nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Mira Part of Speech: name Etymology: * Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai. * As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda. 1. Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess. 2. A female given name from India. Labels: broadly Example: Dorothy's daughters were of exceptional beauty and the sisters could complain only that the Hindi names Dorothy had chosen - Mira, Leela, Lena - were meant to pass as Western ones.
Word: PRATT Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of point refuted a thousand times. 1. An often-made but previously debunked argument
Word: of a Part of Speech: phrase 1. on every; in the (followed by a noun indicating a certain time) Labels: dated, dialectal, idiomatic Example: He always used to dine at my father's house of a Sunday. Example: So, next time they come to me of a morning and ask the same question, what do you think my answer might be?
Word: Cepheus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːfi.əs/, /ˈsiːfjuːs/ 1. Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name. Labels: Greek 2. A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth. It contains the star Alderamin.
Word: Cassiopeia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē). Pronunciation: /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/ 1. Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon. Labels: Greek 2. A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus. Example: Meronyms: Achird, Caph, Fulu, Ruchbah, Schedar, Segin 3. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of rare usage. Example: Beyond a doubt, Miss Cassiopeia Jane Slodge was the belle of the room; […] Example: She is only saved from destruction by Professor Secundus Minutus Hora who, along with his tortoise Cassiopeia (a creature possessed with the limited gift of being able to see 30 minutes into the future), presides over time itself.
Word: frig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). More at free. Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge), from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”). Pronunciation: /fɹɪɡ/ 1. To masturbate. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library. Example: There was an old parson of Lundy, Fell asleep in his vestry on Sunday; He awoke with a scream, "What, another wet dream, This comes of not frigging since Monday." 2. To fuck; to have sex. Labels: ambitransitive, euphemistic, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: Come on, honey, let’s frig. Example: Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too. 3. To mess or muck usually with about or around'. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Be sensible; you’re just frigging about now. 4. To break. Example: Where’s you get this ladder from? It’s frigged! 5. To make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: The system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.
Word: frig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). More at free. Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge), from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”). Pronunciation: /fɹɪɡ/ 1. An act of frigging. 2. A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). Example: I had to put a couple of frigs across the switch relays but it works now. 3. A fuck. Labels: euphemistic, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: I don’t give a frig!
Word: frig Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). More at free. Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge), from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”). Pronunciation: /fɹɪɡ/ 1. Euphemistic form of fuck Labels: euphemistic, form-of
Word: frig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See fridge. Pronunciation: /fɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Dated spelling of fridge. Example: "Perhaps you prefer beer - there's plenty in the frig."
Word: Camelopardalis Part of Speech: name Etymology: First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”). 1. A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
Word: take the bull by the horns Part of Speech: verb 1. To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it. Example: Wordsworth has a system which disposes him to take the bull by the horns and offend public taste. Example: "Then why couldn' ye take the bull by the horns an' march in by the front door?"
Word: give it the gun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally from the US. 1. To cause a specific vehicle to accelerate; to open the throttle of an engine. Labels: idiomatic
Word: give a gun Part of Speech: verb 1. To order a gun to be fired; sometimes construed with dative (or to), implying that it is done as an honor, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration).
Word: camelopard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin camēlopardus, variant of camēlopardalis, from Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis, “giraffe”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.mə.lə.pɑːd/, /ˈkæ.mə.ləʊ.pɑːd/, /kəˈmɛ.lə.pɑːd/, /ˈkæ.mɪ.ləʊˌpɑːd/, /kəˈmɛ.lə.pɑɹd/ 1. Synonym of giraffe. Labels: archaic
Word: Hudson Bay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Henry Hudson, an English sea explorer. 1. A gulf officially in Nunavut, but also surrounded by Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, Canada, a southern extension of the Arctic Ocean. A large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. Example: Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders. 2. A town in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, previously named Hudson Bay Junction, a railway junction for a line to Hudson Bay. 3. A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394, which surrounds the Saskatchewan town.
