nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: driest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɹaɪəst/ 1. superlative form of dry: most dry Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Network Rail said this has been due to the driest ever spring and summer, which caused clay embankments to shrink unevenly in a process called soil moisture deficit.
Word: frostbitten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frost + bitten. 1. Affected by frostbite. Example: His frostbitten toes would not recover.
Word: nerdiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nerdy 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 nerdiness From nerdy + -ness. 1. the quality of being nerdy Labels: uncountable Example: [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
Word: phiz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of physiognomy, late 17th c. 1. The face. Labels: Britain, colloquial Example: The emphatic speaker dearly loves to oppose, In contact inconvenient, nose to nose. As if the gnomon on his neighbour's phiz, Touched with the magnet had attracted his. Example: […] and whatever the feelings which now agitate our secret hearts, — you see we are resolved at least to put on a cheerful phiz, and not to die either of the dumps or the mumps, or any other of the dismals.
Word: fusspot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuss + pot. 1. A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things. Labels: informal Example: My teacher is such a fusspot, he marks us down for handwriting!
Word: fusspot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fuss + pot. 1. To make a fuss, particularly about trivial things. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I hadn't realised then that fusspotting about small details of social disorder was an Australian obsession.
Word: sphygmomanometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphygmomanometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misunderstands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misunderstand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shotten Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒtən/, /-n̩/, /ˈʃɑtən/ 1. past participle of shoot Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: shotten Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒtən/, /-n̩/, /ˈʃɑtən/ 1. Having ejected the spawn. Labels: not-comparable Example: Falstaff (to Francis): If manhood, good manhood, be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then am I a shotten herring. 2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: slitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slitting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is slit. Example: […] the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel, during which prostitutes in the poor areas of 1880s and 1890s London became the victims of an infamous string of throat slittings.
Word: gelate Part of Speech: verb 1. To form a gel. Labels: intransitive
Word: genderqueer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins. 1. Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: genderqueer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins. 1. Someone who is genderqueer. Example: I am a FAAB (female-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer, and I have a good friend who is a MAAB (male-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer.
Word: genderqueer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins. 1. (sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer. Labels: transitive
Word: full-bore Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English full Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English full-bore From full + bore (“the barrel of a gun”). 1. Thoroughgoing; complete; total. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: The problem had grown into a full-bore crisis. Example: He is a full-bore environmental activist. 2. Having a relatively large caliber. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mounted on the wall was a full-bore elephant gun.
Word: full-bore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English full Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English full-bore From full + bore (“the barrel of a gun”). 1. At top speed; with full power. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: The car raced full-bore into oncoming traffic. Example: He is full-bore into environmental activism.
Word: full bore Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of full-bore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: full bore Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of full-bore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gender binary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: gender + binary 1. A gender system in which people are categorized, in terms of gender and often also sex, exclusively as either male or female.
Word: dices Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dice Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪsɪz/ 1. plural of dice, when "dice" is used as a singular. Labels: form-of, plural, proscribed, rare
Word: possessive pronouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of possessive pronoun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: right-hand man Part of Speech: noun 1. A trusted assistant. Example: This guy is the real thing [...] and he's plucked my girl up to be his right-hand man because he knows she's the real deal, too.
Word: right-hand woman Part of Speech: noun 1. A trusted female assistant. Example: When my female Regiment is drawn up in Array with every one her Weapon in her Hand, upon my giving the Word to handle their Fans, each of them shakes her Fan at me with a Smile, then gives her Right-hand Woman a Tap upon the Shoulder, then presses her Lips with the Extremity of her Fan […] Example: Tina Meyers, 44, who said she votes Republican, and Dollie Hopkins, 67, who said she is an independent, split. Meyers said the GOP incumbent, John Ashcroft, has more experience and a better chance for senior committee assignments, while Hopkins said that Carnahan did well in state office and that his wife had been his "right-hand woman."
