nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Tatiana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Popular saints' name in the Eastern Orthodox Church, feminine of Latin Tatiānus, from Tatius (a Roman family name of obscure origin) + -ānus. Modern English usage is derived from Russian Татья́на (Tatʹjána). Pronunciation: /ˌtɑː.tiˈɑː.nə/, /ˌtæ.tiˈɑː.nə/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Татья́на (Tatʹjána). 2. A female given name from Latin.
Word: epithalamium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin epithalamium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion, “bridal song”), neuter form of ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”). Pronunciation: /ɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm/ 1. A song or poem celebrating a marriage. Example: Softly she laughed and sighed, and swift her glances flew. She shook her heavy tresses, and their perfume filled the place; she struck her little sandalled foot upon the floor, and hummed a snatch of some old Greek epithalamium. Example: He has wittily redone a tardy epithalamium and some nursery rhymes ("Three blind eunuchs"), and deftly catches the cozy lawnfuls of plastic dwarfs and flamingos, outside the kenneled people. 2. A song in praise of the bride or bridegroom Example: The Caves of Ajanta, the medieval Courts of Love, the epithalamia of the erotic poets [...] all testify to the glorification of manhood, the supremacy of the sex motif.
Word: transliterating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈlɪtəˌɹeɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of transliterate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: co-operate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of cooperate. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: On Friday, 14 September–the same day on which the Chinese convoy with the reinforcements for Manchuria left Taku–Ito had completed his work in connection with the transport of Japanese troops, having landed the last detachments at Chinampo in the estuary of the Ta-tung River. Higher up the river General Nodzu's army was attaching the Chinese walled town of Ping-yang. Ito sent his gunboats up the Ta-tung to co-operate with Nodzu, and leaving his torpedo boats at the river mouth, went to sea with his fleet. Example: I am personally willing to assist in any international group to visit various localities in Hopei to verify the burial alive of hundreds of people who refused to co-operate with the "anti-Japanese" Red regime and were therefore "traitors". Such things do not make Edgar Snow angry.
Word: pantywaist Part of Speech: adj 1. Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual. Labels: especially, informal, not-comparable Example: His rough, burly father was mortified by the lad's pantywaist behavior.
Word: pantywaist Part of Speech: noun 1. An undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband. Labels: dated, informal Example: Lace trimmed panty waists—50 cents. 2. An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Don't be misled by the British tendency to be soft-spoken and polite. The English language didn't spread across the oceans and over the mountains and jungles and swamps because these people were pantywaists. Example: She stared at the metal bars hanging from the wood beams of the ceiling. Lined handcuffs dangled from the ends. The dungeon master would suspend his handcuffed victim from that horizontal bar. “Don’t be a pantywaist, baby. This is what you wanted.”
Word: pantywaists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantywaist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stump camera Part of Speech: noun 1. a small television camera embedded inside one of the stumps, intended to give a shot of the action as seen by the batsman
Word: sundries Part of Speech: noun 1. A category in accounting records for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: 1905, William Mott Steuart (United States Bureau of the Census), Special Reports: Mines and quarries 1902, page 476, Miscellaheous expenses,—This item includes rent and royalties of all descriptions, “taxes, insurance, interest, advertising, office supplies, law expenses, injuries and damages, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and all other sundries not reported elsewhere.” Example: 1910, William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (United States Bureau of the Census), Street and Electric Railways 1907, page 181, In 1902 franchise values were largely carried as sundries, but it is a very common practice to charge these values to cost of construction and equipment.
Word: sundries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sundry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: englyn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh englyn. Pronunciation: /ˈɛŋ.lɪn/ 1. A short Welsh or Cornish poem of a variable structure, with each line using quantitative metre and cynghanedd (a repeating pattern of consonants and accent), and different lines being arranged in standardized patterns of rhyme and half rhyme. Example: The concluding Englyn has written below it, in a very bad and quite different hand, "Dauid (or Daniel?) Davies," but whether this name is that of the supposed author of the Englynion, or that of one of the owners of the MS., we cannot say. Example: The metrical system of the canine original, which recalls the intricate alliterative and isosyllabic rules of the Welsh englyn, is infinitely more complicated but we believe our readers will agree that the spirit has been well caught.
