nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: SEO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of search engine optimization. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Some are prepared to pay for placement; others use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) hoping their result percolates up the organic SERP. 2. Initialism of search engine optimizer. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Several people that I spoke to made a similar point: the best SEOs are the ones that follow Google's rules, which essentially ask you to make amazing websites without even thinking about Google. You are not supposed to make any attempt to artificially boost a website's ranking; you are supposed to be designing websites for human readers, not for the algorithm. And many SEOs do exactly this kind of work: rewriting copy, making a site load more quickly, etc. But the existence of good SEOs does not negate the presence of scammers and idiots and people who get ahead by violating Google's terms of service, just as the mild-mannered teacher's pet in a classroom does not negate the obnoxious shouting of the kids that refuse to behave. A few loud kids can easily drown everyone else out.
Word: paddlewheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A large wheel fitted with thick slats, turned by an engine and used to propel a boat. 2. A boat propelled by a paddlewheel.
Word: brunette Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor. Old French brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor. English brunette Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet. Pronunciation: /bɹuˈnɛt/, /bɹuːˈnɛt/ 1. Of a brown color or tone. Labels: especially, not-comparable 2. Of a brown color or tone. Labels: dated, especially, not-comparable Example: Frosting and Tipping of your hair is for winter hi-fashion. It adds hi-lights to any brunette or brownette hair, softens the looks and adds body to the hair. Example: Hey, kiddies, Christopher Reeves,^([sic]) who has dark brunette locks whilst winging through the air as “Superman,” has light brownette hair in person. 3. Having brown hair. Labels: especially, feminine, not-comparable 4. Having brown hair. Labels: dated, especially, feminine, not-comparable Example: The survey asked for preferences in smoking and drinking, and whether they preferred blonde, brunette, or red-haired or brownette women as dates. Example: MAX FACTOR ★ HOLLYWOOD has created these luxurious Gift Sets in Color Harmony shades for blonde, brownette, brunette or red-head types. Every woman is interested in the gift which will reveal her individual loveliness.
Word: brunette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor. Old French brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor. English brunette Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet. Pronunciation: /bɹuˈnɛt/, /bɹuːˈnɛt/ 1. A person, especially female, with brown hair. Example: And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between the Dutch and the English. Here again is confirmation of the opinion that the modern English are somewhat more dark-haired than the ancient Saxons. Example: The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage. 2. A person, especially female, with brown hair. Labels: dated Example: FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […] Example: The models were very attractive indeed (blondes, brunettes, brownettes but no redettes) but on the slim side.
Word: attest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Middle French attester, from Latin attestor (“to witness to, bear witness”), from at-, combining form of ad (“to”) + testor (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”). Pronunciation: /əˈtɛst/ 1. To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. Labels: transitive Example: When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting? Example: Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you. 2. To certify by signature or oath. Labels: transitive Example: You must attest your will in order for it to be valid. 3. To certify in an official capacity. Labels: transitive 4. To supply or be evidence of. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Her fine work attested her ability. Example: O pardon : since a crooked Figure may / Attest in little place a Million, / And let us, Cyphers to this great Accompt, / On your imaginarie Forces worke. 5. To put under oath. Labels: transitive 6. To call to witness; to invoke. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.
Word: Churu Part of Speech: name 1. A district of Rajasthan, India. 2. A city in Churu district, Rajasthan, India.
Word: embarass Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of embarrass. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Sikar Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Sikar district, Rajasthan, India. 2. A district of Rajasthan, India.
Word: ancipital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin anceps. 1. Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and rarely also of leaves. Labels: not-comparable 2. Double; doubtful or ambiguous. Labels: not-comparable Example: This ancipital character of a constitution raises the problem of its adaptability or flexibility. As noted above, many constitutions provide more or less difficult conditions for their amendment, […]
Word: concavo-convex Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one side concave and the other convex.
Word: war bride Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who marries a man who is on active military duty in wartime; especially, a woman who marries a foreign soldier serving in her country and then emigrates to his. 2. A company or individual whose business is increased by warfare. Labels: idiomatic
Word: palochka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian па́лочка (páločka, “little stick”), diminutive of па́лка (pálka, “stick”). 1. A Cyrillic letter used in writing several Caucasian languages.
Word: gizmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪzmoʊ/ 1. Something, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or forgotten. Labels: slang
Word: wiry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wire + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi/ 1. Resembling wire. Example: My hair was very wiry in my teens. 2. Thin, muscular and flexible. Example: Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.
