nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: expeditionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expedition Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English expeditionary From expedition + -ary. 1. One who goes on expeditions, especially one who is a member of an expeditionary military force. Labels: in-plural Example: [...] turned out in its best attire to receive the Brazilian expeditionaries and the group of soldiers representing the gallant U.S. 10th Mountain Division. Example: He who had been left for dead, rose again in three days to become the leader of the expeditionaries and, in a very real way (albeit not exclusively), [...]. Antonio “ Tintin” Vizintin was brave and strong, qualities that made him a good expeditionary.
Word: expeditiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expeditious 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 expeditiousness From expeditious + -ness. 1. The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed. Labels: uncountable Example: Even the numerous drunkards and beggars seemed to be in a hurry, stumbling from one side of the street to the other with pointless resolution or, with businesslike expeditiousness, soliciting money and food from strangers.
Word: expensiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expensive 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 expensiveness From expensive + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspɛnsɪvnəs/, [ɪk-], [-ˈspɪnsɪvˌnəs], [-ɪvˌnəs] 1. The state of being expensive; the entailing of great expense. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1743, John Wesley, An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, London: G. Whitfield, 1796, A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, Part II, III.1, p. 212, https://books.google.ca/books?id=A6FgAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Surely you cannot be ignorant, that the sinfulness of fine apparel lies chiefly in the expensiveness. In that it is robbing God and the Poor; it is defrauding the fatherless and the widow; it is wasting the food of the hungry, and with-holding his raiment from the naked, to consume it on our own lusts. Example: 1922, Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, Chapter 14: Formal Dinners, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14314/14314-h/14314-h.htm Enchanting dining-rooms and tables have been achieved with an outlay amounting to comparatively nothing. ¶ There is a dining-room in a certain small New York house that is quite as inviting as it is lacking in expensiveness.
Word: expertly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English expert Middle English -ly English -ly English expertly From expert + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spɝt.li/ 1. In an expert manner; with great skill. Example: This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.
Word: expertness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expert 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 expertness From expert + -ness. 1. The state of being expert; proficiency or skill. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I had […] armed myself with a revolver, in the use of which I finally reached a certain degree of expertness from frequent practice. Example: Not only must she receive unheard-of personal favors and spiritual graces from her Saviour, but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally, and use her expertness to give instruction to those less privileged.
Word: tomographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tomography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tomographic From tomography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of rotating a radiation source and the accompanying sensor so that areas outside the required plane of investigation are not in focus. Labels: not-comparable Example: The patient was examined using a positron emission tomographic system. Example: In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.
Word: expiatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius. 1. Of or pertaining to expiation. Example: 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory.
Word: explainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From explain + -able from Latin explanō (“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”). 1. Able to be explained or understood
Word: explicitness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English explicit 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 explicitness From explicit + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt.nəs/ 1. The state or characteristic of being explicit. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Despite their careless scholarship and a less tangible quality that some would call a tin ear for poetry, Morris Halle and S. J. Keyser, as metrists, have the considerable virtue of explicitness. Example: It furthermore confirms, as James A. Davies has shown, that when drawn to contemporaries, Forster did not preimpose ideas upon his material as he did with those of the past, but presented 'honest revelation' bordering on explicitness.
Word: exploitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French exploitable or exploit + -able. 1. Able to be exploited, especially commercially. 2. Easily fooled; credulous.
Word: exploitable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French exploitable or exploit + -able. 1. A person or thing that can be exploited.
Word: exploitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/, /ɪksplɔɪˈteɪtɪv/, /ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ 1. In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something Example: We are protesting the company's exploitative policies. 2. Of or relating to exploitation. Labels: broadly Example: Carey McWilliams offers an exploitative theory to explain anti-Semitism.¹⁸ Social exclusion of Jews, he points out, commenced in the 1870’s just when huge fortunes were being made in industry and in railroading. 3. Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms. Example: The ways in which tadpoles inhibit each other’s growth have been of particular interest since Richards (1958) and Rose (1960) first indicated that interference as well as exploitative mechanisms may be involved. Example: This competition may be intra- or interspecific and may take the form of exploitative or interference competition. In exploitative competition, the consumption of a prey item by one individual removes it from possible consumption by another.
Word: explosiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English explosive 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 explosiveness From explosive + -ness. 1. The state of being explosive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: exportable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English export 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 exportable From export + -able. 1. Able to be exported. Example: He adds: "This is absolutely a model that is exportable and sharable, and people want to learn about what we're doing.
