nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: inquire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin inquīrō (“to seek for”), composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Displaced Middle English enqueren (from Old French enquerre, of the same source) and native Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪə/, /ɪŋˈkwaɪə/, /ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/, /ɪŋˈkwaɪɹ/ 1. To ask (about something). Labels: Australia, Canada, US, ambitransitive, intransitive Example: May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking? Example: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually. 2. To make an inquiry or an investigation. Labels: ambitransitive, intransitive Example: Police are already inquiring into the incident. Example: It is these people, gentlemen, the disseminators of these rumours, who are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters must be an atheist. 3. To call; to name. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete, transitive Example: Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.
Word: count sheep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See count and sheep. Stories of counting sheep to sleep extend back to at least as early as 12th-century Spain and 13th-century Italy from prior Arab stories. 1. To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep. Labels: idiomatic
Word: alphabetization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet(ical) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English alphabetize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English alphabetization From alphabetize + -ation. 1. The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mandarine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mandarin (“citrus fruit”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Obsolete form of mandarin (“Chinese bureaucrat”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: animating Part of Speech: adj 1. Enlivening. Example: He was a beloved brother indeed to me, and his letters have been very animating and strengthening to me in my great solitude. Example: The sport is excellent and most animating.
Word: animating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of animate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tubercle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber. Pronunciation: /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/, /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/, /ˈt(j)ʉː.bə.kəl/, /ˈt(j)ʉ.bəɹ.kəl/, /ˈʈ(j)uː.bɜː(ɾ).kel/ 1. A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth. Example: the iliac tubercles Example: The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close to the upper edge of the shoulder or bend of the wing; they are narrow, gently curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy white colour. 2. A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti. 3. A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
Word: quokka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nyunga kwaka. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒkə/ 1. A cat-sized wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia. Example: At least 673 quokkas were re-introduced from Rottnest Island to the Marsupial Research Station of the University of Western Australia (254 ha) at Jandakot from 1972 to 1988. Example: Tammars, quokkas and black-footed rock wallabies inhabit islands in the southwest, while three species of hare wallaby, the burrowing bettong and five species of rock wallaby inhabit various islands in the northwest.
Word: curator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”). Pronunciation: /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/, /kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/, [kjʊəˈɹeɪɾɚ], /kjʊəˈɹæɪtə(ɹ)/, [kjʊəˈɹæɪɾə(ɹ)] 1. A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo. Example: The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in. Example: Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. 2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee. 3. A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc. 4. A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another. 5. A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.
Word: anaphylaxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French anaphylaxie, coined by French physiologist and parapsychologist Charles Richet and French zoologist Paul Portier from the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “(intensifier) thoroughly”) from ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ, “to, again, upon”) and φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “protection, watching, guarding”). Pronunciation: /ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs/ 1. Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Anyone who has experienced or witnessed an anaphylaxis reaction knows it can be very stressful deciding when to inject epinephrine to themselves or a child and often delay,” Dr. Jonathan Spergel, chief of the allergy program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a news release from ARS Pharmaceuticals. Example: He said a bite could send someone into anaphylaxis, which is a narrowing of the airways and lowering of blood pressure, within minutes.
Word: Anaheim Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Anaheim (literally “home of Ana”). Likely a reference to the local Santa Ana River. Pronunciation: /ˈænəhaɪm/ 1. A city in Orange County, in southern California, United States; the home of Disneyland.
Word: Anaheim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Anaheim (literally “home of Ana”). Likely a reference to the local Santa Ana River. Pronunciation: /ˈænəhaɪm/ 1. A cultivar of the green or red pepper, Capsicum annuum, having long, tapering fruit.
Word: autocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power.”), from αὐτός (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”); see also Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “one who governs alone”). Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒkɹəsi/ 1. A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. Labels: uncountable Example: I want to be clear: This shift toward democracy and away from autocracy is no reason to break out the “mission accomplished” banner. 2. An instance of this government. Labels: countable Example: The will of the people of Ukraine to defend their democracy is a reminder that autocracies cannot ultimately overcome free people willing to defend their liberty. Example: Among those who study authoritarian regimes, a consensus has emerged that [US president Donald Trump's] early moves display common characteristics of burgeoning autocracies.
