nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nocent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nocent (“guilty”), from Latin nocens, present participle of nocere (“to harm”). Doublet of nuisant. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ.sənt/, /ˈnoʊ.sənt/ 1. A guilty person. Labels: obsolete Example: […] there is no reason that the innocents and nocents sufferings should be alike, for then punishments would not be so effectuall to terrifie others, nor to give future security to innocence. Example: […] no nocent is absolved by the verdict of himself.
Word: monicker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of moniker. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Kid, you've outgrown 'Young Blood' as a monicker". Example: "I was given the monicker in med school, because my name was John and I did a certain amount of night-tripping."
Word: tookie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly tuchus + -ie. 1. The buttocks. Labels: colloquial Example: [1958], 1996, Terry Southern, Candy It had wetted the tip of the Buddha’s nose, which did seem, thus lubricated, to be undeniable as it moved slowly into Candy’s coyly arched tooky—the warm wet nose of Buddha, the beloved spot of her meditation! Example: Gosh, I hate to say this, but my tookie sure does pain me from sitting so much for nothing, waiting for something real to pop.
Word: yack Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jæk/ 1. Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yack Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /jæk/ 1. Alternative form of yak (“talk; vomit”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I moved to another carriage on the train because the first one was full of people yacking on mobile phones. Example: You rode the blimp here, didn't you? Boy, I envy you. I'm dying to ride that thing, but air travel makes me yack.
Word: yack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal form. Pronunciation: /jak/ 1. An oak. Labels: England, dialectal, obsolete Example: If 't ash tree buds before 't yack, […] Example: Awd stiff yack nut eeasy bended, […]
Word: yack Part of Speech: noun 1. A watch (timepiece). Labels: UK, obsolete Example: I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum. Example: […] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber […] frisked the yokel of his yack and skin.
Word: yuletide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”). Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: During nearly 20 years of marriage, our Christmas decor rollout has grown – from a single hatbox of ornaments and lights to seven substantial cartons, filled with yuletide stuff that my wife has accumulated on a trail from Vienna through Saks Fifth Avenue to the Texas Hill country. 2. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Christmastide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Old English mæsse Old English Cristes mæsse Middle English Cristemasse English Christmas English -tide English Christmastide From Christmas + -tide (“period around a festival”). 1. The Twelve Days of Christmas; the period from Christmas Day to Epiphany. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The Christmas season. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taoiseach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Taoiseach. 1. A chieftain or leader. Labels: Ireland, historical Example: Every diſtrict in the land, in which an Iriſh Taoiſeach or lord reſided, was obliged to entertain a Daniſh chief, to whom he was to ſubmit, and from whom he was to receive orders for the governing of his people; for theſe laſt would receive no commands, but directly from their own chiefs. Example: Unlike the English in their own country and in Ireland, who passed on land and political authority associated with it to the eldest male heir, the Irish elected their chiefs (taoiseachs) among the leading male members of each clan, and successors (tanistes) were chosen before the deaths of chiefs. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Taoiseach (“head of the government of Ireland”). Labels: Irish, alt-of Example: The only leader of the 1916 Easter rebellion to escape hanging, [Éamon d]e Valera lost the civil war, then won elections that made him taoiseach (prime minister) for 19 years. Example: Despite the attacks, 'the boss', as [Charles] Haughey was to become known, was elected taoiseach by 82 votes to 62. However, he was a taoiseach with strong opposition from within his own party.
Word: unfriendly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/ 1. Not friendly; hostile; mean. Example: Shrekkies will notice that the musical is going off-piste from the film right from the start when the curtain rises to reveal a seven-year-old Shrek turfed out into an unfriendly world by his parents. Example: The reputations of our universities and our research base are already under threat because of the fallout from the EU referendum result, which is making the UK an unfriendlier place for overseas scholars and students, as well as cutting off access to an important stream of research funding and to a vibrant and well-developed ecosystem for collaborative work. 2. Unfavourable.
Word: unfriendly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/ 1. An enemy. Example: Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter. Example: You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).
