nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: South West Africa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of German Südwestafrika, the name of the German colony before it was lost during World War I and put under South African administration. 1. A former German colony (before World War I) and later a South African colony (from 1915 to 1990, illegally occupied after 1966 per United Nations stipulations) in Southern Africa; modern Namibia. Labels: historical
Word: Dahomey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Fon dã homè (“belly of Dã; snake's belly”). Pronunciation: /dəˈhəʊmi/ 1. A former kingdom in West Africa, existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day Benin. Labels: historical Example: The way other children hear tell of Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks, I heard of this ‘Black Sparta’, the noble kingdom of Dahomey, fighting to hold off the French to the very end. 2. Former name of Benin: a country in West Africa; used from 1958–1975. Official name: Republic of Dahomey. Labels: historical
Word: Rhodesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Rhodes + -ia, after Cecil Rhodes, director of the British South Africa Company. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈdiːʃə/, /ɹoʊˈdiːʒə/ 1. A former country in Southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe, originally called Southern Rhodesia, named after its founder, Cecil Rhodes. Labels: historical Example: If you did that in Rhodesia, you could be punished with many years in prison. Example: After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana. 2. A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. Labels: historical
Word: Rhodesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after G. Preston Rhodes, chairman of a colliery company. 1. A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5680).
Word: Rhodesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Rhodesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Rhodesian From Rhodesia + -an. 1. From, pertaining, or relating to Rhodesia or its people or culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Take it easy, Tahm-boo,” your boss says, her Rhodesian accent returning inexplicably.
Word: Rhodesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Rhodesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Rhodesian From Rhodesia + -an. 1. Someone from Rhodesia. Example: Six or seven steps were needed to traverse these parking spaces whose white painted boundaries accommodated the large and long vehicles of elite Rhodesians.
Word: Gold Coast Part of Speech: name Etymology: gold + coast. * (Ghana): From the preponderance of gold found in the region of Ghana, an area bordering the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. 1. A city and local government area in southeastern Queensland, Australia. Example: Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied about his name, Corona. / Corona De Vries, an eight-year-old from the Gold Coast in Queensland, wrote to the Hollywood star after the actor and his wife, Rita Wilson, spent more than two weeks in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19. 2. A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, consisting of what is now Ghana. Labels: historical 3. A region of West Africa, Africa, on the coast of Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic. The region was later incorporated into the eponymous British colony, that later became Ghana. Labels: informal
Word: Togoland Part of Speech: name 1. A former German protectorate in Africa, in what is now Togo. Labels: historical
Word: cast not a clout till May be out Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of ne'er cast a clout till May be out. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Basutoland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Basuto Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Basutoland From Basuto + -land. Pronunciation: /bəˈsutəʊˌlænd/ 1. A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, now Lesotho. Labels: historical
Word: Portuguese Guinea Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of Portugal in West Africa, now called Guinea-Bissau. Labels: historical
Word: Spanish Guinea Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of Spain in Central Africa, now called Equatorial Guinea.
Word: French Sudan Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of France in Africa, now called Mali. Labels: historical
Word: German East Africa Part of Speech: name 1. A former German colony in East Africa, spread mostly over present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
Word: Nyasaland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Yao (Africa) nyasa Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Nyasaland From Yao (Africa) nyasa (“lake”) in reference to Lake Malawi, plus the suffix -land. Pronunciation: /naɪˈæsələnd/, /ˈnjɑːsələnd/, /-ˌlænd/ 1. A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi. Labels: historical Example: After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
Word: Portuguese East Africa Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of Portugal in East Africa, now called Mozambique.
Word: Portuguese West Africa Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of Portugal in Africa, now called Angola.
Word: French Somaliland Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of France in Africa; modern Djibouti.
Word: houseflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housefly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardshell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + shell. 1. Having a tough outer shell. Example: His favorite seafood is hardshell crabs. Example: a hardshell guitar case 2. Rigid or uncompromising in principles, especially in religion or politics. Labels: figuratively Example: Though it was a commonly held opinion, now only hardshell Baptists oppose dancing. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:hardshell.
Word: worriedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English worried Middle English -ly English -ly English worriedly From worried + -ly. 1. In a worried manner.
Word: chess master Part of Speech: noun 1. An exceptionally skillful chess player, especially one who has won a major competition.
