nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -ite Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French. Pronunciation: /-aɪt/, /-ɪt/ 1. Forms adjectives. Labels: morpheme
Word: toey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toe + -y. Pronunciation: /təʊ.i/, /toʊ.i/ 1. Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous. Labels: Australia, slang Example: “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.” She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”
Word: glossaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glossary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subconscious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + conscious. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs/, /sʌbˈkɒn.t͡ʃəs/, /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/ 1. Occuring in the part of our mind that we are not normally aware of. Example: The sense of smell can be a subconscious influence on our actions. Example: The “name-letter effect” refers to the subconscious bias that people have for the letters in their own name, and for their own initials in particular. They are more likely to choose careers, partners and brands that start with their initials (Joe becomes a joiner, marries Judy and loves Jaffa cakes).
Word: subconscious Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + conscious. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs/, /sʌbˈkɒn.t͡ʃəs/, /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/ 1. The part of the mind that we are not normally aware of. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A person can sometimes wake up knowing the solution to a problem that their subconscious has been working on. Example: At a recent meeting of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping, held in Brighton, England, they explained how brain-scanning has revealed differences in the ways that traumatised and healthy brains respond to the world. This enables researchers to peer into the subconscious of traumatised patients.
Word: klomp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch klomp. Doublet of clump. Pronunciation: /klɒmp/, /klɑmp/ 1. A Dutch wooden clog. Example: Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman. The cast-off klomps of Holland must, in the course of a year, form a considerable addition to the stock of fuel.
Word: klomp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch klomp. Doublet of clump. Pronunciation: /klɒmp/, /klɑmp/ 1. Alternative form of clomp (“to walk heavily or clumsily”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: World Trade Center Part of Speech: name 1. A complex of buildings in New York City, three of which were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, including the Twin Towers. New buildings were built to replace the destroyed buildings, one of the new buildings is the Freedom Tower. Example: To obtain this information we contacted a source at the World Trade Center itself who provided us with a value for the height above sea-level for Tower Two of 417 ± 1 m. Example: Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture him in Pakistan, but each time he had been alerted and had disappeared, either into Karachi’s un derground or across the border into Afghanistan. 2. The previous configuration of this complex, from 1968 until 9/11: the former World Trade Center.
Word: Ceram Sea Part of Speech: name 1. An inland sea in Indonesia that is part of the Pacific Ocean and is between the islands of Buru and Ceram.
Word: Gulf of Thailand Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for the country of Thailand. 1. A gulf of the Pacific Ocean, that is southeast of Southeast Asia, on coast of Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia, and is close to the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia.
Word: Gulf of Riga Part of Speech: name 1. The inland body of water that is part of the Baltic Sea in eastern Europe and is near Latvia and Estonia.
Word: thermoplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English thermoplastic From thermo- + plastic. 1. Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thermoplastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English thermoplastic From thermo- + plastic. 1. A plastic with this property. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: deactivate 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- 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 āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate English deactivate From de- + activate. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/ 1. to make something inactive or no longer effective Labels: ergative Example: deactivate an account Example: deactivate a device 2. to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme) Example: chemically deactivate Example: The chemical agent was deactivated by exposure to heat. 3. to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service 4. to commit suicide Labels: Internet, euphemistic, neologism
Word: protostar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + star. Compare later protostellar. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtə(ʊ)stɑː/ 1. A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.
Word: alcalde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis. Pronunciation: /ɑlˈkɑldi/, /æl-/, /ʔɐlˈkal.dɛ/ 1. In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions. Example: There's to be a fair, you know. The alcalde announced it. He's got a good head for business, our alcalde has.
Word: mushrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mushroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mushrooms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mushroom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mixed reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of diverse reception, when there are many who praise something while there are also many who dislike it. Example: My favorite computer game was met with mixed reactions. 2. An unmixed reaction, usually opposition.
Word: jural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin iūs (“law, right”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒʊɹəl/, /ˈdʒɝəl/, /ˈdʒʊəɹəl/, /ˈdʒɔːɹəl/, /ˈdʒʉːɹəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to law. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to moral rights and obligations. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then this action would have become legitimized and transformed into the social structure, changing the jural nature of the tree-focused social isolate.