Word: clip-clop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪp.klɒp/, /ˈklɪp.klɔp/, /ˈklɪp.klɑːp/, /k͜ǃ.k͜ǃ/ 1. The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Meronyms: clop, cloop Example: The wagon creaked, swayed, moved on to strange accompaniment— clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop. The horses were trotting on hard road.
Word: clip-clop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪp.klɒp/, /ˈklɪp.klɔp/, /ˈklɪp.klɑːp/, /k͜ǃ.k͜ǃ/ 1. To make a clip-clop noise. Example: At the some moment, a horse clip-clops past, hauling a wagon. Example: 2002, D J Vallone, For the Love of Freedom http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0595226183&id=xKV1VCsAwZIC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=%22clip-clops%22&sig=-LkO8mWX7qKZGvv2vcIXOHpIqYM One of several pairs of mounted police in flak jackets clip-clops past, patrolling the perimeter.
Word: footfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot (“part of the human leg below the ankle”) + fall (“act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity”, noun). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtfɔːl/, /ˈfʊtˌfɔl/, /-ˌfɑl/ 1. The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself. Labels: countable Example: [L]ike Hedg-hogs vvhich / Lye tumbling in my bare-foote vvay, and mount / Their pricks at my foot-fall: ſometime am I / All vvound vvith Adders, vvho vvith clouen tongues / Doe hiſſe me into madneſſe: […] Example: They are treading fast and thick. For weeks you could have heard a foot-fall. 2. The number of pedestrians going into or passing through a place (especially a commercial venue such as a shop) during a specified time period; also, the pedestrians in a particular place regarded collectively; foot traffic. Labels: Malaysia, uncountable Example: However, footfall is still below pre-Covid levels while there is also a surge of incoming supply. - "Are There Too Many Retail Malls In Malaysia?", BFM 89.9 Example: Once up, the cross-border RTS project, which can ferry an expected peak capacity of up to 10,000 passengers per hour per direction between Singapore’s Woodlands North MRT station and Bukit Chagar station in Johor Bahru, will lead to a significant increase in footfall in the area. - The Straits Times
Word: inland sea Part of Speech: noun 1. A large but relatively shallow expanse of water within a landmass, sometimes connected to the ocean.
Word: right-click Part of Speech: verb 1. To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse. Labels: intransitive 2. To activate (an item on the screen) by right-clicking while the pointer is over it. Labels: transitive Example: You can download Google's deskbar for free […] It automatically installs itself as a toolbar on the Windows XP taskbar, but you have to turn it on by right-clicking the taskbar and choosing Toolbars → Google Deskbar.
Word: Inland Sea Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Seto Inland Sea.
Word: left-click Part of Speech: verb 1. To press the left button on a computer mouse. Labels: intransitive 2. To activate an item on the screen by left-clicking while the pointer is over it. Labels: transitive
Word: elves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛlvz/ 1. plural of elf Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of elve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: next up Part of Speech: adj 1. That which is next; the next to be up. Labels: not-comparable Example: Next up is a performance you won't want to miss. Example: Next up is an out-and-back trip to Helensburgh Central aboard another Class 334.
Word: Blissenbach Part of Speech: name 1. A surname used in the USA, most likely derived from the German surname of Blissenbach.
Word: unfashionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fashion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fashionable English unfashionable From un- + fashionable. 1. Not fashionable. Example: The fashionable intelligence says so for the comfort of the Parisians, and it knows all fashionable things. To know things otherwise were to be unfashionable. 2. That cannot be fashioned; unshapely, distorted. Labels: obsolete Example: I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ...
Word: two-footed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English two-foted, equivalent to two + footed. Compare Old English twifēte (“two-footed”), Old Norse tvífættr (“two-footed”). 1. Having two legs or feet. Labels: not-comparable 2. Ambidextrous of the feet; having equal ability with either foot. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fred Flanagan, for two-footed kicking, marking ability and instinctive leadership, has been the best of the centre half forwards, but not much ahead of "Whopper" Lane. Example: In contrast to his club duties, he had a role towards the left, but a change of flanks has no significance for a two-footed player. 3. Using both feet. Labels: not-comparable Example: Villa full-back Alan Hutton was perhaps fortunate to stay on the field when his two-footed challenge on Shane Long went unpunished by referee Phil Dowd.
