nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scombroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/ 1. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type. Labels: countable 2. A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish. Labels: uncountable
Word: scortation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scortātiō, from scortārī. Pronunciation: /skɔːˈteɪʃən/ 1. lewdness, fornication Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Heirof I suppois it be plane, that the precept to absteane from blude, gevin be the Apostill, was temporall and not perpetuall; for uthirwayis the Halie Gaist, speiking oftin of the libertie of the Gentillis, wald have restraynit and exceptit it, as he hath done scortatioun, whilk in the same degree is expressit, and licentious and filthie communicatioun, whilk the Gentillis estemeit na or small synnis. Example: That it is a ſcortation [translating scortatio] more oppoſite to conjugial love than the common ſcortation, which is called ſimple adultery; and that it is a deprivation of every faculty and inclination to conjugial life, which is implanted in chriſtians from nativity, may be evinced by arguments which will have great weight with the reaſon of a wiſe man.
Word: scortatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scortātōrius, from scortātor. Pronunciation: /skɔːˈteɪtəɹi/ 1. Pertaining to scortation; fornicatory, lewd. Labels: not-comparable Example: Twenty years he dallied there between conjugal love and its chaste delights and scortatory love and its foul pleasures.
Word: intron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intragenic region. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɹɒn/ 1. A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded. Example: It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns.
Word: scrimshaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The origin of the verb is unknown, but it has possibly been influenced by the surname Scrimshaw. Various etymologies have been proposed (for example, that it derives from scrimshank (“(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty”)), but the Oxford English Dictionary does not consider any of them convincing. Following the surname theory, Etymonline ultimately derives the word probably from Old French escremisseor (“fencing-master”). The noun is probably derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪmʃɔː/, /ˈskɹɪmˌʃɔ/, /-ˌʃɑ/ 1. To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials. Labels: transitive 2. To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs. Labels: transitive 3. To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials. Labels: transitive 4. To make a handicraft of scrimshaw. Labels: intransitive
Word: scrimshaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin of the verb is unknown, but it has possibly been influenced by the surname Scrimshaw. Various etymologies have been proposed (for example, that it derives from scrimshank (“(Britain, military slang) to be idle, to shirk duty”)), but the Oxford English Dictionary does not consider any of them convincing. Following the surname theory, Etymonline ultimately derives the word probably from Old French escremisseor (“fencing-master”). The noun is probably derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪmʃɔː/, /ˈskɹɪmˌʃɔ/, /-ˌʃɑ/ 1. A small ornamental handicraft created by carving or engraving bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials, formerly produced by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages. Labels: also, attributive, countable Example: Rooney got his skull exposed, doggone it Soon he's gonna get scrimshaw carved on it 2. The manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials, formerly by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages. Labels: also, attributive, uncountable
Word: scrimshander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/ 1. Someone who scrimshaws. Labels: countable 2. Synonym of scrimshaw (“manufacture of items by sailors from bone, etc”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scrimshander Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪmʃændə/ 1. Synonym of scrimshaw. Example: Moreover, he possesses a handsome army of scrimshandered chessmen whom we shall keep busy until either the Prophetess’s departure or the Nellie’s arrival.
Word: inulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inula Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English inulin From inula + -in. 1. A polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of certain plants, especially the Compositae (for example, sunchokes); it is mostly a polymer of fructose. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Meronym: fructose
Word: inverse-square law Part of Speech: noun 1. Any physical law, such as that of gravitation, in which a quantity varies inversely with distance from a source as the square of that distance.
Word: involute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin involutus. 1. Difficult to understand; complicated. Labels: formal Example: These vulgar, pleasure-seeking people, so frank and clamorous, were too uninhibited for his shielded and involuted life. 2. Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward. Example: Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute[…] 3. Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones. 4. Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea. 5. Rolled inward spirally.
Word: involute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin involutus. 1. To roll or curl inwards.
