nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: jum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jhum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: clitorides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clitoris Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plumosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plumose Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English plumosity From plumose + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being plumose. Labels: uncountable
Word: pluralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pluralist From plural + -ist. 1. A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice. 2. An advocate of pluralism (in all senses)
Word: pluralist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English plural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pluralist From plural + -ist. 1. Of, or related to pluralism. Example: In addition, a more pluralist system in a large diverse democracy should foster aggregation, compromise, and tolerance. Example: Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.
Word: pluralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plural 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 pluralism From plural + -ism. 1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Polytheism was inherently tolerant of the worship of many gods, because no single god was thought to control all the phenomena that are vital for human life. The gods were believed to tolerate this pluralism, and several could be worshiped in the same sanctuary or addressed in the same prayer. 2. The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Instead, it is more probable that globalization is leading to a plurality of pluralisms. 4. The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Due to pluralism and conflicts within the good itself, such perfection, for Berlin, is not possible. A compromise does not bring us closer to a higher telos in history. Example: Pluralism is a creative force because it admits of multiple ways to see a thing, multiple valuable paths to choose from. 8. The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: labra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labrum Labels: form-of, plural 2. Clipping of labrador Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: plunket Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of blunket. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Burels at this time seem to have been made in lengths of 20 ells and sold at 8d. the ell, while the better quality cloths - browns, plunkets, blues, and greens - were nearly twice the length, and cost about 22d. the ell.
Word: plunderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plunder + -er. 1. One who plunders or pillages.
Word: plunderage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plunder Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English plunderage From plunder + -age. 1. The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
Word: scouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of lobscouse, of uncertain origin. 1. A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unsurprisingly, given the geography of the area, Liverpool’s scouse isn’t dissimilar to Irish stew or Lancashire hotpot, either, and, like those noble dishes, is eminently practical, easy to make in a small kitchen, or indeed a galley, and to adapt to current circumstances – there’s even a vegetarian variant, blind scouse, for when you can’t, or won’t, run to meat.
Word: scouse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of lobscouse, of uncertain origin. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Scouse. Labels: alt-of Example: But my favourite accent is to be found in Belfast; a Northern Irish accent immediately adds three points to a person’s attractiveness. It has the friendliness of scouse, but is much softer and more charming.
Word: plumy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂ Proto-Italic *plouksmā Latin plūma Anglo-Norman plumebor. Middle English plume English plume English -y English plumy From plume + -y. 1. Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. Example: The head and neck is of a pure straw yellow above and rich metallic green beneath. The long plumy tufts of golden orange feathers spring from the sides beneath each wing, and when the bird is in repose are partly concealed by them.
Word: plumulose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English plumule Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English plumulose From plumule + -ose. 1. Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.
Word: plumule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface analysis, plume + -ule. 1. The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons. 2. A down feather. 3. The aftershaft of a feather. 4. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Word: plumularian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plumularia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌpluː.mjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌplu.mjəˈlɛɹi.ən/ 1. Any plumularia.
Word: plumularian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plumularia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌpluː.mjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌplu.mjəˈlɛɹi.ən/ 1. Belonging or relating to the plumularia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mera Part of Speech: noun 1. The seventh month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
Word: vernissage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vernissage, derived from the earlier habit of the artists to varnish their paintings the day before the opening of an exhibition. Pronunciation: /vɛːnɪˈsɑːʒ/, /ˌvɛɹnəˈsɑʒ/ 1. A private viewing of an art exhibition before it opens to the public. Example: […] the artists' association will be forced to advance or delay its vernissage and opening day.
Word: ras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic ራስ (ras). More at Etymology 2. 1. An Ethiopian king or prince.
Word: ras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic رأس (raʔs, “head(land)”). Doublet of ras (Etymology 1) above, as well as of resh; further related to reis. 1. A headland; a cape.
Word: veronica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Saint Veronica. Pronunciation: /vəˈɹɒnɪkə/ 1. The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this. Example: A veil that had wiped off the sweat of Christ? Who could possibly believe that? (…) The only true Veronica of this century was the veronica of the matador – the classic slow swing of the cape before the bull’s face, imitating that holy wiping, mocking it. Example: He wiped the lady’s martini glass, having had some trouble with a kind of veronica of lipstick, spat in it viciously, then washed it again. 2. A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull. Example: The cougher makes a lunge. Slothrop sweeps aside, gives him a quick veronica with his cape, sticks his foot out and trips the kid, who lies on the ground cursing Example: He stepped aside as a fight got going between an attendant and some kid by the Alkool display, hopping backwards in a practised veronica when a bottle broke, fearful for his flares. 3. A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals. Example: meadows full of wildflowers that seemed to Kit enormous, violets as big as your hand, yellow lilies and blue veronica you could shelter from the rain under Example: There are also (placed there by man or nature?) quite a lot of skinny fuchsias and dense veronicas, all in flower, and some kind of rather attractive grey-leaved sage.
