nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: constate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French constater. 1. To relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false. 2. To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove. Example: It need be no concern of his how we come, through the joint action of our double nature, to apprehend at first those truths which, when apprehended, he knows to be necessary. The metaphysician has only to constate such facts ; it is the business of the psychologist to explain them. Example: Above all, he has thought himself able to constate a preparoxysmal increase of albumin, from which he has drawn far-reaching conclusions.
Word: constates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of constate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: consulta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian consulta and Spanish consulta, attested in English since the eighteenth century. Doublet of consult. 1. An official meeting or consultation. Example: One method that has been carried out by the Zapatistas and by their sympathizers is the practice of consulta, referendum, and plebisite.[…] A consulta has to do with voting, but it is voting that takes place alongside debate between different people. 2. The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency. Example: The magistrates of each province also send a procuratour to the general consulta; and when all the procuratours are assembled at Corte,[…] may proceed to the election of the president and oratour of the general consulta. 3. The minutes or report of such a government council. Example: the council of Indies sent […] their consulta relative to my colony. In this consulta, bearing the date of 26th November, 1819, his majesty was advised of the unanimous decision of the council, in favor of a grant to me in Mexico
Word: contagia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contagium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsinkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sink Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unsinkable From un- + sink + -able. 1. That cannot be sunk. Example: Any true Grecophile will understand when I say that the unsinkable condom and the smell of shit which precede the moment of illumination make it more exciting when it happens. Example: It was the kind of place with a neon martini glass for a name and an unsinkable turd floating in the toilet. 2. That cannot be overcome or defeated. Labels: figuratively Example: unsinkable optimism
Word: unsinkable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sink Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unsinkable From un- + sink + -able. 1. A ship that was designed to be unsinkable. Example: As the construction and preparation of the unsinkables would require six weeks or two months , I thought it best to make report of my plan to the admiral before the departure from Key West . Example: German unsinkables with their penetrating shell and safety magazines? That there was this acute material disparity between this type of ship of both nations there can be no doubt.
Word: funnels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funnel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funnels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of funnel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plaques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plaque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See contra-. 1. Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. Labels: not-comparable Example: a contrate wheel, or crown wheel
Word: converso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish converso. Doublet of converse. 1. A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. Example: Guillermina Jasso, a sociology professor at New York University, said Angel was “evocative of the old converso practice of taking on very Christian surnames as a way of survival in a suspicious environment.” Example: In the Inquisition's terms, both were automatically suspect by the fact that their families were conversos, and they might be seen as emerging from that maelstrom of religious energy released by the religious realignment of Spain in the 1490s.
Word: conversas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conversa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conversa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish. 1. a female converso
Word: converses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of converse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: convives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of convive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of convive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: convive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French convive. Pronunciation: /kənˈvaɪv/ 1. To feast with others Labels: obsolete
Word: convive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French convive. Pronunciation: /kənˈvaɪv/ 1. a participant in a feast or banquet Labels: obsolete 2. a feast or banquet Labels: obsolete Example: First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent; There, in the full convive we; afterwards, As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall Concur together, severally entreat him
Word: cooperad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operad English cooperad From co- + operad. 1. One of a set of composed operads
Word: Cornellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Cornell Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Cornellian From Cornell + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Cornell University.
Word: Cornellian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Cornell Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Cornellian From Cornell + -ian. 1. One who is a student or an alumnus of Cornell University. Example: Cornell is a big place. There’s a lot to do. Here’s a list of 161 things that every Cornellian should do during their time on the Hill. Example: It’s a trademark of the infamous “weeder” classes — and a source of dread for thousands of Cornellians.