Word: grasp at straws Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to a drowning person grabbing any floating object, even a straw, to save themselves. First used by Thomas More in A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (1534). 1. To guess randomly or pursue any apparent option, due to a lack of clear choices or information. Labels: idiomatic Example: I've never met his mother, so I'm grasping at straws for an appropriate gift for her. 2. To obtain any form of help, even if it is insignificant. Labels: idiomatic
Word: open proxy Part of Speech: noun 1. A proxy server that may be accessed by any Internet user.
Word: open proxy server Part of Speech: noun 1. a proxy server that may be accessed by any Internet user
Word: spam relay Part of Speech: noun 1. An open proxy used to send spam.
Word: agonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + gonio- + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɒnɪk/, /əˈɡɑnik/ 1. Lacking an angle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a magnetic deviation of zero. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are two lines on the earth's surface which have been called agonic lines, upon which there is no declination; and where, therefore, the needle is directed along the terrestrial meridian. Example: It is contended by some that their [cyclones'] general movement is at right angles to the magnetic meridian. If this should prove to be correct, then in all that part of the United States lying west of the Agonic Line, the general direction whence local rain, hail, and snow-storms come, will be as many degrees north of west as the declination of the needle is east of north; and in all that part of the territory lying east of said Agonic Line, they will come from a direction as many degrees south of west as the declination of the needle is west of north. 3. Synonym of agonal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: agonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + gonio- + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɒnɪk/, /əˈɡɑnik/ 1. Synonym of agonic line. Example: One of these [agonic lines] passes over the American and the other over the Asiatic continent, and the former has consequently been called the American and the latter the Asiatic agonic. […] On the west of the Asiatic agonic the declination is west, on the east it is east. Example: It should be noted that the period of 2000 years deduced from the average motion of the agonics is identical with that which we obtain if we suppose that the secondary magnetic system revolves around the equator at the average rate of the two secondary poles, viz: ³⁶⁰⁄_(0.194) = 1860 years.
Word: agonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French agonique (“possessing or filled with agony; agonous”), from agonie (“the moment just before death”) + -ique (suffix forming adjectives from nouns) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (suffix forming adjectives denoting “the characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to”)). Agonie is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίᾱ (agōníā, “agony, anguish”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɡənik/ 1. Characterized by agony. Labels: not-comparable Example: By cultivating his own reason, the pupil could stand back from the agonic scenes in Hades and decide the merits of the case after [François] Fénelon's artifice had absorbed him passionately in the dialogue: […] Example: Thus, the opening citation, the eleventh section of The Case of Wagner, the passage which perhaps is the zenith of [Friedrich] Nietzsche's irony, is succeeded by the brief agonic cry of the twelfth section: […] 2. Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety. Labels: not-comparable Example: [I]n some primates, especially chimpanzees, the hedonic mode of social communication predominates group interactions. […] This is marked by much physical contact, stroking, hugging, lip smacking and sharing. The social interactions are more relaxed, as are the individual members of the group, and there is much focus on physical contact. This is in marked contrast to other more primitive primates, where the agonic mode dominates social behaviour. Example: Through comparative study of the behavior of the higher primates and humans, Michael Chance (1988) distinguishes between agonic and hedonic forms of social organization. The agonic–hedonic distinction has two limitations which have led to its disuse in contemporary primatology. First, Chance and his collaborators have clung to the untenable generalization that monkey society is agonic and ape society hedonic. This oversimplifies the complexities of the social and emotional lives of both major kinds of primate species. 3. Occurring shortly before death; agonal. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: A study of the conditions under which agonic invagination of the intestine occurs will not be out of place in considering the etiology of intussusception. Agonic invagination is very much more common in children than adults, the proportion being, according to [Hermann] Nothnagel, one to fifty. [Luther Emmett] Holt says that agonic invagination is met with in 80 per cent. of the post mortems on infants. Example: The author is entirely at one with Brockbank that platelets are agonic products of red cells and dismisses the other theories shortly.
