nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: transmissometer Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical instrument used to measure the transmission of light through a material; typically used to measure visibility through fog.
Word: turbidimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin turbidusbor. Middle English turbide English turbid English -meter English turbidimeter From turbid + -meter. 1. An optical instrument that measures the turbidity of a fluid containing suspended particles.
Word: udometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed from Latin ūdus (“wet”) + -meter. 1. A rain gauge.
Word: ultramicrometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + micrometer. 1. A very precise micrometer.
Word: urinometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English urine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English urinometer From urine + -o- + -meter. 1. A hydrometer used to measure the specific gravity of urine.
Word: variometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin varius (“various”) + -meter. 1. An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field. 2. A rate-of-climb indicator.
Word: velocimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From veloci(ty) + -meter. 1. A device used to measure the velocity of something, such as an object or a wave. Example: The impact velocity of the projectile was obtained with a velocimeter installed between the muzzle and the target.
Word: vinometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to estimate the alcohol content of wine via its surface tension (in the absence of sugar).
Word: viscometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English visco- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English viscometer From visco- + -meter. 1. An instrument used to measure the viscosity of a liquid.
Word: viscosimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of viscometer.
Word: voltammeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From volt + ammeter. 1. An instrument used to measure both electrical current and voltage.
Word: volumeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of volume + meter. 1. Any instrument used to measure the volume of a substance.
Word: SPOF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of single point of failure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: mad for it Part of Speech: adj 1. Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: Glenereegan is to be sold to the highest bidder to-day.[…]I'm tould - It's Pether Byrne that dhrives Bianconi's car that tould me - that a smalpeen of a Dublin attorney is mad for it.
Word: Charlemagne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Charlemagne (compare Charlemayn), from Middle French Charlemagne, from Old French Carles li magnes, from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Karl the Great”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːɹləmeɪn/, /ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn/, /ˈʃɑːləˌmeɪn/, /ˈʃɑɹləˌmeɪn/ 1. One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.
Word: prisons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪzənz/ 1. plural of prison Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prisons Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪzənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prison Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cupful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English copful, copfull, cupfulle, cuppefulle, equivalent to cup + -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kopful (“cupful”), West Frisian kopfol (“cupful”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌp̪fl̩/ 1. The amount necessary to fill a cup. Example: Add a cupful of milk to the sauce. Example: But as things were it was manageable enough, and we did not ship a cupful of water. 2. A half pint, i.e. eight ounces
Word: truer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of true: more true Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: marries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: humblest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of humble: most humble Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: rugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pepys Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /piːps/ 1. A surname. Example: Samuel Pepys, a 17th-century politician and diarist.
Word: bide one's time Part of Speech: verb 1. To wait, especially for a suitable opportunity. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Ravenswood, who had assumed the disguise of a sewer upon the occasion, answered, in a stern voice, “I bide my time”; and at the same moment a bull’s head, the ancient symbol of death, was placed upon the table. Example: I sat on the rug, biding my time / Drinking her wine / We talked until two / And then she said, "it's time for bed"
Word: sayd Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /seɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of say Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: 1499, :John Skelton — The Bowge of Corte http://www.luminarium.org/editions/bowge.htm Remembrest thou what thou sayd yesternyght? Wylt thou abyde by the wordes agayne? Example: What thou hast sayd to me. Ham. I must to England, you knowe that
Word: sayd Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /seɪd/ 1. said, mentioned earlier Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The most excellent historie of the Merchant of Venice, with the extreme crueltie of Shylocke, the Jewe, towards the sayd merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh, and obtaining of Portia by the choyse of three caskets...
Word: ribat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic رَابَطَ (rābaṭa)der. Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ)bor. English ribat Borrowed from Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ). 1. A border or frontier guardpost. Labels: especially, historical 2. A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost. Labels: historical 3. The duty of some men to serve at such posts. Labels: historical 4. The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands. Labels: figuratively 5. A Sufi monastery. 6. An Islamic convent. Labels: historical
Word: disrespectfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disrespectful Middle English -ly English -ly English disrespectfully From disrespectful + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl.i/ 1. In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect. Example: As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.” Example: She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.
