nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: faugh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /fɔː/ 1. An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell. Labels: dated Example: Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee. Example: Faugh! how it stinks! It doth not smell like a Christian.
Word: Katangese Part of Speech: adj 1. From, in or relating to Katanga (all senses).
Word: Katangese Part of Speech: noun 1. The inhabitants or descendants of the people of Katanga (all senses). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: a penny saved is a penny earned Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: First use appears c. 1804. See cite below. Commonly misattributed to Benjamin Franklin, who actually wrote "a penny saved is two pence clear." 1. A maxim for thrift stating that money not spent may be spent later, or may earn interest in the meantime. Example: I have reason to fear, that too many masters of ships forget that good old saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned".
Word: made in the shade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from a children's rhyme: "ice-cold lemonade, made in the shade, stirred with a spade, by an old maid." 1. In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Republicans should not "believe these stories that we're taking it easy—that we've got it made in the shade." Example: "You got it made now, Parson," Feeney informed him. "You know that? Made in the shade. . . . You lucky bastard,"
Word: collateral form Part of Speech: noun 1. A synonymous but not identical, coexisting form (variation) of a word, such as an accepted alternative spelling. Example: Podgy is a collateral form of pudgy
Word: Aesculapian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aesculapius + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Aesculapius, the Greco-Roman god of medicine. Labels: literally Example: The Aesculapian sanctuary on Kos island was also a center of medical learning and practice 2. Medical, concerning healing. Labels: figuratively Example: Water therapy at famous springs is an Aesculapian method which recently came back in fashion, as when Bath reemerged from archaelogy to high-society spa Example: […]for surely the gentlemen of the Aesculapian art are in the right in advising, that the moment the disease has entered at one door, the physician should be introduced at the other[…]
Word: thick-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. sluggish and obtuse of mind
Word: reïmmerse Part of Speech: verb 1. Rare spelling of reimmerse. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: It was on a rare day off, in search of Red Rock, that Sarri got lost and subsequently found his way to Santa Ynez. The valley reminded him of the rolling hills behind the beach town where he grew up. Instantly enamored and drawn to reïmmerse himself in an equestrian community, Sarri moved to a house on Alamo Pintado and landed a job driving a tractor at Firestone Vineyards.
Word: fiscality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1854, cognate with Dutch fiscaliteit and (derived from?) older French fiscalité, all from Latin fiscalis (“fiscal”), itself from fiscus (“imperial treasury”) + -alis (“-al”). By surface analysis, fiscal + -ity. 1. All matters concerning taxation
Word: kolam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil கோலம் (kōlam). 1. Synonym of rangoli. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aeroscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English aeroscope From aero- + -scope. 1. A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis. 2. A type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909
Word: machi Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina. Example: Many Mapuche women in La Pintana often went without health care because they did not trust conventional Western medicine or feared discrimination in public health clinics, and traveling hundreds of miles to see a machi in their communities of origin was impractical.
Word: aerotaxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + taxis. 1. Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content. Labels: uncountable
Word: Maytide Part of Speech: name Etymology: From May + tide. Cognate to West Frisian maaitiid. 1. The spring month of May. Labels: dated
Word: Maytime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From May + time. 1. The spring month of May. Example: The Maytime is a season of blossoming in nature and social life
Word: aerotropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as aero- + -tropism after the German Aërotropismus. 1. The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content. Labels: uncountable
Word: Afro-Cuban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Afro- + Cuban. 1. Describing the section of the population of Cuba that has an African heritage.
Word: janken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese じゃんけん (janken). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒŋkɛn/ 1. The game of rock paper scissors. Labels: uncountable
Word: afrodite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aphrodite; stevensite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: aphrometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to measure the pressure within a bottle of sparkling wine.
