nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Aquitaine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Aquitaine, from Latin Aquitania, from aqua (“water”) + -ania (suffix forming place names) and distinguishing the intended area of Gaul. Doublet of Aquitania and Guyenne. Pronunciation: /ˈækwɪteɪn/, /ˌækwɪˈteɪn/ 1. A former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England. Labels: historical 2. A former province of the kingdom of France. Labels: historical 3. A former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Labels: historical 4. Synonym of Aquitania. Labels: historical, proscribed, sometimes 5. Ellipsis of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, proscribed, sometimes
Word: Auvergne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Auvergne. Doublet of Arvernia. Pronunciation: /əʊˈvɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. A former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Word: Bourgogne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy. 1. Burgundy: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Word: Champagne-Ardenne Part of Speech: name 1. A former region of France.
Word: Franche-Comté Part of Speech: name 1. A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Labels: historical
Word: Rhône-Alpes Part of Speech: name 1. A former administrative region of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Word: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Part of Speech: name 1. An administrative region of France.
Word: Poitou-Charentes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Poitou-Charentes, after the historical regions of Poitou and Charente. Pronunciation: /ˌpwɑːtuː ʃaˈɹɒnt/, /ˌpwʌtuː ʃaˈɹɒnt/, /pwɑˌtu ʃɑˈɹɑnt/ 1. A former administrative region of France; since 2016 part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Capital: Poitiers.
Word: Pays de la Loire Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Pays de la Loire. 1. An administrative region of France, near Brittany. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Nord-Pas-de-Calais Part of Speech: name 1. A former administrative region of France, made up of the two departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.
Word: Midi-Pyrénées Part of Speech: name 1. a former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Occitania.
Word: Lorraine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen. Pronunciation: /ləˈɹeɪn/, /lɔˈɹeɪn/ 1. A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region. 2. A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology. 3. A surname.
Word: Limousin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪməˈzɪn/, /ˌlɪməˈziːn/ 1. A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 2. A dialect of the Occitan language.
Word: Limousin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪməˈzɪn/, /ˌlɪməˈziːn/ 1. One of a breed of cattle from this region.
Word: Languedoc-Roussillon Part of Speech: name 1. A former administrative region of France, made up of Languedoc and Roussillon; in 2016, it became part of the administrative region of Occitania.
Word: Île-de-France Part of Speech: name 1. An administrative region in north-central France, including Paris. 2. A domestic sheep breed originally from the region.
Word: Picardy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree French picard Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French Picardiebor. English Picardy Borrowed from French Picardie. 1. A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.
Word: carbane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: carb- + -ane; from carbo-. 1. A proposed systematic name for methane. Labels: nonstandard, uncountable
Word: ozone hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring. Example: Callis says that the ozone hole now developing over the Antarctic is as deep as last year's hole, but seems to cover a smaller area. Example: When [Richard] Stolarski double-checked, he found that the depleted region covered all of Antarctica—and the “ozone hole” was born. It wasn't an instrument error. It was a real phenomenon.
Word: ozonide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ozone Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English ozonide From ozone + -ide. 1. the univalent anion, O₃⁻, derived from ozone 2. any dark red salt of this anion and a metal 3. any of a number of explosive organic compounds containing a -O-O-O- group 4. any of a class of heterocycles, containing two carbon atoms (in positions 3 and 5) and three oxygen atoms (in positions 1, 2 and 4) produced by the reaction of ozone with a carbon to carbon double bond; the 1,2,4-trioxolanes
Word: trioxolane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + oxolane? 1. A five-membered, saturated heterocycle, containing two carbon atoms and three oxygen atoms; any derivative of this compound
Word: sleep like a baby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French dormir comme un bébé. 1. To sleep very well, especially peacefully.
Word: octillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From octillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number octillion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the octillionth position. 2. One of an octillion equal parts of a whole.
Word: nonillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nonillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number nonillion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nonillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the nonillionth position. 2. One of a nonillion equal parts of a whole. Example: As an illustration, suppose the number of fixed stars, visible in our best telescopes, to amount to one hundred millions, exclusive of their attendant planets and satellites, and that the Almighty had created as great a number of systems as above stated, in every second of time, during a nonillion of years, they would still be very far short of occupying one nonillionth part of infinite space, admitting them all to be placed at the same distance from each other as the fixed stars!
