nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: militarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English militarily From military + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹə.li/, /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹ.ə.li/ 1. In a military or martial manner; not peaceably. 2. By way of military or otherwise belligerent means. Example: The borders of the empire were expanded militarily over the course of many wars of conquest. Example: At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule. 3. In a manner relating to the military or military matters. Example: Whether [Israel's] blockade [of Gaza] is militarily justified is a point of contention.
Word: hot stove league Part of Speech: noun 1. The discussion of a sport that happens during the sports off-season. Example: Forget “Hot Stove League.” That’s so last century. No Hot Stove League in this town. No, no, no. Here in Boston, USA, and throughout New England, we play in the Blast Furnace League.
Word: staff officer Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer who fulfills a non-combat support function, often in a headquarters or planning office. Example: Holonym: general staff
Word: ipod Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of iPod. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Vandals Part of Speech: name 1. An east Germanic tribe that once lived in north Africa and sacked Rome. 2. Any of various Balto-Slavic peoples, such as the Vistula Veneti, Wends, Lusatians or Poles. Labels: archaic, historical
Word: Vandals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Vandal; members of the Vandal tribe. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: over-the-counter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An attributive form of over the counter. 1. Of medicine and other treatments, legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription. Labels: not-comparable Example: over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine Example: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be months before it’s available. 2. Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary, and denoting any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold by direct arrangement between counterparties, or through a private broker, rather than on a public stock exchange or other exchange. Labels: not-comparable Example: over-the-counter trade, over-the-counter market Example: This is "commencement week" in "over-the-counter insurance" circles, the Whitman, Mass., savings bank having opened the ball with four applications made for $300 each by three prominent business men […]
Word: Kaindu Part of Speech: name 1. A former province of China mentioned in The Travels of Marco Polo, believed to be Xichang. Labels: historical Example: Ka-indu Province, ON the Weſt of Tebeth lies the Province of Kaindu ᵈ, under its own Kings, till conquered by the Khân. It contains many Cities ; the Capital is of the ſame Name, and ſtands in the Entrance of the Province. Here is a great Salt-Lake, ſtored with Fiſh, and ſo affluent in Pearls, that they would be of no Value, if carried-away at Pleaſure.
Word: real McCoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of Scots the real MacKay, this latter attested in 1856 as “A drappie o’ the real MacKay” (A drop of the real MacKay). How “MacKay” became “McCoy” is unclear; first attested in the form “McCoy” in the US in 1908. The term is the subject of many folk etymologies, discussed at the Wikipedia entry. 1. The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation. Labels: dated, idiomatic
Word: radiation poisoning Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of radiation sickness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quiescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English quiescent Middle English -ly English -ly English quiescently From quiescent + -ly. 1. In a quiescent manner.
Word: real McKoy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of real McCoy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: choad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apocopic form of choda. Doublet of choda and chudai. Pronunciation: /tʃəʊd/, /tʃoʊd/ 1. A penis, especially one that is short and thick. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: What a find...a giant choad! Example: 1970±, S. Clay Wilson, as quoted by Blair Haworth, “Meaning of Choad? (and a Peter Jackson question)” (1993 August 11), alt.tasteless, Usenet Your choad veins are pulsing love songs 2. A loser or undesirable person; an insulting name. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: 1985 February 28, Kevin Carosso, “VMS terminal I/O question”, fa-info.vax, Usenet via info-vax If you aren't the type of system manager that likes to be nice to the choad that forgot to log out, then the program has it's [sic.] other uses Example: sebadoh blew sonic youth off the stage, you stupid choad 3. The perineum. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: One has to chuckle a bit at the sight of, in a single breath, getting borderline pedantic about the proper name for the region between anus and scrotum or vulva, and then using the term "thingy" ;) Referrence^([sic]) materials on hand at the moment, in all their general glory, would seem to point to either term being acceptable in casual conversation....as well as bring to mind hurried, husky whispers of "Push my choad." Example: Massaging a circle around Dennis's back, Greg said, "Everybody has four potential e-zones -- his nips, his balls, his butthole, his choad." "What's a choad?" Greg's pressed between Dennis's legs, and Dennis gasped, "Oh yeah, there."