Word: involute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin involutus. 1. A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
Word: downer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English down Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English downer From down + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnə/, /ˈdaʊnɚ/ 1. A negative drug trip. Labels: slang Example: Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer. 2. Any drug that has depressant qualities. Labels: slang Example: Eye Girl is very moody. She is always zooted up on some really foul combination of uppers and downers and Rollerblading. Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy. Example: Say, for example, a person starts with the use of a downer that reduces any anxiety and produces a sense of relaxation. When their energy levels drop, they take a stimulant in order to continue participating in the party or another event. This creates a cycle that could lead to significant drug use and drastically increases the risk of overdose or death. It is critical to know which drugs are uppers and downers to avoid this combination. 3. Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy. Labels: slang Example: You don't really need to know me. I'm kind of a downer. Example: Geffen had never understood why such a downer of a film was being released over the holidays. 4. A livestock animal that has collapsed. Example: The ten-dollar bill was for eating money and the prod pole to be used when the train stopped for water in getting "downers" back on their feet. Example: In 1993, Farm Sanctuary produced undercover footage of downers being lifted by forklift at Hallmark, prompting introduction of a California downer cattle law the next year. Either management provided instructions to get the downers moving or was asleep at the wheel and let employees run wild — in either case, it's an indictment of management. 5. A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work. Example: In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department. Example: Cowley experienced a rash of 'downers' — short, sharp, unofficial strikes.
Word: downer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnə/, /ˈdaʊnɚ/ 1. A sixpence. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
Word: couture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of haute couture, ultimately from French couture. Pronunciation: /kuːˈtjʊə/, /kuːˈtʃʊə/, /kuˈtʊɹ/ 1. The production of high-end, custom-made clothing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was the branding of these products, rather than the couture itself, that would become the foundation of the industry, generating huge global sales by the last quarter of the century. Example: Anyway, there are only a few hundred clients in the world who regularly buy couture, including Middle Eastern royalty and American businesswomen.
Word: pits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɪts/ 1. plural of pit Labels: form-of, plural Example: John works in the pits.
Word: pits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: darts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English darts From dart + -s (pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːts/ 1. A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land. Labels: uncountable
Word: darts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English darts From dart + -s (pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːts/ 1. plural of dart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darts Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English darts From dart + -s (pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dart Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rawhide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From raw + hide. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔːhaɪd/, /ˈɹɔhaɪd/ 1. Untanned hide. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles. 2. A whip made from twisted untanned leather. Labels: countable
Word: rawhide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From raw + hide. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔːhaɪd/, /ˈɹɔhaɪd/ 1. To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly. Labels: transitive 2. To beat with a rawhide whip. Labels: transitive
Word: doucette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French doucette. 1. corn salad, lamb's lettuce Labels: obsolete
Word: ion-selective membrane Part of Speech: noun 1. a membrane (e.g. of a chalcogenide glass) across which an electrical potential differs according to the concentration of a specific ion; used in ion-selective electrodes and in electrodialysis
Word: ion-selective electrode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ion selective electrode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: realist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real 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 realist From real + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪəlɪst/ 1. An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them. Example: Aristotle's own doctrine is far from clear. It was this lack of clarity that made possible the medieval controversy between nominalists and realists. 2. An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately. 3. One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
Word: realist Part of Speech: adj 1. Eye dialect spelling of realest. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: He's the realist dude I know.
Word: lollipop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, loll (“laze, hang loose”) + y + pop (“shot, try, burst, enter”); likely through lolly (“head, tongue”). Attested from 1784. Compare lollygag and lollypoop. An unlikely derivation is from Romani loli (“red”) + phabaj (“apple”); candy apples are often red and placed on a stick to keep the person's hands dry, similar to lollipops. However candy apples were not well-known until a century after the first known use of the word lollipop, and the original lollipop was likely a small item like modern penny candy. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒlipɒp/, /ˈlɔlɪjpɔp/, /ˈlɑlipɑp/, /ˈlɔlipɔp/, [ˈlɔ̟lipɔ̟p] ~ [ˈlɞ̠lipɞ̠p] 1. An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick. 2. Something having the shape of a lollipop: a linear stem connected to a round body. Example: The gene III proteins appear as five lollipops protruding from the end of the phage, and these “balls” can be removed by treatment of the phage with subtilisin, rendering the phage noninfectious. Example: The reasons for this containment of gated communities and private streets are not to be sought in morphology (suburban residential developments with lollipops and dead ends are common in France), but rather in local practices by residents. 3. A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.