Word: fashion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction. Pronunciation: /ˈfæʃn̩/, /ˈfæʃən/ 1. A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. Labels: countable Example: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years. 2. Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items. Labels: uncountable Example: Check out the latest in fashion. Example: He had always been interested in fashion, so he decided to take a sewing class. 3. A style or manner in which something is done. Labels: countable Example: the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc. Example: Ophelia: My lord, he hath importuned me with love in honourable fashion. Lord Polonius: Ay, fashion you may call it; go to, go to. 4. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I do not like the fashion of your garments. Example: The fashion of his countenance was altered. 5. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: men of fashion
Word: fashion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction. Pronunciation: /ˈfæʃn̩/, /ˈfæʃən/ 1. To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way. Example: 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low. Example: […] a device fashioned by arguments against that kind of prey. 2. To make in a standard manner; to work. Labels: dated Example: Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. 3. To fit, adapt, or accommodate to. Labels: dated Example: Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people. 4. To forge or counterfeit. Labels: obsolete Example: Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion feet.
Word: stoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stoner, stonere, stonare, staner, equivalent to stone + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈstoʊnɚ/ 1. One who stones. Example: At eight you thought of boys as cat drowners and bird stoners. At nine there was another reason for boys' existence: they either noticed you or they didn't, and it desperately mattered which. 2. A machine to remove the stones (pits) from fruit. 3. A habitual user of cannabis. Labels: slang Example: "You're useless when you're high on catnip, you know that?" "Mewww mew?" "No I will NOT put on Dark Side of the Moon and the Wizard of Oz for you. Goddamned stoner cat." 4. Someone or something that weighs a certain number of stones. Labels: in-compounds
Word: strapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strap + -er, principally strap + -er (agent noun suffix). The sense referring to a poorly producing milk cow (from strap + -er) came from a dialectal sense of the verb strap as a troponym of milk: not even the most skilful milking action could coax enough milk from the udder. 1. A large, strong, robust person (usually a man). 2. A person who works with straps, as on leather goods. 3. One who straps horses; now, specifically, someone employed to attend and groom racehorses. Example: I was, however, but a very brief period employed as a strapper, as from the care and pains which I took in cleaning and watering the horses they soon mended in their jaded, worn-out appearance, for they were regularly fed, because I was regularly sober, a state, I have been informed, in which my predecessor was never in after mid-day. Example: On large establishments a head-man superintends the strappers, and the general management of the horses. 4. A cow which yields a small amount of milk. Labels: archaic Example: “Nabla, Nabla,” says he, “them was the true words of Father Luke's when he said them would lend him a strapper would be repaid twofold. Here comes our own strapper back to us in company with a brave lump of a bullockeen. Faith,” says he, “Father Luke, you're the man for my money, and if ever ye want a strapper again, just tip me the word, and I'll go bail ye'll not want one long; and if ye want two, why, I'll steal one for ye.” 5. A wire that joins two light switches so that a light can be turned off or on from either switch.
Word: Perseus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Perseus, from Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús). Pronunciation: /ˈpɝ.si.əs/, /ˈpɜː.si.əs/, /ˈpɜː.ʃəs/, /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/ 1. The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae. Labels: Greek 2. An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib, Algol, and Mirfak. 3. The last Antigonid king of Macedonia, Perseus of Macedon.
Word: vapid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin vapor Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vapidusbor. English vapid Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”). Pronunciation: /ˈvæp.ɪd/, /ˈveɪp.ɪd/ 1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. Example: In Koons' best-known works—a life-sized poly-chromed wood replica of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles; vapid fin de siècle readymades such as a trio of basketballs floating in a fishtank […] 2. Lifeless, dull, or banal. Example: Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless. 3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Word: rile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a dialectal pronunciation of roil. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪl/, /ɹɑel/, [ɹɑe̯l] 1. To stir or move from a state of calm or order. Example: Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day. Example: Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me. 2. To make angry. Example: Nothing riles an anti-mosque demonstrator more than being called a bigot. Example: Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.
Word: octogenarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌɒktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old. Example: Mama was by no means the only grandma present, for the octogenarians had turned out en masse from their huts and lean-tos and were paddling about, diving and splashing as unconcernedly as though they really belonged in the sea rather than on land. Example: Finsbury Park station, one of the most important L.N.E.R. suburban junctions, is now an octogenarian.