Word: give someone what-for Part of Speech: verb 1. To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody. Labels: idiomatic Example: He really gave the kid what-for about the baseball through his window.
Word: down in the dumps Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dump “a dull, gloomy state of the mind.” 1. Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm. Labels: idiomatic Example: "You've got down in the dumps and can't see what's sensible and to your own advantage." Example: "Being out of work sometimes makes you feel down in the dumps and being out here with my buddies helps."
Word: gwine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Phonetic rendition of going; compare Gullah gwine. This particular form apparently results from the vocalic sequence in going (Early Modern English /ˈɡoː.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡoː.ɪn/) coalescing into a diphthong that was identified with reflexes of Middle English /ui̯/, which developed into /waɪ/ in some dialects; compare English traditional dialect pronunciations of point and toil as /ˈpwaɪnt/, /ˈtwaɪl/ (see twile). In other dialects, Middle English /ui̯/ instead developed into /aɪ/, resulting in the form gine; compare bile (“boil”), heist, rile. Pronunciation: /ˈɡwaɪn/, /ˈɡaɪn/, /ˈwaɪn/ 1. present participle of go Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, present Example: Well, I want spectin nothin; only Sam, he's a gwine to de river with some colts, and he said I could go long with him; so I jes put my things together. Example: “Come on, you Snowflake,” he called, cracking his long whip. “You're gwine to get your sugar, but you-all is gwine to earn it first.”
Word: vagabonding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond English -ing English vagabonding From vagabond + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of vagabond Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I've been vagabonding across Africa for six months.
Word: vagabonding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond English -ing English vagabonding From vagabond + -ing. 1. Wandering, unfixed. Example: Oh God, what bond or dutie is it that we owe not to our Soveragne Creators benignitie, in that he hath beene pleased to cleare and enfranchise our beliefe from those vagabonding and arbitrary devotions, and fixt it upon the eternall base of his holy word?
Word: skeezier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of skeezy: more skeezy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: skeeziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of skeezy: most skeezy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: phlebology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phlebo- + -logy. 1. The study of veins and their diseases etc Labels: uncountable
Word: phlebo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek φλέψ (phléps, “vein”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɛbə-/, /ˈflɛboʊ-/, /fləˈbɒ-/, /ˌflɛbə-/, /ˌflɛboʊ-/ 1. Relating to veins Labels: morpheme
Word: Kalibo Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kɐˈliː.bo/ 1. A municipality that serves as the capital of Aklan, Philippines.
Word: Aklan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ʔɐkˈlan/ 1. A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital: Kalibo. 2. Aklan River (a river in Aklan, Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)
Word: inexistant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French inexistant. See inexistent. 1. nonexistent; that does not exist Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […]the Secretion of what was before Inexistant
Word: phlebography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phlebo- + -graphy. 1. An X-ray examination of a system of veins that have been injected with a contrast medium.
Word: marsupium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin. 1. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young. 2. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.
Word: cono Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of conophytum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: There are forty-two conos on offer in the main 1963 catalogue […]
Word: skite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skyt, skytte, skytt, from Old Norse skítr (“dung, faeces”), from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Old English sċite (“dung”). Doublet of shit and shite. Pronunciation: /skaɪt/ 1. A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow. Labels: obsolete 2. A trick. 3. A contemptible person. Example: When Carey told on Skin-the-Goat / O'Donnell caught him on the boat / He wished he'd never been afloat / The dirty skite. 4. A drinking binge. Labels: Ireland Example: I needed alcohol to stop my nerves rattling. This felt like the longest period I'd been without my drug of choice for at least three years. I needed to go on a skite. 5. One who skites; a boaster. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand Example: [T]he Rooster was one of those fine, upstanding, bumptious skites who love to talk all day, in the heartiest manner, to total strangers while their wives do the washing. 6. A whimsical or leisurely trip. Labels: Ireland Example: We're going on a skite to Dublin.