Word: antarthritic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant- + arthritic. 1. An agent that prevents or alleviates arthritis.
Word: antarthritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ant- + arthritic. 1. Preventing or alleviating arthritis.
Word: arthritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/, /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/, [ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs], /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/, /aːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/ 1. Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity; Example: She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed).
Word: chemo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkiːməʊ/, /ˈkimoʊ/ 1. Clipping of chemotherapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: chemo Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkiːməʊ/, /ˈkimoʊ/ 1. To treat with chemotherapy. Labels: informal, transitive Example: We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished.
Word: antichristian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Antichrist, but later reinforced and influenced by anti- + Christian. Pronunciation: /antɪˈkɹɪstɪən/ 1. Pertaining to Antichrist. Example: it was first establisht and put in practice by Antichristian malice and mystery on set purpose to extinguish, if it were possible, the light of Reformation, and to settle falshood; little differing from that policie wherewith the Turk upholds his Alcoran, by the prohibition of Printing. Example: They gave their power and authority to the beast—lent themselves to the support of the antichristian usurpation; prompted to this partly by superstitious reverence for the spiritual authority it claimed, and partly, perhaps chiefly, by political aims and exigencies. 2. Alternative form of anti-Christian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antichristian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Antichrist, but later reinforced and influenced by anti- + Christian. Pronunciation: /antɪˈkɹɪstɪən/ 1. Alternative form of anti-Christian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: illiteracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From il- + literacy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪtəɹəsi/, /ɪˈlɪt͡ʃɹəsi/ 1. The inability to read and write. Labels: uncountable Example: Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country. Example: The heroines of these plays speak out against intraracial biases, stereotyping, lynchmobs, illiteracy, poverty, promiscuity, self-righteousness, verbally abusive men, rape, and miscegenation. […] Without warning the doctor, she chokes the life out of her child in order to keep him safe from white lynchmobs. 2. The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage. Labels: uncountable 3. A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person. Labels: countable 4. Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: humorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English humorous 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 humorously From humorous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhju.məɹ.ɪs.li/ 1. In a humorous manner; jocularly Example: He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously. Example: But let’s fast-forward two decades and look at a couple of interesting tokiponidos (as these descendants are humorously termed) that were both proposed in mid 2020.
Word: anaheim Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Anaheim. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: paine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.
Word: 2CV Part of Speech: noun 1. deux chevaux (conventional French shortening of deux chevaux-vapeur "two horsepower") (a model of car by French manufacturer, Citroën)
Word: Russian Federation Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Russian Росси́йская Федера́ция (Rossíjskaja Federácija). 1. Official name of Russia: a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Example: The deepening strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation and their mutually reinforcing attempts to undercut the rules-based international order run counter to our values and interests. Example: North Korea had not publicly confirmed its contribution until Monday, when it said: “The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” according to state-run news agency KCNA.
Word: perestroika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka, “restructuring”). Pronunciation: /pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/ 1. A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy. Example: [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change. 2. The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect. Labels: historical, uncountable 3. A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties. Labels: countable
Word: rectal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rectum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈrɛk.təl/ 1. Of, via or related to the rectum. Labels: not-comparable Example: The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam. Example: Give a MC a rectal hysterectomy / Lecture on removal of the bowels, foul technically
Word: rectal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rectum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈrɛk.təl/ 1. Ellipsis of rectal examination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: Most doctors feel a rectal examination is unnecessary following a full pelvic examination, so that rectals are not routinely performed on women.
Word: politely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English polite 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 politely From polite + -ly. Pronunciation: /pəˈlaɪtli/ 1. in a polite manner Example: If pressed about a serious accusation like rape, you can politely reply that you can’t answer questions pertaining to such an allegation without legal representation and wish to remain silent. Example: It was night once more and Mary had got through another day without throwing herself politely from a top floor window or scrawling filthy words on the dining room walls.