Word: laminar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”) + English -ar. Pronunciation: /ˈlæmɪnə/ 1. Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the wall, in an ornate fixture of darkening bronze, a gas jet burned, laminar and gently singing — adjusted to what scientists of the last century called a "sensitive flame": invisible at the base, as it issues from the orifice, fading upward into smooth blue light that hovers several inches above... Example: The laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violet-colored hooding of the earth. 2. In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers. Labels: not-comparable 3. In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: languet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua. Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡwɪt/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwɪt/, /ˈlæŋɡwət/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋɡwət/ 1. A tongue-shaped implement, specifically: 2. A tongue-shaped implement, specifically: 3. A tongue-shaped implement, specifically: Example: If there is music for this it’s windy strings and reed sections standing in bright shirt fronts and black ties all along the beach, a robed organist by the breakwater—itself broken, crusted with tides—whose languets and flues gather and shape the resident spooks here. 4. A narrow tongue of land. Labels: archaic 5. A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.
Word: lanterloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lanturlu, originally the refrain of a 16th-century song. Pronunciation: /læntəˈluː/ 1. A meaningless chant or refrain. Labels: countable Example: The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo. 2. A trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards. Labels: uncountable
Word: lanugo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ Proto-Italic *wlāna Latin lāna Latin -ūgō Latin lānūgōbor. English lanugo Borrowed from Latin lānūgō. Pronunciation: /ləˈnjuːɡəʊ/ 1. Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From the presence of the woolly hair or lanugo on the human fœtus, and of rudimentary hairs scattered over the body during maturity, we may infer that man is descended from some animal which was born hairy and remained so during life. Example: […] early spring mountains with young-elephant lanugo along their spines […]
Word: Laodicean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Laodicea Middle English -n English -n English Laodicean From Laodicea (name of various former cities in West Asia) + -n. Pronunciation: /leɪədɪˈsiːən/ 1. Of or pertaining to any ancient city named Laodicea Labels: historical 2. Lukewarm, neither hot nor cold (with reference to Revelation 3:16) Example: The baths were mostly tiled showers, with an endless variety of spouting mechanisms, but with one definitely non-Laodicean characteristic in common, a propensity, while in use, to turn instantly beastly hot or blindingly cold upon you, depending on whether your neighbor turned on his cold or his hot to deprive you of a necessary complement in the shower you had so carefully blended. 3. Half-hearted or apathetic, especially with regards to religion or politics
Word: Laodicean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Laodicea Middle English -n English -n English Laodicean From Laodicea (name of various former cities in West Asia) + -n. Pronunciation: /leɪədɪˈsiːən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Laodicea Labels: historical
Word: larrup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Many dictionaries suggest a connection with Dutch larpen (“to thresh with flails”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæɹəp/ 1. To beat or thrash. Labels: transitive Example: ZOE-FANNY: I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it. Example: ‘A kid like that oughtn’t to be mixed up with things,’ Ida said. ‘If he was mine I’d just larrup it out of him.’
Word: larrup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Many dictionaries suggest a connection with Dutch larpen (“to thresh with flails”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæɹəp/ 1. A blow or smack. Labels: countable Example: That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber. 2. backchat or rudeness Labels: uncountable Example: Oi, less of your larrup!
Word: latah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay latah. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːtə/ 1. A condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility; also, a person suffering from this malady. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Latah is a condition occurring in Southeast Asia. Otherwise sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every motion once their attention is attracted by snapping the fingers or calling sharply. Example: It seemed to Sir Edwin that this patient, a young man who had never set foot outside England, was suffering from an ailment known as latah – common enough in the Malay archipelago but hitherto unknown, so far as the clinical records – admittedly not very reliable – could advise, in the temperate clime of northern Europe.
Word: world trade center Part of Speech: noun 1. A building that houses all the facilities associated with global commerce.
