nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: defocus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English focus English defocus From de- + focus. Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊkəs/, /diˈfoʊkəs/ 1. To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus. Labels: transitive
Word: defocus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English focus English defocus From de- + focus. Pronunciation: /diːˈfəʊkəs/, /diˈfoʊkəs/ 1. The process of going out of focus. Labels: uncountable 2. The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface. Labels: uncountable Example: Fundamental to the concept of recovering the depth by measuring defocus is the relationship between the focused and the defocused images of a scene.
Word: dideoxysugar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + deoxysugar or dideoxy- + sugar. 1. Any deoxysugar having two deoxy- groups
Word: deoxysugar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deoxy + sugar. 1. Alternative spelling of deoxy sugar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: differentiator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English differentiator From differentiate + -or. Pronunciation: /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪ.tə/, /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪ.tɚ/, [ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪ.ɾɚ], /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪ.tə/, /dəf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪ.tə/ 1. Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense); a distinguishing feature.
Word: differentiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of differentia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endomembrane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English membrane English endomembrane From endo- + membrane. 1. All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus
Word: enterohaemorrhagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron)der. New Latin entero-bor. English entero- English haemorrhagic English enterohaemorrhagic From entero- + haemorrhagic. 1. That causes bleeding in the intestines.
Word: hypopigmentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English pigment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English pigmentation English hypopigmentation From hypo- + pigmentation. 1. Abnormally reduced pigmentation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: magnetosensitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English sensitive English magnetosensitive From magneto- + sensitive. 1. Whose properties, or behaviour, is affected by the strength or orientation of a magnetic field
Word: magnetosensitivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English sensitivity English magnetosensitivity From magneto- + sensitivity. 1. Any property, or behaviour, that is affected by the strength or orientation of a magnetic field Labels: uncountable
Word: melanosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melano- + -some. 1. Any organelle that contains melanin.
Word: multimodular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English modular English multimodular From multi- + modular. 1. Containing or relating to multiple modules. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preclinical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English -al English clinical English preclinical From pre- + clinical. 1. Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear 2. Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans
Word: migratable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English migrate 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 migratable From migrate + -able. 1. Capable of migrating. 2. Capable to being induced to migrate. 3. Suitable for being migrated.
Word: stiletti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stiletto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inner circle Part of Speech: noun 1. The group comprising one's closest friends or associates. Labels: idiomatic 2. A small, exclusive group of people close to the center of power who control a movement, organization, political party, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was upon his return to London that Bok learned, through the confidence of a member of the British “inner circle,” the amazing news that the war was practically over: that Bulgaria had capitulated and was suing for peace; […] Example: Sassoon used the close relationship of Yedidia and Bankman-Fried to explore the FTX inner circle’s luxe lifestyle and allege how it hid a house of cards. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inner, circle.
Word: cherryade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cherry + -ade. 1. A cherry-flavoured drink. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A serving of this drink. Labels: countable
Word: capacity utilization Part of Speech: noun 1. The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: capacity utilization rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively.
Word: utilization rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is used productively.
Word: utilization review Part of Speech: noun 1. A review of the use of medical resources at a medical facility for purposes of cost control. Labels: US
Word: lawyer up Part of Speech: verb 1. To exercise one's right to legal representation; to engage the services of a lawyer. Labels: US, informal, intransitive Example: You'd better lawyer up! Example: By the time patrol cars got to the friend's house, so had her lawyer. With her attorney running blocker, police could not even ascertain if Grubman had been driving the car, says Suffolk County district attorney James Catterson. "She was lawyered up, as we like to say." 2. To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk. Labels: US, informal, intransitive Example: Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves. Example: And I'll bet what you hated the most was that they identified me as a co-founder of Facebook, which I am. You better lawyer up asshole, because I'm not coming back for 30%, I'm coming back for EVERYTHING. 3. To arrange in a way reflecting legal advice. Labels: informal, transitive Example: By the time we finished lawyering up the agreement, we didn't want to sign it.
Word: endocytose Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.