Word: decillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number decillion Labels: not-comparable
Word: decillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the decillionth position. 2. One of a decillion equal parts of a whole.
Word: trepidatiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English trepidatious Middle English -ly English -ly English trepidatiously From trepidatious + -ly. 1. In a trepidatious manner; with trepidation
Word: trepidatious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From, or as if, trepidate + -ious; see trepidation for more. 1. In a state of trepidation; fearful. Example: Hilda looked up from the papers she had been busy with as he entered -- in fact, made a guilty and trepdatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight, which suggested a weakness entirely foreign to her. Example: He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.
Word: Pape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Papist. Pronunciation: /peɪp/ 1. A Roman Catholic; a Papist. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, derogatory Example: If it was just Papes, if they were going to fight ye, ye would just fight them back.
Word: Pape Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /peɪp/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: graphesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) English graph- English -esthesia English graphesthesia From graph- + -esthesia. 1. The ability to recognise writing on the skin purely by the sensation of touch. Labels: uncountable
Word: Catie Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given names Catherine or Caitlin.
Word: Cate Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Catherine. Example: Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.
Word: whoopee do Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of whoop-de-doo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As far as my other extracurricular activities, I was elected vice president of the school's chess club. (Whoopee do.)
Word: whoopee do Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. 2. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Example: As our relationship grew, we spent more and more time with each other and on his payday, the first of each month, he paid for a movie, purchased popcorn and bought the hamburger that completed our eventing. That was his big “whoopee do” for the month.
Word: whoopee-do Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Whoopee-do, man. Congrats! That basically just described an Iguana.
Word: whoopee-do Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Example: “Yeah, but what's the big whoopee-do about that?” 2. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Example: Warming up with a Streak for God, they hit every Sunday service possible, from Bob Condum's evangelical whoopee-do (nailed by a girl with beautiful waist-length strawberry hair who galloped through the noxious tent just as two dozen of Bob's peroxide blond minrobed Saviourettes were garnisheeing the weekly paychecks of a hundred destitute Pueblo natives), to the Episcopal church, where Father Dagwood Whipple was so flustered by the bearded grasshopper thundering through his service rattling a tambourine that he tripped on his robe, tumbled against the lectern, opening a thirteen-stitch forehead gash, and dropped his twelve-pound Bible into the front pew, squarely atop a wealthy parish benefactor's purple noggin.
Word: whoopee-do Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: contorno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian con- Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Italian tornare Italian contornaredeverb. Italian contornobor. English contorno Borrowed from Italian contorno. 1. contour; outline Example: […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […] 2. A side dish, typically of vegetables. Labels: plural-normally
Word: naoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passivate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English passive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English passivate From passive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To reduce the chemical reactivity of (a surface) by applying a coating.
Word: blogoholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog 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 *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English blogoholic From blog + -oholic. 1. A keen blogger. Labels: informal
Word: confectionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. 1. Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. Labels: not-comparable Example: confectionary wares 2. Prepared as a confection. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
Word: confectionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. 1. A candy, sweetmeat; a confection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the dishes of meat were removed, a dessert of Arabian fruits, confectionaries and sweetmeats was served: among the latter was the date bread. 2. A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”). Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable Example: They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream. 4. One who makes confections; a confectioner. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13. 5. Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: Maigre Dishes, dishes used by Roman Catholics on the days when the Church forbids flesh-meats; comprehending fish and vegetable pies and soups, puddings, fruit-pies, egg-dishes, omelets, fritters, macaroni, all preparations of fish, cheese-dishes, fish-sausages, and all creams, jellies, and confectionary, also dressed vegetables, pickles, and preserves.
Word: humdinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US origin, perhaps a blend of hummer (“something that moves fast”) + dinger (“something outstanding”). First attested in a newspaper article in the Daily Enterprise of June 4, 1883, at Livingston, Montana. Pronunciation: /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/, /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/ 1. Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional. Labels: informal Example: Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger. Example: “—immense. I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.” “Superman?” Clevinger cried. “Superman?” “Supraman,” Yossarian corrected.