Word: thermoplastic resin Part of Speech: noun 1. any synthetic material, such as polyethylene, that can be molded when hot but becomes hard on cooling
Word: thermosetting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English setting English thermosetting From thermo- + setting. 1. Becoming permanently (irreversibly) hard or solidifying when heated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: -ate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, the perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs, also used to form participial adjectives from nouns. Before -ate was introduced as a suffix in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see degenerate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten; see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed. 1. forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing" Labels: morpheme Example: lobate — “having lobes, lobed” 2. forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing" Labels: morpheme Example: Italianate — “characterized by Italian features” 3. forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing" Labels: morpheme Example: palmate — “resembling a palm leaf” 4. ending of Latin- (ending in -ātus) and French-borrowed (ending in -é) participial adjectives Labels: morpheme Example: deliberate — “deliberated” Example: degenerate — “degenerated”
Word: -ate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, the perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs, also used to form participial adjectives from nouns. Before -ate was introduced as a suffix in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see degenerate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten; see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed. 1. up until Early Modern English, formed regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate. Rare afterwards except in archaizing poetry, religious writing and Scotland. The alternative ending -ated was used from as early as Middle English Labels: morpheme, obsolete
Word: -ate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See Etymology 1. In Middle English, verbs were derived from Latin-borrowed participial adjectives (also used as their past participles) and formed their infinitives in -aten (see -en; Middle English desolaten for modern desolate). In the 15th century, the loss of most verbal morphology made verbs formally identical to adjectives. This led to the heteronymy of Middle English verbs in -aten with their corresponding past participles, numerous adjectives in -ate being used as verbs, and, in the late 16th century, the systematic borrowing of such Latin participles as English verbs. The sheer number of newly borrowed verbs from Latin ending in -ate later gave rise to -ate's productivity as a verbal suffix. further etymology The same process also led to the systematic borrowing of Latin perfect passive participle of other kinds as English verbs. See dissect, delete, erase, applause (when older applaud) and exhaust: all borrowed from Latin participial stems of diverse conjugation groups. Compare also Basque -tu for similar development. 1. derives or adapts verbs (mostly) from Latin stems Labels: morpheme Example: Latin fōrmula (“a formula”) + -ate → formulate Example: Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “a sound”) + -ate → phonate
Word: -ate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the substantivization of perfect passive participles of first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. Partly taken from French animate substantives that began to be Latinized during the 14th century: see French avoué and its re-Latinized version avocat, whence English advocate which underwent further re-Latinization. Partly from inanimate substantives taken from neuter forms of Latin participles: see mandate. French -é (e.g., avoué, employé) later gave English -ee. 1. forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is either the object of a performed transitive verb or the subject of an intransitive one" Labels: morpheme, rare Example: affiliate — “a person having been affiliated; literally, affiliated” Example: diffus(e) + -ate → diffusate (“in a process of dialysis, material that has diffused”) 2. forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is the subject of a transitive verb" Labels: morpheme, obsolete Example: assassin + -ate → assassinate (“an assassin”) 3. forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata" Labels: morpheme Example: articulate — “An animal of the taxon Articulata”
Word: -ate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the substantivization of perfect passive participle from first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. 1. forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic Labels: morpheme Example: acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
Word: -ate Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs. 1. forms nouns denoting a rank or office Labels: morpheme Example: emirate — “the office of an emir” 2. forms nouns denoting the concrete charge, context of a rank or office Labels: morpheme Example: emirate — “the realm of an emir” 3. forms nouns denoting a group of officials associated with a rank or office Labels: morpheme Example: triumvirate — “an official group of three men, triumvirs” 4. forms nouns denoting a social or political system ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office Labels: morpheme Example: patriarchate — “a social system in which heads of household (patriarchs) hold the power” 5. forms nouns denoting a state (government) ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office Labels: morpheme Example: emirate — “a state ruled by an emir” 6. forms nouns denoting a state associated with one's social situation Labels: morpheme Example: celibate — “the state of being a bachelor, celibacy”
Word: sakatottari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 逆とったり, literally arm bar throw counter. 1. A kimarite, counter to a tottari, in which the attacker frees the arm being barred and forces his opponent to fall forward.
Word: deal with Part of Speech: verb 1. To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject. Labels: transitive Example: This book deals with incest. Example: With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality. 2. To take action with respect to (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: The treasurer deals with financial matters. Example: The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students. 3. To consider, as an example. Labels: transitive Example: Let us deal with the case of China. 4. To confront or overcome any difficulties presented by. Labels: transitive Example: We had to deal with having just a gallon of gas. Example: She's dealing with a lot of personal problems right now. 5. To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. Labels: transitive Example: I can deal with this crew of workers. 6. To behave in a certain way towards. Labels: transitive Example: He deals fairly with his employees. Example: And I will set my ielousie against thee, and they shall deale furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine eares, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sonnes and thy daughters, and thy residue shal be deuoured by the fire.