Word: exportable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English export 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 exportable From export + -able. 1. Something that can be exported. Example: Then the nominal rates of assistance from these measures are calculated for 20 agricultural products, 14 of which are classified as exportables and 6 as importables.
Word: expressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expressive 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 expressiveness From expressive + -ness. 1. The quality or degree of being expressive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And on his blog post about the news, he [Sam Altman] wrote, “It feels like A.I. from the movies; and it’s still a bit surprising to me that it’s real. Getting to human-level response times and expressiveness turns out to be a big change.”
Word: tenuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tenu(ous) + -ity, from Latin tenuitas. Pronunciation: /təˈnjuːɪti/ 1. Thinness, slenderness. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Meagreness, paucity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Totty Part of Speech: noun 1. Hottentot Labels: archaic, offensive Example: Only the elite of the party are here assembled; for it would be little short of sacrelige for a Totty or a Caffre to presume to enter these sacred precincts, or to join in the conversation of the master Example: Between the Totty and the Kaffir a deadly hatred exists, the former seeming to have a natural love for hunting the latter.
Word: Totty Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tottie (“female name, short for Charlotte”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: singalong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sing + along. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋə(ˌ)lɒŋ/ 1. A gathering of people who sing together Example: Thom Yorke’s onstage pronouncements became less abstract and more effusive, they played the songs the less committed audience members doubtless wanted to hear in the first place: Paranoid Android, Creep, Fake Plastic Trees and Karma Police. At the end of the latter, Yorke happily led an audience singalong.
Word: singalong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sing + along. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋə(ˌ)lɒŋ/ 1. designed to allow or encourage the audience to sing along Labels: not-comparable Example: ABBA had a talent for writing great singalong pop songs.
Word: singalongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of singalong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punctate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin punctum (“point”). See point and punctuate. 1. Marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures. Example: Keys to the Nearctic species of Pseudomyrmex Head and pronotum densely punctate and predominantly opaque, punctures on upper half of head mostly contiguous and without extensive shiny interspaces […] 2. Pointed; ending in a point or points.
Word: punctate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin punctum (“point”). See point and punctuate. 1. A puncture.
Word: impunctate 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 im- English punctate English impunctate From im- + punctate. 1. Not punctate; not marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures. Example: Beak with segment I subequal to or shorter than II; head smooth, impunctate, shining (big-eyed bugs--University of Florida Featured Creatures) 2. Lacking pores.
Word: canzoni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canzone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amici Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ɪ.ki/, /əˈmi.ki/ 1. plural of amicus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extractor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/, /ɪkˈstɹæktə/ 1. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others. 2. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others. 3. An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture. 4. A centrifugal drying machine. 5. A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber. 6. A particular kind of bipartite graph. 7. A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed.
Word: extinguishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English extinguish 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 extinguishable From extinguish + -able. 1. Able to be extinguished. Labels: not-comparable
Word: extricable Part of Speech: adj 1. Able to be extricated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: extravehicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English vehicular English extravehicular From extra- + vehicular. 1. Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space Labels: not-comparable
Word: extraditable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English extradite 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 extraditable From extradite + -able. 1. Of a person: able to be extradited. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of an action or an offense: for which one can be extradited. Labels: not-comparable Example: an extraditable offence
Word: extralegal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal English extralegal From extra- + legal. 1. Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless. Labels: not-comparable Example: Extra-legal raids in Moscow and Leningrad in which 130 males were arrested in late summer 1933 were the harbinger of the recriminalization of male homosexuality later that year.
Word: extensiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English extensive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 extensiveness From extensive + -ness. 1. The degree or property of being extensive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: exquisiteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exquisite 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 exquisiteness From exquisite + -ness. 1. The degree or property of being exquisite. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: One horror of motherhood lies in the moments when she can see both the exquisiteness of her child and his utter inconsequence to others.