Word: endocytoses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of endocytose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: endocytosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of endocytose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disanimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English animate English disanimate From dis- + animate. 1. To deprive of life. Labels: transitive Example: That soul and life , that is now fled and gone from a lifeless carcass , is only a loss to that particular body or compages of matter , which by means thereof is now disanimated 2. To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. Labels: transitive Example: Now will it best avail your majesty To cross the seas and to be crown'd in France: The presence of a king engenders love Amongst his subjects and his loyal friends, As it disanimates his enemies.
Word: dilacerate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daɪˈlæsəɹeɪt/ 1. To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Labels: transitive
Word: agricultural shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A swing across the line of the ball (resembling a scything motion) played without much technique, often resulting in a chunk of the pitch being dug up by the bat.
Word: stets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hadaway and shite Part of Speech: phrase 1. go away Labels: Geordie, vulgar
Word: verstas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of versta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jökulhlaup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic jökulhlaup (“glacier burst”). 1. A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.
Word: faux queen Part of Speech: noun 1. A bio queen. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: scoptophile Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scopophile. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scopophilic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to scopophilia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scoptophilic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of scopophilic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: scopophiliac Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of scopophilic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scopophiliac Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of scopophile.
Word: scoptophiliac Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of scopophilic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: scoptophiliac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scopophile. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: labouredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English laboured Middle English -ly English -ly English labouredly From laboured + -ly. 1. Alternative spelling of laboredly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: laboredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English labored Middle English -ly English -ly English laboredly From labored + -ly. 1. In a laboured manner; difficultly.
Word: bukas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pagod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of pagoda. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɡəd/, /pəˈɡɑd/, /ˈpaɡəd/, /pəˈɡɒd/ 1. Synonym of idol, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. Labels: archaic Example: 1688, Gabriel Magalhaens, A New History of China, translator not credited, London: Thomas Newborough, p. 259, https://books.google.ca/books?id=fUQI3KVX4bIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false If they say that the King is more powerfull, How comes it then to pass, say we, that the King throws himself upon his Knees before the Pagod, and adores him by bowing his head to the Earth? Example: They worship idols called pagods, after such a terrible representation as we make of devils. 2. Alternative form of pagoda, various structures, a former coin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: We went to vizet the antient monumentes of Japon, and amongst the rest the pagod, or monument, erected in remembrance of Ogosho Samma, the last Emperour, which, in my opinion, is the most magnificent peece of work which I have seene in Japon, both for the greatenesse and workmanship. Example: 1735, Alexander Pope, Satire IV, Satires, in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, edited by Henry Walcott Boynton, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903, lines 364-7, http://www.bartleby.com/203/156.html 'T would burst ev'n Heraclitus with spleen / To see those antics, Fobling and Courtin: / The Presence seems, with things so richly odd, / The mosque of Mahound, or some queer pagod.
Word: piyut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of piyyut. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: embayments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embayment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embroglio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of imbroglio. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: embroglios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embroglio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double boiler Part of Speech: noun 1. A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm. 2. A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.
Word: scruffbucket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scruff + bucket. 1. A scruffy or ill-kempt person; a ragamuffin. Labels: endearing, informal, sometimes
Word: op-amps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of op-amp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expeditor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of expediter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pudgier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of pudgy: more pudgy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pudgiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of pudgy: most pudgy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Daghestan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Dagestan: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The name Tsez derives from the indigenous self-designation cez or cezi, while the alternative Dido is the Georgian designation. The traditional lands of the Tsez are more or less coterminous with the Tsunta district (cuntinskij rajon) in Daghestan, excluding the Bezhta division (bežtinskij učastok), inhabited by speakers of Bezhta and Hunzib, and the village of Genukh, where speakers of Hinuq live.
Word: Dagestani Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dagestan + -i, q.v. Pronunciation: /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/, /ˌdæɡɪˈstæni/ 1. Of, from or relating to the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dagestani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dagestan + -i, q.v. Pronunciation: /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/, /ˌdæɡɪˈstæni/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Word: Ingush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people. 1. A member of a Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. 2. Synonym of Ingushetian: a resident of Ingushetia.
