nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fritter away Part of Speech: verb 1. To squander or waste. Labels: transitive Example: Keep frittering money and resources away on such media for as long as you live or want. Example: What the school books say about the united efforts of the two great Rossums is all a fairy tale. They used to have dreadful rows. The old atheist hadn't the slightest conception of industrial matters, and the end of it was that young Rossum shut him up in some laboratory or other and let him fritter the time away with his monstrosities, while he himself started on the business from an engineer's point of view. 2. To decrease in an incremental way without hindrance. Labels: transitive Example: “There is little need,” said the monk, with a meaning look, “to fritter away the time in gewgaws.” Example: I had been frittering away my money, too, on luxuries; and luxuries are effeminate.
Word: on-die Part of Speech: adj 1. Situated on the same chip (of silicon etc) Labels: not-comparable
Word: featherlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English feather Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English featherlike From feather + -like. 1. Having the characteristics of plumage. 2. As light as a feather.
Word: helicoptering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of helicopter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: helicoptering Part of Speech: noun 1. transport by helicopter Labels: uncountable
Word: CHAPS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of clearing house automated payment system, a method of same-day banking transfer. Labels: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: flexes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɛksɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flexes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɛksɪz/ 1. plural of flex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flexed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /flɛkst/ 1. Bent.
Word: flexed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flɛkst/ 1. simple past and past participle of flex Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: manures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of manure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: manuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of manure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: manuring Part of Speech: noun 1. An application of manure. Example: When the clay is five or six feet or more below the surface, so that manures are liable to be washed down below the roots, three or four light manurings, one in January, another in March, another in June, and the last in August, are better than one or two heavy manurings.
Word: manured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of manure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inoculi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By misremembering a neuter Latin noun as being a masculine one. The same error happens with others as well (for example, with *diverticulus/diverticuli for diverticulum/diverticula); it is relevant in scientific contexts where English uses many learned borrowings from New Latin. 1. plural of inoculus: misconstruction of inocula. Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: inocula Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inoculum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From convect + -or. 1. A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator.
Word: linguicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From linguo- + -cide. 1. The death of a language, either naturally or from political causes. Labels: uncountable
Word: granate Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of garnet. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: spuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin spuria, the nominative neuter plural form of spurius, whence spurious; compare trivia. Pronunciation: /ˈspjʊəɹɪə/ 1. Spurious things; especially, a counterfeit or forged written work or one of doubtful attribution. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The laſt will and teſtament of Grunnius, a Roman pig, publiſhed among Gruter’s Spuria, betrays not more evident marks of impoſition.
Word: rearmament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + armament. Compare French réarmement. 1. The process of rearming. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reassembly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assembly English reassembly From re- + assembly. 1. The process of assembling something again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recalcitrance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/ 1. The state of being recalcitrant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the prime minister’s [Benjamin Netanyahu's] recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity.
Word: recasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The casting of something into a different form; a transformation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But for the tragedy of the war, which has compelled a recasting of train services, it was the intention of the Belgian National Railways, Mr. L. Wiener writes, not only to have retained in service throughout the winter one in each direction daily of the Brussels-Ostend streamline trains, […] but also to introduce similar services between Brussels and Liége. 2. The adjustment of a loan that would otherwise be defaulted. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: receivables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of receivable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: receivership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English receiver Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English receivership From receiver + -ship. 1. The office and duties of a receiver. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being under the control of a receiver. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The capital cost in 1915-1927 of equipping 924 miles of track put the Milwaukee into a receivership from which it took a long time to recover; and in view of the length of line electrified it is surprising that a current of 1,500V d.c. was chosen rather than the Pennsylvania 11,000V a.c. 3. A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: receptivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English receptivity From receptive + -ity. 1. The state of being receptive. Labels: uncountable 2. The extent to which something is receptive. Labels: countable Example: "And our march is regulated," said Mailey. "There is a gradual release to accommodate it to the receptivity of mankind."