Word: proletariat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French prolétariat, from prolétaire + -at, from Latin proletārius, from prōlēt- (“offspring”) + -ārius, from stem of prōlēs, from pro- + *olēs (“growth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). By surface analysis, Latin prōlēt- + -ary + -at. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/, /ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɚ.i.ət/ 1. The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses. Labels: also, derogatory, figuratively, often 2. Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”). Labels: Marxism Example: Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to-day, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of modern industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product. 3. The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical
Word: proletarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the proletariat. Example: While the May 30th Movement is usually perceived by historians as essentially a Communist-instigated urban proletarian movement, in the suburban countryside in Xihua county the antiforeign struggle attracted a sizable number of peasants. Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui).
Word: proletarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A member of the proletariat.
Word: pitcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pitch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/, [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃə], /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/, [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. One who pitches (in any sense) anything Example: A tent pitcher Example: A pitcher of ideas 2. The player who delivers the ball to the batter. Example: A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base. 3. A drug dealer. Labels: slang Example: To the residents of Spanish Harlem, these pitchers embodied the drug trade at its most sinister; they were the dealers and pushers who were destroying their neighborhood. 4. One who puts counterfeit money into circulation. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: To discover […] how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “gun,” it is necessary to visit the vast nursery-grounds of crime. 5. The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men. Labels: US, colloquial 6. A sort of crowbar for digging. Labels: obsolete 7. One who makes a pitch or proposal. Example: The pitcher of the new film stands to earn millions. 8. A person who sells anything in the streets. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: pitcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Doublet of beaker. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/, [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃə], /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/, [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. Example: At length, in a refrigerator, Eve finds a glass pitcher of water, pure, cold, and bright as ever gushed from a fountain among the hills. 2. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
Word: pitcher Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/, [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃə], /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/, [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: She's purtier'n uh pitcher, son, but what in th' name o' thunderin' snakes c'n you do with 'er in this here country? Example: Nineteen sixty-nine, shore as hell, Clay Lawrence —that magazine had uh pitcher of ya—was uh All-American defensive back at the University of Missouri.
Word: tetracycline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English tetracyclic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English tetracycline From tetracyclic + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˈsaɪ.kliːn/ 1. A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically. Labels: uncountable 2. Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups. Labels: countable
Word: microchip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + chip. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌt͡ʃɪp/ 1. An integrated circuit. 2. An integrated circuit. Example: By the early 2020s, the strategic priority level of microchip fabrication prowess and capacity had only grown. Example: The base of the antenna contains a few microchips, whose purpose Hiro cannot divine by looking at them.
Word: microchip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + chip. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌt͡ʃɪp/ 1. To fit (an animal) with a microchip. Labels: transitive Example: Still, doing something to protect your cat is better than doing nothing, so you should have your cat microchipped in the groin area with a registered ID. Example: In Britain, where the British BeeKeepers Association (BBKA) has been urging members to microchip their hives for some time, the continuing mystery and the belief that the crimes are inside jobs are taking their toll. 2. To cause microscopic chips (abrasions) in a material. Labels: transitive Example: Material removal occurs when the abrasive particles, suspended in the slurry, are struck on the downstroke of the vibrating tool. The velocity imparted to the abrasive particles causes microchipping and erosion as the particles impinge on the workpiece.
Word: integrated circuit Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.
Word: interpunctuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English punctuation English interpunctuation From inter- + punctuation. 1. any form of punctuation between words Labels: uncountable
Word: vermiform appendix Part of Speech: noun 1. An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum. Of disputed function (if any), it is known for sometimes causing inflammation (appendicitis) in humans.
Word: ballistic missile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballistic + missile. 1. A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory. Example: Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.
Word: Methuselah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Məṯûšelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (Məṯûšālaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet. 1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years. Example: And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 2. A planet in the PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).
Word: Methuselah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Məṯûšelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (Məṯûšālaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet. 1. Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age. Labels: broadly 2. Alternative spelling of methuselah (“large wine bottle”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ballistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō) Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)der. Latin ballista Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ballistic From Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to ballistics. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift. Labels: comparable Example: Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100. 3. Very angry. Labels: comparable, slang Example: When he heard him lie about it, he went ballistic.