Word: veronica Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after Saint Veronica. Pronunciation: /vəˈɹɒnɪkə/ 1. To draw a muleta over and away from a bull's face in bullfighting.
Word: siker Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of sicker (“certain”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of sicker (“secure”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That schip had a ful siker mast, And a sayl strong and large.
Word: siker Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of sicker (“certainly”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of sicker (“securely”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: verst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian верста́ (verstá), partly through German Werst and French verste. Pronunciation: /vɜːst/, /vɝst/ 1. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile. Example: |The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […] Example: Her particular part of the country was a few hundred versts the other side of Tamboff, with some fifteen miles of agrarian disturbance between her and the nearest neighbour.
Word: plumular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plumule + -ar. 1. Relating to a plumule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumulaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plumule + -aceous. 1. Downy; bearing down.
Word: plumula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plūmula (“a small feather”). 1. A plumule. 2. A down feather.
Word: plumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English plump English plump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English plumpy From plump + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmpi/ 1. Plump; fat; sleek. Example: "We're here t' greet ye," piped a plumpy little girl, pulling at Cal's sleeve.
Word: plumpy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English plump English plump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English plumpy From plump + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmpi/ 1. A fat person or thing. Labels: informal Example: The most famous of all the animals of Mauritius is a large, gentle dove. A remarkably large dove, in fact: its weight is closest to that of a well-fed turkey. Its wings long ago gave up the idea of lifting such a plumpy off the ground, and withered away into decorative little stumps. Example: It was ladies' league night at the bowling alley, and when he stood in the bar looking out at the lanes he picked out her trim figure on lane 7 in a gaggle of plumpies.
Word: plumpness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plump 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 plumpness From plump + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmpnəs/ 1. The quality or state of being plump. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: From behind that structure came out an impression of pale plumpness in a frock-coat. Example: For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement.
Word: plumply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English plump Middle English -ly English -ly English plumply From plump + -ly. 1. unreservedly; fully Example: Quite plumply, forgot the appointment. Example: He was plumply pleased by salutes on the street from unknown small boys; his ears were tickled to ruddy ecstasy by hearing himself called "Colonel;" and if he did not attend Sunday School merely to be thus exalted, certainly he thought about it all the way there. 2. With plumpness, in a plump way. Example: She lifted her night-dress over her head and for a moment caught a glimpse of her nakedness in the tarnished looking-glass—plumply rounded thighs and knees, the dimple in her stomach.
Word: plumper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmpə/, /ˈplʌmpɚ/ 1. comparative form of plump: more plump Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: plumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmpə/, /ˈplʌmpɚ/ 1. One who plumps or swells out something else. 2. That which plumps or swells out something else. 3. A small ball or pad carried in the mouth to fill out the cheeks. Labels: in-plural Example: I'll open my mouth with as much care as Mrs Bridget Button, who wears cork plumpers in each cheek and never hazards more than six words for fear of showing them. 4. In elections, a vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving the candidate an advantage over the others. 5. A voter who plumps their vote. 6. A downright, unqualified lie. 7. An obese woman, especially in pornography. Labels: Internet
Word: Chester Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of Caister and castrum. The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/, /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/ 1. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 28. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 29. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 30. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 31. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 32. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 33. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 34. A placename. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 35. An English habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable 36. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable
Word: Chester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of child + molester. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/, /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/ 1. A child molester. Labels: slang
Word: secondary school Part of Speech: noun 1. A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university. Labels: Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town. 2. The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable 3. Middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia). Labels: Singapore, countable, uncountable
Word: pollenarious Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlənˈnɛəɹi.əs/, /ˌpɑlənˈnɛɹi.əs/ 1. Consisting of meal or pollen. Labels: archaic, obsolete
Word: pollened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pollen + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of pollen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pollened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pollen + -ed. 1. Covered with pollen.