Word: recessionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English recession Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English recessionary From recession + -ary. 1. Of or relating to a recession. Example: This article develops the idea of resilience and examines its usefulness as an aid to understanding the reaction of regional economies to major recessionary shocks.
Word: recitalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English recital 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 recitalist From recital + -ist. 1. A person who performs in recitals. Example: I visited the Cathedral at Cologne on the Sunday morning and sat in the organ loft with my friend, Professor Hans Bachem, who had given me a welcome on previous occasions and was anxious to come to London as a visiting recitalist at, say, Westminster Cathedral or the Albert Hall.
Word: touting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: touting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who touts. Example: Abortive therefore, in a great measure, are the daily toutings of the emigration speculators, and their active crimps, with all their plausible assurances of speedy independence to be gained by adventurers of the pauper class […]
Word: brane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contracted form of membrane. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪn/ 1. A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.
Word: memory span Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short-term memory). Example: He noticed that the memory span of young adults was around seven elements
Word: carnaubas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carnauba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + -genesis. 1. Process of the formation of soil. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -genesis. 1. Larval or preadult reproduction in some insects. Labels: uncountable
Word: evapotranspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of evapo(ration) + transpiration. Pronunciation: /ɪˌvæpəʊˌtɹænspɪˈɹeɪʃn̩/ 1. The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Calculated evapotranspirations are climatological values, namely the long-term average of the evapotranspirations. Example: In many environments, evapotranspiration makes up a larger proportion of the catchment water balance than the stream discharge. Thus, for longer periods of rainfall–runoff simulation, it will generally be necessary to estimate actual evapotranspiration losses from a catchment in order to have an adequate representation of the antecedent state of the catchment prior to each rainfall event.
Word: commemorial Part of Speech: adj 1. commemorative Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: hydrometeor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English meteor English hydrometeor From hydro- + meteor. 1. Rain, snow and other precipitation products of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour
Word: garlic press Part of Speech: noun 1. A utensil used to crush garlic.
Word: line-out Part of Speech: noun 1. a set piece where a player throws the ball into play, and both teams can contest for possession. 2. an out produced by catching a line drive
Word: storm cloud Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark and ominous cloud that appears to indicate a coming storm. Example: Uncertainty hangs over the industry like a storm cloud on a summer's day, preventing long-term planning and investment. 2. A sign that serious trouble, conflict, or misfortune is approaching. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: sex life Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛksˌlaɪf/ 1. That part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity. Example: 1900 January 27, Swami Vivekananda, My Life And Mission, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 8: Lectures And Discourses, But I cannot live the sex life, although I have married you. Example: It not infrequently happens that after a love-marriage and some years of what is considered happiness, the man or woman may withdraw from the sex-life, often looking down upon it, and considering that they have reached a higher plane by so doing. But such people seldom ask themselves if, while they lived it, they reached the highest possible level of the sex-life.
Word: ripcord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rip + cord. 1. A cord to release a parachute from its sack. Example: pull the ripcord
Word: fancy dress Part of Speech: noun 1. A costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else. Labels: Australia, UK, uncountable, usually Example: And yet here he was, if one could credit one's senses, about to take part in a fancy-dress ball, a form of entertainment notoriously a testing experience for the toughest. And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you--not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot, but as Mephistopheles--this involving, as I need scarcely stress, not only scarlet tights but a pretty frightful false beard. Example: Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. 2. Formalwear. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, dress. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: street hockey Part of Speech: noun 1. An informal kind of hockey (field hockey) played on a quiet street. Labels: UK, uncountable 2. An informal version of hockey (ice hockey) played on a quiet street, with a ball instead of a puck. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable
Word: field hockey Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of hockey played on a grassed pitch with a hard rubber ball instead of a puck. Labels: uncountable
Word: team sport Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport played by two competing teams. Labels: countable Example: This impression is underscored by the high level of minority representation in our major team sports. Example: But he was required to do a team sport, so he compromised by choosing track, which ironically involved the biggest team of the season. 2. All sports involving competing teams, collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: In addition to personality differences between athletes and non-athletes, personality differences were also observed between team sport athletes and individual sport athletes. Example: The representational aspect of team sport adds to this.