Word: Suina Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: peccaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peccary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hippopotami Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.miː/ 1. plural of hippopotamus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hippos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hippo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rockies Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒkiz/, /ˈɹɑkiz/ 1. The Rocky Mountains, a mountain range in North America. Example: The North American continental divide runs along the Rockies. Example: The Canadian Pacific Railway is about to introduce dome cars, already popular in the United States, which will add, if possible, to the scenic delights of the journey through the Rockies.
Word: Rockies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒkiz/, /ˈɹɑkiz/ 1. plural of Rocky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pimlico Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmlɪkəʊ/ 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A locality in the Ballina council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: streek Part of Speech: verb 1. To stretch. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: Hae, there's a key, gang in your way At the neist door there's braw ait strae; Streek down upon't, my lad and learn They're no ill lodg'd that get a barn." 2. To lay down, as a dead body. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: Ye'll make a grave for my fair body," Running rain in the mill-water; "And ye'll streek my brother at the side of me," The pains of hell for the king's daughter.
Word: jat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yat (“letter or vowel”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sale + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪləbl̩/ 1. Suitable for sale; marketable; worth enough to try to sell; that can be sold (i.e., for which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer). Example: Near-synonyms: vendable, vendible Example: They held an estate sale last Saturday, which cleared out everything that was saleable; what's left will require a skip for disposal.
Word: saleable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sale + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪləbl̩/ 1. Something that can be sold. Example: Near-synonyms: ware, wares, stock, inventory Example: If any of their ware were ſuch, as he could poſſibly make uſe of, or pretend to make uſe of, he always brought ſome: and paid for every half-penny-worth, at leaſt ſixpence: and for every penny-worth, a ſhilling. If their ſaleables were of another nature, he added ſomething to their ſtock: with ſtrict charges of induſtry, and honeſty.
Word: latigo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish látigo (“whip”), from Catalan or Portuguese látego (“whip”), probably from Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍄𐌿𐌲 (*laittug), cognate with Old English lāttēh. Pronunciation: /ˈlætɪɡəʊ/ 1. A strap used to tighten a cinch. Example: He looked at the saddle and saw that both latigos, the straps that held the cinches, were broken. Both were old latigos instead of the good new ones that had been on the saddle the day before, and both had been cut halfway through with a knife. Example: Then they tightened the latigos on their horses and mounted up.
Word: latria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek λατρεία (latreía, “service,” “worship”), from λατρευειν (latreuein, “wait on,” “serve with prayer”). Pronunciation: /ləˈtɹaɪə/ 1. The highest form of worship, named adoration, properly given to the triune God alone. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Ginevra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Ginevra. Doublet of Jennifer. 1. A female given name from Italian, variant of Guinevere.
Word: summertime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English somertime, equivalent to summer + time. Compare Dutch zomertijd (“summertime”), German Sommerzeit (“summertime”), Danish sommertiden (“summertime”), Swedish sommartid (“summertime”). Compare summertide. 1. The period or season of summer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: variola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola (“infectious disease causing pustules; pox”), from Latin varius. Doublet of variole. 1. Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: legate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Old English legat(e), from Old French legat, from Latin lēgātus, substantivized from the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, send as envoy”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡɪt/, /ˈlɛɡət/, /ˈliːɡeɪt/ 1. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions. 2. An ambassador or messenger. Example: Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: And ſhew your pleaſure to the Perſean, As fits the Legate of the ſtately Turke. Example: The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power. 3. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome. Example: Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.
Word: legate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēgātus, perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ləˈɡeɪt/ 1. To leave as a legacy. Labels: transitive 2. past participle of legate Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: legate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēgātum (“a legacy”), substantivized from the neuter forms of the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”). Doublet of legacy. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡɪt/, /ˈlɛɡət/, /ˈliːɡeɪt/ 1. A legacy or bequest. Labels: obsolete
Word: leiotrichous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”) + the root τριχ (trikh) of θρίξ (thríx, “hair”), + -ous. Pronunciation: /lʌɪˈɒtɹɪkəs/ 1. having smooth hair
Word: adenoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aden- 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 adenoma From aden- + -oma. Pronunciation: /ædəˈnoʊmə/ 1. A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
Word: Leonid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Leō (“lion; the constellation Leo”, stem Leōn-) + -id. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.ə.nɪd/ 1. Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November. Example: I wrote my first story about the ghost of a horse leaping from a cascade of flame just after the leonids had been more torrential than men had remembered them for centuries. Example: Night of your birth. Thirty-three. The Leonids they were called. God how the stars did fall. I looked for blackness, holes in the heavens. The Dipper stove.