Word: winterkill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From winter + kill. 1. The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: winterkill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From winter + kill. 1. To kill by the conditions of winter, especially the effect of the cold, freezing. Labels: transitive Example: From these data it is evident that the frequent low temperatures may have winterkilled many bare fields of common alfalfa before the ice sheets occurred the latter part of February 1922 Example: The severe cold in conditions of only light snow protection is also reported to have winterkilled considerable areas of winter grains in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Yugoslavia 2. To die from the above effects of winter conditions. Labels: intransitive Example: Order new rose bushes to replace any that have winterkilled. Example: Some lakes may have winterkilled but anglers will find fish if they take some time to look for them
Word: winterkills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winterkill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winter-kills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of winter-kill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: winter-kill Part of Speech: verb 1. To kill by the effects of wintery conditions Labels: transitive Example: The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation 2. To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions Labels: intransitive
Word: Urartians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Urartian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Erewan Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Yerevan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: aniridia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + irido- + -ia. 1. A rare congenital condition characterized by the underdevelopment of the iris of the eye. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: non-heuristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + heuristic. 1. Not heuristic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tabriz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian تَبْریز (tabriz), ultimately from Classical Persian تَبْریز (tabrēz) (see for more information). Pronunciation: /tæbˈɹiːz/ 1. A city in Iran, the seat of Tabriz County's Central District and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Fourth largest city of Iran with population of about 1,600,000. Historical names: Davrezh, Tavrezh, Tavrez, Tauris. 2. A county of Iran, around the city.
Word: zaa Part of Speech: noun 1. The letter ظ in the Arabic script. Example: Z (zaa): a loose-tongued z; same as above. Example: the letter Zaa, formally an emphatic 'z', but often pronounced as an emphatic 'd' in Egyptian Arabic
Word: Ctesiphon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsɪfɒn/, /ˈtɛsɪfɑn/, /kəˈtɛs-/, /-səf-/ 1. An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries. Labels: historical Example: These I assume were words so deeply meant / They cut themselves in stone for permanent / Like trouble in the brow above the eyes: / ‘Take Care to Sell Your Horse before He Dies / The Art of Life Is Passing Losses on.’ / The city saying it was Ctesiphon, / Which may a little while by war and trade / Have kept from being caught with the decayed, / Infirm, worn-out, and broken on its hands; […]
Word: fiscalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiscality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Church Slavonicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Church Slavonic + -ism. 1. A word recorded in the corpus of Old Church Slavonic or some of the later Church Slavonic recensions. 2. Denoting a word, phrase or linguistic structure borrowed from or formed under the influence of Old Church Slavonic or some later Church Slavonic recension. Example: Vitát is in fact expressly recognised as a Church Slavonicism by Preobraženskij, Šanskij and Machek. Example: Church Slavonicisms, whether genuine or neologistic, occupy a special layer in the lexicon of Modern Russian.
Word: Church Slavonicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Church Slavonicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dawa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ)bor. Swahili dawabor. English dawa Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”), borrowed from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ). 1. A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors. Labels: Africa, East 2. A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice. Labels: Kenya
Word: every little bit helps Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of every little helps. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pombe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swahili pombe (“beer”). 1. An African beer made from millet. Labels: uncountable
Word: observationality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From observational + -ity. 1. The property of being observational.
Word: elaiosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”). 1. A fleshy structure rich in lipids attached to the seeds of many plant species, usually to attract ants that disperse the seeds. Example: Ants collect the diaspores for the edible elaiosome, carry them to their nests and consume the elaiosomes. Sometimes, the elaiosome content is sucked from the diaspores, or the elaiosome is loosened on the way to the nest. Example: Experiments with removal of C.^([Corydalis]) cava seeds with elaiosomes ablated, and with paper balls, infiltrated with juices of seed bodies and elaiosomes, showed the crucial role of elaiosome content in the ant attraction.
Word: funicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus. 1. Synonym of funiculus. 2. Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.
Word: encierros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encierro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chuntered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chunter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chuntering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chunter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chuntering Part of Speech: noun 1. Grumbling; complaining. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such misgivings were expressed to anyone who would listen to the chunterings of an increasingly frail old lady.
Word: dodecaphonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: International word formed circa 1950 from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ist, recorded in English since 1953, presumably modeled on German Dodekaphonist. 1. A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave Example: The pioneering Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg was the leading dodecaphonist. Example: The schism between the dodecaphonists and the priests of tonality.
Word: camera club Part of Speech: noun 1. A club (social organization) devoted to photography.
Word: Equador Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Ecuador. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: camera clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camera club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rochambeau Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹoʊʃæmˈboʊ/ 1. Alternative form of roshambo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: roshambo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. The syllables ro – sham – bo are called out by players to synchronize their timing. Connections to the French surname Rochambeau are a folk etymology, perhaps derived from the vaguely similar Japanese syllables jan – ken – pon. Pronunciation: /ˌɹoʊʃæmˈboʊ/ 1. Synonym of rock paper scissors.