Word: lollipop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, loll (“laze, hang loose”) + y + pop (“shot, try, burst, enter”); likely through lolly (“head, tongue”). Attested from 1784. Compare lollygag and lollypoop. An unlikely derivation is from Romani loli (“red”) + phabaj (“apple”); candy apples are often red and placed on a stick to keep the person's hands dry, similar to lollipops. However candy apples were not well-known until a century after the first known use of the word lollipop, and the original lollipop was likely a small item like modern penny candy. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒlipɒp/, /ˈlɔlɪjpɔp/, /ˈlɑlipɑp/, /ˈlɔlipɔp/, [ˈlɔ̟lipɔ̟p] ~ [ˈlɞ̠lipɞ̠p] 1. To prune the lower branches of a tree or other plant so that new growth appears only at the top, where more light is received.
Word: guttation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gutta (“a drop”) + -ation. 1. The exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: root pressure Part of Speech: noun 1. The pressure (the result of osmosis) exerted by the roots of vascular plants that moves water into the leaves and causes guttation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nothingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nothing Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English nothingness From nothing + -ness. 1. The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Example: In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness. 2. A void; an emptiness. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The quality of inconsequentiality; the lack of significance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ionic crystal Part of Speech: noun 1. a class of crystal consisting of a lattice of ions held together by their electrostatic interaction; they exhibit strong absorption of infrared radiation and have planes along which they cleave easily
Word: ionophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)der. New Latin -phorusbor. English -phore English ionophore From ion + -o- + -phore. 1. Any substance that can transfer ions from a hydrophilic medium (such as water) to a hydrophobic medium, or across a biological membrane, normally by forming a reversible complex with it; an ion carrier
Word: lollipop man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See lollipop lady. 1. A male school crossing attendant. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: They were out of the park gates and about to cross the road now. The lollipop man smiled at Jess, who smiled shyly back.
Word: ion carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. an ionophore
Word: Daoism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Taoism but influenced by the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 道 (Dào). Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊ.ɪzm̩/, /ˈtaʊ.ɪzm̩/ 1. Alternative form of Taoism. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: is- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of iso-, before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: isentropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English is- English entropy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English entropic English isentropic From is- + entropic. 1. Having a constant entropy Labels: not-comparable
Word: cashier Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch casseren, kasseren, from Old French casser (“to break (up)”). During a ceremonial cashiering of a ranking military officer, the breakup was often symbolized dramatically by literally breaking the officer’s sword. Pronunciation: /kəˈʃɪə/ 1. To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: His ninth Legion having mutined neere unto Placentia, he presently cassiered the same with great ignominie unto it[…]. Example: The recent cashiering for disobedience of orders of a Major-General who is claimed, we know not with what truth, to be of the "conservative" order, has raised this outcry louder and fiercer than ever. 2. To discard, put away. Labels: transitive Example: Today, haute couture is finished, snorts [Pierre] Bergé at his most gallic, no more than a licence to flog scent and handbags, and a pastime for bored supermodels and cashiered pop stars. Example: Once Princess in Love was published, Diana threw both Hewitt and Pasternak under the bus. Besotted to the end, her cashiered toy soldier never revealed whether or not he had done her bidding. 3. To annul. Labels: transitive
Word: cashier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from French caisse. Pronunciation: /kaˈʃɪə/, /ˈkaʃɪə/ 1. One who works at a till or receives payments. Example: The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before. Example: So when everyone was stopping at the grocery store for one or two things on the way home from work, inundating each express lane with at least ten custies, the cashier on the express lane was due for a break […] 2. Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.