Word: Leonid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Macedonian and Russian Леони́д (Leoníd) or Ukrainian Леоні́д (Leoníd), from Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας (Leōnídas). Cognate with the English historical name Leonidas. 1. A male given name, a transliteration of a common East Slavic name (notably that of the first two Ukrainian presidents, Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma, as well as Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev).
Word: leucodermic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lewkós Proto-Hellenic *leukós Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós)der. English leuco- English dermic English leucodermic From leuco- + dermic. Pronunciation: /luːkəˈdɜːmɪk/ 1. white-skinned, Caucasian; pale Labels: not-comparable
Word: leucotome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leuco- + -tome. Pronunciation: /ˈluːkətəʊm/ 1. An instrument used to perform a leucotomy. Example: All sorts of rubbish is lying in the sand: a typewriter with half the keys missing (he picks out fragmentary sentences, sometimes these seem to mean something), a smashed neurosurgical unit (he pockets a handful of leucotomes, useful for self-defence).
Word: Tabo Part of Speech: name 1. A small town in Himachal Pradesh, India, the site of an ancient monastery.
Word: AXJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Asia excluding Japan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: esteeming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of esteem Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trendsetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trend Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English settere English setter English trendsetter From trend + setter. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛn(d)ˌsetə/ 1. Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular. Example: Near-synonyms: influencer, thought leader Example: "We are very optimistic. Network Rail has certainly been the trendsetter. It has been the champion of this, because it spotted the merit.
Word: levant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea. Ultimately from Latin levō + -ant. Pronunciation: /lɪˈvænt/ 1. A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
Word: levant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea. Ultimately from Latin levō + -ant. Pronunciation: /lɪˈvænt/ 1. To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. Example: In a mighty little time their husbands played them false and, taking whatever they could lay hands upon, levanted and left them in the lurch. Example: He died of a Tuesday. Got the run. Levanted with the cash of a few ads.
Word: levant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French levant. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvənt/ 1. Rising, of an animal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Crest, a stag regardant levant argent. Example: [...] crest a raven levant sable issant out of a[…] 2. Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle. Labels: not-comparable 3. Eastern. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.
Word: everything but the kitchen sink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally military slang, 1944. 1. Almost everything, whether needed or not. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: She must have brought everything but the kitchen sink along on the trip, and how she lifted her suitcase, I do not know.
Word: ligula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ligula (“strap, spoon”), a variant of lingula (“small tongue-shaped object”), itself partly derived from lingō (“lick”) and partly a diminutive of lingua (“tongue”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɡ.jʊ.lə/ 1. A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects. Example: He unhasped the ligulae of his haversack, taking out a pair of blue jeans which he tossed to Bruno.
Word: limmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmə/ 1. A rogue; a low, base fellow. Labels: Scotland Example: Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands. 2. A promiscuous woman. Example: Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer, would have been to do her a wrong. 3. A limehound; a leamer. 4. A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound. 5. A manrope at the side of a ladder.
Word: limmer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmə/ 1. Limber; flexible (either physically or morally). Example: Then the limmer Scottes ared me, burnt my guddes, and made deadlie feede on me and my barnes. Example: The roote is long and very limmer, spreading his bráches both large and long under the earth and doth oftentimes let, hinder, & staye both the plough and Dren in toyling the ground, for they be so tough and limmer, that the share & colter of the plough cannot easily divide and cut them asunder.
Word: lipoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lip- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpɔɪd/ 1. Of pertaining to fat. Example: She advertised the lipoid virtues of what he had heard called junkfood, presumably food for junkies, whom, living in Tangiers, he knew all about.
Word: lipoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lip- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpɔɪd/ 1. A lipid or other substance resembling fat
Word: litharge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English litarge, from Old French litarge, from Latin lithargyrus, from Ancient Greek λιθάργυρος (lithárguros), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + αργυρός (argurós, “silver”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθɑːd͡ʒ/, /ˈlɪθɑɹd͡ʒ/ 1. lead monoxide (PbO) a toxic solid formed from oxidation of lead in air, and used as a pigment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yes: living among the cohabations^([sic]) of Faust himself, among the litharge and agate and hyacinth and pearls. Example: From an inner pocket he produces a costly Ramillies Wig, shakes it out in a brisk Cloud of scented Litharge, and claps it on, with a minimum of fuss, over his ascetic’s Crop.