Word: postcode lottery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From postcode (“a sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail; a region denoted by a postcode”) + lottery (“something decided by chance”), referring to the fact that whether one is in a locality which receives adequate services is a matter of chance. Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊs(t)kəʊd ˈlɒtəɹi/, /-ˈlɒtɹi/, /ˌpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd ˈlɑtɚi/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. The unequal availability or quality of services, especially public services such as healthcare or education, in different parts of the country. Labels: UK Example: There is a National Institute for Clinical Excellence which is working its way through examining drugs and treatments and dictating what treatment and drugs should be used across the country to prevent the postcode lottery of previous years. Example: The Audit Commission has described the situation facing householders as a ‘postcode lottery’ but there is a discernible trend. You are more likely to receive poorer environmental services living in an urban authority than you are living in a shire district.
Word: priorities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ɪ.tiz/, /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.(ə.)tiz/, /pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)tiz/, [pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)ɾiz], /pɹaɪˈɑɹ.(ə.)tiz/ 1. plural of priority Labels: form-of, plural
Word: priorities Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ɪ.tiz/, /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.(ə.)tiz/, /pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)tiz/, [pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)ɾiz], /pɹaɪˈɑɹ.(ə.)tiz/ 1. An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight. Labels: informal Example: The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities. Example: So you decided to buy a fancy teacup instead of paying rent? Well, I mean... priorities.
Word: postcode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + code. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/, /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/ 1. A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. Labels: Ireland, UK 2. A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. Labels: Ireland, UK, broadly Example: The Environment Agency says it is mainly the most deprived postcodes that are the most flood-prone. 3. A four-digit number added to a postal address to sort and deliver mail. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: postcode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From post + code. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/, /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/ 1. To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode. Labels: UK, transitive
Word: irrevocably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English irrevocable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English irrevocably From irrevocable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛ.və.kə.bli/, /ɪ.ɹɪˈvəʊ.kə.bli/, /ɪ.ɹəˈvoʊ.kə.bli/, /ɪ.ɹiˈvoʊ.kə.bli/ 1. In an irrevocable manner; in a manner which prevents the ability to be reverted, repealed, or undone. Example: Two distinct cases must be noted: (1) rights of the beneficiary who has been named revocably, that is, with the insured retaining the right to change the beneficiary designation; and (2) rights of the beneficiary who has been named irrevocably by the insured.
Word: supertall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English tall English supertall From super- + tall. 1. Extremely tall. 2. Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height. Example: Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents. But unlike many other supertall towers that are tiered or taper toward the top, 432 Park is rectangular, making it less aerodynamic.
Word: supertall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English tall English supertall From super- + tall. 1. A very tall building. Example: As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace. 2. A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall. Example: What few might have predicted is the cumulative effect that unleashing this scale of development might have. The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.
Word: Crohn's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983), who described patients with the condition in 1932. 1. Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. Labels: uncountable Example: Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others. Example: Other systemic disorders associated with Crohn's disease include gallstones, kidney stones, osteoporosis, liver disorders, vascular problems, and psychiatric disorders.
Word: chinchin Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of chin-chin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chin chin Part of Speech: noun 1. a small Nigerian cookie-like snack made from fried wheat flour dough containing eggs and sometimes also cowpeas
Word: chin chin Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of chin-chin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: CEDIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Queen Anne's Bounty Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Queen Anne. 1. A fund, set up in the early 18th century, to financially assist the poor members of the clergy. Labels: UK, historical
Word: metatartaric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + tartaric acid. 1. a polymeric lactone of variable composition obtained by heating tartaric acid; used to prevent precipitation in wine Labels: uncountable
Word: ANZAC Day Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Anzac Day. Labels: alt-of
Word: Maoist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Mao 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 Maoist From Mao + -ist. 1. of, related to, or advocating Maoism
Word: Maoist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Mao 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 Maoist From Mao + -ist. 1. one who advocates Maoism Example: After Richard Nixon's visit to Peiping in 1972 and the establishment of "liaison offices" in Washington and Peiping, the Maoists have been stepping up their infiltration and subversive activities in the United States, the sources pointed out.
Word: Graves Part of Speech: name 1. A region close to Bordeaux in south-western France. 2. The dry white wine produced in this region. 3. An English surname from Middle English derived from Grave. 4. An unincorporated community in Terrell County, Georgia, United States, derived from the surname.