Word: not leave one's thoughts Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain in one's mind for a long duration. Labels: idiomatic Example: The accident hasn't left my thoughts in years.
Word: cardia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core. 1. The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus. Example: In some insects different cell types can be identified microscopically within the cardia. Example: The first one is stripping from up to down for tumours in the cardias, the other one is stripping from down to up for cervical esophageal cancer.
Word: liquid document Part of Speech: noun 1. A document showing a liquidated sum of money, such a cheque or promissory note. 2. A document on which summary judgment or provisional sentence may be granted. Example: NEDCOR BANK LTD v LISINFO 61 TRADING (PTY) LTD 2005 (2) SA 432 (C) is a trite principle of our law that the term 'liquid document' for purposes of summary judgment proceedings has the same meaning as a 'liquid document' for purposes of provisional sentence proceedings. In Rich and Others v Lagerwey 1974 (4) SA 748 (A) at 754H, the Court said that, if a document in question, upon a proper construction thereof, evidences by its terms and without resort to evidence extrinsic thereto, an unconditional acknowledgment of indebtedness in an ascertained amount of money, the payment of which is due to the creditor, it is one upon which provisional sentence may properly be granted.
Word: Cardia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Cardia. 1. An ancient city in Thrace.
Word: atheophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atheo- (“a- + theo-”) + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪθioʊˈfoʊbiə/ 1. A fear or hatred of atheism or atheists. Labels: uncountable Example: At many institutions, I have found atheophobia to be rampant among students; and religiophobia to be common among faculty. Example: Atheophobia leads to invisibility for many atheists, who find it is best to keep their nonbelief hidden for their own good.
Word: inorganic polymer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any giant molecule linked by covalent bonds, but having no (or few) carbon atoms in the main molecular backbone.
Word: giant molecule Part of Speech: noun 1. A macromolecule.
Word: atoms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈatəmz/ 1. plural of atom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instrument landing system Part of Speech: noun 1. A collection of radio navigation aids (always including a localizer and glideslope, and often one to three marker beacons as well) used by pilots for approach guidance to a specific airport runway, especially when visibility is limited.
Word: ILS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ILS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of instrument landing system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of integrated logistic support. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of integrated library system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of imaginary lat syndrome /invisible lat syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, humorous, initialism, uncountable Example: A week has gone by and i^([sic]) still like a skinny guy wearing a Powerhouse gym sweatshirt suffering from acute ILS (Invisible Lat Syndrome....). Example: Neophytes, for example, risk being ridiculed by other gym members if they walk this way: ‘Aghh, look at him! He’s got ILS [Imaginary Lat Syndrome]’.
Word: integral equation Part of Speech: noun 1. An equation involving a function f(x) and integrals of that function to be solved for f(x)
Word: motivator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English motivate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English motivator From motivate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.təˌveɪ.tə/, /ˈmoʊ.təˌveɪ.təɹ/, [ˈmoʊ.ɾəˌveɪ.ɾɚ], /ˈməʉ.təˌvæɪ.tə/, [ˈməʉ.ɾəˌvæɪ.ɾɚ] 1. One who inspires or motivates someone; one who drives someone to act.
Word: integrated services digital network Part of Speech: noun 1. The integration of data and voice communications services that are transported over digital facilities of various physical types.
Word: integumentary pattern Part of Speech: noun 1. All the features of the skin, feathers, etc. of an animal that are arranged in designs; especially, the configuration of epidermal ridges (dermatoglyphics) characteristic of primates.
