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Word: birthplace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English place English birthplace From birth + place. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝθˌpleɪs/ 1. The location where a person or an animal was born. Example: Portsmouth was Charles Dickens’ birthplace. Example: At Scotswood, the main line crosses to the south bank of the Tyne, but an alternative route, on the north side of the river, used by a few trains, rejoins the Carlisle line beyond North Wylam, the birthplace of George Stephenson. 2. The location where something was created or devised. Labels: broadly Example: Coney Island was the birthplace of the hot dog. Example: Most foreigners who have heard of Bhutan know two things: the country charges international visitors a $100/day sustainable development fee (aka tourist tax), and that it is the birthplace of the Gross National Happiness Index, a system intended to look after the well-being of citizens and the environment.
Word: Student's t test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Student, the pen-name of William Sealy Gosset, Irish statistician, who documented this test in a paper in Biometrika. Through the popularization of this test in the work of Ronald Fisher, who referred to it as a test for value "t" to check for Student's distribution. 1. Any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.
Word: fruitful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit + -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːtfl̩/ 1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren. Example: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits. Example: The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all—I got promoted Example: So, given that Claude is not conscious, what are we to make of Claude’s constitution? Perhaps the most fruitful way to think about it is as an 84-page character sheet for a role-playing game.
Word: ischaemic Part of Speech: adj 1. British English spelling of ischemic.
Word: Student's t distribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the pen-name of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset, which he used for a 1908 paper in Biometrika, under the pseudonym Student. The distribution was popularised through the work of Ronald Fisher, who referred to it as Student's distribution and used the letter t to represent the test value. 1. A distribution that arises when the population standard deviation is unknown and has to be estimated from the data. Example: A complete description of the Student's t distribution is beyond the aims of this book. Example: In contrast, the 0.95 confidence interval for μ is (577.1,623.4), assuming T does indeed have a Student's t distribution.
Word: TV land Part of Speech: noun 1. The television industry. Labels: colloquial, uncountable 2. The world as depicted on television. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: tvorog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian творо́г (tvoróg) / тво́рог (tvórog). Doublet of quark and twaróg. Pronunciation: /ˈtvɔːɹəɡ/, /tvəˈɹəʊɡ/ 1. A soft curd cheese, traditionally made in regions of Central, Eastern and (less often) Northern Europe. Labels: uncountable Example: Anna took her camera to the market and photographed old peasant women in curdstained aprons standing with their big knuckles resting on the counter on either side of ruined white castles of tvorog, their eyes deep and sceptical behind red cheekbones.
Word: tch Part of Speech: intj 1. a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval or disgust; tut, tsk Example: He jerked off the upper part of the rough coverlet and exposed a visage that caused Mr Carlyle to turn away with a "Tch, tch!" of emotion. Example: Hellen Gravely: 'Tch! How could my staff be so incompetent?! There's no way Luigi should have gotten this far!'
Word: Tchaikovskian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tchaikovsky Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tchaikovskian From Tchaikovsky + -ian. 1. of, or relating to the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, or characteristic of his style.
Word: Tchaikovskian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tchaikovsky Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tchaikovskian From Tchaikovsky + -ian. 1. Someone who composes in his style.
Word: Tchambuli Part of Speech: noun 1. A people who inhabit the Sepik river region of Papua New Guinea. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Tchambuli Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: tchetvert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian че́тверть (čétvertʹ, “quarter”). Doublet of cwierc. 1. An obsolete Russian unit of volume. Labels: historical
Word: chetvert Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tchetvert. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tchick Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ǁ/ 1. A click sound such as a palatal, lateral, or dental click. Example: The driver mounted his box, put his long whip into a hole in the box, and, buttoning his coat, called, " Tchick, tchick, tchick." Away the horses set off, and went so willingly and briskly, till he saw a passenger waiting to get into the coach. Example: "Weel! weel!" ejaculated the carter, "that comes o' your education ; G — d be thank'd, I never could write ; get on Bess, tchick, tchick," and giving the horse a lusty thwack, he made off as fast as possible. 2. A click sound such as a palatal, lateral, or dental click. Example: Tchick! Tchick! Now I call that an awful pity Katie. Example: Mr. Blantox. And she asked permission of the court for your boy to make a will and disinherit you? Mrs. Berg. Tchick-tchick-tchick. 3. Used to represent similar animal or other natural sounds Example: The clumsy Herr was trying in vain to strike a light with a flint. Tchick! Tchick! but no spark appeared. Example: Their shrill tchick, tchick, tchick, had done the damage, warning of our approach.
