nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bafflegab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From baffle + gab, coined 1952. Pronunciation: /ˈbæfəlɡæb/ 1. To use pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language. Labels: rare
Word: aeronautical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- English nautical English aeronautical From aero- + nautical. 1. Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight Example: If anybody snickers, put 'em in their place by reminding them that the annular wing is a very old aeronautical principle.
Word: just another pretty face Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who is attractive, but not too distinguished in other areas. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic Example: After screening her application, the office manager decided that the young woman was just another pretty face and decided to hire someone who was better. Example: A former underwear model, he was always afraid of being seen as just another pretty face.
Word: game face Part of Speech: noun 1. The expression of one who is prepared for or is facing a lot of difficult and/or undesirable work, especially when it is imminent. Labels: idiomatic Example: The editor told his star reporter to put his game face on, because he was going to cover a potentially hours-long city council meeting where they were going to discuss the controversial issue and tempers were expected to flare. 2. A facial expression used to prevent giving away one's emotions. Labels: idiomatic
Word: transclude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from transclusion. 1. To replace a template or other input with its rendered text, such as when parsing wikitext. Labels: transitive Example: Transcopyright, Permission to Transclude Publicly. Example: Finally, at the very bottom of the edit window is a list of transcluded pages—generally, but not always, these are templates (page 17). 2. To include by transclusion. Labels: transitive 3. To process fetched data in-line. Labels: transitive
Word: gay bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A tavern or similar nightclub whose primary clientele are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Example: Hey, but wait a minute, man, that's a gay bar Example: One unidentified man spoke of how he was approached to "go to the Gents" with an MP at an event for young political activists while another man described how an MP invited his entire office staff to a gay bar. 2. A gay strip club Labels: Philippines
Word: gofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From go + fer (for), as in “go for coffee” or “go for that document” etc. Possibly also a pun on the rodent gopher, animals known for both their vast tunneling and their hoarding activities. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊfɚ/ 1. A worker who runs errands; an errand boy. Labels: informal Example: They were learning to do what in all my years in the music business I never saw — which was women running a record company, women producing concerts, women learning to be engineers, women moving into this absolutely all-male enclave. You never saw a woman in any of those positions, in any of that work except as secretaries and "go-fers". Example: More and more people agreed to help with the mailings, the hand-distribution of flyers, and telephonings. Others agreed to be gofers and fetchers.
Word: Quixote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Don Quixote. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪk.sət/, /ˈkwɪk.səʊt/, /kɪˈhəʊ.ti/ 1. One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist. Example: I had once determined to fix the terrible Name of some Man of War in the Front of your History, a perfect Hero, that should like another Quixot defend your Reputation right, or wrong [...]. Example: Few things can more inflame / This far too combative heart / Than the intellectual Quixotes of the age / Prattling of abstract art.
Word: rents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rents Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of 'rents. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: pacate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pācātus, perfect passive participle of pācō (“to make peaceful, pacify”), from pāx (“peace”). 1. peaceful, tranquil Labels: obsolete Example: 1710, Matthew Henry, quoting a "learned Mr. Smith", "Preface" to Commentary on the Whole Bible Mr. Smith, in his Discourse before quoted, though he supposes this kind of divine inspiration to be more "pacate and serene than that which was strictly called prophecy […] " 2. pacified, placated Labels: obsolete
Word: pacated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pācātus + -ed, By surface analysis, pacate + -d. 1. pacified, placated Labels: not-comparable
Word: dropsical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔́δρωψ (hŭ́drōps)bor. Latin hydrōps Late Latin hydropisiader. Old French ydropisiebor. Middle English idropesie English dropsy 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 dropsical From dropsy + -ical. 1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema). Example: Mrs Springer on her painful dropsical legs comes down talking.
Word: garret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹɪt/, /ˈɡɛɹɪt/ 1. An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house. Example: This morning (we living lately in the garret,) I rose, put on my suit with great skirts, having not lately worn any other clothes but them. Example: On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.