Word: man Friday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man (“adult male servant”) + Friday, coined by the English writer Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 – 1731) in his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) as the name of the protagonist Crusoe’s companion and servant; he is rescued by Crusoe from cannibal captives on a Friday. Crusoe frequently refers to him as “my man Friday”. Pronunciation: /ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/, /-di/, /ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪˌdeɪ/ 1. A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion. Example: This man—our lackey, our servant, our unquestioning slave though he was, was still a gentleman— […] We asked our man Friday’s name. Example: Nothing is less true, as far as intellectual initiative is concerned, than the idea that those who are good in obeying will also be good in commanding. Very similar difficulties arise in political parties: the ‘Man Friday’ of the party leader is seldom a capable successor. 2. An aborigine or native, especially one who inhabits an island. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: Unfortunately along with the Birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays whose origins are obscure, and who are being hopefully wished on to Mauritius etc.
Word: girl Friday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By extension from man Friday, from the character Friday in Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe. 1. A right-hand woman.
Word: sardoodledom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Sardou + doodle + -dom, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou. Coined by Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist George Bernard Shaw who first used it on the 1 June, 1895 in the Saturday Review when criticising Sardou's well-made plays. Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈduːdəldəm/ 1. Well-made works of drama that have trivial, insignificant, or melodramatic plots. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: Naturally this critic loses no chance to express his contempt for what he calls “Sardoodledom:” the cult of the “wellmade” play. He gives M. Sardou no bail, and barely allows Mr. Pinero to go at large on good behavior. Example: What is new is that we have in movies an art form so exclusively given over to Sardoodledom that a Yale professor thinks that Sardoodledom is ingrained in the celluloid.
Word: on good terms Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Being friendly; having good relations. Labels: idiomatic
Word: mouth breather Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose. Example: Respirations cannot be recorded by this method, if the subject is a mouth breather (as no air flows by the thermistor in the nose). 2. A person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, slang Example: She's a philosophy major from Brown, now working retail at Niagara Falls, living in a trailer and working for a "mouth breather" of a boss. Example: That tiny blue slice is what’s left of the Coalition (both Liberals and Nationals), squeezed between the teals and a barbarian horde of mouthbreathers, grifters and flat-out, flat-earth fucking weirdos gathered under the bright-orange war banner of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — or, as they would officially henceforth be known, His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.
Word: mata mata Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of matamata. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: adaptogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adaptogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fishfinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + finder. 1. An electronic device that uses sonar to measure water depth and shows outlines of fish and bottom features on a LCD or CRT screen
Word: biotopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biotope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bricks up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brick up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bricking up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brick up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: committers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of committer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: co-citations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of co-citation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocitation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of co-citation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cocitations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocitation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deckchairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deckchair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deck chairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deck chair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecotopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecotope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: effractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of effraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fauchards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fauchard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geotopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geotope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incardinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incardinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: incardinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incardinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: incardinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of incardinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: karyotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of karyotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: karyotypes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of karyotype Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: karyotyping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of karyotype Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: karyotyping Part of Speech: noun 1. The separation and identification of karyotypes Labels: uncountable
Word: karyotyped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of karyotype Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: liplines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lipline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lorgnons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lorgnon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Turkish delights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Turkish delight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: locoums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of locoum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrofiction Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of macro-fiction. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: misappropriates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misappropriate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misappropriating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misappropriate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misappropriated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misappropriate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reassuring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of reassure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reassuring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence. Example: The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […]. Example: It was reassuring to be back in the regent's warm embrace.
Word: reassuring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. reassurance Example: Alfred trembled, and felt a great sinking inside, but he did what he could to conceal his misery, and to respond with some show of heart to the Major's kindly pettings and reassurings.
Word: erecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of erect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The workers are erecting the new building right now.