Word: radiation sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. Any illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea to death. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clunky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clunk + -y. 1. Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome. Labels: informal Example: That tomboy's clothing is rather clunky. Example: At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky. 2. Being or making a clunk sound. Example: You might find yourself listening to the sound your car door makes when it shuts. Is it a cheap tinny sound or a strong clunky sound like the VW?
Word: hoity-toity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/ 1. Behaviour adopted to demonstrate one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour; airs and graces. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: [O]ne piece of early homage still / Exacted of you; after your three bouts / At hoitytoity, great men with long words, / And so forth,— […] 2. Flighty, giddy, or silly behaviour; also, noisy merriment. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The VViddovvs I observ'd that vvere marching off, vvith the marque out of their mouths, vvere hugely concern'd to be thought Young, and ſtill talking of Maſques, Balls, Fiddles, Treats; Chanting and Jigging to every tune they heard, and all upon the Hoyty-Toyty like mad vvenches of fifteen. Example: And I'll divert ye with my Hoyty toyty; / With Fortune's choicest Blessings may regale ye, / And Wealth, and Wine, and Women, never fail ye. 3. A young woman regarded as flighty, giddy, or silly. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal Example: Whily Kate the Brown, the Plump, / The Frowzy Browzy, / Hoyty Toyty, / Covent-Garden Harridan, / Soon made poor Jockey’s Head to Ake, / And spoyl’d him for a merry Man.
Word: hoity-toity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/ 1. Affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation; pompous, self-important, snobbish; often displaying a feeling of patronizing self-aggrandizing or arrogant class superiority. Example: [S]ee what hoity-toity airs she took[…]. Example: The other models were gas fun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity. 2. Flighty, giddy, silly; also, merry in a noisy manner. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]e have been married fifteen Years, I take it: and that hoighty toighty buſineſs ought, in Conſcience, to be over.
Word: hoity-toity Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/ 1. Flightily, giddily. Labels: obsolete 2. Merrily, in a noisy manner. Labels: obsolete Example: Then hoity, toity, / VVhiſking, friſking, / Green vvas her govvn upon the graſs: / Oh! ſuch vvere the joys of our dancing days.
Word: hoity-toity Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti/ 1. Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty. Labels: dated, obsolete Example: Hoity toity, VVhat have I to do vvith his Dreams or his Divination—Body o' me, this is a Trick to defer Signing the Conveyance. Example: ‘Hoity! toity!’ cries Honour, ‘Madam is in her Airs, I proteſt.[…]’
Word: ensuite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French en suite (literally “in continuation”). Pronunciation: /ɔn ˈswit/, /ɑn ˈswit/, /ɒn ˈswiːt/ 1. A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel room.
Word: ensuite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French en suite (literally “in continuation”). Pronunciation: /ɔn ˈswit/, /ɑn ˈswit/, /ɒn ˈswiːt/ 1. Alternative form of en suite: Labels: not-comparable 2. Alternative form of en suite: Labels: not-comparable 3. Alternative form of en suite: Labels: not-comparable
Word: en-suite Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of en suite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: en-suite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ensuite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: effusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes. 1. A liquid outpouring. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An outpouring of speech or emotion. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […] Example: The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage. 4. The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: pleural effusion
Word: ergomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ergo- + -mania. 1. An obsession with exercise or work. Labels: uncountable
Word: ethnicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ethnic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ethnicity From ethnic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/ 1. The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept? […] After all, more and more diseases are reportedly correlated with ethnicity and race. 2. An ethnic group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a young Asian American, I was lucky growing up in an inclusive suburb, where although known to be predominantly Caucasian, all blends of cultures and ethnicities were embodied in the school populations. That said, the “K-wave” had not reached the depths of Naperville yet, and I remember K-pop lovers being perceived as outcasts all over the States. 3. Race; common ancestry. Labels: countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable
Word: ethnic group Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
Word: explanatory fiction Part of Speech: noun 1. A work of fiction that attempts to explain the causes of a real event. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eclogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eclog, from Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.lɒɡ/, /ˈɛkˌlɔɡ/, /ˈɛkˌlɑɡ/ 1. A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds. Example: The voice of congratulation and flattery was not, however, silent; and we may still peruse, with pleasure and contempt, an eclogue, which was composed on the accession of the emperor Carus. Two shepherds, avoiding the noontide heat, retire into the cave of Faunus. Example: Only one laborer in this temple of Minerva, however, was known to get so far as to attempt a translation of Virgil. He[…] repeated the whole of the first eclogue from memory, observing the intonations of the dialogue with much judgment and effect.