Word: integumentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English integument Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English integumentary From integument + -ary. 1. Of, related to, or composed of integuments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: integumentary system Part of Speech: noun 1. The skin, feathers and other outer coverings of an animal.
Word: dermatoglyphics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dermato- + glyphics. 1. The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet. 2. The study of such patterns. Example: Dermatoglyphics is the study of the ridges and furrow patterns on the palms and on the soles of the feet.
Word: empathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English empathy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English empathic From empathy + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpæθɪk/ 1. Showing or expressing empathy. Example: Be fair to people: even those who manage to be empathic can't be telepathic. They're only human — they can't read your mind. 2. Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others. Example: Be fair to people: not everyone can be empathic, like Cathy is. Her gift is rare. 3. Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others. Example: Near-synonyms: telempathic, telepathic Example: I didn't know he was empathic until I realized that he had evidently read my mind with his cyborg implant.
Word: intercalation compound Part of Speech: noun 1. a crystalline solid consisting of a host lattice containing voids into which guest atoms or molecules are inserted
Word: interference filter Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical filter in which the wavelengths that are not transmitted are removed by interference rather than by absorption or scattering.
Word: crinoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon, “lily”) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌɪnɔɪd/, /ˈkɹɪnɔɪd/ 1. One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
Word: crinoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon, “lily”) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌɪnɔɪd/, /ˈkɹɪnɔɪd/ 1. Relating to or sharing the qualities and features of the class Crinoidea. Example: It was treasured and placed in its curious box by the crinoid things of Antarctica, salvaged from their ruins by the serpent-men of Valusia, and peered at aeons later in Lemuria by the first human beings.
Word: Pomerania Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Pomerania, from German Pommern, from Proto-Slavic *pomorьjane pl (“coast dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *pomorьje (“seaboard”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniə/ 1. A former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a geographic region of Central Europe split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. Example: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
Word: entr'acte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French entre Latin actusbor. French acte French entr'actebor. English entr'acte Borrowed from French entr'acte. Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.tɹækt/, /ɒnˈtɹækt/, /ˈɒ̃.tɹækt/, /ɒ̃ˈtɹækt/, /ˈɑnˌtɹækt/ 1. An interval between two acts of a play or opera. 2. Another performance, such as a piece of music or a dance, during this.
Word: touch-tone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the trade name Touch-Tone, 1960. 1. Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: touch-tone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trade name Touch-Tone, 1960. 1. A telephone with buttons that produce tones, one for each digit. Example: a teleconference service for touch-tones only 2. A tone produced by such a telephone. Example: software to decode touch-tones
Word: achalasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χάλασις (khálasis, “relaxation”), from χαλάω (khaláō, “I loosen”). Pronunciation: /eɪkəˈleɪzi.ə/ 1. A neuromuscular condition where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully, causing obstruction of a lumen, as: Labels: countable, especially, uncountable, usually 2. A neuromuscular condition where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully, causing obstruction of a lumen, as: Labels: countable, especially, uncountable, usually 3. A neuromuscular condition where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully, causing obstruction of a lumen, as: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: CAT scan Part of Speech: noun 1. Computed axial tomography scan.
Word: lifepreserver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of life preserver (personal flotation device) Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: King Christ,this world is all aleak; / and lifepreservers there are none: / and waves which only He may walk / Who dares to call himself a man. - Jehova buried, Satan dead, E E Cummings - W [Viva], XXIX
Word: Glis Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Brig-Glis municipality, Valais canton, Switzerland.
Word: disenchantment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + enchantment. In the social sciences sense a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by sociologist Max Weber. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/, /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃæntmənt/ 1. The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Freeing from false belief or illusions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance. 3. The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.