Word: engouement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French engouement. 1. An infatuation; an irrational liking for something. Example: Their rulers, politicians, revolutions set apart, and this horrible engouement for Bonaparte.
Word: entasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin entasis, from Ancient Greek ἔντασις (éntasis, “tension, straining”), from ἐντείνω (enteínō, “to stretch or strain tight”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛntəsɪs/ 1. A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was simply the curve of the entasis, approximating infinitely near to a catenary or to a very flat hyperbola. He could not definitely say whether it was one or the other, but it was nearer to these curves than to the old-fashioned straight line. Example: The entasis varies in different temples and is not found in some, as, for instance, the temple of Athena Nike and in the east portico of the Erechtheum.
Word: Entscheidungsproblem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Entscheidungsproblem. Pronunciation: /ɛntˈʃʌɪ.dʊŋsˌpɹɒ.bləm/, /entˈʃaɪd.ʊŋsˌpɹɒb.lɪm/ 1. A decision problem of finding a way to decide whether a formula is true or provable within a given system. Example: ‘The Entscheidungsproblem,’ Rudy said. ‘Meaning?’ Alan explained, ‘Hilbert wanted to know whether any given statement could, in principle, be found true or false.’ Example: Turing was attending Max Newman's lectures on the foundations of mathematics when the Entscheidungsproblem first attracted his attention.
Word: adipocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adipo- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English adipocyte From adipo- + -cyte. 1. a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
Word: triannual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + annual. 1. Happening three times each year. Labels: not-comparable
Word: akaryocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English karyocyte English akaryocyte From a- + karyocyte. 1. A cell that has no nucleus.
Word: amebocyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of amoebocyte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amoebocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoebo- + -cyte. 1. Any cell that has the form or motion of an amoeba. 2. A leukocyte, especially in an in vitro culture.
Word: astrocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astro- + -cyte. 1. A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
Word: blastocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blasto- + -cyte. 1. An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo.
Word: gongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gongs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gong Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ladybird spider Part of Speech: noun 1. Eresus sandaliatus, a species of spider found primarily in northern and central Europe, males generally being 6-9mm long and characterized by a bright orange back featuring four large and two small ebony spots, females being 10-16mm long and jet-black.
Word: choanocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From choano- + -cyte. 1. any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water
Word: coenocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + κύτος (kútos, “box, i.e. cell”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.nəʊˌseɪt/, /ˈsiː.noʊˌseɪt/, /ˈsɛn.əˌseɪt/ 1. A cell with multiple nuclei, found in fungi, algae, protists and slime molds.
Word: granulocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English granule Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English granulocyte From granule + -o- + -cyte. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsʌɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.jə.ləʉˌsɑet/ 1. Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm. Example: This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes".
Word: hemocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemo- + -cyte. 1. Any blood cell, especially that of an invertebrate
Word: hepatocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hepato- + -cyte. 1. Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
Word: public access Part of Speech: noun 1. Public access television. Labels: uncountable 2. Media production technology and distribution methods made available to community producers and viewers, allowing them to participate in the local, national, and global electronic common areas that include, but are not limited to television, radio and the internet. Labels: uncountable
Word: histiocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From histio- (“tissue”) + -cyte (“cell”). 1. a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue
Word: macrocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English macrocyte From macro- + -cyte. 1. an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia
Word: megakaryocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1890, from mega- + karyocyte 1. A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets. Example: These have been described as giant cells with budding nuclei (Bizzozero [2]); but it seems to me that they are worthy of a more distinctive name. I shall speak of them hereafter as megakaryocytes, or large nucleated giant cells, while the first class might be named polykaryocytes, or multinucleated giant cells. Example: The evidence of formation of blood platelets from the megakaryocyte is conclusive. Except for the origin of platelets in the early embryo from a forerunner of the megakaryocyte, Wright recognizes no other source for blood platelets in mammals.