Word: go ballistic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The idiomatic usage derives from the second-generation of jet fighters, armed with guided missiles, in the late 1950s into the 1960s, with the informal military sense of fully-powered non-ballistic missiles going ballistic when losing control and assuming a free-fall trajectory, sense 3. But in subsequent usage the term has often become associated with the intentionally ballistic, suborbital trajectories of long-range, typically nuclear-armed missiles, sense 2. 1. To become very angry and irrational. Labels: idiomatic Example: She'd go ballistic, possibly even fling a fireball or two, if she knew Selene had him in her apartment. Example: Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Hey, sorry for going ballistic back there. I think the whole Julie-being-alive thing affected me more than I thought. 2. for a usually rocket-powered, predominantly non-glide projectile or aerial vehicle, such as a ballistic missile, to travel to its target partly via unpowered ballistic or quasi-ballistic flight, usually following burnout of its rocket motor Example: SRAM is a very flexible weapon. It has a ballistic trajectory. It can be launched and go ballistic into its target for a long range... and it can go short range at very low levels. 3. for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance Labels: slang Example: I... fired two AIM-7s in a ripple. One AIM-7 went ballistic. The other guided but passed behind the MIG and did not detonate. Knowing that I was then too close for further AIM-7 firing... Example: In the case of retarded bombs released at too high a speed, the retarding fins might tear away and allow the bomb to go ballistic.
Word: heparin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin hepar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English heparin From Latin hepar (“liver”) + English -in. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛp.ə.ɹɪn/ 1. A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: judgmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From judgment + -al. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛntl̩/, /ˌd͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛnt(ə)l/ 1. Of or relating to judgment. 2. Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.
Word: inquire after Part of Speech: verb 1. To ask about the health of (someone). Labels: US, transitive
Word: lactation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lactātiō, lactātiōnis. Equivalent to lactate + -ion. Pronunciation: /lækˈteɪʃən/ 1. The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; a lactation period. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: armless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English armlees; equivalent to arm + -less. 1. Having no arms. Labels: not-comparable Example: When you have been waited on by armless hands, and have had a short conversation with a cat, nothing can surprise you much.
Word: rock paper scissors Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the handshapes. 1. A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker. Labels: uncountable 2. Any situation where strategies are not transitive, meaning each strategy is strong against some strategies and weak against others in a loop such that there is no universally best option. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: equip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪp/, [ɪˈkʰwɪp], /əˈkwɪp/, [əˈkʰwɪp] 1. To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging). Labels: transitive Example: 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Example: A semicircular plate, with the numbers in multiples of five up to thirty miles an hour, is equipped with a pointer, which indicates accurately the speed of the car. 2. To dress up; to array; to clothe. Labels: transitive Example: The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. 3. To prepare (someone) with a skill. Labels: transitive Example: I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet. Example: it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted 4. To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use. Labels: transitive Example: Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.
Word: equip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪp/, [ɪˈkʰwɪp], /əˈkwɪp/, [əˈkʰwɪp] 1. Equipment (carried by a game character). Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: taxi driver Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who drives a taxicab.
Word: taximeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch, handle”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaksɪˌmiːtə/, /ˈtaksiˌmiːtə/, /ˈtæksiˌmitɚ/, /tækˈsɪmɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.
Word: vise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”). Probably akin to English withe. Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. Labels: US Example: Clamp this loop in a strong vise and twist the two ends evenly into one piece. As the twisting progresses, move the wire along so as to keep the grip of the vise close to the hands. 2. A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained. Labels: figuratively Example: I'd like to know what would become of us in the next ten minutes. They've got us in a vise. We're done for, Gall. 3. A screw. Labels: obsolete 4. A spiral staircase. Labels: obsolete
Word: vise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”). Probably akin to English withe. Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. To clamp with or as with a vise. Example: He looked to see the secretary, vised and crackled in those arms, drop limp and senseless. Example: Repeat this step to make the bend at the other 39-inch mark being careful that it is also at a 90° angle to the vised pipe, and also parallel to the first bend.