Word: cashier Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from French caisse. Pronunciation: /kaˈʃɪə/, /ˈkaʃɪə/ 1. To work as a cashier (at a till or receiving payment). Labels: intransitive Example: The employer places more emphasis on cashiering skills. Taking the customer's money has risen in importance to the point where many stores have specialists whose sole duty is manning the cash registers. Example: The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.
Word: groupie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From group + -ie (“person associated”). In the fan sense, from 1967. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpi/ 1. A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity, usually a rock 'n' roll artist or band member. Example: In mainstream rock youth culture, female fans had only submissive roles in the consumption of rock music: they could be teenyboppers, and when they grew older, groupies, with the groupie role providing a real-life extension of the sexualized hero worship of the teenybopper. Example: 2000 October, The 100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock, Spin, page 102, Although Pamela Des Barres, rock′s most famous groupie, was passed around like a loose joint at a be-in, she maintains today, “There was no hierarchy. The groupies were not considered less than the musicians. We were muses.” 2. Any dedicated fan of something. Labels: broadly, informal Example: A bit of an eclipse groupie, he had paid the thirty guineas fee to join the BAA's first expedition, to Norway, in 1896. 3. A group captain. Labels: slang Example: In traditional military fashion our "Groupie" (group captain) called us to attention, exchanged salutes with his German opposite number, then handed the parade over to him.
Word: groupie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From group + -ie (“photograph”), by analogy with selfie, 2010s. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpi/ 1. A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.
Word: puck bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Combination of the phrases snow bunny (compare bunny hill), Playboy bunny and puck (“an object used in the game of hockey”). 1. A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Puck bunnies exhibit similar traits to those of groupies toward musicians. Labels: slang Example: Every once in awhile ^([sic]) the stories would make there ^([sic]) way around the league about some puck bunny getting pregnant... Example: These young women say they are "'proud as punch' to have sex with the jock," because this will "entitle the puck bunny to 'bragging rights'"...
Word: bridge mount Part of Speech: noun 1. A sight mount with a strong metal frame between the rings, used on large-caliber rifles to negate the effects of recoil on accuracy.
Word: lipopeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)der. English lipo- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye- Proto-Hellenic *péťťō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide ▲ German Pepton ▲ Latin -idusder. German -id German Peptidbor. English peptide English lipopeptide From lipo- + peptide. 1. An organic complex of lipids and peptides
Word: bowdlerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bowdlerize 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 bowdlerization From bowdlerize + -ation. 1. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Braxton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Branxton, in Northumberland. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækstən/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage. Labels: countable Example: TikTok star Alix Earle confirmed her relationship with Braxton Berrios in November 2023 after many months of rumors and sightings. 3. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Blankley Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈblæŋkli/ 1. An English surname, thought to be habitational from Blankney in Lincolnshire.
Word: Hamm Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English and German surname, from hamm (“enclosure, land by a stream”). * Also as a German surname, from Hamm in Westphalia, itself from a Low German derivative of Proto-Germanic *hammō (“corner, hollow, bend”), used in the sense "river bend," similar to Hamburg. 1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England. 2. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Word: gas mask Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡæs mɑːsk/, /ɡæs mæsk/ 1. A covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poison gas. Example: If we bang or scream they will spray us with some pepper or something else that's in an aeresol ^([sic]) can, and they wear gas masks, while the rest of us have to breathe the fumes in, and it makes us very sick and they refuse us medical treatment.
Word: southeasterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From south + easterly. 1. situated in, or pointing to, the southeast Example: The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner. 2. coming from the southeast
Word: southeasterly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From south + easterly. 1. A strong wind or storm from the southeast.
Word: southeasterly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From south + easterly. 1. From the southeast.
Word: sickened Part of Speech: adj 1. Disgusted or revolted.
Word: sickened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sicken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hobo jungle Part of Speech: noun 1. A makeshift encampment adjacent to a railroad freight carrier's property where train hoppers/hobos, tramps, or bums congregate while waiting for their outbound train. Labels: US, slang
Word: CD burner Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for recording audio, or saving data, onto a compact disc.