Word: roshambo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. The syllables ro – sham – bo are called out by players to synchronize their timing. Connections to the French surname Rochambeau are a folk etymology, perhaps derived from the vaguely similar Japanese syllables jan – ken – pon. Pronunciation: /ˌɹoʊʃæmˈboʊ/ 1. To play a game of roshambo in order to decide a point of contention. Example: I'll roshambo you for it.
Word: saibling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Saibling, etymologically equivalent to salmon + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪblɪŋ/, /ˈsaɪblɪŋ/ 1. A char of Europe (Salvelinus alpinus).
Word: saiblings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saibling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arctic char Part of Speech: noun 1. A saibling (Salvelinus alpinus).
Word: Arctic chars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Arctic char Labels: form-of, plural
Word: out of the mouths of babes Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From King James Bible, Psalms 8:2, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength". (Note that mouth is singular in the Biblical verse, and that the usage of this expression differs from the modern proverbial usage.) 1. From the comments of children, who are honest and innocent, . . . (comes truth or wisdom). Example: Not only out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, but out of the mouths of fools and cheats, we may often get our truest lessons. Example: Again Puck translated to Kadmiel in the strange, solemn-sounding language, and at last Kadmiel laughed. "Out of the mouths of babes do we learn," said he.
Word: honesty is the best policy Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attested since the early 1600s. Policy had the meaning of ‘shrewdness, cunning’ and ‘trick, stratagem’ at the time, so that the saying was originally an oxymoron in the same vein as attack is the best form of defence. 1. Honesty is preferable as a course of action because it tends to work out best in the end. Example: All theſe things conſidered, it hath made me to mitigate my former imagination, and to deem it not unpoſſible, that this over-politick and too wiſe Order may reach a note higher than our groſs conceits, who think honeſty the beſt policy, and truth the onely durable armor of proof; […] Example: Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man. He only is an honest man who does that which is right because it is right, and not from motives of policy; and then, he is rewarded by finding afterwards that the honest course he has pursued was in reality the most politic.
Word: saice Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sais. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syce Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sais (“groom or chauffeur”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: syces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syce. (Alternative spelling of saises.) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metanalyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metanalysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metanalyses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of metanalyse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tourelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tourelle. Doublet of tor, tower, and turret. 1. A turret. Example: Large, stately, and dark was its [the château's] outline against the dusky night-sky; there were pepper-boxes and tourelles and what-not fantastically going up into the dim starlight. Example: At each corner of the court rises a quaint and crusty little tourelle from which the beseiged could keep up a raking fire along the thick walls.
Word: Fintushel-Stern knot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Ronald Fintushel and Ronald J. Stern, seemingly because of their 1980 paper "Constructing Lens Spaces by Surgery on Knots". 1. The three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third.
Word: algo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos). By surface analysis, alg- + -o-. 1. pain Labels: morpheme Example: algo- + -genic → algogenic
Word: algo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Combining form of Latin alga. 1. alga Labels: morpheme Example: algo- + therapy → algotherapy
Word: speakingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English spekingly, equivalent to speaking + -ly. 1. In an expressive manner. Labels: rare
Word: Urumqi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ürümqi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Urumqi, the seat of government of Xinjiang, stands at about the same latitude as Marseilles, which has an average temperature of six or seven degrees centigrade in January when the grass and leaves of trees remain green and water flows freely. January in Urumqi, however, has an average temperature of fifteen degrees below zero centigrade, and the ground is covered with ice and snow. Example: Fukang, which sits near regional capital Urumqi, decided to remove all matches from circulation to ensure they are not used by “terrorist groups or individual extremists to carry out criminal activities”, the People’s Daily said on its website.
Word: rhynes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhyne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: changa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Julian Palmer. 1. A smokable blend of dimethyltryptamine and an MAOI to extend the drug experience in duration and intensity. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Smoked in bongs, pipes, and joints in living rooms, by rivers, on mountaintops, under wattle trees, and at festivals around the globe, changa use has proliferated.