Word: epitasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪtəsɪs/ 1. The second part of a play, in which the action begins. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,—with the history of their campaigns, which were no way barren of events,—may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama. Example: It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe. 2. The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 3. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: megasporocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English megaspore Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English megasporocyte From megaspore + -cyte. 1. a megaspore mother cell
Word: megaspore mother cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A cell that forms four megaspores by meiosis; a megasporocyte.
Word: melanocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melano- + -cyte. 1. A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin. Example: As previously stated, it is pigmented, this pigmentation depending upon the so-called melanocytes.
Word: epithalamion Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪən/ 1. Alternative form of epithalamium. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘What is your view of a text we have never considered in class, I mean the Song that is Solomon’s?’ ‘A well-made epithalamion. Somewhat vulgar.’
Word: Rodney Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English placename Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ (literally “Hroda's island”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”) and *awjō (“island”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑdni/, /ˈɹɒdni/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: eschar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French eschare (now escarre) or Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”). Doublet of scar. Pronunciation: /ˈɛskɑː/, /ˈɛskɑɹ/ 1. A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and commonly but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...stable intact eschar on the heels should not be removed. Blood flow in the tissue under the eschar is poor and the wound is susceptible to infection. The eschar acts as a natural barrier to infection by keeping the bacteria from entering the wound. If the eschar becomes unstable (wet, draining, loose, boggy, edematous, red) it should be debrided according to the clinic or facility protocol 2. Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When the caustic is removed, the eschar should be punctured for the discharge of the matter, and then dressed with warm emollient poultices... 3. The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation. Labels: countable, figuratively, literary, uncountable Example: In another minute there was no letter; but, as with every other relationship in my life, an eschar of ashes. The word is rare, but exact.
Word: microcyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English microcyte From micro- + -cyte. 1. an unusually small red blood cell found in some forms of anemia
Word: microgametocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + gametocyte. 1. a gametocyte that produces microgametes
Word: inesculent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English esculent English inesculent From in- + esculent. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɛskjʊlənt/ 1. inedible Example: We could catch one, Tom said, and eat it raw. Though rats are as they say inesculent. The learned word bounced hollowly.
Word: microsporocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + sporocyte. 1. A cell that produces (typically four) microspores during meiosis.
Word: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control. Labels: uncountable Example: The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Word: myelocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myelo- + -cyte. 1. A large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature. 2. A cell associated with the myelin of the brain and spinal cord.
Word: oligodendrocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)der. English oligo- English dendrocyte English oligodendrocyte From oligo- + dendrocyte. 1. Any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system Example: With the Hortega silver carbonate stain, or one of its modifications, oligodendrocytes are observed. These cells are usually small and correspond to the small cortical oligodendrocyte of Robertson.
Word: etesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin etesius (“annual”), from Ancient Greek ἐτήσιος (etḗsios, “annual”), from ἔτος (étos, “year”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈtiːzɪən/, /ɪˈtiːʒən/ 1. Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean. Labels: not-comparable Example: Is it from those etesian winds, or melting of snow in the mountains under the Equator […], or from those great dropping perpetual showers […]? Example: […] Dixon, assailed without mercy by his Sensorium, almost in a swoon, finds himself, on Nights of Cloud, less and less able to forgo emerging at dusk, cloaked against the Etesian wind, and making directly for the prohibited parts of town.
Word: etesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin etesius (“annual”), from Ancient Greek ἐτήσιος (etḗsios, “annual”), from ἔτος (étos, “year”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈtiːzɪən/, /ɪˈtiːʒən/ 1. A dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean. Example: [...] I have in England for ſome years paſt, kept by me an exact table, or Ephemeris both of the Vernall, and Summer Eteſians; but found the VVinds no leſſe Variable in thoſe Months, then at other Seaſons.