Word: extemporaneousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English extemporaneous 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 extemporaneousness From extemporaneous + -ness. 1. The degree or property of being extemporaneous. Labels: uncountable
Word: extremeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English extreme 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 extremeness From extreme + -ness. 1. The degree or property of being extreme. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: extramural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin extramuralis, from extra (“outside”) + muralis (“of a wall”). 1. Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] a notable acquisition at Chiswick is a machine, believed to be unique of its type, which has been designed and constructed under an extramural research contract at the University of Nottingham for studying fatigue in railway axles. 2. Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution. Labels: not-comparable
Word: extraterritorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English territorial English extraterritorial From extra- + territorial. Pronunciation: /ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/ 1. Of a section of territory: not subject to the laws of the local country. Labels: not-comparable Example: Panikkar’s study was primarily aimed at providing a survey of Western imperialism in Asia from CE 1498 to 1945. Christian missions came into the picture simply because he found them arrayed always and everywhere alongside Western gunboats, diplomatic pressures, extraterritorial rights and plain gangsterism. Example: Shepard: Do you know anything about Spectres? Avina: The term Spectre is derived from the branch of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance. Each Sepctre agent is hand-picked by the Council. Avina: Their primary role is preserving galactic stability and resolving volatile situations that cannot be handled through normal political channels. Avina: In this role, they are granted extraterritorial rights and jurisdictions. Spectres answer to no law or authority except the Council itself.
Word: exudation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exude 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 exudation From exude + -ation. 1. The act or process of exuding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In severe burns, the body loses large amounts of nitrogen, in the urine and by exudation from the burned body surface. 2. Something that is exuded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Major Pendennis, having read with difficulty his nephew’s name under Mr. Warrington’s on the wall of No. 6, found still greater difficulty in climbing the abominable black stairs, up the banisters of which, which contributed their damp exudations to his gloves, he groped painfully until he came to the third story. Example: The skin must be frequently and thoroughly washed, occasionally with warm water and soap, to remove the oily exudations upon its surface.
Word: proxemics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prox- (“proximity, nearness”) + -eme + -ic + -s. Clipping of proximity + modeling on phonemics. Coined by American anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963. 1. The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies. Labels: uncountable Example: Proxemics refers to the personal distance that individuals prefer to keep between themselves and other individuals and is an important element of nonverbal communication.
Word: extoll Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of extol. Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive
Word: black raspberry Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two particular species of raspberry that are native to North America; a plant or berry of the species. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Either of two particular species of raspberry that are native to North America; a plant or berry of the species. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Rubus coreanus, native to Korea, Japan, and China; a plant or berry of the species. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A flavor (of candy, beverage, chewing gum, or dessert) that is inspired by and named for this fruit and is conventionally dyed black or nearly black. Labels: uncountable
Word: ablations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩s/, /æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩s/ 1. plural of ablation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eventing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From event + -ing. 1. An equestrian event which comprises dressage, cross-country, and showjumping; a similar event using motor cars Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Chiacchia had to relearn the basics of walking and tying his shoes, but is now back competing in eventing. 2. The ability of one system or part of a program to send notifications to another, by raising events. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The concept behind eventing is fairly simple. With eventing, you have two pieces of code. For example, you might have a script that is running based on a scheduled task. That script might encounter some condition and can raise (or signal) an event, perhaps that it has completed its work. A second bit of code, perhaps a second script running on that same system, can register for events. 3. The occurrence of an event. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: The corollary of this, as Whorf points out, is that thinkings and feelings to do with 'eventings' in the world are located there, out in the world in which the eventing takes place - as a natural part of the whole into which they are interwoven.
Word: eventing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From event + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of event Labels: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present
Word: yoghourt Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of yogurt. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: high-definition television Part of Speech: noun 1. Any or all of several formats of television system having a higher resolution than traditional ones. Labels: uncountable 2. A television set that employs such a system. Labels: countable
Word: bed down Part of Speech: verb 1. To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison. Labels: intransitive Example: 2006, Temple Grandin, Jennifer Lanier and Mark Deesing, Low Stress Methods for Moving and Herding Cattle on Pastures, Paddocks and Large Feedlot Pens, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University The herd will tend to stay where the calves bed down. Example: Through the woods, and frosted moors Past the snow-caked hedgerows I Bed down upon the drifting snow Sleep beneath the melting sky. 2. To put an animal to rest for the night. Labels: transitive Example: We'll bed down the cattle and head into town. 3. To sleep with or sleep alongside (a person or pet). Labels: transitive Example: Who has she been bedding down with? 4. To or become make permanent, fixed or wedded to a particular setup, way of thinking, style or manner. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: A habit can easily become bedded down. Example: The new batch of employees soon bedded down.