Word: Ingush Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people. 1. The language of the Ingush, a member of the Nakh family.
Word: Ingush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people. 1. Of or related to the Ingush people. 2. Of or related to the Ingush language. 3. Synonym of Ingushetian: of or related to Ingushetia, a Russian republic in the northeastern Caucasus.
Word: halmote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English *heallġemōt (unattested), from heall (“hall”) + ġemōt (“meeting”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlməʊt/, /ˈhɔlmoʊt/ 1. A court held by the lord of a manor within his hall. Labels: historical Example: At Easington, the next centre for the halmote, things were even worse. The steward offered to make payment of rent contingent on the tenant's survival of the plague but even this could not tempt the nervous peasants into taking on any new responsibility.
Word: Kalmyk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”). 1. Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kalmyk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”). 1. A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Example: Kalmyks are unique, being Europeans who traditionally practiced Buddhism.
Word: Kalmyk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”). 1. A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.
Word: high schooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high school + -er. 1. A high school student. Labels: Philippines, US
Word: highschooler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high schooler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: facist Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of fascist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: nuque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French nuque, nuche, from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ). Doublet of nucha. Pronunciation: /njuːk/ 1. The nape of the neck. Example: He had buried his mouth in Ada's nuque, when she stiffened and raised a warning finger.
Word: astrakan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of astrakhan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Tanaka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 田(た)中(なか) (tanaka). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: brachycephalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brachy- + cephalic, literally “short-headed”, via New Latin brachycephalus, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Pronunciation: /ˌbɹæk.ɪ.səˈfæl.ɪk/, /ˌbɹæk.ɪ.kɛˈfæl.ɪk/, /ˌbɹæk.ɪˈsɛf.ə.lɪk/ 1. Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right); having a broad skull with a cephalic index over 80. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?" Example: Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean.
Word: brachycephalic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brachy- + cephalic, literally “short-headed”, via New Latin brachycephalus, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Pronunciation: /ˌbɹæk.ɪ.səˈfæl.ɪk/, /ˌbɹæk.ɪ.kɛˈfæl.ɪk/, /ˌbɹæk.ɪˈsɛf.ə.lɪk/ 1. A brachycephalic person or creature; someone with a short, broad skull, typically indicated by a cephalic index over 80.
Word: brachycephalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brachy- + -cephalous. 1. Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic.
Word: operationalizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation English -al English operational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English operationalize 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 operationalizable From operationalize + -able. 1. Possible to operationalize; subject to operationalization.
Word: operationalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation English -al English operational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English operationalize ▲ Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English operationalization From operationalize + -ation. 1. The act or process of operationalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parietooccipital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parieto- + occipital. 1. Of or pertaining to the parietal and occipital lobes or bones. Labels: not-comparable Example: The MRI scan showed a brain lesion in the parietooccipital area.
Word: soul searching Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of soul-searching. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: soul searching Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of soul-searching. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While these questions are important and demand an intelligent response, don't allow the issues of the day to distract you from daily asking yourself the toughest, most soul searching questions of all: Example: He raised some very soul searching and gut wrenching questions in his commentary.
Word: soul searching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of soul search Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sartorius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sartor (“tailor, mender”) + -ius. The connection with this occupation follows from the fact that tailors typically worked in a seated position with fabric spread out in their lap, resting the ankle of one lower leg on the opposite knee for support. The sartorius muscle is important to maintaining this posture. Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)ˈtɔːɹ.i.əs/ 1. A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the human body.
Word: liassic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Liassic. Labels: alt-of Example: Although in lithological characters almost every variety of rock seems to exist in the central axis of that chain, yet in fact it is composed of Jurassic and liassic deposits, lifted up ten thousand feet […]. Example: Parallel to this, on the north and south, are synclinal axes – the northern one allowing the liassic rocks to appear on the coast […]. 2. Consisting of or pertaining to lias (blue limestone). Example: The top of a liassic stone wall/foundation, probed to a depth of 1.5 m, was recorded from 50 cm deep. Example: A totally different liassic stone is Blue Lias, a whitish-grey stone obtainable only in relatively small pieces and difficult to dress.