Word: octogenarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌɒktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Of or related to eightysomethings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: somnambulist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French somnambuliste, from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ambulist. Pronunciation: [sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst] 1. A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker. Example: The clergyman floundered a moment, as is usual with an absent man who is recovering the train of his ideas, or a somnambulist when he is suddenly awakened. Example: The slim one got up and walked straight at me - still knitting with downcast eyes - and only just as I began to think of getting out of her way, as you would for a somnambulist, stood still, and looked up.
Word: caul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English calle, kelle, kalle, kolle (“caul, net, basket”), from Old English cāwl, cāul, cēawl, cēaul (“basket, container, net, sieve”), of uncertain origin. Reinforced by Old French cale (“close-fitting cap”), possibly a borrowing of the Old English term above, or alternatively related to Old French calotte (“headdress”), from Italian callotta, from Latin calautica (“type of female headdress which fell down over the shoulders”), itself of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots kell (“caul”). Pronunciation: /kɔːl/, /kɔl/, /kɑl/ 1. A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. Labels: historical Example: Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold […] 2. An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). Labels: UK, capitalized, historical, often 3. A membrane. 4. The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. 5. The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). Example: I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Example: Even in the mid seventeenth century a country gentleman might regard his caul as a treasure to be preserved with great care, and bequeathed to his descendants. 6. The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet. 7. A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force. 8. Caul fat.
Word: troglodytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin troglodyticus, Ancient Greek τρωγλοδυτικός (trōglodutikós, “of cave-/hole-dwellers”) from τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “cave-/hole-dweller”) from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “enter, go into”), equivalent to troglodyte + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to troglodytes, or dwellers in caves. Example: Foremost of all, of course, were the sight of the fiery caves and the certainty that some troglodytic race inhabited them. 2. Like or befitting a troglodyte; brutish, backwards, etc. Example: ‘There is something more, if I could find a name for it. God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent? The last, I think; for O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.’ Example: You have my thanks for not closing debate in Community Voices, so that the late but thoughtful and intelligent contributions to a controversy isn't squelched. I've found this usually means clawing one's way through mounds of troglodytic gay male misogyny and an occasional off-the-wall lesbian interpretation of gay male sexuality, but it's worth it.
Word: lockjaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lock + jaw. 1. A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: efflorescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/ 1. The production of flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S. 3. The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I’d hoped that when the black hole of the Donald Trump presidency ended, redirected energy might allow for a cultural efflorescence. So far that hasn’t happened. 6. A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: poll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, scalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”, adjective), German Low German Polle, Poll (“round object, ball”), German Low German Poller (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”). Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from the notion of "counting heads". Pronunciation: /pɔl/, /pəʊl/, [pɒʊl], /pɒl/, /poʊl/ 1. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. 2. A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice. Example: The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria. Example: All soldiers quartered in place are to remove […] and not to return till one day after the poll is ended. 3. A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) Example: The polls close at 8 p.m. 4. The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded. 5. The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows. Example: […]the doctor, as if to hear better, had taken off his powdered wig, and sat there, looking very strange indeed with his own close-cropped black poll. Example: And you might perceive the president and general manager, Mr. R. G. Atterbury, with his priceless polished poll, busy in the main office room dictating letters.. 6. A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count. Example: We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands. Example: The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. 7. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer. 8. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
Word: poll Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, scalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”, adjective), German Low German Polle, Poll (“round object, ball”), German Low German Poller (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”). Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from the notion of "counting heads". Pronunciation: /pɔl/, /pəʊl/, [pɒʊl], /pɒl/, /poʊl/ 1. Bred without horns, and thus hornless. Example: Poll Hereford Example: Red Poll cows
Word: poll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a shortening of Polly, a common name for pet parrots. Pronunciation: /pɒl/ 1. A pet parrot.
Word: poll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολλοί (polloí, “the many, the masses”), as in hoi polloi. Pronunciation: /pɒl/ 1. One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. Labels: UK, dated
Word: K9 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pseudo-acronym of canine, by phonetic similarity of the letter and number names with the two syllables of canine. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnaɪn/, /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ 1. A trained police dog. Example: Police working dogs (K9s) often have extremely close bonds with their handlers. Example: Originally a K9 dog for the police department, Captain was asked to resign for unknown reasons.