Word: buzkashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian بزکشی (buz-kašī); compound of بز (buz, “goat”) + کش (kaš, “dragging, drawing”) + ـی (-ī). 1. A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal. Labels: uncountable
Word: gay up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make something more appealing to the gay community e.g. by adding gay characters to a soap opera. Labels: colloquial, transitive 2. To give something gay characteristics. Labels: colloquial, transitive
Word: portation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin portatio. 1. The act of carrying or transporting something; transportation. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: portation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English port Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English portation From port + -ation. 1. The act of porting software between hardware or operating system platforms. Labels: uncountable
Word: date of birth Part of Speech: noun 1. The date and year on which something or someone was born.
Word: rubbish bin Part of Speech: noun 1. A garbage can, a trash can. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: in the end Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Eventually, finally. Example: We had a great day at the beach and in the end we had ice cream. Example: I refused to go with them, but in the end I was persuaded. 2. After a thorough examination of the situation. Example: In the end I think she'll be better off going to the same school as her friends.
Word: incense boat Part of Speech: noun 1. The vessel that holds incense before it is put into a censer.
Word: pallone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pallone (“large ball”), from palla (“ball”). Doublet of balloon. Pronunciation: /pəˈləʊni/ 1. A traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball. Labels: uncountable Example: “Go and play pallone.” “I am a married man,” he answered, without raising his head. “I do not play games any more.”
Word: bar/resto Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bar-resto. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "If you have a friend or relative in the restaurant business, he can hook you up with everything for much cheaper."... The suggestion to use any connection you might have in the bar/resto trade is a good one if you are lucky enough to have one! Example: Scott suggested we try New York, New York, a Shadyside neighborhood bar/resto.
Word: planate Part of Speech: adj 1. flat, flattened. Resembling a plane, or otherwise planar.
Word: planate Part of Speech: noun 1. flat or flattened area. Example: This species has several distinctively coloured planates across the head. Example: The planate, measuring several kilometres across, was formed by wind erosion.
Word: palliatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palliative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dismemberment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dismember Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English dismemberment From dismember + -ment. 1. The act of dismembering. Labels: countable Example: The skill is shown by the neat way in which the dismemberment has been carried out. The parts have not been rudely hacked asunder, but have been separated at the joints. Example: Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. 2. The state or condition of being dismembered. Labels: uncountable Example: [I]s not the fair fabric of Society itself, with all its royal mantles and pontifical stoles, whereby, from nakedness and dismemberment, we are organised into Polities, into nations, and a whole coöperating Mankind, the creation, as has here been often irrefragably evinced, of the Tailor alone? 3. Removal from membership; detachment from an organization, group, etc. Labels: countable Example: 1867, "Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Ex Parte Magruder," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 15, no. 5, New Series Volume 6, (Mar.), p. 295, The decision of the Supreme Court involved a dismemberment from the bar. Example: As the Italian East African Empire was on the verge of extinction in the autumn of 1941, East African Command was created by dismemberment from Middle East.
Word: copyrightability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English copyright 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 copyrightability From copyright + -ability. 1. The condition of being copyrightable. Labels: uncountable Example: “The Office will refuse to register works entirely generated by AI,” says Robert Kasunic of the USCO. “Human authorship is a precondition to copyrightability.” Example: While recognizing that copyrightability is determined on a case-by-case basis, in this Part the Office sets out the legal principles that govern the analysis and assesses their application to AI-generated content.
Word: hoist with one's own petard Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After a while Bond said: 'It's very satisfactory to be a corpse who changes places with his murderers. For them it certainly was a case of being hoist with their own petard.' Example: Not to put too fine a point on it, the leader who “got Brexit done” has, in that very act, been hoist with his own petard.