Word: tchick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ǁ/ 1. A clicking sound, such as a palatal or dental click. Example: So saying, and summing up the whole with a provoking wink, and such an interjectional tchick as may quicken a dull horse with , Petit-André drew oil" to the other side of the path, and left the youth to digest the taunts he had treated him with, as his proud Scotch stomach best might. Example: The sound is created by sucking on the molars in the back of the mouth to create a sound (tchick) somewhat like that used in English to […]
Word: tchick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ǁ/ 1. to make a tchick sound. Labels: intransitive Example: And the glass of water they've left for me Shall 'tchick!' to tell them I'm drinking! Example: But Aunt Janey was tchicking rebukefully, with her hand out. "Nay, for shame," she said.
Word: sea level Part of Speech: noun 1. The nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The summit of Everest is 5.5 miles above sea level. Example: An altimeter is used for measuring height above sea level.
Word: ē Part of Speech: symbol 1. A dictionary transcription for the middle vowel in FLEECE
Word: tactically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tactic English -al English tactical 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 tactically From tactical + -ly. 1. in a tactical manner; in a manner calculated to achieve some end. Example: Tactically smart, Leeds' work-rate was also admirable, their players often doubling up on Everton's main threats like Marouane Fellaini, while Victor Anichibe found he had unwelcome, unstinting company throughout. 2. using tactics 3. in terms of tactics Example: Jesse Helms is my "enemy" because of what he says and does. If he stops, he ceases to be my enemy. Tactically, I'm not about to spend much time trying to change him. I'd rather make it impossible for him to act in ways that oppress me. But the distinction between the person, who can potentially be won over, and the behavior, which is repulsive, is an important one.
Word: technologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English technology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English technological 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 technologically From technological + -ly. 1. In a technological manner. Example: what humans have accomplished technologically 2. Concerning or using technology. Example: For now, it is technologically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury. Example: A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […]
Word: temperamentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English temperamental Middle English -ly English -ly English temperamentally From temperamental + -ly. 1. In a temperamental manner. Example: The car engine coughed temperamentally before roaring into life. 2. By one's temperament. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first [phase] calls for leaders impatient with the past, and temperamentally disposed to an irreverent break with tradition. They must be agitators who can fan the flames of discontent and gather forces with the strength to tear down the old. Example: Reggie was a “release” from Guiding Eyes; he kept leading his trainers into light poles, so he was deemed temperamentally unsuited to be a service dog.
Word: terminally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Italic *termn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *term(e)nos Latin terminus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin terminālisbor. English terminal 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 terminally From terminal + -ly. 1. In a terminal manner. 2. Leading to death; lasting until death. Example: terminally ill 3. To the target. Example: terminally guided 4. Located at the end. Example: […] some of the feathers (especially posterior scapulars) with the broad edgings more rufescent and passing into whitish terminally; […] Example: In its simplest form this approach uses a lattice with a single chain terminally attached to the interface.
Word: territorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English territorial Middle English -ly English -ly English territorially From territorial + -ly. 1. In terms of territory. 2. In a territorial manner; so as to defend one's territory.
Word: through train Part of Speech: noun 1. a train that travels a long distance without any stops
Word: throw down Part of Speech: verb Etymology: US, popularized 1970s in street culture, from idiom throw down the gauntlet (“to issue a challenge”), used in sense “to fight, to incite a fight, to make a stand” or otherwise get about partying with abandon (first used by Jay Johnson in Detroit in 1978 - taken nationally by Cecil Franklin, manager/brother of Aretha Franklin). Sense of “accomplish something respectable” evolved from sense “to make a stand, to exhibit, to demonstrate (in a challenging way)” inherent in the fighting sense. Sense of “to make a contribution” likely influenced by sense “to make a stand”, as in “are you in?”, “will you stand up and contribute?” 1. To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully. Labels: transitive Example: The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered. 2. To destroy or demolish. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to throw down a tower 3. To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully. Labels: idiomatic, slang, transitive Example: ...this guide tracks the artists and recordings that throw down the funk! Example: “Punch up the rhymes. Throw down some beats. Show off that body. You'll be unstoppable.” 4. To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent". Labels: broadly, idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: Yeah, they could literally throw down. When their sound came out, it was earth-shaking. Example: “You're performing for the who's who of radio and records at the Soul Train Awards tonight and you've got to throw down”. 5. To drink a large amount quickly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: "We need to finish these five pitchers in half an hour, so throw down as fast as you can!" 6. To fight; to make a stand. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: Age ain't nothin' but a number / Throwin' down ain't nothin' but a thing / This lovin' I have for you, it'll never change Example: Let's you and me 'throw down' right here, right now! 7. To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: "We're goin' in on a pizza; you in?" "Yeah, I'll throw down."