Word: skite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English skyt, skytte, skytt, from Old Norse skítr (“dung, faeces”), from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Old English sċite (“dung”). Doublet of shit and shite. Pronunciation: /skaɪt/ 1. To boast. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand Example: You boast and skite from morn to night / And think you're very brave, / But the men who really did the job / Are dead and in their graves. Example: He still had bumfluff on his cheeks, he was that young. About once a month he used to shave it off, and come skiting about it. I smiled at the memory of him all lathered up, grinning at me through the mirror as he went to work on the bumfluff. 2. To skim or slide along a surface. Labels: uncommon Example: […] skiting down that steep slope. But it's one thing to slide down a steep slope and quite another thing to climb back up - as Mary Jane soon discovered. Try her hardest , she simply could not get up that hill; she slid down faster than she went up. Example: […] of rock shearing off and skiting down the cliff-face as a black guillotine blade. 3. To slip, such as on ice. Labels: Scotland, especially Example: At this point I skited on a discarded banana and decided to use my eyes instead of my brains. Example: ... skited on a particularly hazardous weet bit o' the harbour and fell flat in […] 4. To move swiftly; to move in leaps and bounds. Example: His very shuttle skytes boldly along, and clatters through in faithful time to the tune of his merrier shopmates! Example: ... flashy blades gae skytin' by, […] 5. To pop, to quickly or briefly make a trip to. Example: […] skiting over to Europe and back before you know it, taking notes on the way going and coming . Example: ... skiting over to Hartford City and back in a day. I don't suppose we could hear all of it, but we heard most of it. We turned the corner on Madison Street, came up Washington, got to the front of the house, and Grandfather stopped the[…] 6. To drink a large amount of alcohol. Labels: Scotland, slang 7. To defecate, to shit. Labels: archaic, vulgar Example: There is no need of wiping ones taile (said Gargantua), but when it is foule; foule it cannot be unlesse one have been a skiting; skite then we must before we wipe our tailes.
Word: skite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skaɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of skete. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: child carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to carry a child, particularly one holding the child attached to the torso of an adult.
Word: cornuto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cornuto, from Latin cornūtus (“horned”). 1. A cuckold. Labels: obsolete Example: No, Master Brook, but the peaking cornuto / her husband, Master Brook, dwelling in a continual / 'larum of jealousy, comes me in the instant of our / encounter, after we had embraced, kissed, protested, / and, as it were, spoke the prologue of our comedy
Word: Bermuda green Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale, slightly blue shade of green. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A green whose surface consists of Bermuda grass. Labels: countable
Word: Bermuda green Part of Speech: adj 1. Having Bermuda green as its color.
Word: sought after Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sought-after. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reverse psychology Part of Speech: noun 1. The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course. Labels: uncountable
Word: heter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew הֶתֵּר (hetér, “permission”). 1. Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment. Labels: Judaism Example: What comes to mind is the famous issue on ZIM SHIPPING - an Israeli company owned by Jews and they tried to get a heter for running their ships on Shabbos.
Word: heta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧτᾰ (hêtă). 1. The Ancient Greek letter eta, or variants of it, when used in their original function of denoting the consonant /h/.
Word: nep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English neppe, nepe, nepte, nept, from Old English nepte, nefte, from Latin nepeta. Compare Dutch neppe, nippe (“catnip”). Doublet of nepeta. Pronunciation: /nɛp/ 1. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.
Word: nep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a variant of nap for knap, from Middle English knep, kneppe, knappe, a conflation of Old English cnep, cnæp, cnæpp (“top, knop, summit”) and Old Norse knappr (“knob”), both from Proto-Germanic *knappaz, *knappô (“knob”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball”). Compare also Old Norse hnappr (“button”). Related to knob. Pronunciation: /nɛp/ 1. A knot in a fibre. Example: The neps appear as small dense areas or spots when compared to the surrounding fibers.