Word: worshipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wirshiper, worchyppar, worscheper, worschepour, worschiper, worschippar, worshipore; equivalent to worship + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːʃɪpə/, /ˈwɝʃɪpɚ/ 1. A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services. Example: The temple was filled with worshippers. Example: Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
Word: king penguin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the belief that it was the largest of all penguin species—a belief that was overturned in 1884 when its close relative the emperor penguin, which can measure nearly a foot taller, was recognized as a separate species. 1. a large penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, that lives on the coast of Antarctica and nearby islands
Word: namaz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz). 1. Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”). Labels: South-Asia, uncountable Example: Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz. Example: He swung at me but I ducked and said, ‘Time for the fifth namaaz of the day, Prince.’
Word: baronet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæɹəˈnɛt/ 1. The bearer of a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods.
Word: checkrein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From check + rein. 1. A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.
Word: carinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹɪnət/, /ˈkæɹɪneɪt/ 1. Shaped like a boat's keel. Example: a carinate calyx or leaf Example: a carinate sternum 2. Of a bird, having a carina, a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles. 3. Having a carina.
Word: carinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin carīnātus, from carīna (“keel”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun comes from a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹɪnət/, /ˈkæɹɪneɪt/ 1. Any bird having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.
Word: Perugian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Perugia + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city or province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Perugian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Perugia + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy.
Word: penetralia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin penetrālia. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.li.ə/, /ˌpɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.ljə/ 1. The innermost, secret or hidden parts; mysteries. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The innermost parts of a building, such as a shrine, recess or a sanctuary within a temple. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I believe, had I been in the inmost recesses of my habitation—the very penetralia—your eagerness would have surmounted bolts, bars, decency, and everything. Example: He wished to be what he called "safe" with all those whom he had admitted to the penetralia of his house and heart.
Word: conspecifics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conspecific Labels: form-of, plural
Word: habitational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Louisiana French habitationbor. English habitation English -al English habitational From habitation + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃə.nəl/, /ˌhæb.ɪˈtæɪ.ʃə.nəl/ 1. Pertaining to habitation or an inhabited region. Labels: not-comparable 2. Deriving from the name of a place where a presumed ancestor once lived. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dingy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from Middle English *dingy, dungy, from Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung + -y, hence a doublet of dungy. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/ 1. Dark, dull. Example: The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old. 2. Shabby, squalid, uncared-for. Example: He led her through dingy wareroom after wareroom, counting-house after counting-house, where the clerks all were silent and subdued. He led her at last into a dingy sanctum, dimly lighted by one shaded lamp. In this safe there were piles of dingy papers and more dingy ledgers; […] Example: At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
Word: dingy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dinghy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dingy Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dinghy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dingy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ding Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dingy From ding + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a ding (the sound). Labels: informal, rare Example: I love it when they hit. You know the sound when they hit? That dingy sound, it’s like faster, and contained somehow? That’s a great sound. Happens like a fraction of a second before you know what you’ve hit, before you figure it out. Example: I remember we had a small electronic toy that had hot lines and made dingy sounds where you tried to eat all the pellets before the boxes with yellow inside them got you. Father said this was one of the first toys ever to be made and we were awe-struck by it.
Word: isentropic flow Part of Speech: noun 1. An idealised fluid flow in which entropy remains constant throughout the flow, or along a particular streamline.