Word: copen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English pen English copen From co- + pen. 1. To cowrite. Labels: transitive
Word: copulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coronad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From corona + -ad. 1. Towards a corona. Labels: rare Example: Besides its axis, therefore, the Malleus possesses a pivot, which projects coronad or superiorly to the bony ring of the membrana tympani and antinio-basilad or anteriorily and inferiorily to its own head […] Example: This canal is formed basilad or inferiorly by the crura cerebri g, and superiorly or coronad by the posterior commissure p […]
Word: coronas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈɹəʊ.nəs/, /kəˈɹoʊ.nəz/ 1. plural of corona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corone Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corrido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish corrido. 1. A Mexican or Mexican-American ballad or folk song. Example: Like most Anglos in the Southwest, he could listen tolerantly, if not with great pleasure, to trios and mariachis, the music of the bourgeoisie in Mexico, but express nothing but scorn for corridos, the music of the poor in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Example: The Mexican corrido remains essentially true to these Iberian roots in regard to its poetic form and its handling of narrative subjects. It is probable that the term corrido is a shortening of the term romance corrido, meaning a through-sung ballad, as attested in Spanish usage during the sixteenth century (Simmons 1963).
Word: corro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corr(espondence) + -o. 1. Written communications, especially in a business setting. Labels: Australia, colloquial, uncountable Example: I enjoy the newsgroup, the mailing lists, the email corro, and yakking on ICQ with these people. Example: As an aside, has anyone seen or heard from SAM? I want to get him some corro.
Word: corresponded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of correspond Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: corten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trademarked name COR-TEN. 1. Any type of weathering steel, a steel alloy which does not require painting and acquires a stable, rust-like appearance over time Labels: uncountable Example: Rudi Jass has developed a distinctly complementary style with copper, corten steel bronze, glass and stone.
Word: cosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from cosy. 1. To make oneself cosy; to be snug. Labels: intransitive Example: Told her of the bad cooking here; that I could get nothing to eat here or, sometimes, even at Shibden. We agreed we would have things nice sometime, our tastes suit & we are very thoroughly happy together. We cosed very comfortably.
Word: cosen Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cozen (“deceive”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: costean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably from Cornish kodha (“to fall, happen”) + sten (“tin”). 1. A trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
Word: costean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Presumably from Cornish kodha (“to fall, happen”) + sten (“tin”). 1. To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
Word: costee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish castizo, whence also English castizo. With regard to the ending, compare dustee, fustee, mustee/mestee. 1. A quadroon. Labels: dated, historical
Word: costees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of costee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creases Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːsɪz/ 1. plural of crease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creases Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crease Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cremas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cremes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of throat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of throat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crispen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crisp + -en. 1. To make crisp. Labels: transitive 2. To become crisp. Labels: intransitive
Word: breezes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːzɪz/ 1. plural of breeze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breezes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of breeze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cuajo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cuajo, from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護 /看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English khanhoo. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑː.hoʊ/ 1. a kind of card game, similar to Khanhoo Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: refugium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge. 1. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species. Example: Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm. 2. A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.
Word: culmina Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of culmen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guardians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guardian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: culpe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French coulpe, from Latin culpa. Compare culpable, culprit. 1. blameworthiness; fault Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Banished out of the realme […] without culpe.
Word: villagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of villager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: curara Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of curare. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: curares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curvas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all in a day's work Part of Speech: phrase 1. Coming with the territory. Example: Unfortunately, dealing with rude customers is all in a day's work around here. 2. A nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment. Example: —Wow, it's amazing that you fixed it so well that no one would even know that it was ever broken! —All in a day's work!
Word: custodias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of custodia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: custodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of custody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: that's how the cookie crumbles Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of that's the way the cookie crumbles. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: half moon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of half-moon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: debes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Omani Arabic دِبّةbor. Swahili debebor. English debe Borrowed from Swahili debe, borrowed from Omani Arabic دِبّة. 1. A tin container used for kerosene etc. Labels: Kenya
Word: deben Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian dbn. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbɛn/ 1. A measure of weight used during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, equivalent to about 13.6 grams. 2. A measure of weight used during the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, equivalent to 10 kite (about 91 grams).
Word: deba Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of debaa. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: debite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of depute. 1. A deputy; an official. Labels: obsolete Example: Jesus stode before the debite, and the debite axed him, saynge: Arte thou the kynge of the iwes?
Word: debites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debute Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of debut. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: if the shoe fits Part of Speech: phrase 1. Ellipsis of if the shoe fits, wear it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, idiomatic
Word: Aranese Part of Speech: name 1. Gascon Occitan dialect spoken in Val d'Aran, a small area in northern Catalonia. Example: Given that Aranese has only until very recently enjoyed any kind of institutional support, it is by far the most socially marginalized language.