Word: metapodial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metapodial Part of Speech: noun 1. A metapodial bone.
Word: colons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adding up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of add up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: added up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of add up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: civil society Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the archaic sense of civil, “peaceful and well-ordered”. Later senses of civil society reflect 19th-century Hegelian influence, as well as the earlier argument that tyrannical governments exist in the state of nature in relation to their subjects. 1. All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Those things expected of a democratic society, such as free speech and human rights. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Organized, internally peaceful human society; civilization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The only Way whereby any one divests himself of his natural Liberty, and puts on the Bonds of civil Society, is by agreeing with other Men to join and unite into a Community, for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure Enjoyment of their Properties, and a greater Security against any that are not of it. Example: Rousseau, however, thought that civil society as such […] is characterized by a fundamental self-contradiction and that it is precisely the state of nature which is free from self-contradiction; man in the state of nature is happy because he is radically independent, whereas man in civil society is unhappy because he is radically dependent.
Word: hoid Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of heard, representing NYC and New Orleans English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "I've hoid of dat state. It's whur de Mormons all are...." Example: "Why, ain't you hoid? He was last seen, flyin' over Nova Scotia, on his way to Paris."
Word: ingestible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ingest Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English ingestible From ingest + -ible. 1. Capable of being ingested. Example: None of the psychoactive ingredients show up on the Interior Ministry's list of banned ingestible substances.
Word: ingestible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ingest Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English ingestible From ingest + -ible. 1. Any substance that can be ingested.
Word: whaddaya Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈwʌdəjə/, /ˈʍʌdəjə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of what do you. Labels: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Aspirin? Whaddaya want aspirin for, Harry?..." Example: The Miss America people are considering you for one of the judges. Whaddaya say to that?
Word: nobby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nob Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nobby From nob + -y. 1. Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing). Labels: UK, informal Example: I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavor to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter, and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet. Example: "[…]What makes it worse,” she continued, in the extremity of confidence, “I heard those two cricketing men say just now, 'She's the nobbiest girl on the boat.' But I don't mind it, you know, Harry." 2. Fashionable or chic. Labels: US, informal Example: Undertaking?—why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest. Example: 1925 April 11, Busybody, "Jottings About Town", in The New Yorker, page 25, Quite nobby are the suitings appearing on some of our better Fifth Avenue young men.
Word: time table Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of timetable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1908, Angellotti, Still v. San Francisco and Northwestern Railway Company, 154 Cal. 559, 98 Pac. 672, reprinted 1910, A.C. Freedman, ed., The American State Reports, vol. 129, page 183, Upon being made a conductor, he was given a printed schedule or time table of the various regular trains, on the back of which were printed what was styles "Time Table Rules." Example: ca. 1920, Annotated time table the tour through Canada of the ninth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire, September-October nineteen-twenty, →ISBN.
Word: dobby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dobby. Sense “household ghost” from Dob, variant of Rob. 1. A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He understood Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; and, therefore, according to the apprehension, and in the phrase of his brother Wilfred, needed not to care “for ghaist or bar-ghaist, devil or dobbie.” Example: 'Twas no livin' woman, for she couldn't rise that height above the water, as they well knew when they came to think; and knew it was a dobby they saw; and ye may be sure they didn't spare prayer and blessin', and went on their course straight before the wind; […]. 4. A dotard. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 5. The children's game of tag. Labels: uncountable
Word: time-table Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of timetable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Lessons to be resumed according to the Time-table. Example: Hopefully, the time-table promised new Wagons-Lits routes in Iraq and Jugoslavia, already dated 1940 and 1941.
Word: katatonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of catatonia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: katharsis Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of catharsis. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: perpetuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of perpetuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: boosting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boost Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boosting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process by which something is boosted. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An act or incidence of theft. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: primative Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of primitive. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: plasmacytoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plasmacyte + -oid. 1. Of or pertaining to plasma cells Labels: not-comparable
Word: plasmacytoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plasmacyte + -oid. 1. Any such cell
Word: dendritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dendrite + -ic, from Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Pronunciation: /dɛndˈɹɪtɪk/ 1. Having a branching structure similar to a tree. Example: The system of rivers in a drainage basin has a dendritic configuration. 2. Of, pertaining to or possessing dendrites.