Word: unfriendly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English unfrendli, from Old English unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner”), equivalent to unfriend + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɹɛn(d)li/ 1. in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend
Word: tinder box Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tinderbox. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sylvia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Feminine form of a Medieval form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. 1. A female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Silvia. Example: What lovely names for girls there are! There's Stella like the Evening Star, And Sylvia like a rustling tree, […] Example: In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly. 2. A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States. 3. Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. Labels: Roman, abbreviation, alt-of 4. 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
Word: Silvia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”). In myths, Rhea Silvia was the mother of famous twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 6th-century saint Silvia was the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlvi.ə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Who is Silvia? what is she? / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair and wise is she; / The heaven such grace did lend her, / That she might admired be. 2. A surname.
Word: Silvius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Silvius, from silva (“forest”). 1. The son of Ascanius and his wife. Labels: Roman 2. A male given name from Latin, of mostly historical use in English. 3. A surname.
Word: Amelia Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amal, "vigor, bravery". The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy). Pronunciation: /əˈmiːli.ə/, /əˈmiːljə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria. Example: We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia Earhart, lost over the ocean. […] Air Heart, I saw it spelled, Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird. 2. The alternative name for Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia, US.
Word: Sylvie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Latin silva (forest). 1. A female given name from French.
Word: Amalia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amala-, a word of unknown meaning, like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida. Pronunciation: /əˈmɑli.ə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Amelia.
Word: neighbourhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English neighbour Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English neighbourhood From neighbour + -hood. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ 1. British standard spelling of neighborhood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest. Example: Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.
Word: Tristan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult". Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪstən/ 1. A male given name from the Celtic languages. Example: After the first son had been properly named after the grandfather, the second caught the brunt of her few impulses, being named "Tristan", gleaned from medieval lore from her years at Wellesley. Example: 'His name is Tristan, by the way.' 'Tristan?' 'Yes. Oh, I should have told you. You must have wondered about my own queer name. It was my father. Great Wagnerian. It nearly ruled his life. It was music all the time – mainly Wagner.' 2. A knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend 3. A female given name. 4. Ellipsis of Tristan da Cunha. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Theo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short form of Theodore, or of the rare given names Theobald, Theophilus or Theodoric, or of Theodora. Pronunciation: /ˈθiːəʊ/, /ˈθioʊ/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek and nickname. Example: He has three teeth and two names: Theodore, which is what health visitors call him, and Theo, which is what I call him. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Theodora. Labels: uncommon
Word: Theobald Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Theobald, Tibaut; both ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ. Common in the Middle Ages under various spellings in the archaic pronunciation. After it became obsolete a spelling pronunciation took over. Doublet of Theudebald. Compare Old English Þēodbald. Pronunciation: /ˈθiːoʊbɔɫd/, /ˈtɪbəɫd/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Theodoric Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Theuderich, from Late Latin Theodericus. Doublet of Theoderic; piecewise doublet of Tudor. Unrelated to Theodore, of Greek origin. Pronunciation: /θiˈɒdəɹɪk/ 1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by two kings of the Visigoths.
Word: rocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accident-prone Part of Speech: adj 1. Susceptible to accidents or mishaps. Example: It was an epic night, filled with so many different storylines, and unfortunately for Liverpool’s accident-prone goalkeeper, Loris Karius, he will have to live with the fact that his part will be remembered for just as long as, or possibly longer than, Gareth Bale’s spectacular bicycle kick or the tears from Mohamed Salah.
Word: mucositis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mucosa Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English mucositis From mucosa + -itis. 1. Inflammation of a mucosa (mucous membrane), or of multiple mucosae; as Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Inflammation of a mucosa (mucous membrane), or of multiple mucosae; as: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oversleeping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oversleep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oral mucositis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: oral (of the mouth) + mucositis (inflammation of the mucosa) 1. Inflammation of the mucus membranes of the mouth.
Word: misunderstanding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mys undirstonding, equivalent to misunderstand + -ing. Compare Dutch misverstand (“misunderstanding”), German Missverständnis (“misunderstanding”), Swedish missförstånd (“misunderstanding”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/, /ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/ 1. A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception. Example: The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding. - Thoughtkick Example: Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to find peaceful solutions, through deliberations and frank exchange of views to such misunderstandings among member-states. 2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. Example: It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens.