Word: lixiviate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”). Pronunciation: /lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/ 1. To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach. Example: […]the Slaves are out in the Storm, doing their Owners’ Laundry, observing and reading each occurrence of Blood, Semen, Excrement, Saliva, Urine, Sweat, Road-Mud, dead Skin, and other such Data of Biography, whose pure form they practice Daily, before all is lixiviated ’neath Heaven.
Word: lixiviate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”). Pronunciation: /lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/ 1. Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. Example: but we cou'd not, by this way, discern the least acidity in our arsenical solution, but rather a manifest sign of an urinous or lixiviate quality
Word: lixiviate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”). Pronunciation: /lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/ 1. leachate
Word: Locrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Locris + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkɹiən/, /ˈlɒkɹiən/ 1. Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris. Labels: not-comparable 2. Designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail. Labels: not-comparable Example: scattered piano keys (all white, an octave on B to be exact—or H, in the German nomenclature—the notes of the rejected Locrian mode 3. Designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paradoxism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paradox 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 paradoxism From paradox + -ism. 1. An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s. Labels: uncountable
Word: armorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English armurer, from Old French armurier. By surface analysis, armor + -er. 1. A manufacturer of weapons, especially of guns. Labels: US 2. A military specialist in charge of the upkeep of small arms etc. Labels: US Example: The squadron ground crews and armourers set high standards. Example: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was in charge of weapons on set as the movie’s armorer and who was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, also had that responsibility, the prosecutors said, as did Dave Halls, the first assistant director, who reached a plea agreement. 3. Someone who makes or repairs armor. Labels: US, historical
Word: lorelei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Lorelei rock on the Rhine, which was haunted by one of these creatures according to German legend. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːɹəlaɪ/ 1. A siren; a temptress. Example: We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs. Example: She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us.
Word: lorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese. Pronunciation: /lɔːn/, /lɔɹn/ 1. Doomed; lost. Labels: obsolete 2. Abandoned, forlorn, lonely. Labels: archaic Example: I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne. Example: Yet, trust me, Memory's warmest sighs / Are often breathed in moments lorn— / And many a feeling thought will rise / And in the bosom die unborn.
Word: lorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese. Pronunciation: /lɔːn/, /lɔɹn/ 1. past participle of lese. Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: losel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊzəl/, /ˈloʊzəl/ 1. A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel. Labels: archaic Example: Dowtles such losels Make the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […] Example: The whiles a losell wandring by the way, / One that to bountie neuer cast his mind, / Ne thought of honour euer did assay […].
Word: losel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊzəl/, /ˈloʊzəl/ 1. Worthless; wasteful.
Word: loxodromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). Pronunciation: /lɒksəˈdɹɒmɪk/ 1. Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]and who was himself on the early threshold of a decision precisely the opposite in its motives and predispositions, a ship, as it were, straining at its moorings in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbor of Rye[…] 2. Preserving angles between curves, such as in a Möbius transformation that is not elliptic or parabolic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: loxodromic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). Pronunciation: /lɒksəˈdɹɒmɪk/ 1. A path or curve on the surface of a sphere that intersects all meridians at a constant angle.
Word: armourer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of armorer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: take a wicket Part of Speech: verb 1. To get a batsman out.
Word: lunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch lont. Pronunciation: /lʌnt/ 1. A slow-burning match or torch. Example: 1844, E. A. Friedlænder (translator), The Amber Witch [1838, Abraham Schweidler (Wilhelm Meinhold), Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe], page 90, In the mean time, however, he himself (understand; the young Nobilis) had seen that a fine smoke issued from the nostrils of the steed, and as he stooped down, he had immediately pulled forth a lunt, almost of a finger's length, the which was yet burning, and which a knave had privily poked into his nostrils with a needle. Example: Bent down and saw I was right. A lunt up the bugger’s nose. A lunt? said Doctor Copper. Almost as long as your left forefinger, yes, said his visitor. Still burning. 2. Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.