Word: ULA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of uncommitted logic array. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ULA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United Launch Alliance. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: SpaceX is expected to handle 40% of all national security satellites slated to go up over the next five to seven years, while ULA will handle the other 60%.
Word: nn Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of NN (“noon”). Labels: Philippines, Singapore, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Aphrodité Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Aphrodite. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mortarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mortārium. Doublet of mortar. Pronunciation: /mɔːˈtɛːɹɪəm/ 1. A kind of mortar used by ancient Romans for grinding.
Word: softphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of software + phone. 1. A software program for making telephone calls over the Internet, typically using protocols such as SIP.
Word: engrosses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engross Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: findspot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From find + spot. 1. A location at which items, or a specific item, have been found.
Word: Chuvashia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Чува́шия (Čuvášija). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːˈvɑːʃiə/ 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in Eastern Europe. Capital: Cheboksary.
Word: Mordovia Part of Speech: name 1. A republic and federal subject of southwestern Russia. Official name: Republic of Mordovia. Capital: Saransk.
Word: Mordvinia Part of Speech: name 1. A republic of Russia. Capital: Saransk.
Word: Mordovian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Mordovia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mordovian From Mordovia + -an. 1. From, of, or pertaining to, Mordovia Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mordovian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Mordovia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mordovian From Mordovia + -an. 1. Someone from Mordovia.
Word: abyssi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abyssus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take a page out of someone's book Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of take a leaf out of someone's book. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kalmykia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Fom Russian Калмы́кия (Kalmýkija). 1. A republic and federal subject in southwestern Russia. Capital: Elista.
Word: Ingushetia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ингуше́тия (Ingušétija, “[place] of the Ingush”), itself from Georgian ინგუშეთი (ingušeti). Pronunciation: /ɪŋɡʊˈʃɛtiə/ 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia in the Caucasus. Capital: Magas.
Word: Udmurtia Part of Speech: name 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia, on a plain to the west of the Ural Mountains. Capital: Izhevsk.
Word: Buryatia Part of Speech: name 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia, bordering Mongolia to the south and Lake Baikal to the west. Capital: Ulan-Ude.
Word: Adygea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Адыге́я (Adygéja). Pronunciation: /ɑːdɪˈɡeɪ.ə/ 1. A republic and federal subject of south-west Russia. Official name: Republic of Adygea. Capital: Maykop.
Word: Bashkortostan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Башкортоста́н (Baškortostán), from Bashkir Башҡортостан (Başqortostan). Pronunciation: /bæʃˈkɔːtəʊˌstæn, -ˌstɑːn/, [baʃˈko̞ː(ɹ)təʉ̯ˌstæn, -ˌstɑːn], /bɑːʃˈkɔːɹtoʊˌstæn 1. A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Bashkortostan. Capital: Ufa.
Word: Bashkiria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Башки́рия (Baškírija), from башки́р (baškír) + -ия (-ija); equivalent to Bashkir + -ia. 1. Synonym of Bashkortostan.
Word: Khakassia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Хака́сия (Xakásija). 1. A republic and federal subject of central south Russia. Official name: Republic of Khakassia. Capital: Abakan.
Word: take something as it comes Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept and deal with something (an event, etc.) as it occurs, with a composed state of mind. Labels: idiomatic Example: take life as it comes Example: There are really no hardships if you take things as they come and make the best of them.
Word: acetabula Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acetabulum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiliasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chiliast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynaecologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gynaecology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English gynaecologist From gynaecology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌɡaɪ.nəˈkɒl.ə.dʒɪst/, /ˌɡaɪ.nəˈkɑː.lə.dʒɪst/ 1. Alternative spelling of gynecologist. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative Example: In the last analysis, the fate of each individual woman rests in the hands of the gynaecologist. Example: Since there is an important bill under study today, we are asked to hope that a gynaecologist will sit on a therapeutic committee.