Word: misunderstanding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mys undirstonding, equivalent to misunderstand + -ing. Compare Dutch misverstand (“misunderstanding”), German Missverständnis (“misunderstanding”), Swedish missförstånd (“misunderstanding”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/, /ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of misunderstand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Mâcon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)), and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”). Pronunciation: /ˈmakɒ̃/, /ˈmɑːkɒ̃/, /ˈmɑːkən/, /mɑˈkɔn/, /mɑˈkən/ 1. A city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Example: It was not until after the waiter came with the bill that Scott decided that we have the hotel make us a picnic lunch. I tried to argue him out of this as I was sure we could get a bottle of Mâcon in Mâcon and we could buy something to make sandwiches in a charcuterie.
Word: Mâcon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)), and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”). Pronunciation: /ˈmakɒ̃/, /ˈmɑːkɒ̃/, /ˈmɑːkən/, /mɑˈkɔn/, /mɑˈkən/ 1. Alternative spelling of Macon, red or white burgundy wine from Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: triturate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Latin terō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin trītūra Latin trītūrārebor. English triturate Borrowed from Latin trītūrāre (“thresh”). 1. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize. 2. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring. 3. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle. Example: Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking. There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn-looking, as if by some trituration.
Word: silicon photonics Part of Speech: noun 1. The technology discipline related to production of optical switching electronic devices using integrated circuit manufacturing technology Labels: uncountable Example: Here's a better way: replace the copper with optical fiber and the electrons with photons. That's the promise of silicon photonics: affordable optical communications for everything. It will let manufacturers build optical components using the same semiconductor equipment and methods they use now for ordinary integrated circuits, thereby dramatically lowering the cost of photonics.
Word: light spectrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From light (“visible”) + spectrum (“range of electromagnetic wavelengths”). 1. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to humans. 2. an extension of the human-visible spectrum to include near-visible wavelengths, primarily near infrared.
Word: angry fruit salad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the bright colors associated with anger, and the unnaturally bright colors of many canned "fruit cocktail" mixtures. 1. A web page or user interface that is poorly designed and overuses color. Labels: countable, slang 2. Such designs in general. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: near infrared Part of Speech: noun 1. Infrared light closest in wavelength to visible light, from .7–1.4 µm. Labels: in-compounds, often, uncountable Example: Because the near infrared is not as well suited to qualitative determinations as is the mid infrared, most modern NIRA instruments have centered on quantitative applications.
Word: photonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English photon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English photonics From photon + -ics. Pronunciation: /foʊˈtɑnɪks/ 1. The science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible and near infrared light spectrum. Labels: uncountable
Word: cryptid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypt + -id. Coined by John E. Wall in 1983 in the ISC Newsletter. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪp.tɪd/ 1. A creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation. Example: Now comes perhaps the cleverest tag of all: cryptozoology. It refers to the search for new animals, animals dwelling in unexpected places, and most importantly for "X-Files" scriptwriters, "cryptids"—legendary creatures such as the yeti. Example: Well, that's a painting of the mysterious Brown Blur. It's a cryptid that allegedly roams these very woods.
Word: unbiunium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name from un- + bi- + un- + -ium. 1. The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 121 (symbol Ubu). Labels: uncountable
Word: movable feast Part of Speech: noun 1. A day of note, frequently a Christian festival, whose date changes from year to year according to a set of rules. Example: The Sementivae was a movable feast in January for the spring sowing with offerings made to Tellus and Ceres, agricultural deities.
Word: of note Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. worthy of being remembered mentally or in writing. Example: Prior to this, many in pre-America were unaware that anything of note existed to the north; others knew there was something up there but assumed it was uninhabitable by humans and didn’t think about it very often. Example: Forest, who lost striker Kris Boyd to injury seconds before half-time, produced little after the break, with a Tyson sliced shot from 12 yards their only opportunity of note.
Word: Martinmas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Martin + -mas. 1. St Martin's Day, 11th November. A Scottish quarter day. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Childermas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Childermas-Day, from Middle English Childermasse day, from Old English Ċildamæsse dæg, from ċilda (“children's”) + mæsse (“mass, religious service”) + dæġ (“day”), equivalent to childer + -mas. 1. A religious service and holiday commemorating the supposed Massacre of the Innocents in Judea around the time of the birth of Christ, typically observed on 28 December in Western Christianity and 29 December in Eastern Christianity; in Spanish and Latin American contexts, the day is frequently filled with light-hearted pranks similar to April Fools' Day.