Word: laced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /leɪst/ 1. Fastened with lace or laces (light cordage). 2. Adorned with lace (delicate fabric). 3. Intentionally tainted with something, especially a drug. Example: I don't know what it was laced with, but he passed out a minute after drinking that first beer.
Word: laced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /leɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of lace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metallogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From metallo- + -genic. 1. Of or pertaining to metallogeny. 2. Occurring in an ore as a native metal rather than as a compound such as silicate, carbonate etc.
Word: racked Part of Speech: adj 1. Strained, harassed or oppressed.
Word: racked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metallogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. English metallo- English -geny English metallogeny From metallo- + -geny. 1. The branch of geology concerned with the study of the formation of mineral deposits Labels: uncountable
Word: racks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹæks/ 1. plural of rack Labels: form-of, plural 2. publication, distribution (of a magazine) Labels: metonymically Example: The issue already hit the racks. We can't edit it.
Word: racks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹæks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retraced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retrace Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devolved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devolve Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: "Subject to the decision of our members, we have successfully negotiated significant pay increases for our members with the governments of the devolved nations," said ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan. "Sadly, this is in stark contrast with the response from the Westminster government.
Word: tentacled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tentacle + -ed. 1. Having tentacles. Example: The eight-tentacled octopus swam through the water.
Word: tentacled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tentacle + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of tentacle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thoughtlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English thoughtless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English thoughtlessly From thoughtless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔt.lɪs.li/ 1. Done without thinking. Example: He thoughtlessly invited her to come jogging, as he knew she hated exercise. Example: The railway ran through the resort's narrow streets up to Weymouth Quay station, with thoughtlessly parked vehicles sometimes having to be bumped out of the way.
Word: frequent flyer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners. Example: As he flew home every weekend, he considered himself a frequent flyer. 2. Someone who is habitually a nuisance. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Example: Drunks tend to be the most common frequent flyers. Example: The police who arrested them -- and were later forced to release them by the DA -- said these criminals were "frequent flyers." We didn't want to leave SF -- we love it there -- but we have a young kid and it seemed irresponsible to stay in a place where drug addicts commit home invasions to the point where they are called "frequent flyers." 3. A patient who frequents a health facility with minor complaints or malingering. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, slang
Word: frictional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From friction + -al. 1. Relating to, or caused by, friction. Labels: not-comparable Example: The large frictional forces made dragging it impossible. 2. Involving conflict or difficulties Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: frictional relationship
Word: freewheeling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English freewheel Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English freewheeling From freewheel + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌ(h)wiːlɪŋ/, /ˌfɹiːˈ(h)wiːlɪŋ/, /ˈfɹiˌ(h)wilɪŋ/ 1. Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained. Example: We are confident that such a provision will be drafted such that it will not allow the President to vitiate the intent of the bill through "freewheeling" negotiations. Example: To begin with, the advisory panel did not operate in the freewheeling fashion that the plaintiff's brief seems to suggest. There was not a disregard by SIDG [Subsystems Integration Design Group] of the contractual implications of the action that it was generating.
Word: freewheeling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English freewheel Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English freewheeling From freewheel + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌ(h)wiːlɪŋ/, /ˌfɹiːˈ(h)wiːlɪŋ/, /ˈfɹiˌ(h)wilɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of freewheel. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: funnyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fun Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English funny Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English funnyman From funny + -man. 1. comedian Labels: informal Example: To get the party started a professional funnyman was hired. Example: From 1970 to 1974 he was one of the most familiar funnymen in Chicago: by day a heavily promoted personality journalist, by night a "sit-down comic" with a devoted following.