Word: aluminium hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. AlH, formed when aluminium is heated at 1500°C in an atmosphere of hydrogen. Labels: uncountable 2. (AlH₃)ₙ, can be prepared in ether solution by the reaction of aluminium chloride and lithium hydride; it is used to manufacture lithium aluminium hydride. Labels: uncountable
Word: Clement Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛmənt/ 1. A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aluminum hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aluminium hydride. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lithium aluminium hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. LiAlH₄, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH₄⁻. Labels: uncountable
Word: LAH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of lithium aluminium hydride. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of licentiate of the Apothecaries' Hall Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: holy shit Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From holy and shit. Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊli ˈʃɪt/, /ˌhoʊli ˈʃɪt/ 1. Expression of terror, awe, surprise, astonishment, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: Holy shit, that car just exploded!
Word: lithium aluminohydride Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound lithium aluminium hydride. Labels: uncountable
Word: aluminohydride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English alumino- Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English hydride English aluminohydride From alumino- + hydride. 1. The univalent anion, AlH₄⁻, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lithium hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. LiH, a gray solid that reacts violently with water, and can ignite spontaneously in air; it has a number of industrial applications, and is used in the manufacture of lithium aluminium hydride. Labels: uncountable
Word: aluminium chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. AlCl, only exists in the gas phase when AlCl₃ is heated with aluminium. Labels: uncountable 2. AlCl₃, the aluminium salt of hydrochloric acid; forms the covalent dimer Al₂Cl₆ when melted; it has very many industrial applications, including that of a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions. Labels: uncountable
Word: clapmatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“hooded seal, hat with ear-flaps”). Pronunciation: /ˈklæpmæt͡ʃ/ 1. A hooded seal. Labels: obsolete 2. Any female seal.
Word: hooded seal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʊdɪd siːl/ 1. An arctic seal, Cystophora cristata, notable for the fleshy bulge on its forehead and nose.
Word: reserved word Part of Speech: noun 1. A string of characters that is a verb, command, or other part of a programming language, and therefore cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function, or procedure.
Word: JavaScript Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Java (“a programming language”) + script, although the language is not closely related to Java and was originally to be called LiveScript. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/ 1. A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.
Word: JavaScript Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Java (“a programming language”) + script, although the language is not closely related to Java and was originally to be called LiveScript. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/ 1. A JavaScript script. Labels: informal Example: By examining lots of examples, you will learn how to make use of JavaScript in your own Web pages, and through these examples you will learn some new coding practices for writing JavaScripts. […] Thousands of free JavaScripts are already out there on the Web, and before you start writing a script to do anything you are best off looking on some of these sites to see if someone has already done all of the hard work for you. Example: To use JavaScripts, you need to understand basic HTML and typically have access to a Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. You do not have to be a programmer to develop and embed useful JavaScripts into your Website! In fact, many Websites offer free JavaScripts that you can just cut and paste into your website.
Word: reclining Part of Speech: adj 1. Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position. Labels: not-comparable Example: a reclining armchair 2. Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reclining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reclining Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who reclines. Labels: dated Example: Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.
Word: normalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English -ise English normalise From normal + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of normalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Secondly, there is a tendency to undertranslate, viz. to normalise by generalising, to understate, in all translation but particularly in literary translation. Example: While in most cases salivary cortisol concentration is normalised within a two-week period after delivery, an abnormal adjustment to this state may result in a persistent HPA-axis suppression and hypocortisolemia, which is believed to increase the susceptibility to PPD.
Word: Voortrekker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dutch voor (“advance”) + trekken (“to travel”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹ.tɹɛk.əɹ/ 1. A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s. Labels: plural-normally Example: The Voortrekkers left the Cape Colony because of dissatisfaction with English rule. 2. A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.
Word: chronons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chronon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redshirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Italian camicia rossa, equivalent to red + shirt. In later senses with reference to the uniforms or outfits worn by such people. The fandom slang sense emerged from the tendency of red-uniformed Starfleet officers to die in episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.ʃəː(ɹ)t/ 1. A supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, especially a member of his thousand-man army which conquered Sicily. Labels: historical Example: Loyal regiments from Naples and other provinces of the mainland fought valiantly and were victorious un several skirmishes against the redshirts near Capua. 2. A revolutionary or anarchist. Labels: historical 3. A college athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years. Labels: US 4. An unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character. Labels: slang Example: Sensing danger, Captain Kirk decided to beam down to the surface with Spock, McCoy, and a couple of redshirts. Example: I am not a goddamn redshirt! I have a purpose! 5. A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft. Labels: US 6. Alternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As armoured personnel carriers rumbled on to Bangkok's deserted streets, thousands of troops fanned out in a cordon across the city, surrounding the redshirts' fortified protest camp.