Word: streamline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stream Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English streamline From stream + line. Pronunciation: /ˈstriːmlaɪn/ 1. A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow. 2. On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
Word: streamline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English stream Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English streamline From stream + line. Pronunciation: /ˈstriːmlaɪn/ 1. To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid. Labels: transitive Example: The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947. 2. To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them. Example: This structure organizes and streamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming. 3. To modernize. Labels: transitive
Word: isoantigen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English antigen English isoantigen From iso- + antigen. 1. an immunologically active material (especially a protein or polysaccharide) that is present only in some individuals of a particular species; responsible for the formation of antibodies
Word: antibodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antibody Labels: form-of, plural Example: One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
Word: isobaric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English isobar Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English isobaric From isobar + -ic. 1. having the same pressures, masses, or densities 2. (of a process) having a constant pressure throughout 3. isobaryonic
Word: densities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of density Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isoelectric point Part of Speech: noun 1. the pH of a colloidal suspension or of an ampholyte at which the solute does not move in an electrophoretic field; symbol pI
Word: isoelectric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English isoelectric From iso- + electric. 1. Having equal electric potential, or the same number of positive and negative charges. Labels: not-comparable
Word: emboss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁én The verb is derived from Late Middle English embossen, embosen, embocen (“to be bloated; to bulge; to cause to bulge; to ornament in relief, emboss”) [and other forms], from Old French embocer (modern French embosser), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + boce (“swelling”) + -er (suffix forming verbs); boce (“swelling”) is derived from Vulgar Latin *bottia (“a bump”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat; to bump, knock; to push”). The English word is analysable as em- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + boss (“bump, lump, protuberance”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɒs/, /ɛm-/, /əmˈbɔs/, /əmˈbɑs/ 1. Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”). Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: In this [the piazza of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City] is a fountaine out of which gushes a river rather than a streeme, which ascending a good height breakes upon a round embosse of marble into millions of pearles that fall into the subjacent basons with greate noise; I esteem this one of the goodliest fountaines I ever saw.
Word: emboss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly: * from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + boss (“(small) cask; leather bottle for holding wine”) (Scotland, obsolete); or * borrowed from Spanish embozarse, from embozar (“to cloak, hide; to turn up; to wrap up”) + se (“oneself; yourself; himself; herself; etc.”). Embozar is derived from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + bozo (“mouth; muzzle; halter for horses”) (from Medieval Latin *buccēus (“belonging or relating to the mouth”), from Latin bucca (“mouth”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to blow; to inflate, swell”)) + -ar (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). The word was possibly coined by the English poet Edmund Spenser (1552 or 1553 – 1599) in his work The Faerie Queene (1590–1596): see the quotations. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɒs/, /ɛm-/, /əmˈbɔs/, /əmˈbɑs/ 1. To enclose or suit (a person) in armour. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: A knight her mett in mighty armes emboſt, […] 2. To enclose or surround (someone or something). Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: The knight his thrillant ſpeare again aſſayd / In his bras-plated body to emboſſe, […] Example: None of them raſhly durſt to her approch, / Ne in ſo glorious ſpoile themſelues emboſſe, / Her ſuccourd eke the Champion of the bloody Croſſe.
Word: isopycnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”). 1. Of points on a surface, or in a medium: having equal density. Labels: not-comparable
Word: isopycnic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”). 1. A line on a chart connecting points of equal density.
Word: isostasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “a standing”). Pronunciation: /ʌɪˈsɒstəsi/ 1. The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The process of vertical movement, known as isostasy, was a foundation of geological belief for generations, though no-one had any really good theories as to how or why it happened. Example: A great thickness of comparatively light sedimentary rocks accumulating in a geosyncline would ultimately ‘rebound’ because of isostasy – like a depressed rubber duck bouncing back upwards in a bath.
Word: isothermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + -thermic. 1. (Of a thermodynamic process) during which the temperature remains constant. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of equal or constant temperature with respect to space, volume, or pressure. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beg to differ Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From beg (“to plead with someone for help”) + to + differ. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡ tə ˈdɪfə/, /ˈbɛɡ tə ˈdɪfɚ/ 1. To offer an opposing opinion humbly. Labels: idiomatic Example: Thus Lord King asserted, February 28, 1818, "That the whole of what the noble Secretary of State, Lord Liverpool, had said, amounted to this, that the Sinking Fund was only nominal, and had not paid one shilling of the debt." To which Lord Liverpool replied, "He begged to differ with his Lordship, and was of opinion, that the Sinking Fund was real." Example: "Look here, sir, this is all very well," he began, "but why can't I fall in love with your daughter? I'm a Doctor of Science and all that sort of thing. I've a perfectly decent outlook. My father was rather a swell in his science. I'm an entirely decent and respectable person." / "I beg to differ," said Mr. Pope. / "But I am." / "Again," said Mr. Pope, with great patience, and a slight forward bowing of the head, "I beg to differ." 2. To differ (strongly) in interpretation or opinion. Labels: idiomatic Example: Now the pluralists may say that a place where they run up new houses, and pull down old ones, is by no means disqualified for occupation, but he begs to differ from them decidedly. Example: Esther Lardent, chief consultant to the ABA's Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project, which has helped recruit pro bono lawyers for death row appeals since 1987, begs to differ. Finding a lawyer to represent a death row inmate has never been easy, Lardent says. And finding one now, she says, will be harder than ever.