Word: swath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field”), of unknown further origin. Has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to bend, turn, swing”), and compared with Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) and Welsh chwil (“reeling, staggering”), though this is uncertain, as well as the Greek comparandum being unlikely. Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”). other etymological information Corresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch swat, Middle High German and MNG swade, NDu swad(e), Old Frisian swethe (“border”). Root meaning: trace of a cut. Attested in English since 888 in its obsolete meaning of track or trace, since 1475 in its more modern usage. Cognate with German Schwaden (“row of mown grass or grain”). No definite cognates outside Germanic languages. * See F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch (De Gruyter), entry Schwaden, and OED. Pronunciation: /swɒθ/, /swɑθ/, /swɔθ/, /swɑð/, /sweɪð/ 1. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing. 2. A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people. Labels: figuratively, often Example: A large swath of the population is opposed to this government policy. Example: Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans are still submerged in water.
Word: chief mate Part of Speech: noun 1. In the merchant navy, the officer who is second in command to the captain, and whose primary duties include managing the maintenance and upkeep of the vessel.
Word: shot in the dark Part of Speech: noun 1. A guess without any informed basis; an action taken according to that guess (such as a choice made). Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: uneducated guess, wild guess, SWAG, leap in the dark Example: From listening, I can't tell who composed it. Beethoven, maybe, but that's a shot in the dark.
Word: pseud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possible clipping of pseudointellectual. From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”). Pronunciation: /s(j)uːd/, /suːd/ 1. An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur. Labels: derogatory Example: He and two friends were known as “the three pseuds” among the rest of the boys, who thought them too clever by half.
Word: pseud Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /s(j)uːd/, /suːd/ 1. Pseudomonas bacteria. Labels: colloquial
Word: pseud Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /s(j)uːd/, /suːd/ 1. A pseudonym. Labels: Internet
Word: draconology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dracōn- (“dragon”, stem of dracō) + -ology (“study”). 1. Alternative form of dracology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: flagrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/ 1. Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous. Example: 'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals vve never entertain ſuch an abſurdity as that of paſſive obedience, but make allovvances for reſiſtance in the more flagrant inſtances of tyranny and oppreſſion. 2. On fire; flaming. Labels: archaic
Word: flagrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”). Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/ 1. Misspelling of fragrant. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, obsolete
Word: aerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin aer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English aerate From Latin aer (“air”) + English -ate. Compare French aérer. Pronunciation: /ˈɛːɹeɪt/, /ɛːˈɹeɪt/ 1. To supply with oxygen or air. Labels: transitive Example: Blood is aerated in the lungs. 2. To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy. 3. To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material. Labels: transitive Example: The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.
Word: foreclose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partially from Middle English foreclosen, forclosen, from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore (“to exclude”), from for- (“(prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy)”) + clore (“to shut”), and partially from Middle English forclusen (“to close up”), from Old English forclȳsan (“to close up”), equivalent to fore- + close. Pronunciation: /fɔːˈkləʊz/, /fɔɹˈkloʊz/, /foːˈkləʉz/, /ˌfoːˈklɐʉz/, /foːˈklɐʉz/ 1. To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on. Labels: transitive Example: They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage. 2. To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises. Labels: transitive 3. To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something. Labels: transitive Example: The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Example: One of the paradoxes of Ostpolitik, as practiced by Brandt and his successors, was that by transferring large sums of hard currency into East Germany and showering the GDR with recognition, attention, and support, West German officials unintentionally foreclosed any chance of internal change, including reform of Eastern Germany’s polluted, antiquated industrial economy.
Word: foulard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French foulard. Pronunciation: /fuːˈlɑːd/, /fuːˈlɑɹd/ 1. A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Empress and the little Grand Duchess wore simple suits of foulard (or foulard silk, I don't know which is proper,) with a small blue spot in it […] Example: A lot of foulard tie bulged out and was rain-spotted above his crossed lapels. 2. A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: froward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹəʊ.(w)əd/, /ˈfɹoʊ.ɚd/ 1. Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition. Labels: archaic, literary Example: The wayes of the frowarde are ſtraunge, but yͤ workes of him yͭ is cleane, are right. Example: But in the meanwhile, for fear lest if he would wax never the better he would wax much the worse; and from gentle, smooth, sweet, and courteous, might wax angry, rough, froward, and sour, and thereupon be troublous and tedious to the world to make fair weather with; they give him fair words for the while and put him in good comfort, and let him for the rest take his own chance.