Word: tjaele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish tjäle, which is descended from Old Swedish *þiæli, from Old Norse þeli (“frozen ground”), which is related to þel (“nap on wool; underwool”), and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪlə/ 1. frozen ground Labels: uncountable
Word: tjalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch. 1. An old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast. Labels: historical
Word: abstracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abstract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abstracts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abstract Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abstracting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abstract Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: microchunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + chunk. 1. A very small piece. 2. Part of a product or service made available separately from its traditional package.
Word: microchunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + chunk. 1. To split up a product or service sold traditionally as a package. Labels: transitive Example: If I were a television executive right now, I'd take my content, microchunk it, put a couple calls to a video ad server in the middle of it, and let it go wherever it wants to go.
Word: concert grand Part of Speech: noun 1. A large grand piano, especially one used for concert performances.
Word: chingadera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish chingadera. 1. A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget. Labels: US, vulgar Example: 1946, My Darling Clementine, dir. John Ford, written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller “There goes that chingadera again.” Example: “The chingadera was heavy. […]”
Word: abutting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abut + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/ 1. Facing each other, front to front. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abutting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From abut + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of abut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abutting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abut + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/ 1. abutment Example: the abuttings of roads
Word: accedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acceded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accede Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acceded.
Word: accelerates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accelerate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɛnts/, /ˈæk.sənts/ 1. plural of accent Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accents.
Word: accents Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɛnts/, /ˈæk.sənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accented Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an accent.
Word: manchette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -ica Latin manica Old French manche Middle French manche French manche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French manchettebor. English manchette Borrowed from French manchette. Pronunciation: /mɒ̃ˈʃɛt/, /mɑnˈʃɛt/ 1. An ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance. Labels: historical 2. A sheath of microtubules which surrounds and extends tailwards from the nucleus of developing spermatids. 3. A special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand. 4. A paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat. 5. An upholstered arm on a wooden-frame chair like a bergère or fauteuil. 6. A vertical heading within a newspaper article. 7. A sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag.
Word: sabreur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sabreur. 1. A fencer who fights with a sabre.
Word: accentuates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accentuate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accepts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpts/, /ɪkˈsɛpts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accept Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accepts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpts/, /ɪkˈsɛpts/ 1. plural of accept Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fencer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fence + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛnsə/, /ˈfɛnsəɹ/, [ˈfɛnsɚ] 1. A participant in the sport of fencing. 2. A person who makes, installs, repairs, or maintains fences. 3. A person who purchases stolen goods or property from another thief. Labels: slang
Word: accepting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌækˈsɛp.tɪŋ/, /ˌəkˈsɛp.tɪŋ/, /ˌɪkˈsɛp.tɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of accept Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accepting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌækˈsɛp.tɪŋ/, /ˌəkˈsɛp.tɪŋ/, /ˌɪkˈsɛp.tɪŋ/ 1. Characterized by acceptance. Example: open and accepting Example: genuinely accepting
Word: accesses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæksɛsɪz/, /ˈækˌsɛsɪz/ 1. plural of access Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accesses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæksɛsɪz/, /əkˈsɛsɪz/, /ˈækˌsɛsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of access Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lamé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French lame French -é French lamébor. English lamé Borrowed from French lamé. 1. A fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton. Labels: uncountable Example: Their king, Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), an epicene seven-footer with a shaved head and what looks like a gold-lamé thong, lounges on cushions in his court, surrounded by aroused lesbians intertwined and writhing like snakes in a basket. 2. The electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers. Labels: countable
Word: acclaims Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkleɪmz/ 1. plural of acclaim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acclaims Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkleɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acclaim Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acclaiming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acclaim Middle English -ynge English -ing English acclaiming From acclaim + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈkleɪmɪŋ/ 1. That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically. Example: Attended by a glad acclaiming Train, / Of thoſe he reſcu'd had from gaping Hell, / Then turn'd the Knight; […]
Word: acclaiming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English acclaim Middle English -ynge English -ing English acclaiming From acclaim + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈkleɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of acclaim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: black card Part of Speech: noun 1. A penalty card issued by an official in several sports for infractions. 2. A penalty card issued by an official in several sports for infractions. 3. An expensive and exclusive credit card that allows its users access to various luxuries.