Word: dendritic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dendrite + -ic, from Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”). Pronunciation: /dɛndˈɹɪtɪk/ 1. A dendritic cell
Word: Coney Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Konijneneiland, from konijn[en] (“rabbit[s]”) + eiland (“island”), literally “island of rabbits”; equivalent to cony + island. 1. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known for its boardwalk and amusement parks. Example: From 1916 to 1930, Fleischer would dress up as a Coney Island clown and have animators rotoscope films of him as Koko the Clown. Example: "If they're planning to tum my Cape into a Coney Island midway, they'd better think twice!"
Word: Coney Island Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch Konijneneiland, from konijn[en] (“rabbit[s]”) + eiland (“island”), literally “island of rabbits”; equivalent to cony + island. 1. A Coney Island hot dog. Example: The waiter slammed the Coney Islands down in front of them.... Example: By the 1970s, when Nathan's Famous rolled into cities far from New York, vendors realized that customers wanted a Coney Island "their way." 2. A type of restaurant selling Coney Island hot dogs, popular in the northern United States, particularly in Michigan. Example: The Detroit-themed hotel, opened in 2012 was the first American location (and one of the few Coney Islands of any brand) outside Michigan to offer the same mouthwatering food as the original.
Word: coney island Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Coney Island (“hot dog”). Labels: alt-of Example: He knew there wasn't anything I liked better than a coney island and a strawberry Nehi. Example: "I'll buy you a coney island...."
Word: entrammeled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of entrammel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gasconading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gasconade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allelochemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allelo- + chemical. 1. Having allelopathic effects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: allelochemical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allelo- + chemical. 1. A chemical substance having allelopathic effects.
Word: change of life Part of Speech: noun 1. Menopause. Labels: dated, euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable Example: But of course she's coming near her change of life, for she's years older than he is.
Word: minning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of min Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adulteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adultery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caldrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caldron (alternative spelling of cauldrons). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ear Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English earlet From ear + -let. 1. Small earring. 2. Earring. Labels: rare
Word: earlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ear Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English earlet From ear + -let. 1. A grain-bearing tip part of the stem of a cereal plant which is not fully developed or a small one.
Word: earlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enchantments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enchantment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enmities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enmity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnashing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnæʃɪŋ/ 1. The action of something that is gnashed. Example: gnashings of teeth
Word: gnashing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnæʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gnash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gnashes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnæʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gnash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gnashed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /næʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of gnash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: debt burden Part of Speech: noun 1. The debt of a country or subdivision, when large enough that servicing it has become difficult. Example: According to Table V, Michigan's local government debt burden is below the average for the country. The index of debt burden¹⁸ for Michigan was 52.2 in 1949 and had declined to 47.2 in 1954.
Word: endometrioma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endometrium Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English endometrioma From endometrium + -oma. Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəmitɹiˈəʊmə/ 1. An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis. 2. Any tumor containing endometrial tissue.
Word: endometrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endometrium + -al or endo- + metrial. Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəˈmiːtɹi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus Labels: not-comparable
Word: carefront Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of care + confront. 1. To caringly confront; to approach (someone) and reprove them in a loving and respectful manner. Labels: transitive Example: We can carefront on issues and relationships that matter.
Word: chromography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, chromo + graphy. 1. Alternative form of chromatography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Any of several specific colour analyses, techniques or processes (usually involving separation by colour or other property). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of chromolithography. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: snoozer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snooze + -er. 1. One who snoozes; a sleeper. 2. Something that is boring, uninteresting or unremarkable; something that would tend to induce sleep. Labels: colloquial Example: The program is usually pretty good, but last Wednesday's episode was a real snoozer. 3. A thief who steals from hotel rooms while staying as a hotel guest. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: […] a "snoozer," or one of those thieves who take up their quarters at hotels […] Example: 2023, Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge, Manchester Murders and Misdemeanours A snoozer, though, was a criminal who focussed exclusively upon stealing from hotels. Snoozers were looked upon as being the aristocrats of the criminal world during much of the nineteenth century.