Word: arbitrement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of arbitrament. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: As the diversities of the Circles described in the Spheres are meerely imaginarie; so the division of the Zodiake is not materiall, or of the first Creation, but onely fayned by the will and arbitrement of the Astrologers, that thereby they may know the Beginnings and the End of the Heavens Motion. Example: This oration […] he concluded with a flourish of his cudgel, and enforced with such determined refusals to leave them, that they found it impossible to bring the cause to mortal arbitrement at that time, and strolled about the park in profound silence […].
Word: connaisseur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a borrowing of the French connaisseur (literally “knower, one who knows”) or an updating of the earlier borrowing, connoisseur, to bring it into line with modern French orthography. 1. A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur. Example: The gallery of Prince Valsavoja contains about 100 pictures several of which deserve the attention of the artist and connaisseur. Example: They pass their Sundays agreeably, in complete repose: seated outside their doors, dressed in the best clothes, and displaying, with serene satisfaction, the many rings, pendants, and huge earrings of rare beauty, inherited for many past generations, and which possess an individual character that the connaisseur at once recognises.
Word: connaisseuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connaisseuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connaisseurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connaisseur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connaisseuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French connaisseuse. 1. Female equivalent of connaisseur. Labels: feminine, form-of Example: ‘It is true, your eminence; for I not only saw it, but ate of it myself.’ ‘At whose table?’ ‘At the Comtesse de la Ferté’s. When cut into slices, it filled the air with a delicious fragrance, and was veined and clouded like the richest marble!’ ‘Madame de la Ferté is a connaisseuse,’ observed Mazarin. Example: “You do look just like an angel, Miss Lucy,” Abby Dewitt asseverated, with the air of a connaisseuse in the article .
Word: seed plant Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant which reproduces by breading seeds in the wide sense of the term, including spores etc. Example: The typical ('higher') seed plants are called Spermatophyta.
Word: seed coat Part of Speech: noun 1. The protective outer cover of a seed
Word: seedful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seed + -ful. 1. Full of seed, richly bearing seed. Example: 1840-1864, George Henry Calvert, Cabiro The seedful furrows each with quickness sows. 2. Rich in promise. Labels: figuratively
Word: seed fern Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant of division Pteridospermatophyta, which had fronds like a fern and naked seeds.
Word: fern seed Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the asexual, dustlike spores of a fern which resemble seeds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Superstition held that fern seed renders one invisible.
Word: seed stock Part of Speech: noun 1. A stock of seed. Labels: literally 2. Any supply for planting in general. Example: The estate's present seed stock comprises seedlings, bulbs and various nuts. 3. Any source of new (notably young) individuals, especially those used for breeding Labels: figuratively Example: Sustainable hunting and fishing cares as much for its seed stock as for catch or haul. Example: Today, the Lyme Regis fossils tell us a clear story: The survivors of the Triassic mass extinction were the seedstock of a great cephalopod flourishing.
Word: seedeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seed + eater. Pronunciation: /sidˈi.təɹ/ 1. An individual or species which eats seeds. Labels: literally Example: Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers. 2. A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds. Example: Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills. 3. Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae 4. Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae
Word: hard-bill Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts Example: As the ultimate hard-bills, woodpeckers even use their steel-hard bill to drill homes in solid trees
Word: naked seed Part of Speech: noun 1. A gymnosperm seed which isn't enclosed in a plant ovary. 2. An achene. Labels: obsolete
Word: moonseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of translingual Menispermum, first attested in 1739. By surface analysis, moon + seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their seeds. 1. A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
Word: moon-blind Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moon + blind; parallel to the cognate Dutch maanblind. 1. Sight-impaired by the equine eye-disease moon blindness. Labels: not-comparable 2. Sight-impaired by night blindness. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blind tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. A speakeasy. Labels: slang 2. A drug joint where the illegal sale of intoxicant drugs takes place. Labels: slang 3. Used other than in slang form, see blind, tiger
Word: blind tiger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Japanese 盲虎 (mōko). 1. A piece that can move one step in any direction except forward, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants.
Word: stoping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stope + -ing. 1. The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tiger moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Certain stout-bodied moths of the subfamily Arctiinae. Example: Most tiger moths have broad, striped (hence the name) or spotted wings.