Word: lins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheetrock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark (originally, and also, Sheetrock); from sheet + rock. 1. A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall. Labels: uncountable
Word: sheetrock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark (originally, and also, Sheetrock); from sheet + rock. 1. To install and finish sheetrock. Labels: transitive
Word: trapt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trap + -t. 1. simple past and past participle of trap Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past 2. Alternative form of trapped. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: Maddy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Madeleine or Madison + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmædi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine. 2. A diminutive of the unisex given name Madison.
Word: Maddy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Madeleine or Madison + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmædi/ 1. The Madison Avenue Pub in Toronto. Example: A student's life would simply not be complete without the near-ceremonial experience of a night of drinking at The Maddy. Example: After declining an invitation from zig-zag facial hair guy to a party way the fuck in the west end and a parking lot orgy, we go through security and enter into the Maddy through a corridor.
Word: rip to shreds Part of Speech: verb 1. To tear apart, so that only shreds remain. 2. To criticize severely; to refute. Labels: idiomatic
Word: heart of glass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By metaphor, from the notion that glass is fragile (easily broken). Pronunciation: /ˌhɑːt ə ˈɡlɑːs/, /ˌhɑɹt ə ˈɡlæs/ 1. A heart (or by extension, person) in a very fragile romantic state: one that is easily made broken-hearted. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out, had a heart of glass Example: You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone / Just you wait 'til I get you home
Word: rifle range Part of Speech: noun 1. A shooting range for shooting rifles.
Word: zoöphytic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of zoophytic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, rare
Word: Totten trust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Matter of Totten, 179 N.Y. 112 (1904), the case decided by the Court of Appeals of New York which established the legality of this practice. 1. A form of trust created where one party (the settlor of the trust) places money in a bank account or security with instructions that, upon the settlor's death, whatever is in that account will pass to a named beneficiary.
Word: settlor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From settle + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛt.lɚ/, /ˈsɛt.l̩.ɚ/, /ˈsɛt.lə/, /ˈsɛt.l̩.ə/ 1. A person who settles property on express trust for the benefit of beneficiaries. Example: Once the trust deed is drawn up and the asset transferred to the trustee, the settlor no longer owns the asset; his personal creditors therefore cannot seize it to satisfy their claims. […]
Word: settlors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of settlor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grantors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grantor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). 1. Alternative form of bao: Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hit it and quit it Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a sexual encounter for physical gratification, and part company with the other partner immediately thereafter; to have a quickie one-night stand. Labels: slang Example: They just want to hit it and quit it. When this white man done had enough, you won't even know where he is. Example: You say to yourself, I'll just hit it and quit it. My girl won't know.
Word: OHIP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈoʊ.hɪp/, /ˈəʊ.hɪp/ 1. Acronym of Ontario health insurance plan. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: swabbie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of swabby. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: television personality Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is known to the public primarily through their appearances on television shows.
Word: tonner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ton + -er or tonne + -er. 1. A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons. Labels: in-compounds Example: There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front.
Word: NSERC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛnsɝk/ 1. Acronym of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, a Canadian government agency that provides grants for research in the natural sciences and in engineering. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: hope against hope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely a paraphrase of the first few words of Romans 4:18. 1. To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible. Labels: idiomatic Example: Would he be in time to rescue? He hoped against hope. At least he could be revenged, and in his wrath it seemed to him that he was equal to the task of wiping out the entire population of that terrible city.
Word: potassium carbonate Part of Speech: noun 1. The alkaline salt K₂CO₃, that is the major constituent of potash; it is used in the production of glass and some soaps. Labels: uncountable
Word: potassium hydroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach. Labels: uncountable Example: The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.
Word: caustic potash Part of Speech: noun 1. Potassium hydroxide. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: spiral galaxy Part of Speech: noun 1. A galaxy consisting of a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the center containing older ones.
Word: evapotranspirator Part of Speech: noun 1. An element, such as a tree, that contributes to evapotranspiration 2. Something that causes the transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration
Word: germanium tetrahydride Part of Speech: noun 1. germane (GeH₄) Labels: uncountable
Word: tetrahydride 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 *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 *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English hydride English tetrahydride From tetra- + hydride. 1. Any hydride containing four atoms of hydrogen per molecule
Word: calcium sulphate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of calcium sulfate. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: calcium sulfate Part of Speech: noun 1. The calcium salt of sulfuric acid, CaSO₄, the hydrates of which are known as gypsum or plaster of Paris, and the anhydrous mineral form being anhydrite. Labels: uncountable
Word: cardinal point Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the four principal points of the compass: north, south, east and west.