Word: colorway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From color + way. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌləɹˌweɪ/ 1. Any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available. Example: This shirt comes in three colorways: taupe, red, and navy. Example: Each colorway has a variety of tones (light, medium, and dark) and print styles (floral, dots, stripes, abstract, and geometric).
Word: daimonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From daimon + -ic; from Latin demon (“spirit”), originally from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “a god, goddess, divine power, genius, guardian spirit”). Doublet of demonic. 1. In the way of a daimon; befitting a demon; fiendish. 2. Motivated by a spiritual force or genius; inspired.
Word: daimonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daimon + -ic; from Latin demon (“spirit”), originally from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “a god, goddess, divine power, genius, guardian spirit”). Doublet of demonic. 1. The unrest that exists in us all which forces us into the unknown, leading to self-destruction and/or self-discovery. Labels: uncountable 2. The journey and transition from innocence to experience; part of the process of individuation. Labels: uncountable 3. The place where light and dark meet. Labels: uncountable
Word: epistatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity. 1. Of or pertaining to epistasis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epistatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity. 1. Any material that causes epistasis.
Word: sullying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sully Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sullying Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is sullied or made dirty.
Word: gasconades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gasconade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gasconades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gasconade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: entrammel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trammel English entrammel From en- + trammel. 1. To hamper by entangling. Labels: transitive Example: The implicit theology of the Hebrew Bible dictates a complex moral and psychological realism in biblical narrative because God's purposes are always entrammeled in history, dependent on the acts of individual men and women for their continuing realization.
Word: annexe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of annex. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: annexe Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of annex. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: airpark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + park. 1. A small airport sometimes found near an industrial or business area.
Word: evolute Part of Speech: noun 1. A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
Word: evolute Part of Speech: adj 1. Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface. 2. Unfolded; turned back.
Word: evolute Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of evolve (“cause to come into being”). Labels: formal, transitive Example: Now these are the generations of the higher vertebrata, in the cosmic period that the Unknowable evoluted the bipedal mammalia […] Example: […] and when the male physical germ evoluted the male into existence its soul-germ at the same time evoluted the soul into existence.
Word: karambola Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of carambola. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Kámrak, better known as country gooseberry, Averrhoa karambola, is of two sorts sweet and bitter. Example: The large cymose panicles of the pink and crimson coloured, small flowered blossom of Averrhoa Karambola (Karmar) are not quite so fragrant, yet they are not without the grateful odour of honey.
Word: Jaqueline Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name, variant of Jacqueline.
Word: Jacklyn Part of Speech: name Etymology: A respelling of Jacqueline. 1. Alternative spelling of Jacqueline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gnateater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of translingual Conopophaga. By surface analysis, gnat + eater. 1. Any of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae.
Word: clock generator Part of Speech: noun 1. a circuit that produces a timing signal for use in synchronizing a circuit's operation.
Word: clock generators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clock generator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jeppe Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Word: Jimmi Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
Word: Haapsalu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *haapa Estonian haab Estonian salu Estonian Haapsalubor. English Haapsalu Borrowed from Estonian Haapsalu. 1. A town on the west coast of Estonia.
Word: puff piece Part of Speech: noun 1. A journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary. Labels: informal Example: That's your first question? I thought this was supposed to be a puff piece. Example: The magazine had sent David Blum to Los Angeles to profile Emilio Estevez, arguably the most famous of the actors in Joel Schumacher's recently released St. Elmo's Fire, and what had been pitched as a typical puff piece quickly warped into a scathing portrayal that soon became scandalous.
Word: Josefina Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Word: power-broker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of power broker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gustaf Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Swedish.