Word: vision panel Part of Speech: noun 1. A small window in a door which allows people to look through without opening the door.
Word: unholy alliance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A play on the name of the "Holy Alliance" (a coalition of Russia, Austria, and Prussia formed in 1815), used in 1855 for Western European alliances with the Ottoman Empire against the interests of Russia, Greece, and most of the Balkans. Later uses were more literally just unholy + alliance, such as the use in the 1912 US Progressive Party platform, which was quoted by Theodore Roosevelt in his autobiography: : "To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day." 1. A coalition among seemingly antagonistic groups, especially if one is religious, for ad hoc or hidden gain. (See examples.) Labels: uncountable
Word: totora Part of Speech: noun 1. Schoenoplectus californicus subsp. tatora, a subspecies of the giant bulrush sedge, found in South America.
Word: legua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish legua (“Spanish league”) and Portuguese légua (“Portuguese league”), from Late Latin leuga and leuca (“Gaulish league, distance of one hour's walking”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā. Doublet of league. 1. Spanish league, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km. Labels: historical 2. Portuguese league, a traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously reckoned as 4444.4, 5555.6, or 6172.8 m. Labels: historical
Word: vetches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vetch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prissiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prissy 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 prissiness From prissy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being excessively prim or proper. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: privatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English private 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 privatize From private + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/ 1. To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US 2. To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop. 3. To render a thought or an idea, private in scope. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive, uncommon Example: The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.
Word: privatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of privatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prizefight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prize + fight – the term prize originally referred to rank advancement, not a monetary prize. Based on Renaissance English Prize Playing (16th century) within the Company of Maisters of the Science of Defence [sic] – public rank advancement fights within the organization, wherein the “prize” was rank advancement. The company later became defunct, while the term was revived in late 17th century for public shows of street fighters, which eventually developed into modern boxing. In modern times, reinterpreted to mean “a fight for a (monetary) prize”. Pronunciation: /ˈpraɪz(ˌ)faɪt/ 1. A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money). Example: “Regrettable though it may be, fighting is a basic human interest and previous attempts to outlaw professional boxers in other countries have failed to stamp out illegal prizefights,” the paper said in an editorial. Example: At its heart, the story is fairly familiar from prizefight fiction, one of betrayal - and self-betrayal - in which a once-promising athlete confronts his failure.
Word: prizefights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prizefight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prizewinner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prize + winner. 1. A person or thing that wins a prize.
Word: prizewinners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prizewinner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prizewinning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prize + winning. 1. Having won at least one prize. Example: You must taste her prizewinning cobbler. Example: Nobel-prizewinning researches.
Word: Sandwich Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook in honour of the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. 1. An early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands. Labels: obsolete Example: […]I should be sorry to form an unworthy estimate of that of my own circle, though I have several times met with the foregoing confusion, as well as the following and other equally ill-informed questions, one or two of which I reluctantly admit that I might have been guilty of myself before I visited the Pacific: “Whereabouts are the Sandwich Islands? They are not the same as the Fijis, are they?
Word: pro-am Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a contraction of professional and amateur. 1. A competition in which both professional and amateur competitors participate. 2. An amateur who engages in some activity at a professional or near-professional level of skill or competence.
Word: probing Part of Speech: adj 1. That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed. Example: He was unsettled by her probing questions. Example: He was not sure he wanted too probing an inquiry into the state of his health.
Word: probing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of investigating or exploring. Example: Rooney was the subject of some mischievous probing from the Russia media before the game as they suggested his retreat into midfield was a measure of his declining powers.
Word: probing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of probe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: probings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of probing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prognoses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs. Pronunciation: /pɹɒɡˈnəʊsiːz/, /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsiz/ 1. plural of prognosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prognoses Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /pɹɒɡˈnəʊzɪz/, /pɹɑɡˈnoʊzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prognose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: procurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English procure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English procurable From procure + -able. 1. Able to be procured. Labels: not-comparable Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. Example: The tunes Goldfaden drew from all sources procurable: from the Synagogue, from the Jewish, Ukrainian and Roumanian folk-song, taking also snatches rom French, Italian and Russian couplets, marches, operas and potpourris.