Word: intercalate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1614, the noun in 1964; borrowed from Latin intercalātus, perfect passive participle of intercalō (“to proclaim that a day, an event, etc. has been intercalated; to insert”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from inter- (“between, among”) + calō (“to call; to proclaim”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.kəl.eɪt/, /ˌɪn.tə.kəˈleɪt/, /ɪnˈtɝ.kəˌleɪt/ 1. To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena. Example: '[T]is wonderful where or when we ever got anything of this which we call wisdom, poetry, virtue. We never got it on any dated calendar day. Some heavenly days must have been intercalated somewhere. Example: At some unknown period, the five days, known to the present time by the names of the five Gathic hymns of Zarathushtra, were intercalated at the end of the twelfth month, to complete the three hundred and sixty-five days of the solar year. 2. To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose, such as for the Hebrew calendar. Example: The Sages once overheard three shepherds discussing what weather is characteristic of Adar, and if that weather does not occur, it is not really Adar. As a result, the Sages intercalated the year and added Adar II. 3. To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues. 4. To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.) Example: ... the personal pronouns which form the terminations of the verb, or by an intercalated suffix, the nature and relation of its objects and its subject , and to distinguish whether the object be animate or inanimate, ... Example: Sometimes f or s is intercalated to lighten the pronunciation : kommen, Kunft ; können, Kunst ; […]
Word: intercalate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1614, the noun in 1964; borrowed from Latin intercalātus, perfect passive participle of intercalō (“to proclaim that a day, an event, etc. has been intercalated; to insert”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from inter- (“between, among”) + calō (“to call; to proclaim”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.kəl.eɪt/, /ˌɪn.tə.kəˈleɪt/, /ɪnˈtɝ.kəˌleɪt/ 1. An atom or molecule, or a substance, that enters between the layers of the crystal lattice of another substance, especially that of graphite. Labels: attributive, often Example: Entry of intercalate molecules from the edge of basal planes of crystallites must be kept sufficiently slow to mitigate mechanical strains..before the intercalate has spread uniformly through any layer. 2. A compound formed by foreign atoms or molecules entering between the layers of a crystal lattice, especially that of graphite.
Word: synchronise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: synchrony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -y; historically, see synchronous § Etymology. 1. synchronicity, the state of two or more events occurring at the same time. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: susceptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō. Pronunciation: [səˈsɛptɪbl̩], [səˈseptɪbl̩] 1. Likely to be affected by something. Example: He was susceptible to minor ailments. 2. Easily influenced or tricked; credulous. 3. Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus. 4. That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result. Example: Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers. Example: A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job. 5. Vulnerable. Example: The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back. 6. Amenable. Example: In the next several chapters, we put the basic tools to work in different contexts with particular specification of return and transition equations designed to render the Bellman equation susceptible to further analysis and computation.
Word: susceptible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō. Pronunciation: [səˈsɛptɪbl̩], [səˈseptɪbl̩] 1. A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease Example: In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles, by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.
Word: bouldering Part of Speech: noun 1. Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects. Labels: uncountable
Word: bouldering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boulder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crammed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cram Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ovo-viviparous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ovoviviparous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Gaza Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂)bor. Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza)bor. Latin Gazabor. English Gaza Borrowed from Latin Gaza, borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂). The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː.zə/, /ˈɡæ.zə/, /ˈɡeɪ.zə/ 1. A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City. 2. A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city. 3. Ellipsis of the Gaza Strip: a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance. Example: The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers. 4. Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Gaza Part of Speech: name Etymology: For sense 2, the founder of the Gaza Empire, Soshangane, named it after his grandfather Gasa kaLanga. 1. A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa. 2. A historical empire in Southern Africa; in full, Gaza Empire. 3. A province of Mozambique.
Word: Darwin Award Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the international honours awarded to people who supposedly help to improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it in a spectacularly stupid manner. Labels: humorous
Word: fæder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of faeder. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Linear dimensions (mm) of female, intermediate (fæder) and male Ruffs, respectively, all measured by Joop Jukema. The material on females and males was all collected during the spring migrations of 2002 and 2003. All birds, except one fæder of 1 year old, were adult. Example: The fraction of fæders was estimated in five morphometric data sets that were collected over four decades in four different countries in three different seasons (comprising 9133 Ruffs). The regression of fæder–female fractions was tested against the null model assuming that the number of fæders is 1.0% of females.