Word: vise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of visé. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was the hour in which all who had affairs to arrange with the Austrian ambassador, passports to vise, contracts to sign,were allowed entrance, and it was the baron's duty to receive them. Example: Although the Department has no wish to remonstrate further than it has already done against the refusal of the Russian authorities to vise passports issued to naturalized citizens of Russian origin, its position is consistent and tenable that a passport issued by the Government of the United States to one of its citizens and intended for his protection in any and all foreign countries which he may choose to visit is not to be in effect destroyed or impaired in value by a Russian consular officer.
Word: taxicab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab. Pronunciation: /ˈtæksikæb/, /ˈtæksiˌkæb/ 1. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation. Example: So now, stimulated by some further experience with that world which does not care a tinker's damn whether a verb agrees with its subject in number and person or not, she permitted the taxicab to jounce her smile out of all semblance to anything calmly superior and into a very unschoolmarmish grin. Example: After that, the CGV "denumbered" a total of sixty taxicabs, that is, it removed them from the register of stationing taxicabs. The end of the CGV experiment is controversial, but it is certain that the behavior of the drivers (who, as we saw, were not directly salaried by CGV) was an important incentive to the denumbering of cabs: because of the high moyenne, they refused to accept customers for short trips and only accepted orders by the day or half-day.
Word: taxicab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab. Pronunciation: /ˈtæksikæb/, /ˈtæksiˌkæb/ 1. To travel by taxicab. Labels: intransitive
Word: lender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛndɚ/ 1. One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans. Example: [Polonius]: Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
Word: modified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English modify Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English modified From modify + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑdɪfaɪd/, /ˈmɒdɪfaɪd/ 1. changed; altered Example: What happens to a protocol after it is prereviewed? Opin. After a protocol is prereviewed, the investigator submits a modified or unmodified protocol that must be processed for formal review by the IACUC. Example: As one of the largest producers of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the country, Monsanto has been vilified by activists who describe GM products as 'frankenfood.'
Word: modified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English modify Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English modified From modify + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑdɪfaɪd/, /ˈmɒdɪfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of modify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: modified Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English modify Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English modified From modify + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑdɪfaɪd/, /ˈmɒdɪfaɪd/ 1. Any vehicle used in modified racing.
Word: manually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English manual 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 manually From manual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmænj(ʊ)əli/, /ˈmænj(u)əliː/ 1. By hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: stimulate someone manually Example: manually operated machine 2. Using a human, as opposed to a computer. Labels: not-comparable Example: The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker. Example: They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement.
Word: taxi stand Part of Speech: noun 1. A designated place in a street, railway station, airport etc where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers.
Word: mobility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”). Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/, /moʊˈbɪlɪti/, [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi], /moʊˈbɪləti/, [moʊˈbɪləɾi] 1. The ability to move; capacity for movement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I find the enduring existence of high heels both a frustrating mystery and a testament to the triumph of women’s neuroses over their mobility. Example: In the late 19th and early 20th century, the festive season was also a period of great mobility before, during and after Christmas Day. But the railways kept working. 2. A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable 3. The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The difficulty of rising up the economic ladder is reflected in the decline in mobility in the United States. […] The frustration over the lack of mobility is particularly acute for those without college degrees.
Word: mobility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mob + nobility Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/, /moʊˈbɪlɪti/, [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi], /moʊˈbɪləti/, [moʊˈbɪləɾi] 1. The mob; the common people or rabble. Labels: UK, humorous, obsolete, slang Example: She singled you out with her eye as commander-in-chief of the mobility. Example: Thus, while Morris contemptuously characterized committees of correspondence, popular assemblies, and public debate as the actions of the "mobility" (the mob), John Adams announced that the destruction of a stamp office by a mob "was thought an honorable and glorious act" of the people.
Word: mandated Part of Speech: adj 1. required, mandatory Labels: not-comparable
Word: mandated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mandate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The precautions were mandated by a judge.