Word: nep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a variant of nap for knap, from Middle English knep, kneppe, knappe, a conflation of Old English cnep, cnæp, cnæpp (“top, knop, summit”) and Old Norse knappr (“knob”), both from Proto-Germanic *knappaz, *knappô (“knob”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball”). Compare also Old Norse hnappr (“button”). Related to knob. Pronunciation: /nɛp/ 1. Of cotton: to form knots. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: nep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nepotist. Pronunciation: /nɛp/ 1. One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it. Labels: US, derogatory, slang
Word: anhidrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English hidrotic English anhidrotic From an- + hidrotic. 1. lacking the ability to sweat Labels: not-comparable
Word: anhidrotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English hidrotic English anhidrotic From an- + hidrotic. 1. A substance that prevents sweating
Word: Dysnomia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δυσνομία (Dusnomía, literally “lawlessness”), from δύσνομος (dúsnomos, “lawless”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈnəʊmiə/ 1. The daemon (minor deity) of lawlessness, listed by Hesiod among the daughters of Eris. Labels: Greek 2. The only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris.
Word: biking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act, process, or sport of riding a bike (in any sense thereof). Labels: uncountable Example: Professional biking is plagued with controversies over drug use. Example: Turnip Rock is located in a portion of eastern Michigan dubbed the Thumb, where 140 miles of coastline and waterfront towns offer a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, walking and kayaking. 2. The act, process, or sport of riding a bike (in any sense thereof). Labels: uncountable Example: Harley-Davidson fans have been biking up this highway in huge numbers this week, on their way to Sturgis.
Word: biking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bike Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hugging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hugging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of giving a hug. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off[…]
Word: tugging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tugging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡɪŋ/ 1. The action of something that tugs; a pull. Example: Yet there began to be insistent tuggings as if from a dream that could not be recalled.
Word: tugs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tʌɡz/ 1. plural of tug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tugs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tʌɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hugs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hʌɡz/ 1. plural of hug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hugs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hʌɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retrodict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English predict English retrodict From retro- + predict. 1. To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present. Example: Many are impressed by the fact that climate models can "retrodict" climatic change—that is, use past climatic data (say, from the 1860s) to predict climatic data from the less-distant past (say, from the 1920s). They should not be.
Word: bowdlerizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bowdlerize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monopotassium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English potassium English monopotassium From mono- + potassium. 1. monatomic potassium Labels: uncountable 2. a single atom of potassium in a compound Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: potassamide Part of Speech: noun 1. potassium amide Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: potassium amide Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish brown solid, KNH₂, obtained by heating potassium in ammonia gas. It is most commonly used as a base to create a carbanion of an enolate. Labels: uncountable
Word: potass Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of potash. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable 2. potassium Labels: dated, uncountable Example: The carbonate and bi-carbonate of potass are both decomposed by lime.
Word: siderocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siderocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Inari Sami Part of Speech: name 1. A Finno-Ugric, Sami language spoken by 250 people in northern Finland in the region of Inari lake.
Word: Southern Sami Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the Southern Sami people living in east central Norway south of the Arctic Circle and across the border in Sweden, and their language and culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Southern Sami Part of Speech: name 1. A Finno-Ugric language spoken in parts of Norway.
Word: Lule Sami Part of Speech: name 1. A Finno-Ugric language spoken in parts of Norway and Sweden.
Word: shiftier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of shifty: more shifty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: shiftiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of shifty: most shifty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: pixies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pixie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: birdcages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of birdcage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cony Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of coney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: derbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of derby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trivial name Part of Speech: noun 1. A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined. Example: "Carbolic acid", "isopropyl alcohol", and "nitroglycerine" are trivial names for specific organic compounds that have formal systematic names defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "Saltpetre" and "nitre" are trivial names for the inorganic compounds: sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate. In informal contexts, systematic names sometimes appear as trivial names; eg "alcohol", which is the correct generic term for any organic chemical compound in which a hydroxyl functional group is bound to a saturated carbon atom, is a common trivial name for "ethanol". 2. A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name). Example: Trivial names for types of elements, such as "heavy metals", "noble metals", and "rare-earth elements" are terms of convenience, and either do not occur as such in the periodic table or do not form strict, coherent groups in the table. Element 137 (systematic name: untriseptium) is called by the unofficial trivial name "feynmanium", though it will not have an official trivial name until it is discovered. 3. A commonly used, non-systematic name for an organism. Example: Trivial names such as "worm", "shrimp", "fish", "toad", "cobra", "vulture", and "mahogany", though convenient and popular, do not refer to any systematically-defined biological groupings of organisms. 4. A specific epithet.