Word: corkage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cork + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːkɪdʒ/, /ˈkɔɹkɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While the Black-nebs wanted only the tea and sugar cheap, and a drap brandy at a reasonable rate, I was hand in glove wi' them; and ga'e them ben the house to meet in, free o' a charge—save the natural corkage. Example: ‘Corkage’ is the peculiar vail of the superior of the establishment. You must, if you are the stranger within his gates, imbibe his very bad 18s. sherry at a charge of 36s., or his fifth-rate bottled beer, or pay the ‘corkage’ fee of 1s. 6d. per dozen on everything of your own ordering from which a cork has to be extracted, and probably also forfeit the bottles, charged, in the case of beer, at 2s. per dozen.
Word: aspirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aspire Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English aspirer From aspire + -er. 1. One who aspires to something. Example: Yet as the Rapunzel-editor in her high tower, she said, she had begun to feel walled off from the legions of aspirers.
Word: Indochinese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Indo- + Chinese. 1. Of or pertaining to Indochina or its culture or people. Labels: dated, historical, not-comparable
Word: Ruthenia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Related to Ruthene, Ruthenian, Ruthenic, from Medieval Latin Rutheni, Ruteni, related to Russi, Ruzi as Prutheni, Pruteni is to Prussi, Pruzi (“Prussians”). Compare Rus, Russ, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), compare Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs). Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈθiː.ni.ə/ 1. The territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia. 2. Lands inhabited by Ukrainians (Ruthenians) of the former Austrian Empire kingdom of Galicia (1772–1918), corresponding to parts of Western Ukraine. Labels: historical 3. Western portions of East Slavic lands, including the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and Kyiv, which united with Lithuania and Poland (14th c–1772), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus. Labels: historical 4. Rus, an East Slavic medieval state (880–12th c), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus, as well as western Russia. Labels: historical
Word: Black Russia Part of Speech: name 1. A former principality in Eastern Europe.
Word: Little Russia Part of Speech: name 1. The territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine. Labels: historical Example: I am very fond of the modest manner of life of those solitary owners of remote villages, who in Little Russia are commonly called ‘old-fashioned’ […]. 2. The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine. Labels: historical
Word: Little Russia Part of Speech: noun 1. An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry. Example: We find that they settle in Little Italies and Little Russias, and instead of accepting the ideals of the country to which they have fled, they propagate their own traditions. Example: The support system offered by the Relief Society was the initial draw for the émigrés to Harlem and helped establish a Little Russia in the neighborhood.
Word: British Honduras Part of Speech: name 1. A former Crown colony of the United Kingdom in Central America, existing from 1862 to 1981; now Belize. Labels: historical
Word: Asura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit असुर (asura). Doublet of Ahura and Æsir. 1. One of the power-seeking deities involved in constant conflict with the more benevolent Devas. Labels: Hinduism 2. A member of the lowest class of deities and demigods of the Kāmadhātu.
Word: cosecants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosecant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cosine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cotangents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cotangent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: air kerma rate Part of Speech: noun 1. the air kerma per unit time.
Word: Shani Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शनि (Śani). 1. A deity in Hinduism, the personification of the planet Saturn, associated with justice, karma, and discipline. Labels: Hinduism 2. Saturn
Word: hammerkops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hammerkop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: art movement Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many styles of art having an underlying philosophy or goal; many of them have names with an -ism suffix.
Word: spaid Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of spade (“digging tool”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: prick down a line eight or ten foot long, and with a Spaid cut the Turfs thereby
Word: dweomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle English dweomer, from Old English dwimor, from Proto-Germanic *dwemrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whisk, raise dust, fume”). Pronunciation: /ˈdwɪ.mə(ɹ)/, /ˈdwɛ.mə(ɹ)/, /ˈdwiː.mə(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative spelling of dwimmer. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually 2. The magical aura on an enchanted item; or more broadly, the aura of a magic spell having been cast while active. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: disspirit Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of dispirit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disspirits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disspirit; Alternative spelling of dispirits. Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disspiriting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disspirit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disspiriting Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dispiriting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: barracudas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barracuda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disspirited Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dispirited. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disspirited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disspirit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dissenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dotting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dotting Part of Speech: noun 1. A dotted pattern; a speckling. Example: There was little to be done about the stubborn dottings of mold on the basement wall (she blamed the aluminum siding, after all these years, which kept the house from breathing) or in a patch on the blue bathroom lino behind the toilet.