Word: pituicyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pītuīta Latin pītuītāriuslbor. English pituitary Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English pituicyte From pituitary + -cyte. 1. A small branching cell in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Word: plasmacyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English plasmacyte From plasma + -cyte. 1. A plasma cell
Word: plasma cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of B cell that produces antibodies after having reacted with its specific antigen in follicle centers.
Word: ethel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle English ethel, from Old English ǣþel, ēþel. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.əl/ 1. The rune ᛟ. 2. The name of the Latin script letter Œ/œ..
Word: ethel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle English ethel, from Old English ǣþel, ēþel. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.əl/ 1. Noble. Labels: obsolete Example: […] that he was of a doughty and ethel stirp. His ayle and eam had both been bellipotent; […] Example: The violation of an ethel born or noble woman was paid for by a higher murde than that of an un-ethel or common person. The murder of all persons was in like manner paid for by a were or were-geld, nicely adjusted to their relative rank.
Word: ethel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.əl/ 1. Alternative form of athel (“tamarisk”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ethel.
Word: schistocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, jar”). 1. A jagged red blood cell fragment without central pallor, consequent to passage through small vessels with microthrombi, leaky prosthetic heart valves etc.
Word: siderocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sidero- + -cyte. 1. An abnormal red blood cell that has iron granules that are not part of the hemoglobin.
Word: etiolate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble). Pronunciation: /ˈiːti.əleɪt/ 1. To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant. 2. To make pale and sickly-looking. Example: She was a very lovely woman in her late thirties, in a silk dress of screaming scarlet that would have etiolated a white woman to bled veal. Example: Gwynn and Richard were at the Westway Health and Fitness Centre, surrounded by thirty or forty etiolated drunks: playing snooker. 3. To become pale or blanched. Labels: intransitive
Word: etiolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble). Pronunciation: /ˈiːti.əleɪt/ 1. etiolated
Word: spongiocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spongio- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English spongiocyte From spongio- + -cyte. 1. Any of the cells of the neuroglia that have spongy vacuolated protoplasm
Word: sporocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sporo- + -cyte. 1. A cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis
Word: thrombocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos)der. New Latinder. English thrombo- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English thrombocyte From thrombo- + -cyte. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɒmbə(ʊ)sʌɪt/ 1. platelet
Word: eutripsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐτριψία (eutripsía, “pleasant rubbing”) from εὐ- (eu-) + τρῖψις (trîpsis) + -ία (-ía). Pronunciation: /juːˈtɹɪpsɪə/ 1. joyful fondling or caressing Labels: uncountable Example: They were erudite and sensual about the orectic, the synchronous, the vellicative, about eutripsia, salacious aromas, amplitudes.
Word: thymocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thymo- + -cyte. 1. a lymphocyte, produced in the thymus, that develops into a T cell
Word: eximious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin eximius (“set apart, select”), from eximō (“take out or away; deliver, free”), from ex (“out of, from”) + emō (“buy; acquire, take”). Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɪmɪəs/ 1. Pre-eminent, outstanding. Labels: archaic Example: You've read the death of Hercules, In classic tale related; But there the facts of his decease Erroneously are stated: Each schoolboy will at large recite Fast as his Alphabeta, How that eximious man of might Departed on Mount Eta. Example: Eximious is a delicious word, meaning, outstanding.
Word: bedded in Part of Speech: adj 1. firmly established in a place where it can grow and develop 2. that has been used for some time, and minor bugs have been removed and small improvements added Labels: broadly
Word: bedded in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bed in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eximiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eximious Middle English -ly English -ly English eximiously From eximious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɪmɪəsli/ 1. In an eximious way; with distinction, outstandingly. Example: Is it so Our Lord conducted Himself – did He not most eximiously hold truth above all else?