Word: etiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-der. Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογίᾱ (-logíā) Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)der. Latin aetiologiabor. English etiology See origins at aetiology § Etymology. By surface analysis, etio- + -logy. 1. US standard spelling of aetiology. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable Example: Whether we were discussing the etiology of tuberculosis, gynecological surgery, or the implication of census health statistics, these sources have conveyed to me Rorschach-like, divergent medical worldviews.
Word: evince Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French évincer, from Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), from ē- (short form of ex- (intensive prefix)) + vincō (“conquer”). Doublet of evict. Pronunciation: /iˈvɪns/, /ɛˈvɪns/, /ɪˈvɪns/ 1. To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. Labels: transitive Example: For You will find in the Progress of our Dispute, that I had some reason to question the very way of Probation imploy'd both by Peripateticks and Chymists, to evince the being and number of the Elements. Example: Common sense and experience will and must evince the truth of this.
Word: slithy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of lithe + slimy, coined by Lewis Carroll in 1871. Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪði/ 1. lithe and slimy or slithery. Example: The squid wrapped its slithy tentacles around its prey. Example: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
Word: saltpetre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Italic *sāls Latin sāl Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrae Medieval Latin sāl petrae Old French salpetrebor. Middle English saltpetre English saltpetre From Middle English saltpetre, alteration of Old French salpetre, from Medieval Latin sāl petrae (“salt of the rock”), named so being found as an incrustation. Alteration of the first element is from folk-etymological association with salt (which is, nevertheless, cognate to Latin sāl). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːltpiːtə(ɹ)/, /sɔːltˈpiːtə(ɹ)/ 1. Potassium nitrate. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Sodium nitrate. Labels: uncommon, uncountable, usually
Word: saltpetre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Italic *sāls Latin sāl Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrae Medieval Latin sāl petrae Old French salpetrebor. Middle English saltpetre English saltpetre From Middle English saltpetre, alteration of Old French salpetre, from Medieval Latin sāl petrae (“salt of the rock”), named so being found as an incrustation. Alteration of the first element is from folk-etymological association with salt (which is, nevertheless, cognate to Latin sāl). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːltpiːtə(ɹ)/, /sɔːltˈpiːtə(ɹ)/ 1. To treat with saltpetre. Labels: transitive
Word: nitrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French nitrate. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/, [ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t] 1. Any salt or ester of nitric acid. Example: Nitrates are most commonly used in fertilizers, especially sodium and potassium nitrates. Numerous water wells have had to be abandoned because of the lack of a way to deal with the problem. Example: The underground water which feeds Britain's springs and rivers and provides a third of its drinking water is becoming seriously polluted with nitrates, causing a threat to wildlife and landing consumers with a big purification bill.
Word: nitrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French nitrate. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/, [ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t] 1. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
Word: ester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ester, perhaps a contraction or abstraction of Essigäther (“ethyl acetate”), from Essig (“vinegar”) (from Latin acetum) and Äther (“ether”). See ether for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɛstɚ/, /ˈɛstə/ 1. A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom. Example: To produce a test material containing at least 75 percent omega-3 polyunsaturates, the menhaden triglycerides are transesterified to produce fatty acid ethyl esters. The esters are reacted with urea dissolved in hot ethanol and the solution is cooled overnight. Example: The thiol-coenzyme-A ester formed by R-arylpropionic acid can bind to triglyceride to form a “hybrid” triglyceride: such hybrid triglycerides can cause alteration of fatty-acid metabolism and membrane function, and a lipophilic triglyceride–propionic-acid hybrid would be able to cross lipid membranes such as the blood–brain barrier.
Word: aroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma)bor. Late Latin arōmatader. English aroma From Late Latin arōmata (“spices”) (or arōma (“spice”)), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”). Pronunciation: /əˈɹəʊ.mə/, /əˈɹoʊ.mə/ 1. A smell; especially a pleasant, spicy or fragrant one. Example: I love the aroma of cinnamon. Example: David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.”
Word: aromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek ἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)bor. Late Latin arōmaticusder. Old French aromatique Middle Frenchbor. Middle English English aromatic Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”). Pronunciation: /ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɛɹ.əˈmæɾ.ɪk], [ˌæɹ.əˈmæɾ.ɪk] 1. Fragrant or spicy. Example: aromatic herbs Example: aromatic taste 2. Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons. 3. Derived from benzene.