Word: decora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese デコラ (dekora), a clipping of デコレーション (dekorēshon, literally “decoration”). 1. A Japanese fashion style of the late 20th century, characterized by bold, bright colours and numerous accessories such as hair clips and bows. Labels: uncountable
Word: decora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin decora. 1. plural of decorum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Middle English core English core English decore From de- + core. 1. To remove the core from. Labels: transitive Example: to decore a cabbage or an apple
Word: decore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare French décorer. See decorate. 1. To decorate; to beautify. Labels: obsolete Example: To decore and illustre thesame assembly.
Word: decores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: defraude Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of defraud. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: degrades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of degrade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin delātus, perfect passive participle of deferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of defer (Etymology 2). See also infer, collate and confer, relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Pronunciation: /dəˈleɪt/, /dɪˈleɪt/ 1. To carry; to convey. Labels: archaic Example: Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. 2. To report; to spread; to inform to make public. Labels: archaic Example: when the crime is delated or notorious 3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against. Labels: archaic Example: As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. 4. To carry on; to conduct or behave. Labels: archaic Example: His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, / And ſonne in nonage, faining him ſhe ruled in his ſtéede: / Delating in a males attire the Empire nevve begonne: / The vvhich, his yeares admitting it, ſhe yealded to her ſonne.
Word: delate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of dilate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: delates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: littlest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtl̩əst/, [ˈlɪɾl̩əst̚] 1. superlative form of little: most little Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: deplores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deplore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: billboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bill + board. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlˌboɹd/ 1. A very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising. Example: He could see it like a printed sentence, fullborn and already dead God loves me too like the faded and weathered letters on last year's billboard God loves me too Example: The land refuses to change. The more he drives the more the region resembles the country around Mt. Judge. The same scruff on the embankments, the same weathered billboards for the same products you wondered anybody would ever want to buy. 2. A flat surface, such as a panel or fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board. Labels: dated Example: When a show leaves New York, it carries posters wherewith to embellish each fence and bill board in the land [...] Example: Toward the end of April, the billboards, which I watched anxiously in those days, bloomed out one morning with gleaming white posters on which two names were impressively printed in blue Gothic letters: the name of an actress of whom I had often heard, and the name “Camille.” 3. A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore-channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on. 4. An opening or closing portion of a program, often including credits and sponsors' names. Example: The closing billboard features Como as the spokesman. Example: […] the opening billboard identifying Chase as the sponsor […] 5. A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it is viewed from.
Word: billboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bill + board. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlˌboɹd/ 1. To advertise on a billboard. Labels: transitive Example: The upcoming concert was billboarded all over the city.
Word: deposite Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of deposit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: deposite Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of deposit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: deposites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deposite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depraves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deprave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deprimes Part of Speech: verb 1. present of deprime Labels: form-of, present
Word: deprime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English prime English deprime From de- + prime. 1. to remove the (remnant) primer from a cartridge casing (from the brass).
Word: downplay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Synthetic form of the phrase play down. By surface analysis, down- + play. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊ̯nˌpleɪ̯/ 1. To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential. Labels: transitive Example: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is no ordinary thriller. John Cassavetes, as usual, downplays the plot, opting for character and endless improvisation, but it does not entirely work in this setting. Example: [Milo] Yiannopoulos, whose own career as a far-right pundit imploded in 2017 after remarks he had made downplaying the seriousness of pedophilia surfaced, claims he has more damaging videos to release about [Ali] Alexander and [Nick] Fuentes.
Word: depure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French dépurer. See depurate. 1. to depurate; to purify Labels: obsolete Example: 1532-1533, Thomas More, Confutation of Tyndale's Answer be depured and clensed byfore that he shall be layed vppe for pure golde in the treasours of god
Word: galt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gault. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fetuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sitten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English siten, seten, from Old English seten, ġeseten, past participle of sittan (“to sit”). Equivalent to sit + -en (past participle). Cognate with Dutch gezeten, German gesessen. 1. past participle of sit; alternative form of sat. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, form-of, participle, past Example: For though we your brethren, who heretofore by our vocation have sitten in the chair of Moses, and be ghostly captains as Moses and Joshua unto you; [...]