Word: tyrannicides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tyrannicide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Crist Part of Speech: name Etymology: Apparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or alternatively a pet form of the personal names Christian or Christopher. 1. A surname from Old English.
Word: tough case Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is difficult to work with. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Due to Mary's ignorance, she was a tough case.
Word: genetic fallacy Part of Speech: noun 1. A fallacy of irrelevance where a conclusion is suggested based solely on something or someone's origin rather than its current meaning or context.
Word: back office Part of Speech: noun 1. The IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business. Labels: idiomatic Example: "We had a clear philosophy from Day One, which was that we wanted to maintain the individualness, the uniqueness of each product, and yet we wanted to realize, in effect, some of the back-office synergies of the merger," Fain explained. Example: A preaccounting unit overseeing the smooth connection between accounting and the front office was created within the complex derivative back office. […] What was carefully checked during the consultation period was the way in which what was paid out and received was communicated to the accounting department.
Word: toadlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English toad Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English toadlet From toad + -let. 1. A juvenile toad. 2. Any of certain myobatrachid frogs, comprising: most in genus Pseudophryne, all in genus Uperoleia and the single species (Metacrinia nichollsi) in genus Metacrinia.
Word: East African Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to East Africa, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: East African Part of Speech: noun 1. An East African person; one who comes from or lives in East Africa.
Word: Gaullism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French gaullisme, from Charles de Gaulle. 1. A French political ideology based on Charles de Gaulle's thoughts and actions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: East German Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈiːst ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to East Germany, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: East German Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiːst ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mən/ 1. An East German person; one who comes from or lives in East Germany. Example: After 1945 West Germans wisely shunned the word. The East Germans were less inhibited: it was now the West German media that became the capitalist and fascist Lügenpresse.
Word: Gaullist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who believes in or follows the ideals of Gaullism.
Word: Izhorian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ingrian Inkeri Ingrian -oin Ingrian inkeroinbor. Old East Slavic ижеръ (ižerŭ)bor. Russian ижор (ižor) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Izhorian From Russian ижор (ižor, “Izhorian”) + English -ian. 1. A member of an indigenous people of Ingria.
Word: Izhorian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ingrian Inkeri Ingrian -oin Ingrian inkeroinbor. Old East Slavic ижеръ (ižerŭ)bor. Russian ижор (ižor) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Izhorian From Russian ижор (ižor, “Izhorian”) + English -ian. 1. The Ingrian language
Word: Izhorians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Izhorian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-critical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English critical English self-critical From self- + critical. Pronunciation: /sɛlfˈkɹɪtɪkəl/ 1. Capable of criticizing oneself; able to find mistakes and possibilities for improvement in one's own work.
Word: silkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silk + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlki/ 1. A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four). Example: Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.
Word: silkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlki/ 1. Alternative spelling of selkie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gaullists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gaullist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: East Germans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of East German Labels: form-of, plural
Word: East Africans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of East African Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paddywagons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paddywagon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæsitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hæsitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: And so great and laudable Progresse both of men and women, young and old, chiefe ones, middle sort, and meane ones made therein ; that every one of them could not only rehearse without hæsitating acurately the chiefe Heads or Principles of true Religion, but also were able to Answer wisely and solidly to most Questions about Religion that one would propound or put forth to them.
Word: fire engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verge-staff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of verge staff. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hæsitancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of hesitancy. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: He and his men were at breakfast under their shelter, their guns being without, they saw the English coming, but continued eating, & M: Winsl: telling their businesse, Alex: freely & readily, without the least hæsitancy consented to goe, giving this reason why he came not to the court before, viz., because he waited for Capt Willet’s returne from the Dutch, being desirous to speake with him first: They brought him to Mʳ Collier’s that day, & Govʳ Prince then living remote at Eastham… Example: And though I had allwaies an hæsitancy, and coldness that way, I have of late contracted a greater habit of it, by finding the strange confidence that severall men have, in their different, and contrary expositions.