Word: aeroponic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or grown using aeroponics Labels: not-comparable
Word: aeroponics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -ponics, which is from geoponics. 1. The growing of plants without either soil or hydroponics but in a mist-laden atmosphere. Labels: uncountable Example: The aeroponics system uses a spinner from a home humidifier to propel nutrient solution into a polyethylene-lined plywood box atop which plants are supported on plastic light-fixture “egg crating.”
Word: akhara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćšas Sanskrit अक्ष॑ (ákṣa)? Sanskrit अ॒क्ष (akṣá) Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa) Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa) Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀟𑀬 (akkhāḍaya) Hindi अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)bor. English akhara Borrowed from Hindi अखाड़ा (akhāṛā). 1. A member of an order of ascetic monks in parts of India 2. A monastery used by this order
Word: angioid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From angio- + -oid. 1. Resembling a blood vessel Labels: not-comparable
Word: arethusa Part of Speech: noun 1. A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
Word: bog orchid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several small orchids of the genus Habenaria that grow in peaty wet ground. 2. A small orchid, Hammarbya paludosa that grows in bogs in temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. 3. Any of several small orchids of the genus Platanthera that grow in wet ground in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Word: aromatase Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈɹoʊ̯məteɪ̯s/, /əˈɹoʊ̯məteɪ̯z/ 1. An enzyme responsible for aromatization of androgen hormones into estrogens. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: attrit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin attrītus, past participle of atterō. Said by multiple dictionaries to be a back-formation from attrition, but it is not a recent one, being centuries old. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪt/ 1. To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition. Example: […] pebbles of vast size, or blocks of stone, attrited by water to smoothness, conjoined by a cement of mud. 2. To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out. Example: the relatives who had been helping slipped away as I grew older, attriting for various reasons that all amounted to the same reason. 3. To be reduced in quantity through attrition. Example: The interference theory of second language loss holds that forgetting is actually interference between the attriting language and the language replacing it. 4. To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower. Example: The primary objective is to attrit the units sufficiently so that they cannot close with the units in contact.
Word: attrit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin attrītus, past participle of atterō. Said by multiple dictionaries to be a back-formation from attrition, but it is not a recent one, being centuries old. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪt/ 1. One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee. Labels: countable Example: Throughout the early part of the meeting, a human resources manager kept talking about “attrits," which we thought was some kind of financial product they were reducing or eliminating. It wasn't until she mentioned "minimizing severance options" that we realized she was talking about people.
Word: Baraita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aramaic baraita, an extraneous teaching. The word appears in the feminine (baraita rather than bara'ah), because it is actually short for matnita baraita, external Mishnah or teaching (and matnita is feminine). 1. Any of various Jewish traditions that are not included in the Mishnah. Labels: Judaism Example: A baraita in Ta'anit 16a expands the list of attributes of the cantor to eleven: "...and he has a melodious and pleasant voice...", and so ruled Maimonides in […]
Word: barriada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish barriada. 1. A shanty town or slum in any of several Peruvian cities
Word: biomimicry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English mimicry English biomimicry From bio- + mimicry. 1. The imitation of biological designs or processes in engineering; biomimetics. Labels: uncountable
Word: Benedicta Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Latin, a rare feminine form of Benedict.
Word: butylated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of butylate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: butylated Part of Speech: adj 1. Modified to contain one or more butyl groups. Example: The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year seized a common food preservative, butylated hydroxytoluene, known simply as BHT, from Life Extension Products in Dania and Hollywood, Fla., after the product had been advertised as a treatment for herpes and AIDS, an agency spokesman said. The agency said the claims had not been proved in scientific tests. Example: The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028.
Word: butylate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros)der. English but- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English butyl Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English butylate From butyl + -ate. 1. To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule
Word: caringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English caring Middle English -ly English -ly English caringly From caring + -ly. 1. In a caring manner.
Word: Jennings Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jenning + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Jennings Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jenning + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/ 1. plural of Jenning Labels: form-of, plural