Word: eclogues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eclogue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erst Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English erste, from Old English ǣresta (“first”), from Proto-West Germanic *airist (“earliest, first”), equivalent to ere + -est. Cognate with North Frisian iarst, iáárs, jarst, jest (“first”), West Frisian earst (“first”), Dutch eerste (“first”), German erste (“first”). Pronunciation: /ɝst/, /ɜːst/ 1. First. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: erst Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English erste, from Old English ǣresta (“first”), from Proto-West Germanic *airist (“earliest, first”), equivalent to ere + -est. Cognate with North Frisian iarst, iáárs, jarst, jest (“first”), West Frisian earst (“first”), Dutch eerste (“first”), German erste (“first”). Pronunciation: /ɝst/, /ɜːst/ 1. First of all, before (some other specified thing). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Consider what I erst have been and what thou seest me now: 2. Sooner (than); before. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Thenne he sente the varlet ageyne and bad hym telle Kyng Mark that I wille come as soone as I am hole / for erste I maye doo hym noo good "Then he sent the varlet again, and bade him: Tell King Mark that I will come as soon as I am whole, for erst I may do him no good. " 3. Formerly, once, erstwhile. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, poetic Example: When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy the herd
Word: hyperbolic cosine Part of Speech: noun 1. A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the cosine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as Example: cosh (x)= tfrac 1 2(eˣ+e⁻ˣ).
Word: military-industrial complex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From military (adjective) + industrial (adjective) + complex (noun), popularized by Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), the 34th President of the United States, in his farewell address in 1961: see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪ.lɪ.tə.ɹi ɪnˌdʌs.tɹi.əl ˈkɒmplɛks/, /ˌmɪ.lɪ.tɹi-/, /ˌmɪ.ləˌtɛ.ɹi ɪnˌdʌs.tɹi.əl ˈkɑmˌplɛks/ 1. Military and industrial facilities situated in the same place. Example: Likewise, Shreveport was the heart of a military–industrial complex that extended west to Marshall, Texas, and northwest to Jefferson, Texas, 50 miles from Shreveport to which it was linked by steamer through Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake. 2. A nation's armed forces and industries (especially those supplying weapons and other materiel) collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government. Labels: also, derogatory, often Example: This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. […] In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. Example: Over the past two years, Silicon Valley's leaders and investors—many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war—have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.
Word: hyperbolic tangent Part of Speech: noun 1. A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the tangent function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as Example: tanh (x)=(sinh (x))/(cosh (x))=(eˣ-e⁻ˣ)/(eˣ+e⁻ˣ).
Word: hyperbolic sine Part of Speech: noun 1. A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the sine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as Example: sinh (x)= tfrac 1 2(eˣ-e⁻ˣ).
Word: military–entertainment complex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By extension from military–industrial complex. 1. The cooperation and sharing between the military and entertainment industries for their mutual benefit, especially in such fields as multimedia and virtual reality.
Word: militainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of military + entertainment. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈteɪn.mənt/ 1. A form of entertainment that features or celebrates the military. Labels: uncountable
Word: merchant banker Part of Speech: noun 1. A businessman employed at, or a partner at a merchant bank. 2. A wanker. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang
Word: aluminic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The amphoteric aluminium hydroxide, Al(OH)₃; its salts are aluminates. Labels: uncountable
Word: aluminium hydroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The hydrated form of alumina, having the formula Al(OH)₃; it reacts with bases to form aluminates. Labels: uncountable
Word: arsenate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic English -ate English arsenate From arsenic + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsɪneɪt/, /ˈɑːsn̩eɪt/, /ˈɑːsneɪt/, /-nɪt/, /ˈɑɹsənət/ 1. Any salt or ester of arsenic acid. 2. The anion AsO₄³⁻.