Word: reductio ad absurdum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin reductiō ad absurdum. Pronunciation: /rɪˈdʌk.ti.əʊ æd əbˈsɜː.dəm/, /rɪˈdʌk.ti.oʊ æd əbˈsɝ.dəm/ 1. The method of disproving a statement by assuming the statement is true and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “You, gentlemen, as representatives of that institution which recognizes only truths that are deduced from reductio ad absurdums will probably have no difficulty in perceiving the truth of this absurdity and hence be ready to excuse the outcome of it—my absence.” Example: Constructing representations out of atoms that are already themselves representations cannot address the origins of the atoms per se. Careful pursuit of such approaches has yielded bizarre reductio ad absurdums such as the implication that virtually all concepts that human beings are capable of having are already in the genes.
Word: pacifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pacific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English pacifically From pacific + -ally. 1. In a calm or quiet manner. Example: The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds. 2. In a soothing manner. Example: To arrange and compose pacifically, the differences which may arise between the Federal States; and, should the same not succeed, to point out to the Supreme Chief the measures which should be adopted to re-establish peace and harmony […]
Word: pailful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pail + -ful. 1. The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail. Example: Here's neither buſh, nor ſhrub to beare off any weather at all: and another Storme brewing, I heare it ſing ith' winde: yond ſame blacke cloud, yond huge one, lookes like a foule bumbard that would ſhed his licquor: if it ſhould thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond ſame cloud cannot chooſe but fall by paile-fuls. Example: Some say that instead of a bowl of milk on the table, it was a pailful on the kitchen-floor fresh from the cow.
Word: pailfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pailful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tourette syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French physician Georges Gilles de la Tourette. 1. A neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical and vocal tics. Labels: uncountable Example: 1999, Breslin M.A., editor. Enforcing the Civil Rights of Air Travelers With Disabilities: Recommendations for the Department of Transportation and Congress. National Council on Disability, Washington, DC, p. 8, Tourette syndrome is a condition characterized by involuntary vocalizations exacerbated by stress.
Word: ppt Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of parts per trillion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of parts per thousand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, proscribed, sometimes
Word: cul-de-sacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cul-de-sac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lixiviant Part of Speech: noun 1. A liquid medium used in hydrometallurgy to selectively extract the desired metal from the ore or mineral.
Word: hydrometallurgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English metallurgy English hydrometallurgy From hydro- + metallurgy. 1. The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials. Labels: uncountable
Word: nailbat Part of Speech: noun 1. A baseball bat with a nail or nails in it, as a weapon. Labels: informal Example: It helps a BUNDLE if Cloud is equipped with barely any materia except Restore + Nail Bat, and Tifa is equipped with barely any materia + Tiger Hand. Example: What size nail is in the nailbat?
Word: pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- ▲ English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ▲ Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hypoparathyroidism English pseudohypoparathyroidism English pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism From pseudo- (“false”) + pseudohypoparathyroidism. Pronunciation: /ˌsjuː.dəʊˌsjuː.dəʊˌhaɪ.pəʊ.pæɹ.əˈθaɪ.ɹɔɪd.ɪzəm/, /ˌsuː.doʊˌsuː.doʊˌhaɪ.poʊ.pæɹ.əˈθaɪ.ɹɔɪd.ɪzəm/ 1. A genetic condition characterized by physical features similar to pseudohypoparathyroidism such as short stature, round facies, and subcutaneous ossifications, but without biochemical abnormalities like calcium or phosphate imbalance, due to normal end-organ responsiveness to parathyroid hormone. Example: Because Gαs is paternally imprinted in certain hormone target tissues, maternal inheritance of AHO leads to multihormone resistance [pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a (PHP1a)], whereas paternal inheritance leads to AHO alone [pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (pseudoPHP)]. Classically, the obesity in AHO is described as occurring similarly in both conditions.
Word: pseudohypoparathyroidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ▲ Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hypoparathyroidism English pseudohypoparathyroidism From pseudo- + hypoparathyroidism. 1. A rare inherited disorder where the body does not respond properly to parathyroid hormone, causing low calcium and high phosphate levels despite high PTH in the blood.
Word: colcannon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish cál ceannann (literally “white-faced cabbage”). 1. A traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added. Labels: uncountable
Word: extractive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English extract Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English extractive From extract + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪksˈtɹæktɪv/ 1. That serves to extract something Example: Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. 2. That withdraws natural resources by extraction Example: The extractive industry consists of any operations that remove metals, mineral and aggregates from the earth. Examples of extractive processes include oil and gas extraction, mining, dredging and quarrying. 3. Able to be extracted Example: Thirty grains of extractive matter.