Word: mboga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mbògà Swahili mbogabor. English mboga Borrowed from Swahili mboga, from Proto-Bantu *mbògà. 1. vegetable Labels: Africa, East
Word: tiger beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae. Example: Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil. Example: I was myself very successful in one beautiful group of insects, the tiger-beetles, which seem more abundant and varied here than anywhere else in the Archipelago. I first met with them on a cutting in the road, where a hard clayey bank was partially overgrown with mosses and small ferns.
Word: moonfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis. 1. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: 2. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: 3. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: 4. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: 5. Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families:
Word: moon-eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moon + eyed; parallel to the cognate, but non-synonymous, Dutch maanoog. 1. Having wide-open eyes. Example: His moon-eyed gaze was disarming and mysterious.
Word: Béarn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Béarn. 1. A geographic area and former province in the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Occitania, France. 2. A former viscounty in the southwestern French Pyrenees, which became part of the French royal domain before it was united with the French crown, together with Navarra, as a single feudal province of the French realm. Labels: historical
Word: et hoc genus omne Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin et hoc genus omne. 1. And all this kind.
Word: nosode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noso- + -ode (“way, path”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɒsəʊd/ 1. A homeopathic preparation of diseased matter.
Word: Muscovy Part of Speech: name Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin Moscovia, derived from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskəvi/ 1. The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg. 2. Russia. Labels: broadly, derogatory, usually Example: The Russian Federation's war against Ukraine is now in its eighth year. Invaders from Muscovy have been attacking Ukrainians in their homeland every day for 2,563 days.
Word: teaware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea + -ware. 1. Articles used in the preparation and drinking of tea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alocasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name taxonomic name Alocasia. 1. Any of several tropical Asian plants, of the genus Alocasia, having heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves.
Word: foliole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French foliole. 1. One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet. 2. A small leaf-like outgrowth from the thallus of a foliose lichen.
Word: enow Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English ynowe, strong plural and weak form of ynogh (“enough”); see enough for more. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnaʊ/, /əˈnaʊ/ 1. Archaic form of enough. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: How irksome, how wearying, to be doomed always to the society of those who are like people speaking different languages! It resembles travelling through the East, with a few phrases of lingua franca—just enough for the ordinary purposes of life—enow of words to communicate a want, but not to communicate a thought!
Word: enow Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ynowe, strong plural and weak form of ynogh (“enough”); see enough for more. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnaʊ/, /əˈnaʊ/ 1. Archaic form of enough. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: enow Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Contraction of even now. 1. Just now. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Soon. Labels: Scotland, archaic, not-comparable
Word: Appell Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Swedish.
Word: sinople Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”), a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons. 1. A shade of red; sinoper. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Vert (green). Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance. Example: Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]
Word: sacrums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sacrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Birmans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Birman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provocant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōvocāns. 1. One who or that which provokes.
Word: barabara Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barrabora. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acceptables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acceptable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: innocences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of innocence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse. 1. Any of certain shad: 2. Any of certain shad:
Word: energy obesity Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition of excessive energy consumption, usually by a nation or other large collective, whose symptoms may be expressed in the form of energy commodity price volatility, environmental degradation, and energy-trade-induced geopolitical tension. Labels: uncountable
Word: amylopsin Part of Speech: noun 1. A pancreatic form of amylase.
Word: biofoulings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biofouling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheria Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of shari'a. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: saif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic سَيْف (sayf, “sword”). 1. Alternative form of seif (“type of sand dune”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A type of Arabian sword.
Word: -holism Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English alcoholism English -holism Rebracketing of alcoholism, the name of one of the first addictions to be widely identified both medically and socially. It should be noted that the word alcoholism is broken up into the root, alcohol, and the suffix -ism, not alco and -holism. The suffix -holism is thus a result of false splitting. 1. A form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency. Labels: morpheme
Word: Chaparian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Չափարյան (Čʻapʻaryan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: saifs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saif Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fough Part of Speech: intj 1. Obsolete spelling of faugh. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
Word: mbio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipped compound. Pronunciation: /ˌɛmˈbaɪoʊ/ 1. Clipping of microbiology (the usual sense). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable 2. Clipping of molecular biology (uncommon in this sense). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
Word: répertoire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of repertoire. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Again I changed my dress, again I sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny stories of which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which he told inimitably. Example: Miss Fay Davis’s recitation répertoire includes some fifty or sixty excerpts, culled from Shakspere down to the latest of writers.