Word: poetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English poetikly, poetycally, poyetikly; equivalent to poetical + -ly or poetic + -ally. 1. In a poetic manner. Example: One who had caught a glimpse of the shining yet solemn eyes of the youth, as he walked home, would wonder no longer that he should talk as he did—so sedately, yet so poetically—so long-windedly, if you like, yet so sensibly—even wisely. Example: I found out from his mate that he was a Longfellow fan, and the fireman complained bitterly that, not being poetically inclined himself, he often wished that Alfred would put a sock in it."
Word: punishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English punish Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English punishable From punish + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪʃəbəl/ 1. Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment. Example: Littering in this area is punishable by a fine of up to $100. Example: Wearing a face covering also remains a requirement on all Transport for London services, where it has become a Condition of Carriage. This means that while non-compliance is no longer a criminal offence and punishable with a fine, passengers can still be asked to leave or prevented from boarding.
Word: buttery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəɹi/, /ˈbʌtɹi/, /ˈbʌt(ə)ɹi/ 1. Made with or tasting of butter. Example: The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it. 2. Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture. Example: The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get. Example: While the European pear is, at its finest, buttery and surrenders to the slightest pressure, Asian pears are firm, very crisp, hugely juicy and sweet and, in some cases, highly aromatic – spicy almost. 3. Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious. Labels: informal Example: He'll be nothing but enraptured with your buttery words . Example: Dawson, for one, is on the right wavelength, goosing his buttery game-show host persona into a caricature of unctuous evil. 4. Ellipsis of buttery smooth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: (see title) Example: These include improved textures and character models plus a new buttery frame rate as the game gets boosted to 1080p resolution and animation of 60 frames per second. Stylish.
Word: buttery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəɹi/, /ˈbʌtɹi/, /ˈbʌt(ə)ɹi/ 1. A rowie. Labels: Scotland Example: "We used to make 50 tins of butteries just for our Saturday trade, now it's about 20 tins, se we've seen a real shift which we've put down to an increased focus on health."
Word: buttery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boterie, from Old French boterie and Medieval Latin buteria, from Late Latin botāria, from a variant form of butta (“cask, bottle”). The form was probably influenced by butter. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəɹi/, /ˈbʌtɹi/, /ˈbʌt(ə)ɹi/ 1. A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom. Example: ‘This is the storehouse and buttery of my company of the Guard,’ Example: Pretty Pia from the buttery was a slut who was working her way through every knight in the castle. 2. A room in a university where snacks are sold. Labels: UK
Word: harper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English harpere, from Old English hearpere (“harpist, harper”), equivalent to harp + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German harpære (“harper”), German Harfer and Harfner (“harper”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/ 1. A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals. Example: The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge 2. An old Irish brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp. Labels: obsolete Example: the harper that was gathered amongst us to pay the piper
Word: harpist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English harp 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 harpist From harp + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹpɪst/ 1. Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.
Word: dolts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊlts/ 1. plural of dolt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alarums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alarum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alarums Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of alarum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dowries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dowry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dowries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dowry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: alarums and excursions Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Shakespearean stage direction, indicating that soldiers should march across the stage, blowing bugles and beating drums, etc. 1. All the sounds and activities of preparations for war. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The French armies were not far off, and there were alarums and excursions all along the border. 2. Any frantic activity. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: He had been well aware ever since his coming to Hathelsborough of an atmosphere of intrigue and mystery; every development that occurred seemed to thicken it. . . . It puzzled him, being still a stranger to the habits and customs of these people, to see that life in Hathelsborough went on, amidst all these alarums and excursions. Example: The various alarums and excursions in The Rock that early evening did not dent attendance at these meetings very much […]
Word: nonessential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin essentiālisbor. English essential English nonessential From non- + essential. 1. Not required; not essential. Labels: not-comparable Example: Codex entries provide additional but nonessential information about topics of interest in Mass Effect.