Word: hyperbolic function Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of functions that are analogs of the trigonometric functions for hyperbolic spaces. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hyperbolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hyperbolic(us), from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós). First attested in the 15th century. By surface analysis, hyperbol(e) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to hyperbole. 2. Using hyperbole: exaggerated. Example: At the risk of being slightly hyperbolic, the fourth season of The Simpsons is the greatest thing in the history of the universe. 3. Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%. Example: Using the techniques already explored, we can contrive to activate a coding triplet in any one of those four extremal corners. If one fixates at length on a pale blue-green stimulus, as in Figure 18, and then refixates on an already maximally saturated orange surface, then the resituated f/p vector will yield an activation triplet within the farthest corner of the cube, beyond the limits of the classical spindle. The H–J theory of our internal color representations entails that one should there find a circular after-image of a hyperbolic orange, an orange that is more "ostentatiously orange" than any (non-self-luminous) orange you have ever seen, or ever will see, as the objective color of a physical object. Row 1 of Figure 19 will allow you, once more, to test such a prediction for yourself.
Word: hyperbolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1676. By surface analysis, hyperbol(a) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this configuration the on-axis image is produced at the real hyperbolic focus (fₛ₂) but off-axis performance suffers. 2. Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one. 3. Having negative curvature or sectional curvature. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is a universal constant m_0>0 such that every hyperbolic surface R has an embedded hyperbolic disk with radius greater than m_0. 4. Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation. Labels: not-comparable Example: A hyperbolic isometry f has two (distinct) fixed points on ∂ℋ. 5. Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature). Labels: not-comparable Example: Exactly one hypercycle is a hyperbolic geodesic, and this is called the axis A_f of f.
Word: carbide Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.baɪd/, /ˈkɑɹ.baɪd/ 1. Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element 2. The polyatomic ion C2−2, or any of its salts. 3. The monatomic ion C⁴⁻, or any of its salts. 4. A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel. 5. Tungsten carbide. 6. trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.
Word: Salvi Part of Speech: noun 1. A Salvadoran person born or raised in the United States. Labels: slang
Word: querulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English querulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English querulousness From querulous + -ness. 1. The quality of being querulous. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A querulous utterance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fuels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fuel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English spangel (“small piece of ornamental metal, spangle; small ornament”) [and other forms], from spang (“small piece of ornamental metal, spangle; small ornament; type of bowl or cup”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Spang is derived from Middle Dutch spange, spaenge (“buckle, clasp; brooch; spangle”) (modern Dutch spang (“clasp; hook; metal hairband; metal pin”)), from Middle Low German spangel (“small chain or clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *spangō (“brooch; clasp”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to twist; to weave”). The English word is analysable as spang + -le (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋɡəl/, [ˈspæŋɡl̩], /ˈspeɪ̯ŋɡəl/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋɡəl/, [ˈspeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] 1. To fix spangles or sparkling objects to (something); to bespangle. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: What ſtars do ſpangle heauen with ſuch beautie, / As thoſe two eyes become that heauenly face? Example: Chapadór, m. one that plateth ouer, or ſpangleth. 2. To adorn or decorate (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It seems it is in fashion with you to sugar your papers with Carnation phrases, and spangle your speeches with new quodled words. Example: On the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Strapping on three oxygen tanks, the two men faced toward K2's last fastness. 3. To flash, glitter, or sparkle. Labels: intransitive Example: The gifts are differing, being diverse; their administrations are differing, and the operations of them also are differing, though all those things are from that one and the self-same Spirit, working in every one severally as he pleases. All these things will spangle in the New Jerusalem, and carry their full breadth and sway as in the days of old.
Word: cupro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Late Latin cuprum (“copper”) through its compound form in -o-. Pronunciation: /kjuːpɹoʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to copper. Labels: morpheme
Word: antaphrodisiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ant- + aphrodisiac. Pronunciation: /æntæfɹəˈdɪzɪˌæk/, /æntæfɹəˈdiʒɪˌæk/ 1. Capable of reducing the sex drive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antaphrodisiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant- + aphrodisiac. Pronunciation: /æntæfɹəˈdɪzɪˌæk/, /æntæfɹəˈdiʒɪˌæk/ 1. A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.
Word: Arioch Part of Speech: name 1. The King of Ellasar, who participated in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim, described in Genesis. 2. The person who was, according to the Torah, appointed by Nebuchadnezzar to put to death the wise men of Babylon.
Word: anaphrodisiac 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 aphrodisiac English anaphrodisiac From an- + aphrodisiac. 1. Antaphrodisiac (capable of reducing the sex drive). Example: Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination.