Word: verge staff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally just verge (from Latin virga (“staff, rod”)); it acquired the extra staff for clarity. 1. The metal bar with two pallets that drive the crown wheel in a verge escapement.
Word: verge staff Part of Speech: noun 1. A flag pole that protrudes from a low deck off the back of a ship.
Word: flag pole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flagpole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: green energy Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonpolluting source of energy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: old days Part of Speech: noun 1. A period that was a relatively long time ago; the distant past. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity. Example: He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration, in the old days when, as an idle boy, he had loafed about the market-house.
Word: hæsitancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hæsitancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flag poles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flag pole; alternative spelling of flagpoles. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verge staffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verge staff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meat wagon Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle used for the transportation of meat, usually refrigerated and traditionally of a non-motorized type pulled by horses. Labels: historical Example: The firing of a truck load of meat and two cases of assault enlived the strike of the meat wagon drivers yesterday. Example: He began his career as an itinerant meat wagon driver who sold cut beef to farmers and working-class families along a regular route. 2. An ambulance. Labels: slang Example: So they had to take me from there in an ambulance. . . . I remember my dad and uncle used to call them meat wagons. Example: It was a little past ten that night when his nurse, Sylvia of the Bedpans, came tiptoeing in with sleeping pills on a little tray and told him that his friend, Detective Leary, had just been delivered to the emergency room in a meat wagon. 3. A police van for transporting prisoners; a paddy wagon. Labels: slang Example: He spent the next four hours in the back of the sweltering NYPD meat wagon as police rounded up other young men. Example: In the middle of each night the gendarmerie's meat wagon made its rounds slowly, its crew stopping by the hunched clochard figures who sprawled in rags on the streets and gutters and doorways of Paris. 4. A vehicle for transporting dead bodies; a hearse. Labels: slang Example: The old man wandered away from his retirement home, dropped dead on the beach and was picked up by the meat wagon and sent to the morgue. Example: “That's my lieutenant,” said Agent Riley runnin' over to the meat wagon to see the body. When Agent Riley made it over to the meat wagon, he popped open the backdoor of the meat wagon to look at the body.
Word: wrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration (due to wrinkle) of earlier rine (“ditch, trench”), from Middle English rune, rone, from Old English ryne (“a watercourse, flow”), from rinnan (“to run”). More at run, runnel. 1. A deep wrinkle. Labels: obsolete
Word: wrines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meat wagons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meat wagon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: welfares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of welfare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: welfares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of welfare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: woefare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wofare, equivalent to woe + fare. 1. Discontentment; sorrow; unhappiness. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] alone thy food was laughing delight, for feeling's blind and fathomless bliss thy lips were deep in the drink of love — while mine winced at the gall mixed with the woefare of gods? — Thy fooling thought freely then follow ; aloof thou hast left me far. Example: Quoth Abd al-Rahman, "I fear strangerhood for him, inasmuch as wayfare is the worst of woefare;" but she said, "There is no harm in strangerhood for him when it leadeth to gaining good; [...]
Word: discontentments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discontentment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whingle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, but probably from whinge + -le (frequentative suffix). 1. to complain; whinge. Labels: rare Example: […], this is the last place to post this sort of whingling rubbish. Example: So don't whingle like an idiot and play the fecking game for fun.