Word: educations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of education Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encoffined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From en- + coffin + -ed. 1. Enclosed in a coffin. Labels: not-comparable Example: No corpse shall be retained in any premises, including a funeral parlour, for a period longer than 48 hours after death, unless the corpse is encoffined in a hermetically sealed coffin or is embalmed.
Word: encoffined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + coffin + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of encoffin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: encoffin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English coffin English encoffin From en- + coffin. 1. To place or enclose in a coffin. Labels: transitive Example: The body having been encoffined, we two alone bore it to its rest.
Word: encoffins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of encoffin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encoffining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of encoffin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: encroacher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English encroach Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English encroacher From encroach + -er. 1. One who encroaches.
Word: encroachers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encroacher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encroaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of encroach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encroached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of encroach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: energizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Supplying electrical energy to (a component or device). Example: The combination with a source of alternating currents, and a circuit from the same, of a motor having independent energizing circuits connected with the said circuit, and means for rendering the magnetic effects due to said energizing circuits of different phase, and an armature within the influence of said energizing circuits. Example: Subject matter under subclass 119 in which the motor is provided with two or more energizing windings one or more of which are different structurally, or energized or controlled differently than one or more others of the windings. 2. Leading to an increase in vitality and enthusiasm. Example: And our semiconductor industry, I think, is showing the way as to how roadmaps can be used for very general, very generic and very energizing programs of a very broad nature. Example: Implementing energizing activities will enable them to have some fun and learn at the same time.
Word: energizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of energize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: energizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of energize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: engineless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English engine 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 engineless From engine + -less. 1. Without an engine. Labels: not-comparable Example: He bought the engineless car from the junkyard just to get some parts, and then sold it back to them.
Word: enormities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enormity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enriches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enrich Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enroute Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of en route. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ensembles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ensemble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ensembles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ensemble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: entomologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entomologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: envisions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of envision Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: envisioning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪʒnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of envision Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: envisioning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪʒnɪŋ/ 1. Something envisioned.
Word: equates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of equate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: equates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of equate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: equating Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent. Example: But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms.
Word: equated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪˈkweɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of equate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: equips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of equip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: equipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of equip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: equipping Part of Speech: noun 1. equipment Example: He cannot afford to be indifferent to social habits of man, the pattern of life, individual likes and dislikes of the dwellers, household furnishings and equippings.
Word: equivalences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equivalence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of etch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: etchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of etching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aufgabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle High German ūfgābe German Aufgabebor. English Aufgabe Borrowed from German Aufgabe. 1. A predisposition toward particular mental operations inherent in the nature of a task or conveyed by the instructions for performing it. 2. A task or assignment (involving such a predisposition). Example: The notion is thoroughly characteristic of the mystical level, and the Aufgabe of making it articulate was surely set to [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich] Hegel's intellect by mystical feeling.
Word: superfice Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsuːpə(ɹ)fɪs/ 1. A superficies. Labels: obsolete Example: Then if it rise not to the former height Of superfice, conclude that foil is light
Word: psychologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psycho- + -logue, a calque of French psychologue. 1. A psychologist. Labels: dated
Word: panegyrize Part of Speech: verb 1. To praise, especially in an eloquent speech or in writing. Labels: transitive Example: Whenever a public question comes to such a crisis that the opportunities for individual intervention are reduced to the smallest possible compass, Mr. Roebuck is sure to step in with a formula, summing up the case with indignant brevity, censuring somebody, or panegyrizing somebody.
Word: representativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English representative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English representativeness From representative + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being representative. Labels: uncountable Example: One should not compromise on the essential standard of representativeness of the corpus as a whole. A corpus is only good if it can be reasonably trusted to represent the way language is used by those people whose usage one is interested in describing. Example: Our examination of the representativeness of WEIRD subjects is necessarily restricted to the rather limited database currently available.