Word: exordium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“to begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“to begin”). Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/, /ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm/ 1. A beginning. Labels: formal 2. The introduction to an essay or discourse. Example: Cicero thinks, in discourses of philosophy, the exordium to be the hardest part: if it be so, I wisely lay hold on the conclusion. Example: The depreciation of her produce was next insisted upon; and I found this exordium led to the information that Messrs. Standish and Co. had been enabled, from the depressed state of the market, to lay in a large stock of Irish linen at unheard-of low prices.
Word: look up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up. Example: We stayed up late to look up at the stars. 2. To have better prospects. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents. 3. To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The United States Supreme Court, for example, has decided that a book or a film can be banned if it arouses the prurient interests of the average person. Now prurient—I looked that up—it means having itching morbid or lewd and lascivious desires. Example: "Why do you know about transgender stuff? Did you look it up because of me?" "Oh no. I find wanting to change forms totally normal. It never would've occurred to me." 4. To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I looked it up in a dictionary. 5. To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: If you look up a bunch of random characters, there will probably be no results. 6. To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Look me up next time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas.
Word: see through Part of Speech: verb 1. To perceive visually through something transparent. Labels: transitive Example: Their fabric is so thin that I can see through these curtains. Example: We saw through the water with ease; it was as clear as glass. 2. To not be deceived by something that is false or misleading; to understand the hidden truth about someone or something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I'm surprised she doesn't see through his lies. Example: I can see through his poker face. He isn't fooling anyone. 3. To recognize someone's true motives or character. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: In that moment, I finally saw through her; this petition drive had nothing to do with her love for animals, and everything to do with impressing Michael, the cute intern. 4. To provide support or cooperation to (a person) throughout a period of time; to support someone through a difficult time. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: And may we all, citizens the world over, see these events through. Example: Forever and ever, yeah / I'll see you through it 5. To do something until it is finished; to continue working on (something) until it is finished. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Despite her health problems, Madame Prime Minister saw the project through. Example: But if the Government really wants our railway to reduce the level of its subsidy and improve value for taxpayers' money, then it must provide the political air cover to enable managers to get on and make the hard decisions that are needed... and then see them through. 6. To constitute ample supply for one for. Labels: ditransitive, idiomatic Example: Those chocolates should see us through the holiday season.
Word: poker face Part of Speech: noun 1. An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing. Example: Though he thought he had a perfect poker face, he had a number of tells his opponents soon learned. 2. Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.
Word: double bluff Part of Speech: noun 1. An action which is intended to be perceived as a bluff, but which is not.
Word: suspended animation Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporary cessation of breathing and consciousness resembling death; often the result of asphyxia. Labels: uncountable 2. The deliberate slowing of the body's functions, sometimes by the use of cryonics, on long interstellar journeys. Labels: uncountable
Word: acousticly Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of acoustically. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: static equilibrium Part of Speech: noun 1. Any system in which the sum of the forces, and torque, on each particle of the system is zero; mechanical equilibrium. 2. A market in which demand and supply are the same.
Word: kabob Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of kebab. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: kabob Part of Speech: verb 1. US spelling of kebab. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: sophisticate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sophisticat, sophisticate (“adulterated; not genuine, counterfeit”), an adjective use of the past participle of sophisticaten (verb) See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/ 1. Synonym of sophisticated (adjective). 2. Synonym of sophisticated (adjective). 3. Synonym of sophisticated (adjective). Labels: obsolete Example: So truth, while only one ſupply'd the ſtate, Grew ſcarce, and dear, and yet ſophiſticate. 4. Synonym of sophisticated (adjective). Labels: obsolete
Word: sophisticate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective or back-formation of the verb, either on the basis of -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/ 1. A person who is sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”), or who has sophisticated tastes. Example: […] the soporific details of Porter's socially correct marriage of convenience to wealthy and somewhat enigmatic Linda, "a professional beauty." They evidently shared a taste for high social status and the elegant luxuries, high life and freedoms afforded by wealth. Linda and Cole are portrayed as the ultimate sophisticates but the viewer is never told the cause for their separation or why they married. Example: Patrick Star: Because classy sophisticates like us should not stain our lips with cursing. SpongeBob SquarePants: Yea verily!