Word: anaphrodisiac 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 aphrodisiac English anaphrodisiac From an- + aphrodisiac. 1. An antaphrodisiac (substance which reduces the sex drive). Example: Among this group are the solanacei alkaloids, that have a decided anti-sexual tendency. Such plants and similar anaphrodisiacs were often used, especially in the Middle Ages, to promote asceticism and, in the case of monks, to diminish fleshly desires.
Word: stutterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stutter + -er. 1. One who stutters; one who speaks with a stutter.
Word: stammerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stammer + -er. 1. One who stammers; a stutterer. Example: Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist!
Word: Pap smear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Papanikolaou + smear. Named after the Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou. 1. A screening test meant to detect precancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix. Example: She felt vulnerable, like sheʼd just gotten her first Pap smear and didnʼt know how invasive it would feel.
Word: clod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Old English clot, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“mass, ball, clump”). Compare clot and cloud; cognate to kloot (“clod”). Alternatively, Middle English clod may derive from Old English *clod (found in Old English clodhamer (“a kind of thrush”) and Clodhangra (a placename)), from Proto-West Germanic *kloddō (“lump, clod”), from *gel- (“to ball up, become lumpy”), related to West Frisian klodde (“clod, lump”), Dutch klodde (“lump, blob”). Pronunciation: /klɒd/, /klɑd/ 1. A lump of something, especially earth or clay. Example: clods of iron and brass Example: 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), originally published in 1581 by Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered clods of blood 2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. Example: the clod where once their sultan's horse hath trod 3. A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper. Example: The vulgar, a scarce animated clod Example: 'What was its number?' 'I don't know, sir.' 'You clod! Why didn't you call one of our men, whoever was nearest, and leave him to shadow the American while you followed the cab?' 4. Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.
Word: clod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Old English clot, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“mass, ball, clump”). Compare clot and cloud; cognate to kloot (“clod”). Alternatively, Middle English clod may derive from Old English *clod (found in Old English clodhamer (“a kind of thrush”) and Clodhangra (a placename)), from Proto-West Germanic *kloddō (“lump, clod”), from *gel- (“to ball up, become lumpy”), related to West Frisian klodde (“clod, lump”), Dutch klodde (“lump, blob”). Pronunciation: /klɒd/, /klɑd/ 1. To pelt with clods. Labels: transitive Example: "When I went there yesterday evening in the gloaming it had crept down and was trying to catch the little speckled fishes that play in the pool, and I had to clod it to make it go up the tree again and let them alone." Example: when I came out and started to hoist it to the mule's back they rushed at me and jerked my suspenders down and then they clodded me with chunks of dirt 2. To throw violently; to hurl. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: "So, sir, she grippit him, and clodded him like a stane from the sling ower the craigs of Warroch-head" 3. To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot. Example: Clodded in lumps of clay.
Word: hydrogen economy Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical future economy in which the primary form of stored energy for mobile applications and load balancing is hydrogen (H₂), and, in particular, hydrogen replaces fossil fuels in automobiles.
Word: golden calf Part of Speech: noun 1. A golden image of a calf, made by Aaron and worshipped by the Israelites. 2. Money as an end in itself; Mammon. Labels: broadly, figuratively 3. Any object of unworthy worship. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: kesho-mawashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 化粧廻し (“ornamental belt”). 1. A decorative mawashi worn by a sekitori during the ring-entering ceremony.
Word: nitride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nitr(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nitride From nitr(ogen) + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd/ 1. A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3. Example: This process provides an unpatternable sheet of silicon nitride that electrically isolates the devices […] Example: Presence of nitrides, argonides, arsenides, and iodides in the crystalline rocks
Word: nitride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English nitr(ogen) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nitride From nitr(ogen) + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd/ 1. To subject to the nitriding process. Labels: transitive
Word: nitr- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of nitro- used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: sticky wicket Part of Speech: noun 1. A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably. 2. A difficult or unpredictable situation. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: Mainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hibernacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hībernācula, plural of hībernāculum. 1. A winter retreat; winter quarters. 2. A place where an animal hibernates.
Word: brumal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin brūmālis (“of or pertaining to the winter solstice; wintry”), from brūma (“the winter solstice; winter”), which is a contraction of *brevima (“the shortest (day)”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːməl/ 1. Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry. 2. Occurring in winter.