Word: assignees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assignee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English ethnography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ethnographic From ethnography + -ic. 1. Relating to ethnography. Labels: not-comparable Example: Among anthropologists old ethnographic descriptions and travelbooks have a bad reputation. With the exception of ethnohistorians, anthropologists make little use of these sources for ethnographic research because of their reputed lack of reliability.
Word: COM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of centre of mass. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of centre of momentum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of commission on ministry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: COM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Component Object Model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: astony Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English astoneyen, astony, a back-formation from astoneyed, from a- + Old French estoné (“stunned”), the past participle of estoner (“to stun”) + -ed (participial suffix). See also astone, astonish. Pronunciation: /əˈstɒni/ 1. To astound; to paralyse, to stun. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: thenne Brastias sawe his felawe ferd so with al / he smote the duke with a spere that hors & man fell doune / that sawe kyng Claryaunce and retorned vnto Brastias / and eyther smote other soo that hors & man wente to the erthe / and so they lay long astonyed / & their hors knees brast to the hard bone Example: And it cam to passe, that when Jesus had ended these saynges, the peple were astonnied at his doctryne.
Word: psychiatries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹiz/ 1. plural of psychiatry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -iatric Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰᾱτρικός (iātrikós, “medical”), from ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). 1. Of or relating to a physician. Labels: morpheme 2. Pertaining to a particular branch of medicine. Labels: morpheme
Word: -iatrician Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree English -iatric Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English -iatrician From -iatric + -ian. 1. A medical practitioner. Labels: morpheme
Word: ulus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ulu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian улу́с (ulús), from Yakut улуус (uluus). 1. An administrative division of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, similar to райо́н (rajón, “district”) in Russia proper.
Word: excerpted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of excerpt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excerpted Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of excerpts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: excerpting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of excerpt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: excerpting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of taking an excerpt. Example: The Maine excerpts and notes are distinguished from the others by virtue of the great amount of comment and polemic introduced by Marx in the course of his excerptings.
Word: exchangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exchanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excisions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excision Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expectancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expectancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: experimentalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English experimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English experimentalist From experimental + -ist. 1. One who performs experiments. 2. A person who values the results of experiments over theory. 3. A person who seeks or enjoys new experiences. 4. An adherent of experimentalism.
Word: experimentalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English experimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English experimentalist From experimental + -ist. 1. Relating to experimentation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: experimentalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of experimentalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: explainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From explain + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspleɪnə(ɹ)/, /ɛkˈspleɪnə(ɹ)/ 1. Agent noun of explain; one who explains. Labels: agent, form-of Example: To be a skilled explainer, one has also to take account of the explainees, and their social and cultural backgrounds, motivations, linguistic ability, and previous knowledge – and plan accordingly before embarking upon the explanation. 2. A guide that explains a topic. Example: Confused by the Olympics? Here's a video explainer. Example: In a series of short explainers, the BBC News Channel’s Outside Source presenter has repeatedly skewered the Boris Johnson administration, while never coming within striking distance of seeming to have an opinion.
Word: explainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of explainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: explanator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin explānātor, from explānō (“to flatten out, make plain, explain”). 1. One who explains. 2. A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
Word: explanators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of explanator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rain or shine Part of Speech: adv 1. Regardless of the circumstances; (more literally) regardless of the state of the weather. Labels: idiomatic Example: The game will be held on Saturday rain or shine. Example: He always showed up right on time, rain or shine.
Word: exploratorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Exploratorium in San Francisco, which holds a trademark on the term. 1. A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner. Example: Especially appealing to older children and adolescents are science museums or exploratoriums. Example: Other ways to use the visual arts include architecture, visual thinking, graphic organizers, mindmaps, exploratoriums, and galleries.
Word: exploratoriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exploratorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exterminations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extermination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extravagances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extravagance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyedrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”). 1. Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid. 2. A tear. Labels: poetic Example: My lord, I found the prince in the next room, / Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks, / With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow / That tyranny, which never quaff'd but blood, / Would, by beholding him, have wash'd his knife / With gentle eye-drops. He is coming hither.
Word: eye drop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eyedrop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eye drops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eye drop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyedrops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyedrop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: facings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of facing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: factoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of factoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surrogata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surrogatum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farmlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of farmland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fastly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fastly, fastliche, festliche, from Old English fæstlīċe (“firmly, constantly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkē, from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkê (“securely, firmly”); equivalent to fast + -ly. 1. In a secure or firm manner; securely Example: We tied the rope fastly this time; we didn't want it to get away again. Example: Before them was a door which apparently led into the grand apartments; this was fastly secured, but it yielded to their united strength, and they entered a lofty hall, whose concave top was supported by pillars.