Word: headman Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of head man. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The headman entered the neighbor's house with his dog, and all the women ran into the rooms and closed the doors, and some of the curious little boys who wanted to see the headman's dog with their own eyes wisened up after the dag walked in, and they hurried up the yard's trees like cats. 2. headmaster Labels: India, informal, rare Example: But then Nash speaks to the school headman on Josie's behalf and persuades him to admit my youngest son. Example: The Headman and the Principal of the school have taken care that the children do not learn anything and that education does not make any progress in this region. 3. An executioner who beheads people. Example: My headman cast me in a blissful swoon, His axe cut off my cares from cumbered breast. Example: The execution was horribly botched by a clumsy headman: 'You're hurting me,' cried the victim as the executioner hacked at his neck sixteen times until he just climbed onto the unfortunate's back and sawed through his spinal column as if he was sacrificing a sheep.
Word: heatproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heat + -proof. 1. insulating and incombustible Example: For safety always use Bunsen burners on heatproof mats.
Word: heatproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From heat + -proof. 1. To make insulating and incombustible. Labels: transitive
Word: hematite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs) λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, hemat- + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.məˌtaɪt/, /ˈhɛm.əˌtaɪt/ 1. An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃: iron(III) oxide. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: intrigued Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: intrigued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intrigue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miglio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian miglio. 1. The Italian mile.
Word: miglia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miglio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mindshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mind + share. 1. The share (portion) of one's mind or headspace that has been garnered by a concept; the amount of attention or awareness that a concept gets in one's mind, especially in competition with the many other potential objects of attention, given the limits and opportunity cost of one's attention. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The share (portion) of one's mind or headspace that has been garnered by a concept; the amount of attention or awareness that a concept gets in one's mind, especially in competition with the many other potential objects of attention, given the limits and opportunity cost of one's attention. Labels: often, uncountable, usually
Word: mind share Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mindshare. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jenkem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Genkem (itself from General Chemical), a brand of glue similarly sniffed as a drug in South Africa. 1. A purported hallucinogenic inhalant made from fermented sewage. Labels: uncountable Example: When they cannot afford glue or are too scared to steal petrol, these youngsters turn to Jenkem as a way of getting high. Example: The hotel garden shrieked with bird life, and there were crocodiles in the courtyard pond; the fountains on either end of Cairo Road blustered with fresh water, and the street children were mad-eyed (those who can afford it sniff glue or gasoline, and those who can't sniff jenkem, fermented human sewage kept in a plastic bag for a week or so until it gives off intoxicating fumes).
Word: contig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of contiguous (as in contiguous sequence of DNA). 1. A set of overlapping DNA segments, derived from a single source of genetic material, from which the complete sequence may be deduced.
Word: supercontig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English contig English supercontig From super- + contig. 1. An ordered and oriented set of contigs that still contains some gaps. See also scaffold. 2. A set of joint contigs from the individuals of a study group or population.
Word: ultracontig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + contig. 1. An ordered and oriented set of supercontigs obtained by use of supporting evidence
Word: tunable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tune 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 tunable From tune + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnəb(ə)l/ 1. Harmonious, melodic, tuneful. Labels: archaic Example: Then doe all with a tunable voice of shouting bid him welcome. Example: she rather chose to follow the Fortunes of a Wheel-Barrow, than those of a Distaff; daily, charming the Ears of the Publick with the Tuneable and Melodious Cry, of, Come who throws here? Who ventures for an ORANGE? 2. Able to be tuned.
Word: tunable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tune 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 tunable From tune + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnəb(ə)l/ 1. A setting that can be configured. Example: If you are working with TCP, some specific tunables are also available. By default, some TCP tunables have a value that is too low.
Word: fratricidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fratricide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to fratricide. Example: Taizong's failure fooled no one. Indeed, one of Taizong's own sons may well have been unhinged by his father's obvious fratricidal and nepoticidal actions. These personal considerations directly affected Taizong's policy decisions, and thus warrant some discussion. Example: At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which commemorates the president who urged a fratricidal nation to go forward “with malice toward none, with charity toward all,” the Olipa family debated what’s happened to leadership in America.