Word: ready, steady, go Part of Speech: phrase 1. Ready, set, go. Labels: UK
Word: on your marks Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to start a race, followed by "Get set, go!" or "Set, go!".
Word: lapdance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lap dance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lapdance Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of lap dance. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We know that many male City employees still go to lapdancing clubs for a fun night out. We know City organisations have struggled in their vaunted attempts to get more women on boards.
Word: lap-dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lap dance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yachty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yacht + -y (diminutive suffix). 1. A yachtsman or yachtswoman. Labels: informal
Word: yachty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yacht + -y. 1. Of or relating to yachts.
Word: Francophonie Part of Speech: name Etymology: 1968, from French francophonie (“French speakers, collectively”), from francophone (“French speaker”) + -ie. 1. French speakers, collectively; the French-speaking world. 2. The International Organization of the Francophonie, an organization of countries having French as an official, first, or important language (in Canada, often the Francophonie or la Francophonie). 3. French speakers in Canada, collectively (often francophonie). Labels: Canada
Word: blind pig Part of Speech: noun 1. A blind tiger or speakeasy. Labels: US, slang Example: Then the harpooner carried away a pink flask to be filled in some blind pig, for there were no licensed saloons in that locality. We drank the cheap rotgut out of tumblers. Example: This was […] the woman whose every look and movement stirred him in a way he couldn't describe (but had tried to, time and again, to his classmates, to the rare Barnard girl he asked to the theater or a concert, and to the tarts and working girls he discovered in the blind pigs and outside the vaudeville houses). 2. A police officer who has been bribed to ignore illegal activities. Labels: Southern-US 3. A Web address on the Deep Web that piggybacks on a public domain but is not visible to the system. Labels: Internet Example: The Web address isn't officially registered, it's a blind pig.
Word: bush pig Part of Speech: noun 1. An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus. Example: The commonest game animals are vervet and colobus monkey, baboon, common duiker, bush-pig and grysbok. Example: There are two types of bohonda net hunts. One type is directed by a nkangohonda (bush pig charmer), a sorcerer-hunter who handles bush pigs as easily as if they were dogs, gathering herds of them about him and even holding them by their necks. 2. A feral pig living in the bush. Labels: Australia 3. A very ugly woman. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang Example: I find Clinton to be the greatest president because of all unintended humor he's supplied and for his parade of bush pigs like Lewinsky, Trip and Paula Jones. Example: Funny as that never really happens to me when I was drinking at a pub or a club and I see a bush pig no matter how drunk I am I still see a bush pig.
Word: in a pig's eye Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: A euphemism for in a pig's arse. 1. Under very unlikely circumstances; probably never. Labels: idiomatic Example: Of course, Mr. Spock. Your reaction was quite logical ... in a pig's eye! Example: “Then he planned to kill you, and take over himself as governor.” “Hah, in a pig's eye,” said Nasty Three.
Word: pig bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A mold, made in a bed of sand, in which pig iron is cast; a pig.
Word: piggery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig 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 piggery From pig + -ery. 1. A place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised. Example: Two heavy pails of swill—meat scraps floating in custard—from the school kitchens to be carried with a friend, Hans Solish, all the way to the piggery. 2. Piggish behaviour.
Word: piggeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piggery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piggish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English piggish From pig + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡɪʃ/ 1. greedy or gluttonous 2. pigheaded 3. unpleasant or unclean
Word: pigheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pyge heddyde, equivalent to pig + headed. 1. Obstinate and stubborn to the point of stupidity. Labels: derogatory, mildly Example: "[…]I know yeh, yeh pig-headed devil. Yeh wanta go trompin' off with a bad hurt. It ain't right—now—Tom Jamison—it ain't.
Word: pig in a poke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reportedly from the practice of substituting a butchered cat, etc. for a suckling pig when sold in a sack at a market. Other theories circulate but all involve the purchase of a cat in a bag, where the buyer expected better. poke refers to a bag or sack, and is related to pouch. 1. Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale. Labels: idiomatic
Word: pig it Part of Speech: verb 1. To live slovenly, in squalor. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: "I've had ten years of it, scratching enough out of it to dress and feed myself when the going's good and sharing a room with a girl friend or pigging it in some cheap boarding-house, and doing a perish when I've been out of a job."