Word: polleniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pollen + -i- + -ferous. 1. Synonym of polliniferous (“producing pollen”).
Word: pollenin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pollen + -in. 1. A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: pollenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English pollen 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 pollenize From pollen + -ize. 1. To pollinate
Word: pollicitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pollicitātiō. 1. A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. 2. A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made. Labels: Roman
Word: pollinctor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pollinctor. 1. undertaker
Word: polliniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pollen + -i- + -ferous, or directly from New Latin pollinifer, polliniferus. 1. Producing pollen Labels: not-comparable
Word: pollinium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pollen Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English pollinium From pollen + -ium (“mass”). 1. A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.
Word: pollinose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -ose. 1. Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.
Word: videlicet Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vidēlicet, which itself is a contraction of vidēre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see". Pronunciation: /vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/ 1. Namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic) Labels: not-comparable Example: Videlicet,a Brothell, or ſo forth. Example: —[…]My father did speak much of the day he was not speedily to forget, videlicet May Day of 1517, when there was great apprentice rioting against insolent foreigners.
Word: polliwig Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pollywog. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: polluted Part of Speech: adj 1. Made unclean or impure. 2. Drunk. Labels: Ireland Example: "[He was] Absolutely polluted. He was SO drunk that he had to be helped into the cab!" "White, you are crazy! Jack Fielding was never drunk in his life!" Example: In a very 'ugly' mood, I got absolutely polluted and drunk the next night in San Diego for the very first time in my life. I got into a bar fight at the 'China Doll Bar,' hit a cop who had questioned my legal drinking age and pushed me when I felt that he[…]
Word: polluted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of pollute Labels: form-of, past
Word: pollutedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English polluted 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 pollutedness From polluted + -ness. 1. The state of being polluted. Labels: uncountable
Word: pollutedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English polluted Middle English -ly English -ly English pollutedly From polluted + -ly. 1. In a polluted manner.
Word: polluter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pollute 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 polluter From pollute + -er. 1. A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject. Example: During the last session of Parliament a Rivers' Pollution Prevention Act was passed, after it had been carefully divested of most of the provisions which could make it objectionable to polluters. Example: The Environmental Protection Agency said it gets stuck with the bills because it often can't locate polluters or they are out of business or bankrupt.
Word: polluting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pollute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: polluting Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute. Example: De-icing a plane is expensive, polluting, and time-consuming, so when sudden weather changes mean it has to be done twice, that has an impact on the bottom line, the environment and on-time departures. Example: But because rare earths are polluting to mine and process, it can take nearly three decades to get permission to open and operate a rare-earth mine in America, so finding substitutes won’t be easy.
Word: pollywog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) + wiggle. 1. A tadpole. Labels: Canada, UK, US, dialectal Example: So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!” 2. A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator. Labels: informal 3. An untrustworthy person, especially a politician. Labels: archaic, derogatory
Word: pollywog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) + wiggle. 1. To collect mussels, clams, etc. in shallow water using one's hands. Labels: US, intransitive Example: She was a ninety-year-old Irish lady, and knew more about the river than anyone I’d met. She knew every tow ever to pass by her house, and told me stories of pollywogging when she was a girl. When she wasn’t hunting clams, she was fishing cats, and knew every beach, island and milemarker on the river. Example: I grew up on the Mississippi River and as a youth I fished, camped, and pollywogged for clams on the river, but I never found a pearl. 2. To move in the manner of a tadpole; to zigzag, undulate. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Crossing the goal line, [Billy "White Shoes"] Johnson was automatically transformed in to a kind of dancing cartoon: legs pollywogging back and forth like plastic limbs, knees—at least before some injuries—seemingly flexing in all planes, football held aloft in one hand. Example: I guess he figured I could make it back to the bank on my own. I stayed out there and kind of pollywogged up and down getting my breath. The cool water felt so good.
Word: Polonaise Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.
Word: Polonaise Part of Speech: name 1. The Polish language.