Word: frazzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frazzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frazzled Part of Speech: adj 1. Frayed at the edges. Example: Everyone believes that Thomas would…plant the frazzled banner of the distillers in its place. 2. Stressed and exhausted (either physically or emotionally). Labels: colloquial Example: George Smith this cool morning, hungover, mouth dry, head throbbing. "I just asked for the time." "Twelve thirty." "Thank you. Don't come in. I'm indelicate. Utterly frazzled. After being vaguely champion. I think. Last night. O God." Example: “These are extreme measures people are taking because they’re frazzled by what’s happening in the industry,” he said.
Word: patch-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: patch + up Pronunciation: /ˈpæt͡ʃˌʌp/ 1. The act of patching or repairing. 2. An instance of patching or repairing. 3. A hastily performed repair job; a quick fix.
Word: reflectin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reflect + -in. 1. A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: muck around Part of Speech: verb 1. To muck about.
Word: muck out Part of Speech: verb 1. To clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel. Labels: transitive Example: Could you muck out Toby's stable, please? 2. To financially ruin a gambler; to win against a gambler; to clean out a gambler. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: keen-witted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From keen + witted. 1. Quickwitted.
Word: for heaven's sake Part of Speech: intj 1. Expresses frustration, exasperation, annoyance, or the urgency of an instruction. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit. Example: Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government. 2. Expresses surprise, sometimes pleasant. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Well, for heaven's sake! Look who's here! Good to see you again!
Word: overthrust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English thrust English overthrust From over- + thrust. 1. A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: overthrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English thrust English overthrust From over- + thrust. 1. Of a body of rock: to force itself over another. Labels: intransitive
Word: overthrust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English thrust English overthrust From over- + thrust. 1. Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata. Labels: not-comparable
Word: embrighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bright + em- -en. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbɹaɪtə̆n/ 1. To brighten; to vivify. Labels: literary, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:embrighten.
Word: embrightens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embrighten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embrightening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embrighten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embrightened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embrighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Sermon on the Mount Part of Speech: name 1. A well-known public discourse given by Jesus in the first year of his ministry, around 30 CE.
Word: monadnock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Mount Monadnock in New England, which derives from an Abenaki word, perhaps menonadenak, menonadenek (“smooth mountain”) or menadenak, menadenek (“isolated mountain”), from aden (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /məˈnædˌnɒk/ 1. A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain. Example: Eastward from the White Mountains, the open sea of the upland country comes right to the monadnock shore, with hardly an outlying island; southward the upland is covered for miles by an archipelago of monadnock groups and peaks.
Word: enchasten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- (intensifying prefix) + chasten (“to chastise, subdue, or render chaste”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈt͡ʃeɪsən/ 1. To render chaste. Labels: literary, rare Example: And shall it e’er be said, that a poor hind, Nursed in the lap of Ignorance, and bred In want and labour, glows with nobler zeal To laud his Maker’s attributes, while he Whom starry Science in her cradle rock’d, And Castaly enchasten’d, with its dews, Closes his eyes upon the holy word, And, blind to all but arrogance and pride, Dares to declare his infidelity, And openly contemn the Lord of Hosts? Example: I am the Child that motherless must weep, To hallow and enchasten all the land; And I am motherhood that cannot sleep, Without the pressure of a tiny hand. […]
Word: enchastens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enchasten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enchastening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enchasten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enchastened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enchasten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discipleship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disciple Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English discipleship From disciple + -ship. 1. The condition of being a disciple. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: followership; apprenticeship, tutelage Example: The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible—and the man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also. Discipleship is a degenerating process to all parties concerned. People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them. 2. The period during which a person is a disciple. Labels: countable
Word: obscurely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English obscure Middle English -ly English -ly English obscurely From obscure + -ly. Pronunciation: /əbˈskjʊəli/, /əbˈskjʊɹli/ 1. In an obscure manner. Example: I vvill this Night, / in ſeuerall Hands, in at his VVindovves throvv, / As if they came from ſeuerall Citizens, / VVritings, all tending to the great opinion / That Rome holds of his Name: vvherein obſcurely / Cæſars Ambition ſhall be glanced at.