Word: redshirt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of Italian camicia rossa, equivalent to red + shirt. In later senses with reference to the uniforms or outfits worn by such people. The fandom slang sense emerged from the tendency of red-uniformed Starfleet officers to die in episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.ʃəː(ɹ)t/ 1. To place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years. Labels: US Example: The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk. Example: Being asked whether I was going to be redshirted had some status associated with it. 2. To take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities. Labels: US Example: Hillman, who had come to Indiana without a scholarship (he now had one) from a Los Angeles suburb, wanted to redshirt so that he would have two years of eligibility left after Alford graduated. Smith didn't want to redshirt, he wanted to play. 3. To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially. Labels: US Example: 1985, March 1, "Some Educators Oppose Redshirting 5-Year-Olds," The Omaha World-Herald Parents who redshirt their 5-year-olds instead of enrolling them in kindergarten are a concern to some Nebraska educators who are trying to reverse the trend of holding children back until age 6 to start school.
Word: innovate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti Proto-Italic *nowāō Latin novō Latin innovō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin innovātusbor. English innovate First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/ 1. To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […]. Example: From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. 2. To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new. Labels: intransitive Example: Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition. 3. To introduce (something) as new. Labels: transitive Example: to innovate a word or an act Example: The Russian defense industrial base (DIB) continues to innovate military equipment and weapons for Russian forces to use in Ukraine.
Word: recapture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English capture English recapture From re- + capture. 1. The act of capturing again. Example: The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news. 2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken. 3. The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.
Word: recapture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English capture English recapture From re- + capture. 1. To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss. Example: The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town. Example: New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking. 2. To capture an opponent's piece immediately after it has captured on the same square.
Word: chickenhawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chicken + hawk. The political sense is derived from figurative meanings of “coward” and “militant” respectively. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪnˌhɔk/ 1. Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests. 2. A draft dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements. Labels: US, derogatory 3. An older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: For every instance of Saul's good-humoredly putting one over on the criminal justice system […] to free his younger lover from his latest legal trouble, Rogers recounts callous treatment at the hands of the older man. In addition, Sinbad suffers brutal depredations from the city's other chicken hawks.
Word: prepay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English pay English prepay From pre- + pay. 1. To pay in advance, or beforehand Example: to prepay postage Example: to prepay phone credit
Word: prepenial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English penial English prepenial From pre- + penial. 1. Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.
Word: prepense Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from prepensed, probably from Anglo-Norman prepenser. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛns/ 1. Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.
Word: prepense Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from prepensed, probably from Anglo-Norman prepenser. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛns/ 1. To weigh or consider beforehand; to intend. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: All these thinges prepensed and gathered together seriously Example: submit you to high prouidence, / And euer in your noble hart prepense, / That all the sorrow in the world is lesse, / Then vertues might [...]. 2. To deliberate beforehand. Labels: obsolete
Word: prepensely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English prepense Middle English -ly English -ly English prepensely From prepense + -ly. 1. In a premeditated manner.
Word: prepollence Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Those who hold this uncomfortable and gloomy opinion, would do well to consider what such men as Cudworth, archbishop King, Hutcheson, and Balguy, have so strongly urged in confutation of this opinion of the prepollence of evil in the world.
Word: chronon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chrono- + -on. 1. A hypothetical quantum or particle of time.
Word: prepollent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praepollēns, present participle of praepollēre (“to surpass in power”). 1. Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant. Example: But the prepollent Gravity of some, being sufficient to give comparative Lightness or Gravity to Bodies, we must deny Nature this Prerogative.
Word: prepollent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praepollēns, present participle of praepollēre (“to surpass in power”). 1. An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.
Word: preponder Part of Speech: verb 1. To preponderate. Example: As the democrat preponders over the aristocrat, so oxygen prevails over iron, the power of gravity is as much greater than that of magnetism, as regular democracy is superior to haphazard aristocracy . Example: As it is, the embellishments preponder over constructive ability, and one sadly reflects here, more than anywhere else, how small in great, and how great in small, things the Japanese really are.