Word: répertoires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of répertoire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at Death's door Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of at death's door. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pinda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pinder (“peanut”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pinda Part of Speech: noun 1. A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
Word: pinda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa). 1. A ball of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship rituals. Labels: Hinduism
Word: sailless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sail + -less. 1. Lacking a sail. Labels: not-comparable Example: a sailless boat Example: a sailless windmill
Word: sailor's-choice Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic: 2. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic: 3. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic: 4. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic: 5. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic: 6. Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
Word: saim Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seam (“lard”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bancal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish; see abancalar. 1. An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form. Example: A few rich settles and bancals, choicely carved and decorated with glazed leather hangings of the sort termed or basané, completed the furniture of the apartment.
Word: saimiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saí-mirim (literally “little monkey”). 1. any member of Saimiri, a taxonomic genus of South American arboreal monkeys, a squirrel monkey
Word: bancales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bancal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saimiris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saimiri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in for an inch, in for a mile Part of Speech: proverb 1. Given that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed. Labels: US Example: Afterwards, she took him farther south. His uneasiness grew with every step. . . . "In for an inch, in for a mile," he muttered. Example: I soon found the water lapping at my toes so I figured, “in for an inch, in for a mile” and continued on in after the oystercatcher.
Word: Saint Agnes' Eve Part of Speech: noun 1. The night of January 20, on which traditionally, if she performs certain rituals, a woman is supposed to have dreams of her future husband.
Word: Saint Agnes' Eves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saint Agnes' Eve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: St Albans Part of Speech: name 1. A city and local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. Example: ‘I won’t stay long — I’ve got to get straight up to St Albans.’ 2. A civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England, formed in 2018. 3. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. 4. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Brimbank, Victoria, Australia
Word: Saint Andrew's cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A diagonal cross, the figure of a cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars. 2. The national flag of Scotland. 3. The plant Hypericum hypericoides. 4. An upright X-shaped frame to which a participant can be tied.
Word: Saint Andrew's crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saint Andrew's cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saint Anthony's cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A T-shaped cross.
Word: St. Anthony's cross Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Saint Anthony's cross. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: St. Anthony's crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of St. Anthony's cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saint Anthony's crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saint Anthony's cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commutator length Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of multiplicands needed, at a minimum, to express a given group element as a product of commutators. Example: In #92;langlea,b#124;b²#61;1#92;rangle, the commutator length of aba#123;-2#125;ba is two, since it equals (aba#123;-1#125;b#123;-1#125;)(b#123;-1#125;a#123;-1#125;ba) but isn't a commutator. 2. The supremum, over all elements of a given group's derived subgroup, of their commutator lengths. Example: The commutator length of #92;langlea,b#124;b²#61;1#92;rangle is at least two, since there's an element of commutator length two in it.
Word: Saint Anthony's fire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of St. Anthony's fire. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: commutator lengths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commutator length Labels: form-of, plural
Word: derived subgroup Part of Speech: noun 1. The subgroup of a specified group generated by the larger group's commutators.
Word: derived group Part of Speech: noun 1. The subgroup of a specified group generated by the larger group's commutators.
Word: derived groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of derived group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: derived subgroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of derived subgroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commutator subgroup Part of Speech: noun 1. The subgroup of a specified group generated by the larger group's commutators. Example: The commutator subgroup is important because it is the smallest normal subgroup such that the quotient group of the original group by this subgroup is abelian.^([wikipedia])
Word: commutator subgroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commutator subgroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saint Catharines Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of St. Catharines. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: St. Catharines Part of Speech: name 1. A city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, near Niagara Falls.
Word: American minks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of American mink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maximax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maxi(mum), maxi(mize) + max(imum). 1. A strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives); often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on. Labels: uncountable Example: The first criterion is the Hurwicz criterion, often referred to the maximax criterion. […] the decision-maker is always optimistic and attempts to maximize profits by a go-for-broke strategy.
Word: mimeticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mimetic + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being mimetic, or the degree to which one is mimetic. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Now the Imitation Theory of Art (IT) is, if one but thinks it through, an exceedingly powerful theory. . . . Moreover, it is a simple matter to shore it up against many purported counterinstances by such auxiliary hypotheses as that the artist who deviates from mimeticity is perverse, inept, or mad.