Word: encolden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cold + en- -en. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkəʊldən/, /ɛnˈkəʊldən/ 1. Render cold; chill. Labels: literary, rare, transitive
Word: encoldens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of encolden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encoldening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of encolden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: encoldened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of encolden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: endarken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + darken (see en- (“intensifying prefix”)), modelled on enlighten. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdaɹkɪn/, /ɪnˈdɑːkən/, /ɛnˈdɑːkən/ 1. To render dark or darker. Labels: literary, rare, transitive Example: Suffer not Satan to endarken your consciences; let brawlings cease, and let unity be seen. Example: […] moral education cannot be […] purely enlightened and enlightening […] it cannot be simply a matter of teaching [people] to calculate the long term profit and the loss, while leaving […] desires to develop independently. It must involve an endarkened and endarkening component, by which [people] are taught precisely to cease [their] calculations, to regard certain paths as forbidden, as places where neither profit nor loss has authority. 2. To becloud, obscure, to obfuscate; to confound. Labels: literary, transitive
Word: endarkens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of endarken Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: endarkening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of endarken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: endarkened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endarken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: damaru Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi डमरू (ḍamrū) / Urdu ڈَمَرُو (ḍamarū)), Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru) and Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ (ḍa ma ru). 1. a drum having two heads opposite one another, commonly used in the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Labels: Hinduism, India, Nepal
Word: alt- Part of Speech: prefix 1. alternative Labels: morpheme
Word: cambiata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cambiata. 1. A pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in the opposite direction, and where either the note skipped from is distinguished as a dissonance or the note skipped to is distinguished as a non-harmonic or non-chordal tone.
Word: enfasten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast English en- -en English enfasten From fast + en- -en. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈfæsə̆n/ 1. To fasten, to bind tightly. Labels: literary, rare Example: c 1819–1861: Arthur Hugh Clough, Amours de Voyage: Canto V, V. Claude tu Eustace Utterly vain is, alas! this attempt at the Absolute, — wholly! I, who believed not in her, because I would fain believe nothing, Have to believe as I may, with a wilful, unmeaning acceptance. I, who refused to enfasten the roots of my floating existence In the rich earth, cling now to the hard, naked rock that is left me, — Ah! she was worthy, Eustace — and that, indeed, is my comfort, — Worthy a nobler heart than a fool such as I could have given her.
Word: enfastens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enfasten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enfastening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enfasten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enfastened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enfasten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: varia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek βαρεία (vareía). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹi.ə/, /ˈvɛɹi.ə/ 1. Alternative form of baria (“Greek diacritic”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The oxia and varia are represented using the regular acute and grave accent characters, the dialytika with the regular diaeresis character, and the psili and dasia are represented using the regular combining-comma-above and combining-reversed-comma-above characters. Example: In Morton Smith’s writings we can see that he is trying to follow the grammatical rules, as his accent marks are always carefully placed, specially^([sic]) the oxia and varia with their right or left slant.
Word: variate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin variatus, past participle of variare. See vary. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛə.ɹi.eɪt/, /ˈvɛə.ɹi.ɪt/, /ˈvɛɹ.i.ɪt/, /ˈvæɹ.i.ɪt/, /ˈveː.ɹi.ɪt/ 1. Random variable. 2. A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values. 3. A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph. 4. The measured magnitude of a variable.
Word: variate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin variatus, past participle of variare. See vary. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛə.ɹi.eɪt/, /ˈvɛə.ɹi.ɪt/, /ˈvɛɹ.i.eɪt/, /ˈvæɹ.i.eɪt/, /ˈveː.ɹi.æɪt/ 1. To alter; to vary; to make or become different. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: Chinggisid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Chinggis English -oid English -id English Chinggisid From Chinggis + -id. 1. A descendant of Genghis Khan, or one of his lineage or patrimony.