Word: froward Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹəʊ.(w)əd/, /ˈfɹoʊ.ɚd/ 1. Away from. Labels: obsolete Example: Whan Sir Galahad herde hir sey so, he was adrad to be knowyn; and therewith he smote hys horse with his sporys and rode a grete pace froward them.
Word: frowst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from frowsty. Pronunciation: /fɹaʊst/ 1. Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room. Example: I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a hippo.
Word: frowst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from frowsty. Pronunciation: /fɹaʊst/ 1. To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place. Labels: intransitive Example: The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire; Example: […] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.
Word: literati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin līterātībor. English literati From Latin līterātī, plural of līterātus (“lettered, literate”). Pronunciation: /ˌlɪt.əˈɹɑː.tiː/, /ˌlɪtəˈɹɑti/ 1. Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: First, to Counsellor Fitzclabber, who, he told me, was then employed in compiling a history of the kings of Minster, from Irish manuscripts; and then to his friend Mr. Gahagan, who was a profound philosopher and politician, and had projected many excellent schemes for the good of his country. But it seems these literati had been very ill rewarded for their ingenious labours; for, between them both, there was but one shirt, and half a pair of breeches. Example: He is not of the people, this lordly magistrate. He is one of the privileged literati. His literary degrees are high and numerous.
Word: spotted dick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spotted refers to the dried fruits (that resemble spots). Dick is a dialectal term for "pudding". It may be related to dough, duff (meaning "dough" or "pudding") and Old English dāg (“dough”). Alternatively, it may be a corruption/contraction of the last syllable of pudding, or from German dick (“thick, viscous”). 1. A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These English aristos will eat spotted dick in August and demand strawberries in January. Why not give them what they want? Take their shekels, my son, praising Allah, is my philosophy.
Word: memorability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being memorable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: up the ante Part of Speech: verb 1. To raise the stakes of a hand of poker. Example: With three aces and two jacks, he thought it was safe to up the ante. 2. Of a dispute, to take an action that raises the stakes, i.e. that increases the chances of conflict. Labels: idiomatic 3. To render something more difficult. Labels: idiomatic Example: When runners cross-train for events, they often up the ante by running on sand. Example: At the same time, leaders of the sport have continued to up the ante, organizing harder and longer races. Many last several days and hundreds of miles and include both high-altitude climbs and extreme temperatures. 4. To render something more desirable. Labels: idiomatic Example: The school system cannot raise teachers' salaries, so they are providing better benefits as an effort to up the ante. Example: After a slow start, it was the home side who began to up the ante. Gokdeniz Karadeniz caused Spurs problems with his raids down the right and Alan Kasaev fired narrowly over from one of his pull-backs.
Word: put one's mind to it Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply oneself; to exert a directed effort. Labels: idiomatic Example: You can do anything, if you put your mind to it.
Word: make a go of Part of Speech: verb 1. To succeed in (something); especially, to succeed in making a living. Labels: idiomatic Example: He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist. Example: They made a go of the new business.
Word: kere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic קְרֵי (qəre, “to be read”). 1. A reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text, with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points being inserted in the text (if the text is vocalized). Labels: Judaism
Word: gonotyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gono- + Ancient Greek τύλη (túlē, “swelling”). 1. A sucker surrounding the genital opening and often intimately associated with the acetabulum of certain trematode worms.
Word: xanthene dye Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of brilliant fluorescent yellow to pink to bluish red dyes characterized by the presence of the xanthene nucleus, known sometimes in colorless as well as colored forms, and used chiefly in dyeing textile fibers, in coloring paper, in producing fluorescent effects, and as organic pigments.
Word: xanthine oxidase Part of Speech: noun 1. A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.