Word: taxpayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tax + payer. 1. A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax. Example: The bank was bailed out by the taxpayer. Example: 1945: I got into the bus full of taxpayers who were giving some money to a taxpayer who had on his taxpayer's stomach a little box which allowed the other taxpayers to continue their taxpayers' journeys. I noticed in this bus a taxpayer with a long taxpayer's neck and whose taxpayer's head bore a taxpayer's felt hat encircled by a plait the like of which no taxpayer ever wore before. Suddenly the said taxpayer peremptorily addressed a nearby taxpayer, complaining bitterly that he was purposely treading on his taxpayer's toes every time other taxpayers got on or off the taxpayers' bus. Then the angry taxpayer went and sat down in a seat for taxpayers which another taxpayer had just vacated. — Raymond Queneau, 'from Polyptotes' in Exercises in Style, 1945 (Eng. 1958)
Word: centuplication Part of Speech: noun 1. multiplication by one hundred Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: challenger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English chalengere, chalangeour, chalenger (“one who causes injury, or makes false charges or slanderous statements; one who disputes, disputant, objector; claimant”), and then partly from both of the following: * From Middle English chalengen (“to accuse; to accuse falsely or maliciously, slander; to treat unjustly, wrong; to dispute, object; to make a claim or demand; to rebuke, scold; to issue a challenge to; etc.”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). Chalengen is derived from Anglo-Norman chalenger, and Old French chalenger, chalongier (“to challenge, dispute; to claim; etc.”) (modern French challenger), from Late Latin calumniāre, the second-person singular present active imperative or indicative of calumnior (“to accuse falsely; to make hurtful untrue comments about; etc.”), from Latin calumnia (“artifice, trickery; false accusation; false statement; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l-, *keh₁l- (“to beguile, deceive”)) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). * From Old French chalengeor (“claimant, plaintiff; false accuser, slanderer”) (modern French challengeur), from chalenger, chalongier (see above) + -eor (variant of -or (suffix forming agent nouns)). By surface analysis, challenge (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃælɪn(d)ʒə/, /ˈt͡ʃælənd͡ʒəɹ/ 1. One who challenges. Example: [C]ertainly there is no true orator who is not a hero. […] He is challenger and must answer all comers. Example: Debates are often unpredictable, but it is especially hard to game out how this debate featuring a moderate standard-bearer and a liberal challenger will unfold and how people will process it. Hundreds of thousands of viewers, if not millions, will have been personally affected by Sunday, as public gathering spaces are shuttered, schools are closed and on Thursday the stock market plunged by the largest percentage in decades (it snapped back upward on Friday). 2. One who challenges. Example: challengers of traditional attitudes 3. One who challenges. Example: The champion hopes to defeat his new challenger in the game to remain undefeated. Example: One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers. 4. One who challenges. Labels: obsolete Example: Novv vvhen they vvere come before Appius, ſitting judicially upon his tribunall ſeate, the plaintife or challenger aforeſaid, declareth againſt her, […] 5. Often in the form Challenger: a match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Labels: also, attributive
Word: antenuptial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- English nuptial English antenuptial From ante- + nuptial. 1. Occurring before marriage; prenuptial. Labels: not-comparable Example: Therefore, the modern rule is that midnuptial agreements do not inherently violate public policy Courts no longer view antenuptial and midnuptial agreements as void per se, but such agreements still receive special treatment.
Word: antenuptial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- English nuptial English antenuptial From ante- + nuptial. 1. Synonym of prenuptial (“a prenuptial agreement”).
Word: prenuptial 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 nuptial English prenuptial From pre- + nuptial. Pronunciation: /pɹiˈnʌpʃəl/ 1. Occurring before marriage; antenuptial. Labels: not-comparable Example: In California, for example, one of nine "community property" states, any property acquired during your marriage will be divided evenly between you and your spouse after a divorce, if you don't have a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement.
Word: prenuptial Part of Speech: noun 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 nuptial English prenuptial From pre- + nuptial. Pronunciation: /pɹiˈnʌpʃəl/ 1. Synonym of prenuptial agreement. Labels: US Example: Thus, the collaborative prenuptial is recommended.
Word: tea service Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of matching crockery for serving tea; normally a teapot, cups, saucers and small plates etc.; some of which may be silver.