Word: pig lead Part of Speech: noun 1. unrefined lead, cast in blocks called pigs Labels: uncountable Example: Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke-stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days, With a cargo of Tyne coal, Road-rails, pig-lead, Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
Word: pig-out Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of pigging out.
Word: pigskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of pig + skin. The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡˌskɪn/ 1. The skin of a pig. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In addition, most gelatins made today are produced from pigskins, which are not subject to this consideration. Example: Adding a porky layer of fried skin not only gives heft and flavor to the snack menu, pigskin is just sort of fun to serve at football games. Pigskin is no longer a food best left to Southerners and late-night partiers. 2. Leather made from the skin of a pig. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Those killed fighting his troops would be buried in pigskins. 3. A football. Labels: US, countable, slang Example: To paraphrase a renowned pigskin philosopher, speed is not everything, it is the only thing. Example: “We gotta find those pigskins!” Squat insisted. “Pigskins?” Diddly asked. With obvious disdain, Squat replied, “Yeah, you know, that is what they call footballs, dummy.” 4. A white person. Labels: countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar Example: almost certainly some sex tourist pedophile pigskin living in vietnam
Word: pigtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pig + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/ 1. The tail of a pig. Labels: literally 2. Tobacco twisted into a string or roll. Example: One person […] continued constantly to ply him with the very best pig-tail tobacco, which he had most carefully cut in very small pieces purposely for him. 3. A braided plait of hair; queue. Example: Let padded breasts, high coat collars, stiff stocks, broad-shouldered straps, tight belts, trowser-straps and boots be consigned to the tomb of pigtails and powder. Example: Such a filthy spectacle as we presented I have never seen before or since, and it will perhaps give some idea of the almost superhuman dignity of Billali's appearance when I say that, coughing, half-drowned, and covered with mud and green slime as he was, with his beautiful beard coming to a dripping point, like a Chinaman's freshly-oiled pigtail, he still looked venerable and imposing. 4. A braided plait of hair; queue. Labels: especially Example: [I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails. 5. A braided plait of hair; queue. Labels: in-plural 6. A braided plait of hair; queue. Labels: colloquial, in-plural Example: […] Chinese, whom he called “pigtails”; or Indians, whom he dismissed as “baboos.” 7. A short length of twisted electrical wire. 8. The flamingo flower (anthurium) 9. Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
Word: pigtail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pig + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/ 1. To connect wires of a circuit by means of a short additional wire.
Word: potbellied pig Part of Speech: noun 1. A small Vietnamese domesticated pig, sometimes kept as a pet.
Word: whistle pig Part of Speech: noun 1. The woodchuck. Labels: US, dialectal Example: The whistlepigs, or woodchucks as we would call them in the North, get very fat in the autumn feeding on chestnuts. Example: “Uncle” Joe Drane (who, besides being a good hunter and a fine shot, is also a cook with a reputation) had prepared breakfast. This morning it consisted of “whistle pig” (groundhog) and several fat squirrels he had killed the evening before, sweet potatoes, corn pone with sorghum and coffee.
Word: if pigs had wings Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: An ellipsis (anapodoton) of if pigs had wings, they would fly. 1. Never. Labels: idiomatic
Word: hellraiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hell + raiser. Coined in 1914. 1. A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell.
Word: helminthology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helminth + -ology. 1. The branch of zoology related to the study of helminths (parasitic worms). Labels: uncountable
Word: helot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Hīlōta, from Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες (Heílōtes), possibly from ἁλίσκομαι (halískomai, “to be captured, to be made prisoner”) or from Ἕλος (Hélos, “Elos”), a Laconian town. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlət/ 1. A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs. Labels: historical Example: […] when one of their kings dies, not only the Spartans, but a certain number of the country people from every part of Laconia are forced, whether they will or no, to attend the funeral. So these persons and the helots, and likewise the Spartans themselves, flock together to the number of several thousands, men and women intermingled; and all of them smite their foreheads violently, and weep and wall without stint, saying always that their last king was the best. 2. A serf; a slave. Example: A man who conceives and writes a great book, my friend, has done more work than all the helots that laboured on these pyramidal futilities. Example: All wore a costume suggestive of a more tranquil and prosperous age than this — Dame Clara Butt singing, in a voice not quite so deep as Arumugam's, 'Land of Hope and Glory', the gold squeezed from tropical helots enhancing the upper-class comforts of a cold climate.