Word: y'know Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /jəˈnəʊ/, /jəˈnoʊ/ 1. Alternative form of you know. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction, informal Example: Y'know, come to think of it, you're right. Example: But I guess that's life, y'know?
Word: Apollonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Apollō (Apollōn-) + -ian and Apollonius/Apollonia + -an. Pronunciation: /æpəˈləʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the ancient Olympian Greek God Apollo. Labels: Greek Example: You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff. Example: The forces of nature is a major theme embodied in the two main goddess characters. The "northern woman" is Appollonian ^([sic]) in her nature — cold, reserved, quiet, identified with the moon; the "southern woman" is Dionysian — passionate, a sun goddess. 2. Of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga. 3. Pertaining to Apollonia. Example: They speak Aowin [Anyi] but their blood is Apollonian blood. 4. Alternative form of apollonian. Labels: alt-of, alternative 5. The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
Word: Apollonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Apollō (Apollōn-) + -ian and Apollonius/Apollonia + -an. Pronunciation: /æpəˈləʊnɪ.ən/ 1. One who is apollonian. 2. One who follows/worships Apollo. Example: By contrast, Apollonians value reason more than feeling. Example: Apollonians and Dionysians are usually the same people: now sober and serene, now drunk and frenzied. 3. A native of Apollonia. Example: But the Apollonians being soon informed of the thing, caused him to appear without delay before the court of justice; and sentenced him to lose his eyes, for sleeping when he ought to have watched. Example: Another clause in the rules of conduct drawn up for defeated Appolonia virtually transferred jurisdiction to Maclean: by it, he invited 'every Appolonian who may be oppressed or injured wither [i.e. whether] by Quacoe Accah [Kwaku Akkah, the King] or any other chief ... to make his complaint to the governor of Cape Coast 4. A native of the planet Apollo. Example: At first, when the Apollonians converged on her, Mary Theresa thought she had made a major mistake by going to the battle.
Word: Bali tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tiger of an extinct Panthera tigris sondaica population found on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Word: donkey boiler Part of Speech: noun 1. A water-heating system for domestic use, consisting of a drum of water mounted above a fire.
Word: Dionysian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /daɪ̯əˈnɪʒən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Dionysus. Labels: not-comparable 2. Alternative form of dionysian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Dionysian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daɪ̯əˈnɪʒən/ 1. A follower of Dionysus. 2. One who is dionysian.
Word: what'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wʌd/, /wʌtɪd/, /wʌtəd/ 1. Contraction of what + did. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: What'd he say to you? 2. Contraction of what + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: I don't want to get good. What'd my wife say? Example: What'd you have said a few months ago, Ranger? 3. Contraction of what + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: What'd he done to deserve two blows like that? Example: What'd she done with her shoes?
Word: llano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane. Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)ɑːnəʊ/, /ˈjɑːnəʊ/, /ˈlænəʊ/ 1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America. Labels: Texas Example: “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.
Word: must've Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈmʌstəv/ 1. Contraction of must + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: why'd Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of why + did. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: Why'd he wanna go and do a thing like that? 2. Contraction of why + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard 3. Contraction of why + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard
Word: what're Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: [ˈwʌɾɚ] 1. Contraction of what + are. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: What're you up to?
Word: there'll Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðɛəɹl/, /ðɛəl/, /ðɛl/, /ðɛɹl/, /ðeɹl/ 1. Contraction of there + will. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: There'll be hell to pay if you don't. Example: “I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. […]”
Word: PAN Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of