Word: acclimatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acclimatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acclimatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acclimatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acclimatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of acclimatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: acclimatized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having undergone acclimatization. Labels: not-comparable
Word: destreza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish diestro Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Spanish -eza Spanish destrezabor. English destreza Borrowed from Spanish destreza. 1. A Spanish type of fencing (duelling sport). Labels: uncountable
Word: accommodates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accommodate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tlachtli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlachtli. 1. A ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs; evolved into the ulama game. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline. 2. The high-walled court in which this game was played. Labels: countable, historical, usually
Word: Tlapanec Part of Speech: noun 1. An Indian people from Mexico. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Tlapanec Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: attack au fer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French attaque au fer. 1. An attack on the opponent's blade, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure
Word: Tlingit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkɪt/, /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/ 1. A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia. Example: Today (about fifty years later) it is not likely that any Tlingit would make quite these mistakes. Even if they have never seen a live sheep, probably they have all seen pictures of them. But the same kind of mistakes are still with us today. We meet them in translation of verses, of Bible stories and the choruses that the Tlingits sing.
Word: Tlingit Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkɪt/, /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/ 1. the language of these people
Word: Tlingit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkɪt/, /ˈ(t)lɪŋɡɪt/ 1. of, or relating to these people or their language Labels: not-comparable
Word: accomplishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accomplish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accomplishing.
Word: accomplishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accomplish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tobacconist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tobacco English -n- 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 tobacconist From tobacco + -n- + -ist. 1. A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items. Labels: dated 2. A tobacconist's shop. Labels: dated Example: This historic and fragrant tobacconist of old still today is decorated with team pictures and other Harvardiana […] 3. A person who is addicted to smoking tobacco. Labels: dated
Word: accords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accords Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accord Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accorded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɔɹdɪd/, /əˈkɔːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of accord Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accorded.
Word: accosts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accost Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accounted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of account Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accounted.
Word: accoutres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accoutre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accoutring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accoutre Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monoculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English monoculture From mono- + culture. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnoʊˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. The cultivation of a single crop at a time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Monocultures are bad for the environment; as we forced golden, waving wheat to take over the planet, other species faltered and failed, rather than rising on their merits. Example: As we Irish discovered in the great famine of 1845-49, monocultures are generally not a good idea and we abandon biodiversity at our peril. Farrell and Berjon make the same point about our online world: the internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. 2. A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It also isn’t going to be broadcast on TV networks that yearn to re-create the previous century’s monoculture. Our attention spans and tastes keep fracturing, and the ratings for late-night comedy keep declining. Example: We must end the collusive relationship between government, Big Tech, Big Finance and corporate media that creates an ideological monoculture eager to punish people for their beliefs.
Word: monoculture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English monoculture From mono- + culture. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnoʊˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. To cultivate such a crop
Word: accrediting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɛdɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of accredit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accredits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɛdɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accredit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chugs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌɡz/ 1. plural of chug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chugs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accrued Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of accrue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accrued Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuːd/ 1. Having increased through accrual; having risen over time or due to financial transactions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: accruing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of accrue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accruing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuːɪŋ/ 1. An amount that is accrued. Example: accruings of interest
Word: accrues Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accrue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accrues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuːz/ 1. plural of accrue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accuses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accuse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accusing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of accuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:accusing.
Word: accusing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ 1. Accusatory. Example: Both figures looked upstage at the model of a white statue which pointed down at them with the accusing finger of an Italian traffic policeman or wartime recruiting poster.
Word: accusing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ 1. Accusation. Example: What are these accusings and self-approbations, but a fearful looking-for of judgment, and a prophesying that verily there is a reward for the righteous — natural indications, in short, of a future state?
Word: accustoms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accustom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accustoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accustom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accustoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accustom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: colonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pheromone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From φέρω (phérō, “I bring, bear, carry”) and hormone. 1. A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.