Word: sitten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English siten, seten, from Old English seten, ġeseten, past participle of sittan (“to sit”). Equivalent to sit + -en (past participle). Cognate with Dutch gezeten, German gesessen. 1. Seated. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill. Example: He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin Nor Will. 2. Settled; stationary; not easily stirred or moved. Example: Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours.
Word: sitten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sitten, equivalent to sit + -en (plural present). 1. plural simple present of sit Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: Such merimake holy saints doth queme, But we here sytten as drownd in a dreme. Example: This were as good as curds for our Jone, / When at a night we ſitten by the fire.
Word: foetuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foetus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foeti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foetus Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, plural
Word: foetal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foetus + -al, the former from Latin foetus, alternative form of fētus, and the latter from Latin -alis. 1. Alternative spelling of fetal. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: phoetal Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of fetal. Labels: alt-of, hypercorrect, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: sinks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪŋks/ 1. plural of sink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sinks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɪŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hybridism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hybridism From hybrid + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪbɹɪdɪzm/ 1. The state of being hybrid. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The production of hybrids by cross-breeding. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The formation of a hybrid, a word from elements of different languages. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hybridize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hybridize From hybrid + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd.aɪz/ 1. To form a mixture of any kind. Example: Brainstorming methods other than the KJ technique will be mentioned later, but to come up with new ideas, it is easier to merge different ideas, or in other words, to cross-fertilize or hybridize ideas and improve upon them. 2. To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids. Labels: transitive 3. To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed. Labels: intransitive 4. To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages. Labels: transitive 5. To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals. 6. To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
Word: oxidoreductases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxidoreductase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydraulically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hydraulic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hydraulically From hydraulic + -ally. 1. Using hydraulics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ribonucleases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribonuclease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrocephaly Part of Speech: noun 1. hydrocephalus Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polymerases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polymerase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desease Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of disease. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Misspelling of disease. Labels: alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable Example: Kannibalism is not such a wise habit for human beings, because of resulting afflictions like Creutzfeldt-Jakob desease.
Word: hybrid orbital Part of Speech: noun 1. An orbital formed by the combination of multiple atomic orbitals on the same atom
Word: hydroelectrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hydroelectric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hydroelectrically From hydroelectric + -ally. 1. Using hydroelectric power. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydroelectricity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English electricity English hydroelectricity From hydro- + electricity. 1. Electricity that is produced from the energy of moving water. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -metry. 1. The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers Labels: uncountable Example: A thorough understanding of the hydrometry and meteorology of the South is a long-term goal, and immediate steps must be taken to achieve it.
Word: hydroponically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hydroponic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hydroponically From hydroponic + -ally. 1. using hydroponics Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English hydrotherapy From hydro- + therapy. 1. Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for the treatment of disease and for the soothing of pain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy. Example: At the bedside, healers practiced a variety of Western fads such as hydrotherapy, which utilized harmless but ineffectual water cures for many ailments [...]
Word: hygienically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hygienic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hygienically From hygienic + -ally. 1. In a hygienic manner. 2. In relation to hygiene.
Word: hygienist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hygiene 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 hygienist From hygiene + -ist. 1. A person skilled in hygienics, but especially a dental assistant who cleans teeth etc
Word: hygienics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hygiene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Middle English -es English -s English -ics English hygienics From hygiene + -ics. 1. The science of hygiene Labels: uncountable
Word: designado Part of Speech: noun 1. In some Latin American countries, a person designated to succeed the vice president.
Word: designe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of design. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: If God would not this great deſigne ſhould be, / Perfect and round without ſome knavery, / Not that our Prince ſhould end this enterprize, / But for ſo many tales, ſo many lies.
Word: designes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of designe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lachanophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λάχανον (lákhanon, “greens, vegetables”) + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌlækənəˈfəʊbɪə/ 1. An irrational fear of vegetables. Labels: uncountable Example: All in all, I'd like to state that it was lachanophobia that sparked this. Example: “I thought recovered memories were traumatic. What's traumatic about citrus fruit?” “Lachanophobia,” he says. “That's the fear of vegetables. It stands to reason that there's one for the rest of the food pyramid, too.”