Word: Polonese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French polonais. By surface analysis, Polono- + -ese. 1. The Polish language. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Polonese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French polonais. By surface analysis, Polono- + -ese. 1. Polish. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Warſaw, March 26. An expreſs is arrived with advice, that the reconfederates of Podolia had formed a ſcheme to carry off the commander of the troops belonging to the Republick; but the latter having been informed of it, had retired into the fortreſs of Kaminieck, which he was obliged to do with ſo much precipitation, that all the Poloneſe companies, conſiſting of two thouſand men, were made priſoners. Example: To keep up appearances, however, he succeeded in obtaining declaration at the diet held at Warsaw, that such of the Polonese nobility alone as were born of catholic parents could pretend to the crown; […]
Word: Polonese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Polonais. By surface analysis, Polono- + -ese. 1. A Pole. Labels: obsolete Example: He immediately began to aſſure the Poliſh gentleman, that whatever he could do to amend his ſituation ſhould inſtantly be done. The voice of pity, ſo ſooting to the ſick heart, ſeemed to have an almoſt immediate effect on the unfortunate Poloneſe. Example: The emperor intends to go to Warsaw as soon as the troops have taken the positions assigned to them. The army supports itself on the Vistula, and the confederate Polonese are encamped at Czeskok, so as to make part of the right wing of the army.
Word: pape Part of Speech: noun 1. A painted bunting. 2. A Roman Catholic. Labels: Scotland
Word: polony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A corruption of bologna. Pronunciation: /pəˈloʊni/ 1. A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked. Example: A dreadful day it was for young Dobbin when one of the youngsters of the school, having run into the town upon a poaching excursion for hardbake and polonies, espied the cart of Dobbin & Rudge, Grocers and Oilmen, Thames Street, London, at the Doctor's door, discharging a cargo of the wares in which the firm dealt. Example: There was a touch of quiet humour in Rachel, and with a demure smile, she internally wondered why it was precisely her polony that had been selected by puss, but aloud she merely declared that she could make an excellent supper on bread and beer.
Word: polony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of Polari palone. Pronunciation: /pəˈloʊni/ 1. Alternative form of palone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “What about that polony he was with?” ¶ “She doesn't matter”, the Boy said, “She's just a buer—he gave her a half. I saw him hand it out.” Example: “I don't need a razor with a polony. If you don't know what it is, it's a bottle.”
Word: polony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of polymerase + colony. Pronunciation: /pəˈloʊni/ 1. A cluster of polymers produced by clonal amplification of DNA. Example: Fluorescent in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) or beadbased polony sequencing FISSEQ involves localized amplification of single DNA molecules, using an acrylarnide gel, thus creating colonies of PCR product that are called polonies. Example: The development of polony technology is an extreme example of spatial compression; a polony array essentially consists of millions of distinguishable, immobilized, and femtoliter-scale "test tubes" filled with clonal DNA arising from individual DNA or RNA molecules via a single polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Word: paperhanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + hanger. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/, /ˈpeɪpɚhæŋɚ/ 1. Someone who puts wallpaper on walls. Example: No one in the street was aware than an Austrian paperhanger named Shickelgruber, and calling himself Hitler, had been arrested in Munich and thrown into jail. 2. A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist. Labels: slang
Word: polt-foot Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of poltfoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polt-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of polt-foot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poltroonery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English poltroon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English poltroonery From poltroon + -ery. 1. Cowardice; lack of spirit; pusillanimity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Genius, Poet: do we know what these words mean? […] Nature’s own sacred voice heard once more athwart the dreary boundless element of hearsaying and canting, of twaddle and poltroonery, in which the bewildered Earth, nigh perishing, has lost its way. Example: “Your Majesty, your Majesty,” he said, “are you going to tolerate this mutiny, this poltroonery? This is a panic, this is a rout.”
Word: poltroonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English poltroon Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English poltroonish From poltroon + -ish. 1. Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
Word: polverine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian polverino, from Latin pulvis (“dust”). Doublet of pulvinus. 1. Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass. Labels: uncountable 2. A tiny biting insect found in South America. Labels: countable Example: Mosquitoes and polverines, little midges so small as to be scarcely visible, rose in a cloud from the water and settled on our hands and faces. Example: The polverines, however, were so small and numerous that even though we massacred fifty with a slap it seemed to make no difference to the hazy black cloud which hung around our heads.
Word: polwig Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pollywog. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: polyacid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English polyacid From poly- + acid. 1. Any polybasic acid
Word: polyacid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English polyacid From poly- + acid. 1. polybasic Labels: not-comparable
Word: polyacoustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English polyacoustic From poly- + acoustic. 1. Multiplying or magnifying sound.
Word: polyacoustic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English polyacoustic From poly- + acoustic. 1. A polyacoustic instrument.
Word: peri-lingual deafness Part of Speech: noun 1. Deafness contracted while acquiring a first language.