Word: wedfellow Part of Speech: noun 1. A male or female spouse. Labels: obsolete
Word: spuddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from the Middle English term for a short knife, by extension, leading to the shallow plow, and from there to other more metaphoric meanings. Related to spud. 1. To loosen and dig up stubble and weeds left after a harvest with a broadshare or similar device. Example: Do you shim those stubbles before ploughing? Answer. No; but I spuddle them, to make the ground as clean as possible. Spuddling is performed with the plough, and is of the nature of shiming. Example: In order to destroy what few weeds may remain in the rows, and to give that part of the ground its due share of pulverization, and to cleanse it from the bean haulm, a plough is set to work soon after harvest, to spuddle the gratten; and for this purpose a plate of iron is fixed across the share at about four or five inches from the point, and the same axletree and wheels are made use of that were before employed for striking out the furrows; and with this plough and two horses, three acres of ground may be spuddled in a day, by setting the share point in the interval, so that the iron or fin may embrace a row on each side; and when the whole field is thus spuddled, the harrows and roll are to succeed, by which the haulm and weeds will be completely extricated at a trifling charge, and the ground be laid in readiness for ploughing the seed furrows, at which time those beans or pease which may have been shed, will have vegetated, and are destroyed by the plough; so that the farmer may from this mode of husbandry be not less confident of growing a clean sample of wheat, than if his ground had been summer fallowed. 2. To shallowly dig or stir up in an unsystematic manner. Labels: broadly, dialectal Example: Instead of an "occasional gardener" to trim up the walks, and to hoe, your wife will be as happy as a queen, and your daughters as princesses, to spuddle about now and then, and have little flower gardens, and herb beds. Example: Hee grubs and spuddles for his prey in muddy holes and obscure cauernes, my Mufe ferrits base debaushed wretches in their swinish dens. 3. To make a lot of fuss about trivial things, as if they were important Labels: Southern-England, obsolete Example: During all the years that I spuddled around in a porcelain bath tub in a city I was given to regarding the farmer somewhat as the caricaturist, who wears his spring overcoat all winter and sells jokes for 10 cents each to the newspapers, painted him. 4. To work ineffectively; to work hard but achieve nothing Labels: obsolete Example: In what glooın are you all left to spuddle out your way through the road of life? Example: Why you do spuddle So weak's a child. How you do muddle! Gi'e me the speäde.
Word: spuddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from the Middle English term for a short knife, by extension, leading to the shallow plow, and from there to other more metaphoric meanings. Related to spud. 1. A mess or confusion. Example: There you go again, making spuddle of whatever I say. Example: All we utter thus when bakelite spuddle Steamified and scorchy Make of our tongue a fat Q. 2. An argument or dispute. Example: They had a right spuddle together — poor maid was crying, like, and then ' e made off. Example: Tis you they fear for spinshine and for spuddle
Word: spuddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to puddle 1. A patch of wet mud or similar substance, more viscous than a puddle. Example: 'Twuz tit fer tat sure, in a spuddle uv mud , And everything plastered all over with blood. Example: In puddle and spuddle They staggered. 2. A process combining spraying and puddling. Example: A steady stream rather than a mist may be projected onto the wafer, or dispense may occur without rotation to form a “puddle." There is also a combination puddle and spray technique called “spuddle” developing. Example: First, a screening trial using the same develop and etch times and half the reagent volumes of the established "spuddle" process performed on an APT model 9145 machine which serves as a reference method.
Word: condensator Part of Speech: noun 1. A capacitor.
Word: sloom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *sloume, sloumbe, slume, from Old English sluma (“sleep, slumber”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”). Compare slumber and Dutch sloom. Pronunciation: /sluːm/ 1. A gentle sleep; slumber.
Word: sloom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slumen, slummen, from Old English *slūmian (“to slumber, sleep gently”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”). Pronunciation: /sluːm/ 1. To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep. Labels: Scotland Example: The squire sloomed and slept in his chair; and finally, after a cup of tea, went to bed. Example: To his castle’s portal, / At the morning gloaming, / Bore they all the mortal / From the battle’s foaming, / Of the white bannered warrior knight, / Cold in his armor slooming! 2. To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil) Example: He adds, that one hundred bolls, or fifty quarters of wheat may be thrashed in a day of eight hours, unless the grain has been sloomed or mildewed; […] Example: […] no other spot over their whole pastured offered as much verdure at this time as these seemingly sloomed places.
Word: janglesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English jangle Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English janglesome From jangle + -some. 1. quarrelsome Labels: obsolete
Word: wedfellows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedfellow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + -μα (-ma). Doublet of trichome. 1. Ingrown eyelash; trichiasis. Labels: rare, uncountable 2. A trichomatose condition of the hair; plica. Labels: rare, uncountable