Word: aromatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek ἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)bor. Late Latin arōmaticusder. Old French aromatique Middle Frenchbor. Middle English English aromatic Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”). Pronunciation: /ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɛɹ.əˈmæɾ.ɪk], [ˌæɹ.əˈmæɾ.ɪk] 1. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it, especially the vegetables that serve as the base flavors in a more complex dish. 2. Any aromatic compound.
Word: indigent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/, /ɪnˈd(a)ɪd͡ʒənt/ 1. Poor; destitute; in need. Example: Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […] Example: And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise. 2. Utterly lacking or in need of something specified. Labels: archaic Example: Again some Bodies dissolve both in Fire and Water, as Gums; &c. And these are such, as have both Plenty of Spirit; and their tangible Parts indigent of Moisture: the former promotes the Dilatation of the Spirits by the Fire and the latter stimulates the Parts to receive the Liquor. Example: Will Providence guard us? How do I ſee that our Sex is naturally Indigent of Protection?—I hope it is in Fate to crown our Loves; for 'tis only in the Protection of Men of Honour, that we are naturally truly Safe […]
Word: indigent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/, /ɪnˈd(a)ɪd͡ʒənt/ 1. A person in need, or in poverty. Example: I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known. Example: The influx of indigents overwhelmed the city's meagre social services and affordable accommodation.
Word: public domain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From public (“able to be seen or known by everyone”) + domain (“field or sphere of activity, expertise, or influence”). Pronunciation: /ˌpʌblɪk də(ʊ)ˈmeɪn/, /ˌpʌblɪk doʊˈmeɪn/ 1. Often preceded by in the. Labels: also, attributive, uncountable 2. Often preceded by in the. Labels: also, attributive, specifically, uncountable Example: As the copyright in this book has lapsed, it is now in the public domain. Example: Any regime applied to the public domain should ensure such free use. Yet, the ‘public domainness’ does not guarantee as such a freedom to access to the resources it contains. Access to a public domain work will depend on many factors. 3. Often preceded by in the. Labels: also, attributive, uncountable Example: Very little information about the treaty is in the public domain. 4. Land regarded as owned by the public, and not subject to a land patent or other forms of private ownership (for example, unowned prairie in the southwestern and western United States). Labels: US, especially, uncountable
Word: ten a penny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: With literal origins; now usually in the figuratively extended sense. 1. So common as to be practically or almost worthless. Labels: UK, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: not worth a dime; see also Thesaurus:worthless Example: People with your skills are ten a penny these days. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ten, a, penny: sold at ten (10) units per penny (1d or 1¢). Labels: not-comparable
Word: a dime a dozen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: With literal origins; now usually in the figuratively extended sense. 1. So common as to be practically or almost worthless. Labels: Australia, US, idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: not worth a dime; see also Thesaurus:worthless Example: People with your skills are a dime a dozen these days. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, dime, a, dozen: sold at twelve (12) units per dime (10¢).
Word: spiffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Attested in print from 1852 (see quotations below). Compare the noun spiff, attested from 1859, as well as spiffing (1872) and spiffed (1881), suggesting participle forms of a related verb. Compare also spiv (“a smartly-dressed criminal”), attested from the 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪfi/ 1. Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance. Labels: informal Example: He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her. Example: The charming twins came last week, and you should see their clothes. ‘Spiffy’ is the word.
Word: spiffy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Attested in print from 1852 (see quotations below). Compare the noun spiff, attested from 1859, as well as spiffing (1872) and spiffed (1881), suggesting participle forms of a related verb. Compare also spiv (“a smartly-dressed criminal”), attested from the 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪfi/ 1. A dapper person. Labels: informal
Word: buyer's market Part of Speech: noun 1. An excess of supply over demand, leading to abnormally low prices. Example: Take any price you can get. We're in a buyer's market right now.
Word: seller's market Part of Speech: noun 1. An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller. Labels: idiomatic Example: Pay any price you have to. We're in a seller's market right now.
Word: than a bygod Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used with a comparative to express extreme heat or cold. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: It's colder than a bygod out there! Example: It was a typical Texas summer: hotter than a bygod and not a cloud in sight.
Word: bust ass cold Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely cold. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable, rare, slang Example: It was bust ass cold out, but I still had to go in to work.