Word: crumbs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹʌmz/ 1. plural of crumb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crumbs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹʌmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crumb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crumbs Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /kɹʌmz/ 1. An expression of mild surprise. Labels: UK Example: “You must swear it. By Adamcos,” said Catweazle, drawing his ceremonial knife. “Crumbs! What's that?” asked Carrot, very taken with the knife.
Word: brume Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis Latin brevis Latin brūmabor. Old French brume French brumebor. English brume Borrowed from French brume, from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”). Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/, /bɹɪu̯m/ 1. Mist, fog, vapour. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable Example: For, shou'd you come before the Brume's abated / Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated. Example: All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon.
Word: moments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊmənts/, /ˈməʊmənts/ 1. plural of moment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moments Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊmənts/, /ˈməʊmənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brumous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brume + -ous, probably modelled after French brumeux (“foggy, hazy, misty”), from Late Latin brūmōsus (“wintry”), from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”) + -ōsus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːməs/, /ˈbɹuməs/, /ˈbɹə-/ 1. Foggy or misty; wintry. Labels: literary Example: The blond misses of Albion see nothing in the dull inhabitants of their brumous isle, which can compare with the ardour and vivacity of the children of the South. We bring our sunshine with us; we are Frenchmen, and accustomed to conquer. Example: One of the greatest charms of fox-hunting undoubtedly is, that it disposes of all the dirty weather which goes to make up three-fourths of an English winter. Wet, and drizzle, and muggy fog (the characteristics of our brumous and insular climate, according to numerous French authorities), are the capital on which it trades. To the hunting man a rainy morning in winter […] means sport, and society, and enjoyment.
Word: komatik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ (qamotiik); attested since about 1824. 1. A rawhide-lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners, first invented and used by the Inuit of Northern Canada, but since used also by non-Inuit people.
Word: lemons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lemon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lemons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lemon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oniochalasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὤνιος (ṓnios, “for sale”) + χαλαστικός (khalastikós, “relaxing”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊnɪ.əʊkəˈleɪzɪ.ə/, /ˌəʊnɪ.əʊkəˈleɪʒə/, /ˌəʊnɪ.əkəˈleɪzɪ.ə/, /ˌəʊnɪ.əkəˈleɪʒə/, /ˌoʊni.oʊkəˈleɪʒə/ 1. The act of purchasing objects as a form of mental relaxation. Labels: uncountable
Word: oniomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Internationalism, from Ancient Greek ὤνιος (ṓnios, “for sale”) + -mania, after German Oniomanie. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊnɪ.əʊˈmeɪnɪ.ə/, /ˌəʊnɪ.əˈmeɪnɪ.ə/, /ˌoʊni.oʊˈmeɪni.ə/, /ˌoʊni.əˈmeɪni.ə/ 1. An abnormal impulse to buy things, or a condition characterised by such impulses. Labels: uncountable
Word: onychalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onych- + -algia. 1. pain in the nails or claws. Labels: uncountable
Word: unattached 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 attached English unattached From un- + attached. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. Not attached or joined; disconnected. Example: Take the unattached end of the rope in one hand. 2. Not married and not involved in a romantic relationship. 3. Not connected with or belonging to a group or organization. 4. Not seized for debt. Labels: obsolete
Word: unattached Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of unattach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undeceive Part of Speech: verb 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 deceive English undeceive From un- + deceive. 1. To free from misconception, deception or error. Labels: transitive Example: [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […] Example: […] Marcasites, I say, being thus fitted to delude the unskilful, I have had much ado to undeceive some, that brought or sent me them from America, of the pleasing Confidence they had entertained, that these promising Fossiles were Lumps of rich Ore of Gold, or Silver.
Word: underlaid Part of Speech: adj 1. undersexed; sexually frustrated
Word: underlaid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underlay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undulate + -ion, or borrowed from Medieval Latin undulātiō; compare French ondulation. 1. An instance or act of undulating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the next undulation would raise us, showing the island ablaze in the sunlight, an emerald of dazzling beauty resting lightly on the bosom of the sea. 2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A feeling as if of an undulatory motion about the heart. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 7. The distinctive motion of the matter within an abscess on being pressed when it is ripe for opening. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: unfaithful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unfeithful, equivalent to un- + faithful. 1. Not having religious faith. 2. Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful. 3. Adulterous. Example: French Gates has said that many things contributed to her decision to divorce Bill in 2021 after 27 years of marriage, among them that he was unfaithful to her and that he maintained contact with Epstein, despite her objections. 4. Not honest or upright. 5. Negligent or imperfect. Example: The painting was an unfaithful rendering of its subject. 6. Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.