Word: durability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English durabilite, from Old French durabilité, from Latin dūrābilitās (“durability”). Corresponding to durable + -ity. Pronunciation: /dəɹəˈbɪləti/, /ˈdʲʊɹəbɪləti/ 1. The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.
Word: sosatie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Tamil சதை (catai)bor. Javanese ꦱꦠꦺ (saté)bor. Balinese saté Balinese sesatébor.? Betawi sesatébor. Malay sosatiebor. Afrikaans sosatieubor. English sosatie Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans sosatie, from Malay (Cape Malay) sosatie, from Betawi sesaté (“spiced meat on a skewer”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). Doublet of satay and shacha. 1. A kebab of curried meat on a skewer (usually not pork), cooked over an open flame or on the braai. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable
Word: Saddamist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Arabic name Saddam + -ist. 1. A follower of Saddam Hussein or an advocate of his policies.
Word: Saddamist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Arabic name Saddam + -ist. 1. Of, or relating to Saddam Hussein, his former government or party.
Word: tsamma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Khoe language, cf. Juǀʼhoan tamah. 1. A bitter melon, of the species Citrullus lanatus. Labels: South-Africa
Word: makataan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Tswana. 1. watermelon Labels: South-Africa
Word: tollie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Zulu itholebor. Afrikaans -ie Afrikaans tolliebor. English tollie From Afrikaans tollie, from Zulu ithole (“calf”). 1. A bullock. Labels: South-Africa 2. Diminutive for a penis. Labels: South-Africa, slang
Word: brains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹeɪnz/ 1. plural of brain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹeɪnz/ 1. The substance of a brain, as a material or foodstuff. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. 2. The figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Sadly, I got my brains from my mom and my looks from the mailman. Example: It was true that he had the muscles of an ox and the stamina of an ox, the trouble was that he seemed to have the brains of an ox. 3. The intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, etc. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: Who's the brains behind this operation? Example: Paulvitch smiled. “You are supposed to be the brains of this partnership, my dear Nikolas,” he replied. “Why do you not find the means to search Monsieur Caldwell’s stateroom—eh?”
Word: brains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹeɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Andes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua anti (“east”). Pronunciation: /ˈæn.diːz/ 1. Synonym of Andes Mountains.
Word: voiture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French voiture, from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vecture and vettura. Pronunciation: /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts. Example: The voiture proceeded ſlowly with my Chevalier; […] Example: Having consulted with my friends, about the safest method of travelling through Flanders, I was persuaded to take places in the public Voiture […].
Word: ganja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”). First use appears c. 1800. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒɑ/, /ˈɡæn.dʒə/, /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒə/ 1. Marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect. Labels: Caribbean, Singapore, South-Asia, especially, uncountable, usually Example: Whilst a ganja-eater was catching fish on the bank of a river, a man from another country came and asked which was the road and what was his name; he replied that his name was "eater of six maunds of ganja." Example: There were altogether 2,202 admissions to the five asylums of this province during that time, and of that number it was ascertained that 641 were ganja smokers, 117 were spirit drinkers, and 8 were opium-eaters, the percentages being ganja 291 spririts 5'8, opium 036 per cent.
Word: insangu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zulu insangu. 1. Any particular plant which is smoked as a recreational drug, especially (wild) hemp. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: perishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish + -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable). 1. Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay. Example: perishable goods Example: perishable foodstuffs
Word: perishable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish + -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable). 1. That which perishes or is short-lived. 2. Food that does not keep for long. Labels: in-plural
Word: Ferris wheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after designer and constructor George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859–1896) who built the first such wheel. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍiːl/, /ˈfɛɹɪs wiːl/, /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍil/, /ˈfɛɹɪs wil/ 1. An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves.