Word: do the trick Part of Speech: verb 1. To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: [J]ust that little extra second did the trick. Example: "It was the chemicals from this young man's airship that did the trick!"
Word: mists of time Part of Speech: noun 1. Any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog. Labels: also, idiomatic, literary, plural, plural-only, poetic Example: lost in the mists of time Example: Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free.
Word: shaitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shetani and Satan. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪtan/ 1. a demon/devil; or evil jinn. Example: '... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel). Example: '... 'A man and a jinni became friends. One day, the man asked the jinni, 'How come you look like a real human being?' [The jinni answered,]'We... shayāṭīn 'devils/demons' appear to people in whatever form we want, and we disappear whenever we want.'. 2. A dust storm. Labels: India, archaic Example: Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them. Example: The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]
Word: knock on wood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a folk practice of unclear origin. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒk ɒn ˈwʊd/, /ˌnɑk ɑn ˈwʊd/, [ˌnäk än ˈwʊd], /ˌnɑk ɔn ˈwʊd/ 1. To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement. Labels: Philippines, US, idiomatic
Word: knock on wood Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From a folk practice of unclear origin. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒk ɒn ˈwʊd/, /ˌnɑk ɑn ˈwʊd/, [ˌnäk än ˈwʊd], /ˌnɑk ɔn ˈwʊd/ 1. Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck. Labels: Philippines, US, idiomatic Example: I do a lot of walking, and I have never had any knee problems yet, knock on wood.
Word: thrashing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of thrash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thrashing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/ 1. Action of the verb to thrash. Example: the thrashings of a fish on a hook 2. A beating, especially a severe one. 3. A heavy defeat. Labels: slang Example: Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half. 4. Excessive paging within virtual storage. 5. Slam dancing. 6. Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc) Labels: colloquial
Word: thrash out Part of Speech: verb 1. To discuss something so fully as to resolve a problem or conflict; to hammer out. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: They spent an afternoon on it, but thrashed out a solution in the end. Example: It's important to understand that all lesbians of color do not feel the same way on all issues. Thrashing things out is not divisive. It's respectful.
Word: threadbare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *bʰosós From Middle English thred-bar, thred-bare (“of cloth, clothing, etc.: worn to such an extent that the warp and weft threads show, shabby, worn-out; (figurative) inadequate, poor”) [and other forms], from thred (“piece of textile twine”) (from Old English þrǣd (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz (“thread; twisted fibre”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce; to rub; to turn, twist”)) + bar, bare (“naked, unclothed, bare; not covered”) (from Old English bær (“naked, bare; unconcealed”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“naked, bare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós (“bare; barefoot”)). The English word is analysable as thread + bare. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛdbɛə/, /-bɛː/, /ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/ 1. Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out. Example: His life vvas nigh vnto deaths dore yplaſte, / And thred-bare cote, and cobled ſhoes hee vvare, […] Example: VVill any Freedom here from you be born, / VVhoſe Cloaths are thred-bare, and vvhoſe Cloaks are torn? 2. In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty. Labels: figuratively Example: Welth and wyt, I say, be so threde bare worne, / That all is without measure, and fer beyonde the mone. Example: From an Underſtanding and a Conſcience, thread-bare and ragged vvith perpetual turning; […] 3. Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite. Labels: figuratively 4. An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence. Labels: figuratively Example: But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. 5. Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare (sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: Be gon, all Honeſty, / Thou fooliſh, ſlender, thredbare, ſtarving thing, be gon!
Word: three-cornered Part of Speech: adj 1. Having three corners; triangular. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having three prominent longitudinal angles. Labels: not-comparable Example: a three-cornered stem
Word: threefold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. 1. Three times as great. Labels: not-comparable Example: "We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated. There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great Western Electrification Programme, which has become the poster project for expensive wiring. 2. Triple. Labels: not-comparable