Word: unfeigned 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 feigned English unfeigned From un- + feigned. 1. Not feigned. 2. Genuine. 3. Not false or hypocritical.
Word: unformed Part of Speech: adj 1. Not formed or made. 2. Not having a definite form; shapeless; amorphous. 3. Not well developed. 4. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed. 5. Not grouped into any constellation.
Word: unheroic 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 heroic English unheroic From un- + heroic. 1. not heroic
Word: unlade Part of Speech: verb 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 lade English unlade From un- + lade. 1. To unload. Labels: transitive 2. To disburden; take the burden from; relieve. Labels: transitive 3. To discharge the cargo from. Labels: transitive 4. To discharge a cargo; discharge a burden. Labels: intransitive
Word: monotonic decreasing Part of Speech: adj 1. always decreasing or remaining constant, and never increasing; contrast this with strictly decreasing Labels: not-comparable
Word: monotonic increasing Part of Speech: adj 1. always increasing or remaining constant, and never decreasing; contrast this with strictly increasing Labels: not-comparable
Word: vertices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɝtɪsiːz/ 1. plural of vertex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unlaid 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 laid English unlaid From un- + laid. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈleɪd/ 1. not laid Labels: not-comparable Example: an unlaid egg Example: unlaid paving stones 2. not laid Labels: not-comparable Example: stubborn, unlaid ghost 3. not laid Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag! Example: He smiled at this proudly, like he was the campus pussy-bandit being lauded for his prowess by his unlaid friends. 4. not laid Labels: not-comparable Example: With their pellets of small wit, / Parts of me they judg'd decay'd; / But we last out still unlay'd 5. not laid Labels: not-comparable
Word: unlaid Part of Speech: verb 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 laid English unlaid From un- + laid. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈleɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unlay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unlettered 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 lettered English unlettered From un- + lettered. 1. Not instructed in letters; not educated, not well-read; unable to read. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: […]that vnletered ſmall knowing ſoule[…] Example: Hannibal, as a city, may have many sins to answer for, but ingratitude is not one of them, or reverence for the great men she has produced, and as the years go by her greatest son, Mark Twain, or S. L. Clemens as a few of the unlettered call him, grows in the estimation and regard of the residents of the town he made famous and the town that made him famous. 2. Not expressed in or marked with letters. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unload Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English load English unload From un- + load. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈləʊd/, /ʌnˈloʊd/ 1. To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: to unload a ship Example: to unload a camel 2. To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc. Labels: transitive Example: to unload bales of hay from a truck 3. To deposit one's load or cargo. Labels: intransitive Example: Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper. 4. To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, transitive Example: to unload on someone Example: […] who bowled with such fury that he needed beer to give him something to sweat out, and who unloaded his emotions in words as hard as his bowling. 5. To remove (something previously loaded) from memory. Labels: transitive Example: When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications. 6. To discharge, pour, or expel. Labels: transitive 7. To get rid of or dispose of. Labels: transitive 8. To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine. Labels: ambitransitive, idiomatic Example: Practically everything I possess was left to me by an American cousin, on the condition that I took the name of Carrados. He made his fortune by an ingenious conspiracy of doctoring the crop reports and unloading favourably in consequence. 9. To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated. Labels: transitive Example: Boeing's article stressed prioritizing roll control during recovery from nose-down bank upsets unless the airplane was in a stall condition; if the airplane was stalled, Boeing recommended recovering from the stall before recovering from the upset. The article described the nose-down upset recovery technique as follows: "Reduce angle of attack. This unloads the wing, allows the airplane to accelerate, which reduces rudder deflection and improves lateral control ability. […]" 10. To deliver forcefully. Labels: transitive 11. To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice. Labels: slang, transitive 12. To remove the charge from; to discharge. Labels: transitive Example: He unloaded his revolver and put the cartridges away to be reloaded later. Example: He unloaded his revolver on the home invaders.