Word: meatball surgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined or popularised by Richard Hooker in the novel MASH (1968). 1. Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meatball, surgery. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: livery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/ 1. Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And while the moralist, who is holding forth on the cover ( an accurate portrait of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed: yet, look you, one is bound to speak the truth as far as one knows it, whether one mounts a cap and bells or a shovel hat; and a deal of disagreeable matter must come out in the course of such an undertaking. Example: Going into the hall he saw a handsome groom, in a braided livery and a bear fur cape, holding a white fur cloak. 2. The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press. Example: The glass fibre body has the advantage of lightness and obviates the need for painting as the material is self-coloured in the standard B.R. maroon livery. 4. A taxicab or limousine. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. The delivery of property from one owner to the next. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The writ by which property is obtained. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: […] Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. 8. A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 9. An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great post, and white wine, and sugar. 10. Release from wardship; deliverance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It concerned them first to sue out their livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative. 11. A low grade of wool. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Outward markings, fittings or appearance Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When forty winters shall beseige thy brow, dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field, Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:
Word: livery Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/ 1. To clothe. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: He liveried his servants in the most modest of clothing.
Word: livery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *livery, from Old English lifriġ (“relating to the liver, livery”), equivalent to liver + -y. 1. Like liver. Example: We are happy for the chopped mushrooms within the warm goose liver paté, for the coarse, highly seasoned wedge has a robust livery flavour the 'shrooms manage to ease. Example: A second test was similar, but we brought the internal temperature up to 130 degrees; the texture was chewy, the meat tasted livery, and had not melted. 2. Queasy, liverish. Example: He woke feeling livery, and aware that he had overslept the morning. Example: The biliousness and livery feeling will disappear and the feeling of joy and happiness will be the reward.
Word: Ariel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). * (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel’s permission. Ariel is the name of the leading sylph in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and also the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹiəl/, /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/ 1. A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine. Example: Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. 2. A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature. Example: Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. Example: All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality. 3. A female given name from Hebrew, used mainly since the 1980s. Example: "I'm going to name her Ariel," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty." Example: All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come. 4. The brightest moon of the planet Uranus. 5. An Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank.
Word: echinoderm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French échinoderme, corresponding to echino- + -derm, after plural of 18th-century Latin echinoderma. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkaɪnə(ʊ)ˌdɜːm/, /ɪˈkɪ-/, /ɪˈkaɪnəˌdɝm/, /ɪˈkaɪnoʊˌdɝm/, /əˈkaɪ.nəˌdərm/ 1. An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars. Example: Comparatively few additions were therefore made to the previously known Echinoderm-fauna of Brazil, only a single species, a Leptasterias, being with certainty new to science. Example: Many echinoderms are still bilateral as larvae, and swim freely in the ocean like baby fish.
Word: universality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English universalite, from Middle French universalité, from Old French, from Late Latin universalitas. By surface analysis, universal + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/, /ˌju.nɪ.vɝˈsæl.ə.ti/, [ˌju.nɪ.vɝˈsæl.ə.ɾi], /ˌjʉː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/, [ˌjʉː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ɾi] 1. the property of being universal, common to all members of a class Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: canvassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of canvass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: canvassing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who canvasses or solicits. Example: The thoroughness required by your explicit instructions, together with the strong desire that these repeated canvassings should be executed in so careful a manner as to establish reliable data, has no doubt tended materially to produce the gratifying result.
Word: da capo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian da capo. Pronunciation: /dəˈkæpəʊ/ 1. From the beginning. Labels: not-comparable 2. from scratch Labels: not-comparable
Word: bril Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of luminance equal to tfrac 1 10⁷π candela per square metre. Example: In the experiments, the brightness in brils was measured as a function of luminance for various adaptation levels of the eye. Example: Here, Q is brightness (or perceived luminance), measured in brils.
Word: gracht Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch gracht. 1. A canal in a city, with houses on each side. Example: Besides the grachts enumerated, there is an inner semicircular one, called the Cingel, the name usually given to the outer fosse; a much wider space, called the Binnen Amstel, receiving the first inlet of water from the river of that name; several capacious basons or docks; and at least a hundred smaller grachts, or canal-streets.