Word: repristinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pristine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English repristinate From re- + pristine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To restore something to an older or original state. Labels: transitive Example: Persons lapsed lying under the censure of the Church thus, and so long, it will not be amiss to enquire how they spent their time in this interim, and by what degrees they were repristinated and rendred in their former state. Example: 1753, uncredited translator, The Source, the Strength, and the True Spirit of Laws by Giovanni Cattaneo, London: Lockyer Davis, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 88, The sovereign Intelligence that produced all Things, and acts incessantly in Nature, to conserve, correct and repristinate or renew it, is therefore the sole Source of this universal Law […]
Word: parboiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of parboil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: parboiled Part of Speech: adj 1. partially boiled
Word: monolingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English monolingual From mono- + lingual. 1. Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language. Example: Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual setting.
Word: monolingual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English monolingual From mono- + lingual. 1. a person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot
Word: inky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-? Proto-Hellenic *káyyō Ancient Greek καίω (kaíō) Ancient Greek καυστός (kaustós) Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston)bor. Late Latin encaustumder. Old French enquebor. Middle English ynke English ink Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English inky From ink + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋki/ 1. Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark. Example: One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […] Example: Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds. 2. Spattered or stained with ink. 3. Dark-skinned; black. Labels: literary, obsolete Example: The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea.
Word: knavery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English knave Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English knavery From knave + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəɹi/ 1. The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Harry Monmouth, being in his right wittes and his good iudgements, turn'd away the fat Knight with the great belly doublet: he was full of ieſts, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes; I haue forgot his name. Example: The young Oxonian, on the contrary, had led out one of his maiden aunts, on whom the rogue played a thousand little knaveries with impunity; he was full of practical jokes, and his delight was to tease his aunts and cousins; yet, like all mad-cap youngsters, he was a universal favourite among the women. 2. An unprincipled action; deceit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Caſsio’s a proper man, let me ſee now, / To get his place and to make vp my will, / A double knauery—how, how,—let me see, […] Example: [A]s our little Traffick with the Natives was hitherto upon the Faith of their firſt Kindneſs, we found ſome Knavery among them at laſt; for having bought ſome Cattel of them for our Toys, […] one of our Men differing with his Chapman, truly they huff’d him in their Manner, and keeping the things he had offered them for the Cattel, made their Fellows drive away the Cattel before his Face, and laugh at him; […]
Word: lessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jägermeister Part of Speech: name Etymology: Brand name, from German Jägermeister (literally “master hunter”). Pronunciation: /ˈjeɪɡərmaɪstər/ 1. A German digestif flavored with a mixture of herbs and spices. Example: How did a German digestif that tastes like cough syrup end up in Leeds nightclubs? We explore the phenomenon of Jägermeister[.]
Word: Jägermeister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Brand name, from German Jägermeister (literally “master hunter”). Pronunciation: /ˈjeɪɡərmaɪstər/ 1. A serving of Jägermeister. Example: Last winter, I was amazed to find almost every mountain cafe peddling tasteful interior design alongside the hot chocolates and Jägermeisters.
Word: broma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊmə/, /ˈbɹoʊmə/ 1. A light form of prepared cocoa, or the drink made from it. 2. Aliment; food. Labels: obsolete
Word: daftness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English daft 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 daftness From daft + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːftnəs/, /ˈdæftnəs/ 1. Property of being daft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's no end to their daftness if they once start on that track. A lawfu' trade's a lawfu' trade, says I, and it's contrary to public policy to pit it at the mercy of wheen cranks. D'ye no agree, sir? By the way, I havena got your name? 2. Something that is daft. Labels: countable
Word: sulu Part of Speech: noun 1. An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
Word: sun letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Arabic حَرْف شَمْسِيّ (ḥarf šamsiyy). 1. One of fourteen Arabic letters that cause the "L" of a preceding definite article اَل (al-) to be assimilated in pronunciation. The sun letter suppresses the sound of the "L" and then geminates: al + ṣīn = aṣ-ṣīn. The effect of the sun letter is limited to pronunciation and does not affect the spelling, except that a shadda may be written over the sun letter and in the fully vocalised spelling lām lacks any diacritics: الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn). The fourteen sun letters are ت (t), ث (ṯ), د (d), ذ (ḏ), ر (r), ز (z), س (s), ش (š), ص (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط (ṭ), ظ (ẓ), ل (l), ن (n). Phonetically, they represent coronal consonants.