Word: lunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch lont. Pronunciation: /lʌnt/ 1. To emit smoke. Labels: Scotland Example: 18th c, Robert Burns, The Twa Dogs, 1822, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, page 28, The lunting pipe, and sneeshing mill, / Are handed round wi' right gude-will; Example: My conscience! ye lent a ready hand in the brulzie; but what can ha'e set the Magazines a-lunting? it's a mystery o' mysteries.[…]Especially as it's their game to set everybody a-lunting, and keep out of the conflagration themselves. 2. To walk while smoking a pipe. Labels: Scotland Example: 2014, Robert P. Wills, Tales From A Second Hand Wand Shoppe, Book 1: They Were the Best of Gnomes, They Were the Worst of Gnomes, page 278, “Lunting?” interrupted Julie, eyebrow raised. Grimbledung shrugged, “It's a good and proper word”, he raised an eyebrow back, "it just doesn't get used that much." Julie smirked, “Go on then, with your lunting.” He let out a sigh. "As I was saying, I was sitting there when a Minotaur came lunting up." He paused for a moment, "Pipe in mouth, walking along", he winked at Julie, […] .
Word: lustrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lūstrum. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɹəm/ 1. A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. Labels: historical Example: [A]ll theſe Magiſtrates were elected by, and from, the whole promiſcuous Body of the People in their public Aſſemblies; that after the Inſtitution of Cenſors, it was look'd upon as a Matter of Form only, that they should enroll the new Senators at the next general Luſtrum, or Survey of the Commonwealth; […] Example: The interval of time supposed to have been denoted by the Roman Lustrum has been made the subject of controversy. No one however as far as we know has ever assumed it at less than four years or as more than five; so that the status quæstionis may so far be considered as fixed and agreed upon: and all that we have to do at present is to begin with inquiring whether the Roman Lustrum was more properly a period of five years or one of four. 2. Synonym of quinquennium: Any 5-year period. Labels: broadly, literary Example: We puſh Time from us, and we wiſh Him back; / Laviſh of Luſtrums, and yet fond of Life; / Life we think long, and ſhort; Death ſeek, and ſhun; […] Example: Thus passed away two lustra of her life, and, as yet, my daughter remained nameless upon the earth. "My child," and "my love," were the designations usually prompted by a father's affection, and the rigid seclusion of her days precluded all other intercourse. Morella's name died with her at her death. Of the mother I had never spoken to the daughter;—it was impossible to speak.
Word: lutulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lutulentus (“dirty, impure”), from lutum (“mud, dirt”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌtjʊlənt/ 1. Pertaining to mud, muddy. Example: For who is there who anything of some significance has apprehended but is conscious that that exterior splendour may be the surface of a downwardtending lutulent reality
Word: caza Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kaza. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical
Word: ten-for Part of Speech: noun 1. The feat of a bowler taking ten wickets in a match. Example: He took a ten-for against India.
Word: third man Part of Speech: noun 1. a fielding position on the off side, behind square, near the boundary; a fielder in that position
Word: third slip Part of Speech: noun 1. a fielding position to the off side of second slip; a fielder in that position Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Henry took the catch at third slip.
Word: third umpire Part of Speech: noun 1. A match official who uses TV replays to assist the two umpires in the case of close decisions. Example: The third umpire was involved thrice in the T20 match.
Word: timed out Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing the method of getting out in which the batsman takes longer than two minutes to appear on the field. Labels: not-comparable
Word: timed out Part of Speech: adv 1. Describing a wicket that has fallen by this means. Labels: not-comparable
Word: timed out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of time out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: twinkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark of Twinkie. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋki/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Twinkie. Labels: alt-of 2. A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling. 3. An actor, actress, or public figure who is considered to be no more than eye candy. Labels: figuratively Example: This twinkie was enveloped in an oversize parka with the hood pulled so far forward that all that could be seen of his face was a frostbitten nose and a microphone. Example: Indeed, this unexpected emergent talent could propel Barrymore to an acting orbit adjacent to that of her Gardens co-star, Jessica Lange – who, let's remember, started out herself as a big-screen twinkie, in the 1976 King Kong, as the big ape's unwilling object of affection.
Word: oreo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized use of Oreo, q.v. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Oreo. Labels: alt-of Example: The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student." The young man chimed in, "Yeah, but he's an oreo." "An oreo?" I asked. "Please define the term oreo." "You know," the young man said. "Black on the outside, and white in the middle."
Word: malar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlə/ 1. Pertaining to the cheek. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.