Word: crescent rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crescent roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mistransliterate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + transliterate. 1. To transliterate incorrectly.
Word: interpositions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interposition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skidrow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skid row. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skid road Part of Speech: noun 1. A rough cleared right of way with logs embedded cross-wise on which logs being harvested would slide or be dragged or skidded. Labels: Northwestern, US 2. A street with facilities suitable for the recreational needs of lumberjacks. Labels: Northwestern, US
Word: necropolitics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- + politics, coined by Cameroonian philosopher and political scientist Achille Mbembe. 1. The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death. Labels: uncountable Example: The idea of a supreme power which monopolizes legitimate violence is as much about limiting and restraining ‘necropolitics’ as it is about engaging in it. Example: Jasbir K. Puar (2007, 2017) has been particularly instrumental in provoking an expanding body of work on queer necropolitics.
Word: losed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lose Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of loose Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: third time's a charm Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of third time is the charm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: breathing spaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breathing space Labels: form-of, plural
Word: necropolitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From necro- + political. 1. Of or relating to necropolitics. Example: ...leas more golden as their linseed oil ages, even more autumnal, necropolitical, than prewar hopes...
Word: keep your friends close, and your enemies closer Part of Speech: proverb 1. One should be politic to the point of employing duplicity, lulling one's enemies into a false sense of collaboration.
Word: ax to grind Part of Speech: noun 1. A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: “See,” Koteks said, “if you can get them to drop their clause on patents. That, lady, is my ax to grind.” Example: The design has had a rather contentious journey through the various technical committees set up by the EEC to study the problem; individual member nations with particular axes to grind holding up the proceedings at regular intervals.
Word: ax to grind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to someone sharpening an axe with the intent to kill someone. 1. A grudge or grievance, with implications of confrontation. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: If one is not just writing history but also trying to condemn and “demolish” one’s enemy, as Neumann is, you need a deeper level of introspection, and a high standard of proof. If not, it’s better to let “silence be a fence for wisdom.” (Pirkei Avot 3:13) It’s not possible to maintain the curiosity and openness you need for real research if you have such a big ax to grind.
Word: faith will move mountains Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From Matthew 17:20: “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” 1. Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.
Word: breathing-space Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of breathing space. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: capsulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From capsule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. encased, closed in by a capsule
Word: capsulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. Alternative form of encapsulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: closed in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of close in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: close in Part of Speech: verb 1. To enclose, lock up inside something. Labels: transitive 2. To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued. Labels: intransitive Example: The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in. Example: Keep refining your estimate, and you will gradually close in on the right answer. 3. To become closer, surround. Example: Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
Word: titular see Part of Speech: noun 1. An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions. Example: Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa
Word: anabiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ana- + -biosis. 1. A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anacyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French anacyclique. 1. palindromic Labels: not-comparable
Word: anaclasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάκλασις (anáklasis). 1. an exchange of place between a short syllable and a preceding long one that is frequent in Ionic metres. 2. reflection or refraction of light or sound. 3. The forced bending of a joint.
Word: fag break Part of Speech: noun 1. A brief cessation of work, activity etc. in order to have a cigarette. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang
Word: vergette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. A small pale (vertical band down the middle of a shield).
Word: clothes-brush Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of brush designed for dusting and tidying (especially formal) clothes.
Word: anacoluthia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνακολουθία (anakolouthía). 1. A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
Word: bath-brush Part of Speech: noun 1. A waterproof brush designed for personal hygiene in the bath or shower.
Word: personal hygiene Part of Speech: noun 1. The hygienic measures concerning a person's bodily condition, notably external cleanliness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The modern bathroom is the temple of personal hygiene.
Word: mental hygiene Part of Speech: noun 1. The concern and care for a clean, or healthy state of mind. Labels: uncountable
Word: Latz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Latz. 1. A surname from German.
Word: nanga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Acholi naŋa. Pronunciation: /ˈnaŋə/ 1. A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa. Example: The "shoulder harp" or "nanga" had a boat-shaped sound chest. Example: The nanga of Nubia is similar; here also, long wooden pegs prevent the strings from slipping.
Word: party pastie Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pastie intended as a party snack. Labels: Australia
Word: party sausage roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A small sausage roll intended as a party snack. Labels: Australia