Word: polyacoustics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics English polyacoustics From poly- + acoustics. 1. The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: perikarya Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perikaryon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyacron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολῠ- (polŭ-) and ᾰ̓́κρον (ắkron). 1. A polyhedron. Labels: archaic
Word: acquisite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acquisītus (“gained, acquired”), from Latin acquirere. 1. acquired Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: pervious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Pervius is derived from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) + via (“road, street; method, way; (figurative) course, route”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives) Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.vɪ.əs/, /ˈpɜɹ.vi.əs/ 1. Often followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage. Example: Near-synonym: porous Example: a pervious soil 2. Capable of being seen through; open to being examined; patent, unconcealed. Labels: figuratively Example: [I]n their [i.e., the Egyptians'] ceremonies they uſually made three acclamations to the unknovvn Darkneſs; that is, to God, vvhoſe ſecrets are pervious to no eye, vvhoſe dvvelling is in a light that is not to be diſcerned, vvhoſe myſteries are not to be underſtood by us, and vvhoſe Sacraments are objects of faith and vvonder, but not to be diſordered by the miſtaking, undiſcerning eye of people that are curious to ask after vvhat they ſhall never underſtand. 3. Capable of being penetrated mentally; intelligible, understandable. Labels: figuratively Example: […] Saint Auguſtine for ſharpe inſight, and concluſive judgement, in expoſition of places of Scripture, vvhich he alvvaies makes ſo liquid, and pervious, […] hath ſcarce been equalled therein, by any of the VVriters in the Church of God, […] Example: From being ſpies, or to ſpies pervious, / From thirſt, or ſcorne of flame, deliver us. 4. Of a person, etc.: susceptible to being influenced by arguments, ideas, etc.; impressionable, tractable. Labels: figuratively 5. Capable of penetrating or permeating. Labels: obsolete Example: The bodies of the Saints, […] have an agility to move from place to place vvith ſpeed and ſubtility like light; to have their vvay free and pervious through all places, and can penetrate vvhereſoever they pleaſe. Example: VVhat is this little, agile, pervious Fire, / This flutt'ring Motion, vvhich VVe call the Mind? / Hovv does She act? and vvhere is She confin'd? 6. Of a body structure (especially the nostril of a bird): having a hole, perforate; also, wide open. Labels: obsolete Example: The noſtrils are very large, and pervious: the vvhole plumage is duſky, daſhed vvith purple and green: legs of a dirty fleſh-color: clavvs black.
Word: acquisitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɪzətɪv/ 1. Acquired. Labels: obsolete 2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy. Example: He is an acquisitive person. Example: She has an acquisitive nature. 3. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Word: acquisitively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English acquisitive Middle English -ly English -ly English acquisitively From acquisitive + -ly. 1. In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
Word: acquisitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acquisitive 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 acquisitiveness From acquisitive + -ness. 1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate, by the assembling of significant reliques, the march of the human spirit in its quest of beauty, and the aspirations that were [its] guide. Example: If we win this war and have the Cotton Kingdom of our dreams, we still have lost, for we will become a different people and the old quiet ways will go. The world will be at our doors clamoring for cotton and we can command our own price. Then, I fear, we will become like the Yankees, at whose money-making activities, acquisitiveness and commercialism we now sneer. 2. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Had she a little more of the organ of Acquisitiveness in her head—a little more of the love of property in her nature, she would take a good-sized sheet of paper and write plainly out, in her own queer but clear and legible hand, the story that has been narrated, the song that has been sung to her, and thus possess what she was enabled to create.
Word: philotimia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φιλοτιμία (philotimía) from φιλο- (philo-, “love”) + τιμή (timḗ, “honour”); see philo-. 1. The urge to be thought superior; excessive ambition. Labels: uncountable
Word: acquist Part of Speech: noun 1. Acquisition; gain. Labels: obsolete Example: His servants he with new acquist Of true experience from this great event With peace and consolation hath dismist.