Word: nonessential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin essentiālisbor. English essential English nonessential From non- + essential. 1. Something that is not essential.
Word: corpulence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊləns/ 1. The characteristic or state of being corpulent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse.
Word: bilocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English location English bilocation From bi- + location. Pronunciation: /baɪləʊˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The ability to be, or fact of being, in two places at once. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Throyle explained about the mysterious shamanic power known as bilocation, which enables those with the gift literally to be in two or more places, often widely separated, at the same time.
Word: bruited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bruit Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Doubtless he was having dreadful letters from her; doubtless she threatened them all with a hideous exposure. If the matter should be bruited Godfrey's prospects would collapse on the spot.
Word: Jasper Part of Speech: name Etymology: A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒaspə/, /ˈd͡ʒæspɚ/ 1. A male given name from Old Persian. Example: Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub. 2. A surname. 3. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar. 4. A placename: 5. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. A placename: 7. A placename: 8. A placename: 9. A placename: 10. A placename: 11. A placename: 12. A placename: 13. A placename: 14. A placename: 15. A placename: 16. A placename: 17. A placename: 18. A placename: 19. A placename: 20. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 21. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: bimbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bimble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bimbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bimble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bimbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bimble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: depicting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɪk.tɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of depict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bimbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bimble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fireballs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəˌbɔːlz/, /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔlz/, /-ɑlz/ 1. plural of fireball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fireballs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəˌbɔːlz/, /ˈfaɪəɹˌbɔlz/, /-ɑlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fireball Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stereotyping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stereotype Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stereotyping Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of making something into a stereotype. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: balloons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bəˈluːnz/ 1. plural of balloon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balloons Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bəˈluːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of balloon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ambles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəlz/ 1. plural of amble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ambling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of amble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ambling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who ambles. Example: the amblings of a horse
Word: ambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of amble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unhurried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English hurried English unhurried From un- + hurried. 1. Not hurried; not rushed. Example: She proceeded at a moderate, unhurried pace. Example: Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
Word: roams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: roamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of roam Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: assignable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English assignable From assign + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪnəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being assigned (all senses). Example: In many programming languages, numeric values are not assignable to string variables. Example: First, we were forced to infer era of service from birthdate, resulting in a relatively small number of respondents assignable to the post-EO era veterans condition. 2. Capable of being specified or shown. Example: While, on the one hand, industry is limited by capital, so on the other, every increase of capital gives, or is capable of giving, additional employment to industry ; and this without assignable limit. Example: Now, certainly, in a general view, the purpose of the Platonic soldier was the same, but with this important difference—that his fighting condition was not needed on one or two days consecutively, but on many days, and not against a day punctually assignable, but against a season or period perhaps of months, quite indeterminate as to its beginning, end, or duration.
Word: stroller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stroll + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹəʊlə/, /ˈstɹoʊlɚ/ 1. A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children. Labels: Australia, Canada, US 2. One who strolls. 3. A vagrant. Example: The mayor observed that it was great presumption in Wilson, who was a stroller, to proceed to such extremities with a gentleman of family and fortune; and threatened to commit him on the vagrant act. 4. Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver necktie, and a grey, black or buff waistcoat.
Word: amendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English amend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English amendable From amend + -able. 1. Capable of being amended.