Word: enzymology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English enzyme Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English enzymology From enzyme + -ology. 1. The branch of science that studies enzymes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enzymologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English enzymology 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 enzymologist From enzymology + -ist. 1. a specialist in enzymology
Word: perishably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perishable Middle English -ly English -ly English perishably From perishable + -ly. 1. In a perishable manner.
Word: perishableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perishable 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 perishableness From perishable + -ness. 1. The state of being perishable; perishability. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: perishability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English perishability From perish + -ability. 1. The quality of being perishable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ahimsa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā). Pronunciation: /əˈhɪmsɑː/ 1. A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them. Labels: Hinduism, Jainism, uncountable Example: Already, at this very early date, the ritualists were moving towards the ideal of ahimsa ("harmlessness") that would become the indispensable virtue of the Indian Axial Age. Example: This, in essence, is the Jain doctrine of ahimsa – a direct inversion of Vedic beliefs about the sustaining powers of animal sacrifice.
Word: goonda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गुंडा (guṇḍā). 1. A hired thug. Labels: South-Asia, colloquial Example: ‘I cannot imagine the minds of goondas.’
Word: purposefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English purposeful 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 purposefulness From purposeful + -ness. 1. The state of being purposeful. Labels: uncountable
Word: kampang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kampung. Doublet of kampung, or the same word. 1. An enclosed village. Labels: Malaysia 2. An enclosed farm. Labels: Malaysia
Word: purposefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English purposeful Middle English -ly English -ly English purposefully From purposeful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.pəs.fə.li/, /ˈpɝ.pəs.fə.li/ 1. In a purposeful (“resolute, determined”) manner: resolutely, determinedly. 2. In a purposeful (“intentional”) manner: intentionally, on purpose, purposely, deliberately. Example: Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core. Example: [C]riminals are purposefully recruiting young, middle-class university students to do their dirty work “because they know they’re honest” and can be trusted to pass on the stolen cash rather than pocketing it all. Plus, students are cash hungry, as lockdown restrictions have squeezed any income from part-time jobs.
Word: purposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English purposer; equivalent to purpose + -er. 1. Someone who purposes something.
Word: purposive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From purpose + -ive. Compare purpositive. Pronunciation: /ˈpəːpəsɪv/, /ˈpɚpəsɪv/ 1. Serving a particular purpose; useful; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution. Example: Irresistably it came to me again that beauty, far from being wasted, was purposive, that this purpose was of a redeeming kind, and that some one who was pleased co-operated with it for my personal benefit. Example: As we saw in our discussion of the FAKE GUN example in chapter 19, there are natural dimensions to our categories for objects: […] purposive, based on the uses we can make of an object in a given situation. 2. Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent. Example: It would have been quite impossible to use the A vocabulary for literary purposes or for political or philosophical discussion. It was intended only to express simple, purposive thoughts, usually involving concrete objects or physical actions. Example: Other ecclesiastics [...] were similarly accepting of a space for purposive and beneficent human action and betterment in a disenchanted world. 3. Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity. Example: Ursula could not believe the air in her nostrils. It seemed conscious, malevolent, purposive in its intense murderous coldness. Example: The question at once arises whether medieval thinkers really believed that what we now call inanimate objects were sentient and purposive. 4. Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose. Example: The world was generally agreed to be a purposive one, responsive to the wishes of its Creator […]. 5. Possessed of a firm purpose. Example: Whenever she opened a scientific book and saw whole paragraphs of incomprehensible words and symbols, she felt a sense of wonder at the great territories of learning that lay beyond her—the sum of so many noble and purposive attempts to make objective sense of the world. 6. Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose. Example: Many scholars suggest that […] the increase in the use of the to-infinitive in Middle English took place at the expense of the bare infinitive (i.e. an infinitive without the marker to). […] due to the loss of verbal inflections, it became difficult to distinguish the infinitival form from other verbal forms. As a result […] to began to function as a mere marker of the infinitive, losing its original ‘purposive’ sense […]
Word: purposive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From purpose + -ive. Compare purpositive. Pronunciation: /ˈpəːpəsɪv/, /ˈpɚpəsɪv/ 1. A mood indicating a purpose of the course of activity expressed by the verb. Labels: uncountable Example: This purposive was described by speakers as referring to the action which can be observed at the moment of speech; this is why it is termed ‘visual’.