Word: fastly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fastliche, fastly; equivalent to fast + -ly. 1. quickly Labels: nonstandard Example: A reuerend man that graz’d his cattell ny, / Sometime a bluſterer that the ruffle knew / Of Court of Cittie, and had let go by / The ſwifteſt houres obſerued as they flew, / Towards this afflicted fancy faſtly drew: / And priuiledg’d by age deſires to know / In breefe the grounds and motiues of her wo. Example: Another time, my Mother seeing them come fastly to her house, my brother gave the key of his desk to my sister, bidding her convey the money somewhither; […]
Word: ferried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ferry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: festered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fester Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: festers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: festers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fester Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fibroblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibroblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fictionalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fictionalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fictionalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fictionalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fictionalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fictionalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Scopie Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Skopje. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In Scopie there are three Bulgarian schools; the two have about 60 scholars each, and the third, the largest of the three, has more than 100 scholars.
Word: fictionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fictionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fictionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fictionist From fiction + -ist. 1. One who deals in fiction; a writer of fiction, a novelist. Example: Just as the Muslim world was vibrating to the ‘insult’ visited on the Prophet Muhamed (Peace Be Upon Him) by an Anglo-Pakistani fictionist of genius and renown, the British and American mass audience was thrilling to the reborn version of David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia.
Word: fidgeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fidget + -er. 1. One who fidgets, especially habitually.
Word: fidgeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fidgeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firestarters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firestarter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firestarter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + starter. 1. Someone who starts a fire or fires. Example: Near-synonyms: arsonist, firebug, fireraiser, pyromaniac, torch 2. A tool used to start a fire; especially, a ferrocerium-and-steel set designed for camping, bushcraft, and so on.
Word: fissioning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of splitting into two separate parts Example: There is the slow international fissioning of the Anglican communion, where conservative Africans and Asians have been trying for years to throw out the more liberal churches of North America, with the Church of England caught uneasily between factions. It's difficult to see any compromise there except the peace of exhaustion.
Word: fissioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fission Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fissioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fission Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fjords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fjord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flaking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪkɪŋ/ 1. Breaking or tending to break into flakes. Labels: not-comparable Example: All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.
Word: flaking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flaking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪkɪŋ/ 1. A piece of flaked material. Example: In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous.
Word: fleshes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɛʃɪz/ 1. plural of flesh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fleshes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɛʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flesh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fleshing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɛʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flesh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flesher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flesh (verb) + -er. 1. A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather. 2. A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
Word: flesher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flesh Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English flesher From flesh (noun) + -er. 1. A butcher. Labels: Scotland
Word: fleshers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flesher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, sarc- + -oid. 1. Relating to sarcoid (sarcoidosis). Labels: not-comparable 2. Resembling sarcoma. Labels: dated, not-comparable 3. Fleshy. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: sarcoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, sarc- + -oid. 1. sarcoidosis.
Word: flinches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flinch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flouting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊtɪŋ/, [ˈflæɔɾɪŋ], [ˈfläʊ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of flout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flouting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊtɪŋ/, [ˈflæɔɾɪŋ], [ˈfläʊ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. The act by which something is flouted. Example: We have observed that implicatures are a standard strategy for overcoming apparent floutings of the maxims of quality.
Word: flouts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flaʊts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flout Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flaunts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flaunt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flaunted Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of flaunt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flutterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluttering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backcloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backcloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flutters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flutter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ballpoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballpoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandstands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandstand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bannisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bannister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flux Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluxes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flux Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bantams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bantam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flux Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fluxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flux Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fomenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fomenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bar room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. Labels: Canada, US
Word: bar rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bar room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtɪŋz/ 1. plural of footing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foresees Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foresee Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: forgeman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forge + -man. 1. A person who works at a forge; a blacksmith on a large scale.
Word: forgemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forgeman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frescoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fresco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frescos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fresco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaggles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaggle Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were no signs and no one quite knew how to navigate the museum, including, as it was Fleet Week, gaggles of boyish sailors all in their summer whites. It looked like a Frank Sinatra movie.
Word: gaggles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gaggle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person