Word: Chinggisid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Chinggis English -oid English -id English Chinggisid From Chinggis + -id. 1. Of, or relating to, the history and career of Genghis Khan or his lineage. 2. Of, or displaying the supposed standards, character, manner or conduct of Genghis Khan or his descendants. 3. Of the style of architecture or furnishings of Genghis Khan or his era.
Word: looser Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈluːsə/, /ˈlusɚ/ 1. comparative form of loose: more loose Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Her new T-shirt was just a little bit looser than the old one. Example: The law is too strict; it should be made looser.
Word: looser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose 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 looser From loose + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈluːsə/, /ˈlusɚ/ 1. One who looses, who sets loose or frees. Example: Therefore we cannot but infer that they did not understand the promise of their Lord as uttered in a sense at variance with the established forms of language, as conveying the doctrine which the clerical binders and loosers of later ages teach. Example: Loosers of topsails and courses, and men stationed at boom tricing-lines, […]
Word: looser Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of loser. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: engladden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + gladden; see en- (“intensifying prefix”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈɡlædə̆n/ 1. To gladden, to render glad. Labels: literary 2. To gladden, to become glad. Labels: archaic, literary
Word: engladdens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engladden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: engladdening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engladden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: engladdened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engladden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engolden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English golden English engolden From en- (“an intensifying verbal circumfix”) + golden. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈɡəʊldə̆n/ 1. To render golden. Labels: transitive 2. To improve; to ameliorate. Labels: literary, transitive
Word: engoldens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engolden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: engoldening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engolden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: engoldened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engolden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engreaten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From great + en- -en, intensifying verbal circumfix. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈɡɹeɪtə̆n/ 1. Make great; aggravate (an offence); compare greaten. Labels: obsolete
Word: engreatens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engreaten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: engreatening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engreaten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: engreatened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engreaten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: greaten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtən/ 1. To become great or large; increase; dilate. Labels: intransitive 2. To become great with child; become pregnant. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase. Labels: transitive Example: one studies how how to please his prince, the other how to greaten and secure him. Example: No blushes! all my body's blood / Has gone to greaten this poor heart, / That, loving, we may part.
Word: greatens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of greaten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: greatening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of greaten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: greatened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of greaten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enharden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + harden, with en- as an intensifying prefix. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈhɑːdə̆n/, /ɛnˈhɑɹdən/ 1. To harden; to render hard. Labels: transitive 2. To fortify against adversity. Labels: transitive
Word: enhardens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enharden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enhardening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enharden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enhardened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enharden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enhearten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + heart + -en. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈhɑːtə̆n/, /ɛnˈhɑɹtən/ 1. To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten. Example: […] it is only with difficulty that they are induced to make the enheartening prayer “May the gods fight on our side.” Example: But the victory did little to enhearten the captains.
Word: enheartens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enhearten Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enheartening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enhearten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enheartened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enhearten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enlengthen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + lengthen; see en- (“intensifying prefix”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈlɛŋθə̆n/ 1. To lengthen: to render or become longer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: However, recent trends in mortality and changes in social attitudes tend to depress the proportion of widows, enlengthen the exposure period […]
Word: enlengthens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enlengthen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enlengthening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enlengthen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enlengthened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enlengthen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enlessen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: En- (an intensifying prefix) + lessen (to reduce, to diminish). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈlɛsə̆n/ 1. to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen. Labels: archaic Example: PLEASE it your highness to be advertised that this present morning came unto prior Thomas unto his cell wherein I am lodged, the emperor’s great ambassador, accompanied with a great many gentlemen of Spayne, and demanded of him how he durst be so bold to take upon him to intermeddle in so great and weighty a matter, the which did not only enlessen and elevate the pope’s authority, but also was noyful and odious to all realms Cristenyd.
Word: enlessens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enlessen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person