Word: preponderance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English preponderant Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English preponderance From preponderant + -ance. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɒndəɹəns/, /pɹɪˈpɒndɹəns/, /pɹəˈpɑndəɹəns/, /pɹəˈpɑndɹəns/ 1. Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [S]trong proofs are at hand to shew, that in the Irish people there is a large admixture, if not an overwhelming praeponderance, of Iberian elements. Example: Is there a preponderance of female protagonists in commercial fiction, and if so, what does it mean? 2. Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In a few weeks he [William III of England] had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. Example: But even less disgruntled observers have insisted that pain and unpleasure are more common in dreams than pleasure: for instance, Scholz (1893, 57), Volkelt (1875, 80), and others. Indeed two ladies, Florence Hallam and Sarah Weed (1896, 499), have actually given statistical expression, based on a study of their own dreams, to the preponderance of unpleasure in dreaming. 3. Greater physical weight. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. Greater physical weight. Labels: countable, historical, obsolete, specifically, uncountable
Word: preponderant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praeponderāns, present participle of praeponderō (“to outweigh”). 1. Having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force. Example: The judge gave preponderant weight to the physical evidence. Example: Women continue to play a preponderant role in caregiving.
Word: preponderate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh”). 1. To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight. Labels: transitive Example: an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. Labels: transitive Example: That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield. 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. 4. To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate. Labels: intransitive Example: Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress. Example: […] if the principle of utility is good for anything, it must be good for weighing these conflicting utilities against one another, and marking out the region within which one or the other preponderates.
Word: prepositive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praepositivus, past participle of praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”). Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈpɒzɪtɪv/, /pɹiˈpɑzɪtɪv/ 1. Put before; prefixed. Labels: not-comparable Example: a prepositive adjective Example: a prepositive cone
Word: prepositive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praepositivus, past participle of praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”). Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈpɒzɪtɪv/, /pɹiˈpɑzɪtɪv/ 1. A prepositive word.
Word: prepositor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Conjunction of pre- + posit and suffixed with ‐or, from Latin praepositus. 1. A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor or prefect. Labels: historical
Word: prepositure Part of Speech: noun 1. The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.
Word: prepossess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before, earlier in time’) + possess. Cognates * Late Latin prepossessus (“seized beforehand”) Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs/, /ˌpɹipəˈzɛs/ 1. Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things. Labels: transitive Example: [I]ndeed the Legate [Alberic of Ostia] came not vvith a virgin-judgement, but raviſhed vvith prejudice; being prepoſſeſſed vvith this intent to diſpoſſeſſe him [Rodolphus, or Ralph of Domfront] of his place. Example: A ſurer ſigne of his loſt ſhame he could not have given, then ſeeking thus unſeaſonably to prepoſſeſſe Men of his modeſty. 2. To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: So Juſtice, which ſhould runne downe like a ſtreame, though it ariſeth out of a pure Fountaine, out of the breaſt of a ſincere and incorrupted Judge; yet if formerly it hath paſſed through the Mines of Gold and Silver, I meane, through bad Servants, who have taken bribes to prepoſſeſſe the Judge their Maſter with the prejudice of falſe informations, Juſtice hereby may be ſtrangely perverted and corrupted. Example: M. Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and a repulsive countenance; the teacher, therefore, did not prepossess me in favour of his doctrine. Besides, I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy. 3. To cause (someone) to think a certain way. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [T]his brief Inventory I have here given as preparatory to vvhat follovvs, and to pre-poſſeſs the Reader, 1. That a natural Indagation according to the light of natural Reaſon touching the Origination of ſuch a Creature as this, is no contemptible or unvvorthy enquiry. Example: VVith partial eye vve're apt to ſee / The man of noble pedigree. / VVe're prepoſſeſt my lord inherits / In ſome degree his grandſire's merits; / For thoſe vve find upon record, / But find him nothing but my lord. 4. To occupy or possess (something) beforehand. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: All paſſages out of their campe Martius [Gaius Lucius Marcius Septimus] hath prepoſſeſſed, ſo that there is no vvay to eſcape, ſaue by leaping dovvne the Rampart: […] Example: Hope is that vvhich antedates, and prepoſſeſſes a future good; that ſets it in the vievv of the vvill, vvhich alone puts all the faculties in motion. 5. Chiefly followed by of or with: to cause (oneself) to obtain possession of something beforehand, or ahead of someone else. Labels: obsolete, reflexive, transitive Example: to prepossess oneself of land