Word: xanthism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξανθισμός (xanthismós), by surface analysis, xanth- + -ism. 1. A yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: irredentist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irredentist. Pronunciation: /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/ 1. Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism. Example: As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.
Word: irredentist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Irredentist. Pronunciation: /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/ 1. Of or relating to irredentists or their policies. Example: In 1885, a Bulgarian irredentist movement seized control of neighbouring Ottoman-ruled Eastern Roumelia and announced the creation of a Greater Bulgaria.
Word: xanthophylls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xanthophyll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xanthomatous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English xanthoma Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English xanthomatous From xanthoma + -ous. 1. Of or relating to xanthoma or xanthomatosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: xenocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xeno- + -centric. 1. Of, relating to, or advocating xenocentrism. Example: The semi-secret watching of Italian television produced a xenocentric fascination for Western countries and their consumer lifestyles, denied to Albanians for so long[…]
Word: xenoglossy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -glossia, borrowed from French xénoglossie. Pronunciation: /ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi/, /ˌzɛnəˈɡlɒsi/ 1. Knowledge of a language one has never learned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most well-documented case of xenoglossy, however, concerned Swiss Medium Hélène Smith (1861-1929), who falsely claimed to speak the Martian language. 2. Glossolalia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xenocryst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: xeno- + -cryst 1. An isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.
Word: xenophora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Xenophora. 1. Any mollusk of the genus Xenophora.
Word: gorgonin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gorgonian + -in. 1. A complex protein frequently containing appreciable quantities of iodine and bromine that makes up the horny skeleton of typical gorgonians. Labels: uncountable
Word: carrion crow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its habit of feeding on carrion. Pronunciation: /ˈkʰɛːɹi.ən kʰɹoʊː/ 1. The common European black crow Corvus corone. 2. The American black vulture Coragyps atratus.
Word: gordiaceous Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or being a member of the Nematomorpha
Word: gorillian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gorilla Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English gorillian From gorilla + -ian. 1. of, relating to, or resembling a gorilla. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: Barton was gorillian of build, all of it muscle, and Churchillian of jaw, all of it stubborn, but for all that amazingly good at not trampling over the authority of village elders. Example: […] the voices of animals begin to open to the dramaturgical. The gorilla's visual (chest pounding) and auditory (roaring) gestures are simultaneously posturing and actions, creating the aura that is distinctively gorillian.
Word: Gorevan Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Azerbaijan.
Word: Gorevan Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of Persian carpet used as furnishing.
Word: molasses grass Part of Speech: noun 1. A spreading perennial forage grass, Melinis minutiflora, native to tropical Africa, that is covered with hairs which exude a sweet substance having the odour of molasses. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gorcock Part of Speech: noun 1. The red grouse. Labels: UK
Word: head off Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin moving away. Labels: intransitive Example: We will head off on our holidays tomorrow. 2. To intercept. Labels: transitive Example: The cavalry will head off the bandits at the pass. Example: Spurred by her early successes and lack of reprisal, AB has now gone beyond her original stance against gays as teachers and is now advocating a federal law to outlaw gays […] And she just may succeed if we do not move now in a way that we have never moved, to head her off. 3. To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent. Labels: transitive Example: The government took steps to head off summertime shortages of gasoline. Example: Theresa May will use a speech to the Scottish Conservative conference on Friday to try to head off growing nationalists’ demands for a second independence referendum. 4. To start out. Labels: intransitive Example: Perseus, St. George, Hercules, Jonah, and Vishnoo! there’s a member-roll for you! What club but the whaleman’s can head off like that? 5. To turn away from the wind.
Word: Gorki Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Horki (a town in Belarus) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: xylenyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English xyl- English -ene Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English xylenyl From xyl- + -ene + -yl. 1. Xylyl. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: Qatabanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Qataban Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Qatabanian From Qataban + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌkæ.təˈbɑ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the culture of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Qataban.
Word: Qatabanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Qataban Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Qatabanian From Qataban + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌkæ.təˈbɑ.ni.ən/ 1. a native or inhabitant of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Qataban