Word: kryptonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a fictional radioactive element, kryptonite, that has a detrimental effect on the otherwise invulnerable character Superman. Formed from Superman's home planet Krypton + -ite, which was named after the chemical element krypton. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪptənaɪt/ 1. The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated. Example: So while recording or sampling a Charlie Manson track […] makes for shock rock kudos aplenty, a devotion to Hubbard is kryptonite for credibility. 2. Crack cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: kryptonite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a fictional radioactive element, kryptonite, that has a detrimental effect on the otherwise invulnerable character Superman. Formed from Superman's home planet Krypton + -ite, which was named after the chemical element krypton. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪptənaɪt/ 1. To expose to, or attack with, kryptonite. Example: And even those two were pretty puny, like Superman after he had been kryptonited. 2. To destroy, wreck, or ruin; to affect adversely, as Superman is affected by kryptonite. Labels: figuratively
Word: toe the line Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, with multiple competing etymologies and some theorizing the phrasing originated from the United States and others the United Kingdom. 1. To abide by the rules or conventions; (politics, in particular) to follow the party line. Labels: idiomatic Example: Television shows these days do not always toe the line of decency and common sense. Example: The matter, therefore, necessarily became rather serious; and the whole gang of us being sent for on the quarter deck, we were ranged in a line, each with his toes at the edge of a plank, according to the orthodox fashion of these gregarious scoldings, technically called ‘toe-the-line matches.’ 2. To stand at one's mark before a footrace. Labels: idiomatic Example: Alberto Salazar is one of the most famous athletes to have toed the line at this great race. 3. To be on a boundary or in a grey area between two states. Labels: idiomatic Example: Her stories often toe the line between fact and fiction. Example: Still other performers like St. Louis's Nelly or Long Beach's Domino toed the line between rapper and singer, defying easy categorization. 4. To push boundaries imposed by an authority; to push the envelope; to flirt with crossing the line. Labels: nonstandard Example: You were really toeing the line there with those comments. Example: "I happen to agree with you," he said. "But they don't want to leave themselves open to getting sued. And anyway, you're really sort of toeing the line with this video to start with. It's pretty risqué."
Word: toffee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of taffy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒfi/, /ˈtɔfi/, /ˈtɑfi/, /ˈtɔfe/, /-fɪ/ 1. A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. Labels: uncountable 2. A small, individual piece of toffee. Labels: countable Example: The tin is 6½ in. high and 4 in. in diameter, and has a domed snap-on lid with knob; it will hold 1 lb. of toffees. 3. Any kind of sweets; candy. Labels: Northern-England, countable, uncountable 4. Nonsense; rubbish. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: What a load of old toffee!
Word: toffee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An alteration of taffy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒfi/, /ˈtɔfi/, /ˈtɑfi/, /ˈtɔfe/, /-fɪ/ 1. To coat in toffee. Labels: transitive Example: The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle. Example: But all the eating up of shoo-fly pie, and the cooking up of gauzy cumuli of pink candy, and the toffeeing of crab apples, couldn't hide the fact that we were winter-bound.
Word: technocrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from technocracy, equivalent to techno- + -crat. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/ 1. An advocate of technocracy. 2. An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role. Example: Another by now trusted technocrat, d'Aguesseau, returned as Chancellor, initiating down to his death in 1751 landmark judicial reforms. Example: Would the site’s community of decentralized, uncompensated editors continue to govern it according to its principles of openness, transparency, and neutrality, or would a handful of highly paid NGO technocrats re-orient Wikipedia toward endorsing and promoting the ever-shifting currents of the Western elite social justice regime? 3. A person who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion. Example: We are technocrats who focus on efficiency. We get little training about the ends of economics, on the meaning of well-being—welfare economics has long since vanished from the curriculum—or on what philosophers say about equality.
Word: plumb bob Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.
Word: Brahman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman). 1. A breed of beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder. Example: The coins of this dynasty are all marked with the figures of the Brahman Bull and a horseman; and it is remarkable that this very Hindú device was retained by the Mohammedan sovereigns who reigned over the same countries. 2. A Brahmin Labels: dated
Word: Brahman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman). 1. The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools. Labels: Hinduism
Word: Siva Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Shiva. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plumb line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plumblyne, equivalent to plumb + line. 1. A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet. 2. Any vertical reference line.
Word: toffy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of toffee. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: toffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toff + -y. 1. Posh, upper-class; snooty. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, derogatory Example: As for that accent of his, his speaking in a toffy English way, it's got toffier since we've known him. Example: Rather it lurks in the now-republished photos of Mr Osborne in the Fauntleroy outfit of the Bullingdon club, a toffy Oxford society of which he was a member at the same time as Mr Rothschild (and of which David Cameron, the Tory leader, is also an alumnus).
Word: for toffee Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At all, especially of a (completely lacking) skill or ability. Labels: UK, emphatic, idiomatic, intensifier Example: I can't swim for toffee. Example: This book was always going to be on the cards. As her work testifies, she [Tracey Emin] may not be able to spell for toffee but words are very important to her.