Word: hying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hie Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hying Part of Speech: noun 1. haste Labels: uncountable
Word: hymeneal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hymenaeus (from Ancient Greek ὑμεναῖος (humenaîos, “matrimonial”)) + -al. Compare hymen. Pronunciation: /hʌɪməˈniːəl/ 1. Pertaining to marriage. Example: I consider these more as the privileges of age, than as part of the hymeneal dowry. Example: It seems to me that girls ought to be early taught to discriminate, between the characteristic of a hymeneal connexion and of a dishonourable one apparently resembling it. 2. Pertaining to sexual relations. Example: Although the whole earth, not we alone, is moved by passions hymeneal, and everything terrestrial has come into being by the one common road, yet there is that ridiculous tendency to close the eyes and turn away the head as if there were something unclean in nature itself. 3. Of or pertaining to the hymen. Example: ‘It doesn't seem to qualify as a haemorrhage,’ he said, with his usual cocky certainty. ‘Just heavy hymeneal bleeding, I'd say.’
Word: hymeneal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hymenaeus (from Ancient Greek ὑμεναῖος (humenaîos, “matrimonial”)) + -al. Compare hymen. Pronunciation: /hʌɪməˈniːəl/ 1. A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding. Example: For her white virgins hymeneals sing, / To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away, / And melts in visions of eternal day.
Word: hymeneals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hymeneal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hymeneals Part of Speech: noun 1. Nuptials. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: “Indeed she will have to do without me,” he added, thinking rather of his studies in Carrara, than of his Barchester hymeneals. Example: To this he wrote an answer as short, expressing his ardent wishes that those winter hymeneals might produce nothing but happiness, and saying that he would not be in town many days before he knocked at the door of No. 52, Grosvenor Place.
Word: commit suicide Part of Speech: verb 1. To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: hymnbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hymn + book. 1. A book containing a collection of hymns. Labels: UK
Word: hymn-book Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hymnbook. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There was no sign of piano, organ, hymn-books, church programs—the familiar ecclesiastical impedimenta we saw every Sunday.
Word: hyperactivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity English hyperactivity From hyper- + activity. 1. The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is associated with a shorter life expectancy and a greater risk of mental health issues, according to a new study of more than 30,000 people with the disorder in the United Kingdom.
Word: hypercritically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hypercritical Middle English -ly English -ly English hypercritically From hypercritical + -ly. 1. in a hypercritical manner
Word: mease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The English Dialect Dictionary suggests Old Norse meiss (“wooden box, as would be used for counting fish”) as a source; The Century Dictionary suggests that the term comes via Old French from a Latin word *mesa (“barrel”). One can also compare German Mass (“measure”) and indeed measure itself. 1. A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring. Labels: UK, dated, dialectal Example: a mease of herrings Example: The weekly returns will show a great falling off in the herring fishing which it may be said was a complete failure—and consequently caused a falling off of the revenues of the Harbour. There were only 521 mease of herrings sold at an average price of £1 2s 7¾d., or total £590.
Word: mease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of mess / mese. 1. A mess, a mese: a meal. Labels: obsolete Example: I want my mease of milk when I go to my work. Example: they shal have [...] every mease of two dishes, one with pottage & boiled meate, the other roste (if it be no fasting day.) And if it be a fish daye, then they shal have two like meases of white meate & fish.
Word: mease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably related to messuage. 1. A dwelling or messuage. Labels: obsolete Example: 1628, July 15, was a Gild new erected by four young bachelors of the town, and kept at the college-house, of above twenty meases of persons, and the poor then well relieved. Example: William Raynshaw, of Hulme, in the county of Lancaster, complains that whereas Hamnett Bent was seised in his demesne as of fee of certain meases of land, meadow, and pasture with appurtenances in Hulme […]
Word: mease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mesh? 1. Obsolete spelling of mesh (of a fishing net). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In the records of the series of trials which began soon afterwards, the following interesting description of a Mount's Bay seine in the seventeenth century is given: "Saynes are very long and deep nets, of a close or narrow mease, and lengthened at each end by sleeves of a larger mease, and are used in this anner, viz.: […]
Word: mease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mesh? 1. To catch or enmesh (fish) by the head in a seine. Example: ( […] and except also fish meased in the sleeves of certain nets, called seynes), of which no tithes are demanded; […] Example: […] and also the customary payment for all pilchards taken in seynes (except meased pilchards); but they insisted that they ought not to pay any tithe or other thing in lieu thereof for lobsters or pilchards caught in driving nets […] or were meased in the sleeves of seynes […]
Word: hypermedia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + media, coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in 1965. 1. The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the user can move among them at will. Labels: uncountable Example: From the `70s onwards, Muffler, de Sola Pool and other gurus attempted to prove that the advent of hypermedia would paradoxically involve a return to the economic liberalism of the past.