Word: extractive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English extract Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English extractive From extract + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪksˈtɹæktɪv/ 1. Something that may be extracted 2. The substance left behind after something has been extracted
Word: autogenously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English autogenous Middle English -ly English -ly English autogenously From autogenous + -ly. 1. In an autogenous manner; spontaneously
Word: Osaka Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”) — the slope up to the Uemachi Plateau, where Osaka Castle sits. Pronunciation: /əʊˈsɑːkə/, /əʊˈsækə/, /oʊˈsɑːkə/, /oʊˈsækə/ 1. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And Osaka comes alive in the warm months of summer and fall as the locals take to their outdoor restaurants, flock to festivals and cheer on the hometown baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers. 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname from Japanese. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment.
Word: tasto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. 1. A key or similar part of a musical instrument that is touched to produce a sound 2. key of a keyboard
Word: Maroon Spirit Part of Speech: name 1. An archaic Creole once spoken by the Maroon people of Jamaica during rituals of spirit possession.
Word: Doppler sonar Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of sonar that uses the Doppler effect to detect moving underwater objects; used especially by fishermen. Labels: uncountable
Word: dead meat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdɛd ˈmiːt/ 1. A corpse of a slaughtered animal. Labels: uncountable 2. Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished. Labels: idiomatic, slang, uncountable Example: We'll be dead meat if anyone catches us smoking.
Word: Fräulein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fraulein. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chromite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊ.maɪt/ 1. A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr₂O₄. It is a commercial source of chromium. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chrysoberyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chrysoberyllus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσοβήρυλλος (khrūsobḗrullos, “gold beryl”), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) after its color, and βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), equivalent to chryso- + beryl. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.ə(ʊ)ˌbɛɹ.ɪl/, /ˈkɹɪs.əˌbɛɹ.əl/ 1. A vitreous mineral, often pale green, a mixed oxide of aluminium and beryllium with the chemical formula BeAl₂O₄, used as a gemstone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
Word: chrysocolla Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪs.əʊˈkɒl.ə/, /ˌkɹɪs.əˈkɑl.ə/ 1. A vitreous silicate mineral that is a minor ore of copper, with the chemical formula (Cu²⁺,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Eat chysocolla, advised the author, the Sheik Nefzawi. It is the size of a mustard-grain.
Word: chrysotile Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.ə.tɪl/ 1. A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄; a form of serpentine asbestos. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: infrakingdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm Old English cyningdōm Middle English kingdom English kingdom English infrakingdom From infra- + kingdom. 1. A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
Word: asconoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ascon + -oid. 1. Having the form of a simple ascon Labels: not-comparable
Word: Winnie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪni/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Winifred or, less often, of Winona. Example: Minnie and Winnie Slept in a shell. Sleep, little ladies! And they slept well. Example: And I became Winnie, which Jimmy Louie said was a lively and lucky-sounding name. "Win, win, win," he said. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Winston. 3. A census-designated place in Chambers County, Texas, United States, named after Fox Winnie, a railroad contractor. 4. An unincorporated community in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.
Word: fausty Part of Speech: adj 1. fusty Labels: dialectal
Word: diaconate Part of Speech: noun 1. The rank of a deacon. 2. Deacons considered as a group; a body or board of deacons. 3. The period of office of a deacon. Example: “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
Word: milliards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milliard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hausse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hausse. Pronunciation: /(h)oʊs/ 1. A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm or cannon. Labels: historical
Word: danseur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French danseur. Pronunciation: /dɑːnˈsɝ/ 1. A male ballet dancer.
Word: dauphinoise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French dauphinoise, from the Dauphiné area of France, near the Italian border, whence this dish comes. Pronunciation: /ˌdɔːfɪnˈwɑːz/ 1. A dish of sliced potatoes baked in milk, cream and cheese. Labels: uncountable
Word: boulanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Surinamese Dutch boulanger, from French beringène, from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Doublet of aubergine. 1. Eggplant; aubergine. Labels: Guyana, countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:boulanger.
Word: triple jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. An athlete who competes in the triple jump.
Word: high jumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high jump + -er. 1. An athlete who competes in the high jump.
Word: long jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. An athlete who competes in the long jump.
Word: hurdler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hurdle + -er. 1. An athlete who competes in the hurdling event.