Word: acquist Part of Speech: verb 1. To acquire. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: acquitment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acquit Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English acquitment From acquit + -ment. 1. Obsolete form of acquittal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: paddywagon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paddy wagon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acquittance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman acquitance, Middle French aquitance, from acquiter (“to acquit”). Compare later acquittal. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɪtəns/ 1. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers. 2. Payment of debt; settlement. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 4. The dismissal of a legal charge against someone; acquittal. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: This was a task more difficult than that of self acquittance. 5. The acquittal of one's duties; the carrying out of fulfilment of a job or role. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: acquittance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman acquitance, Middle French aquitance, from acquiter (“to acquit”). Compare later acquittal. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɪtəns/ 1. To acquit. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: phyllomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- + -mania. 1. The over-production of leaves by a plant (usually a tree), at the expense of flowers, seeds, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: acquitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acquit + -er. 1. One who acquits or releases.
Word: acrania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin acrania, from a- + crānium + -ia. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)eɪˈkreɪ.ni.ə/ 1. Partial or total absence of the skull. Labels: uncountable
Word: pipe down Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The sex sense is related to lay the pipe. 1. To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Pipe down, children. I'm trying to work. 2. To dismiss from muster, as a ship's company. Labels: transitive 3. Of a man, to have penetrative sex with a woman. Labels: slang, transitive Example: G-money aggressively pulled Coco's hair, as he delivered powerful strokes to her love tunnel. He then slid his fingers in her mouth, as he continued to pipe her down. Coco sucked and licked G-money's fingers as she took the back shots like a soldier. Example: Michael hurry up bro me and my girl wanna go home so I can pipe her down.
Word: acranial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English cranial English acranial From a- + cranial. 1. Without a skull. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parochialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parochial 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 parochialism From parochial + -ism. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹəʊkɪəlɪzm̩/, /pəˈɹoʊki.əlɪzm̩/ 1. The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tzvetan Todorov has shrewdly argued that the whole notion of "primitive narrative" is a kind of mental mirage engendered by modern parochialism, for the more closely you look at a particular ancient narrative, the more you are compelled to recognize the complexity and subtlety with which it is formally organized and with which it renders its subjects, and the more you see how it is conscious of its necessary status as artful discourse. Example: This is also a transition away from Judean Temple parochialism, to cosmic sovereignty on the part of Yahweh, as we've seen, I think, in Ezekiel.
Word: pathogenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)der. English patho- English genomics English pathogenomics From patho- + genomics. 1. genomic research on pathogenic microorganisms Labels: uncountable
Word: plantlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plant Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English plantlet From plant + -let. 1. A young or small plant used as a propagule.
Word: pneudraulics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pneumatics + hydraulics. 1. The system on military aircraft that use either or some combination of both hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Labels: uncountable 2. The science of fluids made of both gas and liquid. Labels: uncountable
Word: guesthouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gest hous, gistenehus, gystehuse, gesthus, partly from Old English gæsthūs, ġesthūs (“guesthouse, hostel; guest-chamber”), from Proto-West Germanic *gastihūs; and partly from Old Norse gesthús (“guesthouse; guest-chamber”); both from Proto-Germanic *gastihūsą, corresponding to guest + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛsthaʊs/ 1. A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors. Example: The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls. 2. A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast. Example: Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead. Example: For me, in any case, Ladakh seemed a beautifully unfallen place next to the blue-glass shopping malls of modern Lhasa, the global village of pizza joints and guesthouses that is urban Nepal, or long-isolated Bhutan with its chic new hotels.
Word: polar bear dip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From polar bear + dip. 1. Synonym of polar bear plunge.
Word: poliorcetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly: * borrowed from Late Latin poliorcetica (“siege engines”) + English -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum) (poliorcetica is derived from Koine Greek πολιορκητικά (poliorkētiká, “things related to sieges”), the neuter plural of πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós, “relating to poliorcetics, poliorcetic”), from Ancient Greek πολῐορκέω (polĭorkéō, “to besiege, blockade”) (from πόλις (pólis, “city”) + ἕρκος (hérkos, “enclosure; fence”)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or relating to’)); and * from poliorcetic (“relating to poliorcetics”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪks/, /ˌpɒ-/, /ˌpoʊliˌɔɹˈsɛtɪks/, /ˈpoʊ-/, [-ɾɪks] 1. The art of siege warfare, namely, that of conducting or resisting a siege. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The grand battles of the Archaic and early Classical periods were replaced by the new art of poliorcetics.
Word: polyclinic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English polyclinic From poly- + clinic. 1. A usually private clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated.
Word: polyextremophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English extreme Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English extremophile English polyextremophile From poly- + extremophile. 1. An organism which can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors. Example: Indeed, their ability to survive many different types of extreme qualify them as 'polyextremophiles'.