Word: hydrocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English hydrocarbon From hydro- + carbon. 1. A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Example: Chofen is an unusually small hydrogen-helium gas giant, with traces of sulphur and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. The Alliance surveyor ship Ibn Battuta provided inconclusive evidence of hydrocarbon life in the atmosphere (over 1000 meters below the cloud tops), where pressure compresses Chofen's hydrogen into a liquid state. Example: Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Word: zip one's lip Part of Speech: verb 1. To refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up. Labels: idiomatic, imperative, informal, often Example: Why don’t you just zip your lip? I’m tired of listening to you.
Word: zip it Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of zip one's lip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: organic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡænɪk/, /oɹˈɡænɪk/, [oɹˈɡɛənɪk], /oːˈɡænɪk/, /oːˈɡɛnək/ 1. Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. 2. Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism. 3. Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products. 4. Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body. 5. Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe). 6. Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached). Example: Socially, the term “organic” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past. Example: Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies. 7. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. Example: those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously 8. Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to deliberate promotional techniques e.g. by advertisers. Labels: Internet Example: According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results. 9. Developing in a gradual or natural fashion. Example: The writing of the script was an organic process. 10. Harmonious; coherent; structured. Example: The production came together in an organic whole.
Word: organic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡænɪk/, /oɹˈɡænɪk/, [oɹˈɡɛənɪk], /oːˈɡænɪk/, /oːˈɡɛnək/ 1. An organic compound. 2. An organic food. 3. A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram. Example: Pitiful organics.
Word: nervous hit Part of Speech: noun 1. A production which receives generally favorable notice, but is not assured of success. Labels: England, idiomatic Example: But it hardly mattered; her singing (including "My Own Best Friend" made into a solo) and performing were so strong that few quibbled, especially as she was accomplishing a valiant task by selling out a new, somewhat nervous hit while its regular star recovered.
Word: thingy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Middle English thing English thing Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English thingy From thing + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋiː/, /ˈθɪŋi/ 1. A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name). Labels: informal Example: And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night. Example: What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […] 2. A penis. Labels: childish, euphemistic, slang Example: He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.
Word: thingy Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Middle English thing English thing Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English thingy From thing + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋiː/, /ˈθɪŋi/ 1. A person whose name one cannot recall. Labels: informal Example: He reminds me of thingy from that film.
Word: thingy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Middle English thing English thing Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English thingy From thing + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋiː/, /ˈθɪŋi/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible. Example: The most unpleasant, and also the thingiest, the central thing in Foreign Parts, was a giant banyan tree, putting out more and more suckers which created tangled arches, a swollen hiding-place of a tree, a series of organic traps, […] Example: The secret of even the thingiest SF, the most solid-walnut-to-the-knuckles fantasy, is that you don't need much to summon worlds out of air, so long as the details are the right ones.
Word: voiceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōcem Anglo-Norman voizbor. Middle English voys English voice Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English voiceless From voice + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪsləs/ 1. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe. Example: A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It's there that my heart is calling / All for the love of you. 2. Without a vote; having no input into a decision. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: I've come to see she is a voiceless person in her world, and so I try to remember to stop and give her my full-faced attention when I see her. Example: I feel like hip-hop / Used to be a voice for the voiceless, you know? / And now it's become, at least in the mainstream, a symbol of / misogyny, gay panic, fiscal irresponsibility, you know? / So I figure / if you can't beat 'em / join 'em 3. Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥]. Labels: not-comparable
Word: concave Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.keɪv/, /kɒnˈkeɪv/, /ˈkɑn.keɪv/, /kɑnˈkeɪv/, /kənˈkeɪv/ 1. Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl. 2. Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees. Labels: not-comparable 3. Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function. Labels: not-comparable 4. Hollow; empty. Example: as concave […] as a worm-eaten nut
Word: concave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.keɪv/, /kɒnˈkeɪv/, /ˈkɑn.keɪv/, /kɑnˈkeɪv/, /kənˈkeɪv/ 1. A concave surface or curve. 2. The vault of the sky. 3. One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world. Example: Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661). 4. An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting. 5. An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift. 6. An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength. 7. A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
Word: concave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.keɪv/, /kɒnˈkeɪv/, /ˈkɑn.keɪv/, /kɑnˈkeɪv/, /kənˈkeɪv/ 1. To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.
Word: convex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.vɛks/, /kɒnˈvɛks/, /kənˈvɛks/, /ˈkɑn.vɛks/, /kɑnˈvɛks/ 1. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere. Example: [D]rops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface; […] 2. having an epigraph that is a convex set. Labels: not-comparable 3. having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees. Labels: not-comparable 4. arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set. Labels: not-comparable