Word: hypersensitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hypersensitive 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 hypersensitiveness From hypersensitive + -ness. 1. The state of being hypersensitive. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypertensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive. 1. Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension. Example: The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).
Word: hypertensive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive. 1. A person with hypertension. 2. A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.
Word: hyperthyroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English hyperthyroid From hyper- + thyroid. 1. of or pertaining to hyperthyroidism Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyperthyroidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hyperthyroidism From hyper- + thyroid + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ̯pəˈθaɪ̯ɹɔɪ̯ˌdɪzəm/ 1. The excessive production of hormones by the thyroid. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pathological condition resulting from these excess hormones. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypnoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypnosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypnotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hypnotic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hypnotically From hypnotic + -ally. 1. In a hypnotic manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. By using hypnotism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypocritically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hypocritical Middle English -ly English -ly English hypocritically From hypocritical + -ly. 1. in a hypocritical manner Example: China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold U.N. principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Sunday in a rebuff to comments by China's top diplomat at the Munich Security Conference.
Word: hypothalami Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypothalamus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypothyroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English hypothyroid From hypo- + thyroid. 1. of or pertaining to hypothyroidism Example: Outcome measures included visual analog scales assessing well-being (the primary endpoint) and hypothyroid symptoms, quality of life instruments (General Health Questionnaire 28, Short Form 36, and Thyroid Symptom Questionnaire), cognitive function tests, and treatment preference. Example: It is concluded that hypothyroid condition protects against As(III) toxicity. 2. Having hypothyroidism Example: Carl Lewis is hypothyroid. Example: Four groups of rats were studied: Control (CT), sham operated animals; hypothyroid (HTX), rats subjected to thyroidectomy; ischemia and reperfusion (IR), rats submitted to IR; and HTX+IR, rats subjected to HTX plus IR.
Word: hysteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Pronunciation: /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/ 1. Hysterical; relating to hysteria. Example: Yes, my dravving-room is an abſolute regiſter-office for candidate actors, and poets vvithout character;—then to be continually alarmed vvith Miſſes and Ma'ams piping hiſteric changes on Juliets and Dorindas, Pollys and Ophelias; […] Example: We also find gamblers of this type among some frigid hysteric women, who seem to treat gambling as they treat men, coldly and spongingly.
Word: hysteric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Pronunciation: /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/ 1. A hysterical person. Example: “Which girl was it now?” he asks a second time. ¶ “Oh, you know, the hysteric,” Eleanor says, “the one who was parading her bazooms in your face.”
Word: hysterically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hysterical Middle English -ly English -ly English hysterically From hysterical + -ly. 1. In a hysterical manner; showing signs of hysteria. 2. With, or causing, very much laughter.
Word: rocket aircraft Part of Speech: noun 1. An aircraft with rocket propulsion, including a rocket pack, a rocket plane, etc.
Word: rocket pack Part of Speech: noun 1. A jet pack using a rocket engine.
Word: jet pack Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of equipment that may be strapped to a person’s back and generate vertical thrust by a downward discharge of jet fluid, thereby rendering the person capable of flight.
Word: rocket-pack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rocket pack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rocketpack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rocket pack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gymnasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gymnasia. 1. plural of gymnasium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gymnasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῠμνᾰ́σῐᾰ (gŭmnắsĭă). 1. plural of gymnasion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gymnastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gymnastic + -ally or gymnastical + -ly. 1. In a gymnastic manner. Example: The Nicholas Brothers had a unique talent for being gymnastically athletic in their dancing while they maintained an elegance and sense of humor that was thrilling.
Word: gynecologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gynecology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gynecologic From gynecology + -ic. 1. gynecological