Word: strollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stroller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stroll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strolls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stroll Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: follicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of follicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English philology 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 philologist From philology + -ist. 1. A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies. Example: Foucault's incisive scrutiny and consistent analysis of antique culture has opened the eyes of many a philosopher, philologist or anthropologist who considered himself an expert on the very texts and issues that Foucault addresses. In the years following the publication of Foucault's works an intense debate arose on the subject of sexuality in antiquity, perhaps primarily in feminist and homosexual circles, although by no means exclusively. 2. A person devoted to general learning and literature. Example: Like Johnson, in Herculean might, Bid some philologist arise,— Some Milton, with seraphic flight, Or Newton, pupil of the skies. Example: 2015, Franssen, Maarten, Lokhorst, Gert-Jan and van de Poel, Ibo, "Philosophy of Technology", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2015/entries/technology/ The author of the first text in which the term ‘philosophy of technology’ occurred, Ernst Kapp’s Eine Philosophie der Technik, was a philologist and historian. Most of the authors who wrote critically about technology and its socio-cultural role during the twentieth century were philosophers of a general outlook ... or had a background in one of the other humanities or in social science, like literary criticism and social research..., law..., political science... or literary studies... The form of philosophy of technology constituted by the writings of these and others has been called... ‘humanities philosophy of technology’, because it takes its point of departure in the social sciences and the humanities rather than in the practice of technology. 3. A person devoted to classical scholarship. Example: 2015, Van Norden, Bryan, "Wang Yangming", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2014/entries/wang-yangming For Zhu Xi's explanation of the phrase “ge wu,” see his commentary on Great Learning... For Wang's interpretation, see his “Questions on the Great Learning”... Unfortunately, the key word “ge” is highly ambiguous, so both interpretations ... are completely defensible... Nivison... described the phrase as “a philologist's delight,” because of the endless speculation it could provoke, and argued that “[n]o one will ever know what it really meant in its locus classicus.”
Word: strolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stroll Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strolling Part of Speech: noun 1. The taking of a stroll. Example: […]to come back late at night to quarrel with their wretched elders, who perhaps envy them their capacity for such wild gaieties and strollings[…]
Word: philologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of philologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of specialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: specializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of specialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Ste Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of suite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of sainte (in place names). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: simplified expression Part of Speech: noun 1. an expression that has been condensed and shortened, so that all the like terms have been combined
Word: swithers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of swither Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: swithering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swither Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chromocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + -cyte. 1. Any cell, such as a red blood cell, that contains a pigment
Word: swithered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swither Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *eking, *eching, deverbal of eken (“to increase, add”), equivalent to eke + -ing. More at eke. 1. The act or process of adding. 2. That which is added. 3. A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another. Labels: obsolete
Word: eking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of eke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sleeker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sleek + -er. 1. comparative form of sleek: more sleek Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sleeker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleek + -er. 1. An instrument for sleeking or making smooth. Example: The blackwashing is here to be the very last operation, and to be well performed, and when dry must be polished by a large sleeker fitting the circle of the cylinder.
Word: sleekest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sleek: most sleek Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: fluids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catafalques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catafalque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwritten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written. 1. Not written. Labels: not-comparable Example: The most important rule is unwritten but not unspoken. It is the rule of pronounceability. Sure, xzyqt looks grand, but how do you say it? 2. Oral or otherwise communicated without writing. Labels: not-comparable 3. Implicit or understood but not formally articulated. Labels: not-comparable Example: It's an unwritten rule that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool. 4. Containing no writing; blank. Labels: not-comparable Example: unwritten paper
Word: unwritten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written. 1. past participle of unwrite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cockleshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cockle + shell. 1. The shell of a cockle (or similar shell). Example: The moment land had disappeared, the great canoe seemed no larger than a cockleshell; the waves lapped dangerously near to the tops of the gunwales, all but toppling into the canoe; and that is the curious thing about Polynesian canoes: the water always laps just to the tops of the gunwales, no matter whether the canoe is shallow or deep, whether empty or heavily laden. 2. A small, flimsy boat.
Word: consanguine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French consanguin. 1. Related by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common. Labels: not-comparable
Word: consanguine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French consanguin. 1. A person related to another by birth.
Word: extended metaphor Part of Speech: noun 1. A metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences. Labels: rhetoric Example: Having considered the use of extended metaphor and narrative in two Blake poems, we are now ready to discuss a recent cognitive reading of a third poem, “A Poison Tree”, focussing on metaphor and allegory (Crisp 2008).