. 1. A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling out of teeth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: An untreated gingivitis may lead to periodontitis, both forms of periodontal disease. Example: Schlein reports favorable results from the use of Besredka's antivirus in cases of ulcerous stomatitis, acute pulpitis and periodontitides.
Word: periodontium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús) + -ium. 1. The specialized tissues that both surround and support the teeth, maintaining them in the maxillary and mandibular bones; the tissues including alveolar bone, cementum, gums and periodontal ligament. Labels: uncountable
Word: bratling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brat + -ling. 1. A little brat. Example: So they swung him and they rocked him, Rocked him till his hair was flying; Rocked him one day and a second, But already on the third day The young bratling started kicking, Kicking, thrashing, flailing round him […]
Word: antimeson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + meson. 1. The antiparticle corresponding to a meson. Labels: particle Example: To have anti-iron we need the fundamental antifermions (positrons), the antiparticles (antimesons and antibaryons) and the property that these antiparticles must interact like the particles in order to have the antinucleus of the iron.
Word: antimuon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English muon English antimuon From anti- + muon. 1. A positively charged particle, the antiparticle corresponding to a muon. Labels: particle
Word: non-terminal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal English non-terminal From non- + terminal. 1. Not terminal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: non-terminal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal English non-terminal From non- + terminal. 1. A non-terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
Word: nonterminal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal English nonterminal From non- + terminal. 1. Alternative spelling of non-terminal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nonterminal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal English nonterminal From non- + terminal. 1. Alternative spelling of non-terminal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: non-terminal symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol in a formal grammar that cannot appear in sentences of the grammar but may eventually be resolved into a sequence of terminal symbols.
Word: terminal symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol in a formal grammar that can appear in sentences of the grammar.
Word: horseraces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horserace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soft shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville. Labels: uncountable Example: Between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Newley there's a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck, the wing, and the buck and wing, and on to the old soft shoe and more. Example: Like the technically astounding and spiritually hollow production numbers, however, [Emily] Blunt can't situate the sentimental energy in a deeper foundation. Her excellence gets left in a sort of vacuum when paired with the fully extraneous train wreck of a visit with Meryl Streep as kooky Poppins cousin Topsy or some discomfiting soft shoe from a creaky Dick Van Dyke. 2. A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Is the salesman's soft-shoe appropriate in a time of national mourning?
Word: soft shoe Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to this kind of dancing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Casual, low-key, easy-going. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Occasionally criticized for his soft-shoe approach (e.g., he urged the President to avoid a public squabble with Joe McCarthy), Persons nonetheless won many a legislator over to the Administration side.
Word: soft shoe Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a dance of this kind.
Word: soft-shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soft shoe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: softshoe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soft shoe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Holy See Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊli ˈsiː/ 1. The episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent see of the Catholic Church. It is also the sovereign entity headed by the Pope which governs the Vatican and represents the Catholic Church in temporal affairs. Example: Although the Holy See publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes.
Word: heatsink Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of heat sink. Labels: alt-of, alternative