Word: purposed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From purpose + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈpəːpəst/ 1. Intentional, deliberate. Example: to interrupt the course of his continuall happinesse, and to recompence it, [he] cast the richest and most precious jewell he had into the Sea, deeming that by this purposed [translating aposté] mishap he should satisfie the revolution and vicissitude of fortune[…]. 2. Having a purpose or aim; determined. Labels: rare Example: O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this well-nightingaled vicinity?
Word: purposed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From purpose + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈpəːpəst/ 1. simple past and past participle of purpose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Congo Peggy Part of Speech: noun 1. A red ant. Labels: Jamaica
Word: purposes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɝpəsɪz/, /ˈpɜːpəsɪz/ 1. plural of purpose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purposes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɝpəsɪz/, /ˈpɜːpəsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of purpose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: purposeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From purpose + -less. 1. Without purpose. Example: Turbulence was everywhere, within every blade of grass, every drop of dew on a leaf, every cloud in the sky, and every star beyond. The turbulence was purposeless, but in huge quantities of purposeless turbulence, purpose took shape.
Word: indaba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu índaba (“affair, issue, matter; piece of news; story”), from ín- (class 9 noun prefix) + -daɓa (stem meaning ‘affair, matter’). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɑːbə/, /ɪnˈdɑbə/ 1. A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders. Labels: South-Africa 2. Any conference, discussion, or meeting. Labels: South-Africa, broadly 3. Chiefly in one's own or someone's indaba: a concern, matter, or problem. Labels: South-Africa 4. An international conference of Scout leaders. Labels: broadly
Word: tumble-turd Part of Speech: noun 1. A beetle. Labels: Jamaica
Word: purposelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English purposeless Middle English -ly English -ly English purposelessly From purposeless + -ly. 1. In a purposeless manner; to no end; for no reason. Example: The sparse grey locks he combed were fewer and greyer: and though the accustomed mouth circle was as obdurately set as of old, his head waggled purposelessly: and his hands fumbled stiffly as he folded and replaced his pocket comb.
Word: anancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anansi, a mythical spider (god) from West African folklore. 1. A nonpoisonous arachnid, daddy longlegs. Labels: Jamaica
Word: purposelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English purposeless 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 purposelessness From purposeless + -ness. 1. The state of being purposeless. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: pointlessness, meaninglessness, uselessness Example: he used to be plain Charles, a vessel for moaning and waiting and a certain kind of purposelessness.
Word: hanepoot Part of Speech: noun 1. The muscat blanc d'Alexandrie. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable 2. Wine made from muscat blanc d'Alexandrie. Labels: South-Africa, countable, uncountable
Word: bredie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans bredie, possibly from Portuguese bredo. Alternatively, perhaps from Malagasy. 1. A thick stew of meat and vegetables. Labels: South-Africa
Word: gwaai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans. 1. A cigarette. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: Husband's under water so she hassles with her laaities, starts lagging with her buddies and lights herself a gwaai. Example: For a start, you will remember it whether you want to or not because I guarantee no other Haven teacher has come through the window and fired up a gwaai to start a lesson. They certainly didn't when I was a pupil here.
Word: admittable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English admit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English admittable From admit + -able. 1. Able to be admitted.