Word: sun letters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sun letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably related to cove (“a fellow”). 1. An idiot, or fool. Labels: Scotland Example: "Georgie Gleg is odious to me. He always has been. For all his good heart he's a coof and a simp." 2. Someone who was not born and raised on Nantucket, especially someone from Cape Cod. Labels: derogatory Example: They called them "strangers" or, even worse, "coofs," a term of disparagement originally reserved for Cape Codders but broadened to include all of those unlucky enough to have been born on the mainland. Example: Intimidated by her husband’s family, she felt that in this house she would forever be regarded as a foreign maid, a stranger, a coof, a person outside Nantucket history. […] This has been accomplished not only by the integration of many arrivals who have been called at various moments in Nantucket history “strangers,” “coofs,” and “washashores” (the current pejorative), but also by the belated recognition of people who have lived on Nantucket throughout its centuries without being given place in its public history.
Word: coof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cough. 1. COVID-19. Labels: Internet, uncountable 2. COVID-19. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: moon letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Arabic حَرْف قَمَرِيّ (ḥarf qamariyy). 1. One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the "L" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The "L" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced "L" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʔān). The fourteen moon letters are: ء (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), ع (ʕ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)
Word: moon letters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moon letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superscribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin superscrīboder. English superscribe From Latin superscrībo (“write over”). By surface analysis, super- + scribe. Pronunciation: /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/ 1. to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above. Labels: transitive Example: He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent. 2. to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope. Labels: transitive Example: His wife superscribed her own notes on each of his letters before sending them in packets to the editor. 3. To address (an envelope etc.). Labels: transitive Example: That Friday, which began like any other, when my fate was brought up from the kitchen, superscribed to me, and put into my ignorant hand.
Word: inclement Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inclēmēns (“unmerciful, severe”), from in- (“not”) + clēmēns (“mild, placid”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/, /ˈɪn.kləm.ənt/ 1. Stormy, of rough weather; not clement. Example: inclement weather Example: Starless exposed, and ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round, inclement sky; / Save on that side which from the wall of Heaven, / Though distant far, some small reflection gains / Of glimmering air less vexed with tempest loud. 2. Merciless, unrelenting. Labels: obsolete Example: He lived in the world, as the last of the Grisly Bears lived in settled Missouri. And as when Spring and Summer had departed, that wild Logan of the woods, burying himself in the hollow of a tree, lived out the winter there, sucking his own paws; so, in his inclement, howling old age, Ahab’s soul, shut up in the caved trunk of his body, there fed upon the sullen paws of its gloom! Example: By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect. 3. Unmercifully severe in temper or action. Labels: archaic
Word: spidered Part of Speech: adj 1. infested by spiders; covered in cobwebs Example: Three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-Windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an Arizona noon.
Word: spidered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spider Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: minute hand Part of Speech: noun 1. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes.
Word: hour hand Part of Speech: noun 1. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.
Word: mimetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mīmēticus or its etymon Ancient Greek μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”). By surface analysis, mime + -etic. Pronunciation: /mɪˈmɛtɪk/, /məˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌmaɪˈmɛtɪk/ 1. Exhibiting mimesis. Example: No enthusiasm recalled by mimetic art could hold poise with the intensity of the actual exultation of the Athenians on that day when they saw the Persian fleet hacked to pieces in the narrow strait. 2. Imitative. Example: This is a planned city, built wholesale from scratch, and coloured with a mimetic sense of humour. Lusail has a replica Place Vendôme. Lusail has a fake Beverly Hills (still under construction).
Word: mimetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mīmēticus or its etymon Ancient Greek μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”). By surface analysis, mime + -etic. Pronunciation: /mɪˈmɛtɪk/, /məˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌmaɪˈmɛtɪk/ 1. Something mimetic or imitative. 2. A type of mnemonic in the form of a picture. 3. A substance with similar pharmacological effects as another substance or as a lifestyle intervention such as diet or exercise. Example: caloric restriction mimetic Example: exercise mimetic
Word: gnosticism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Gnosticism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fenestrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin fenestro, from the noun fenestra (“window”). 1. Having windows. 2. Having perforations through the leaves or fistulate/hollow/tubular stems/trunks.
Word: fenestrated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin fenestro, from the noun fenestra (“window”). 1. simple past and past participle of fenestrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: omnitheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English theism English omnitheism From omni- + theism. 1. The belief that all religions contain a core recognition of the same god or gods. Labels: uncountable 2. The belief that every entity is a god. Labels: uncountable Example: In other words, omni-theism is merely the other side of humanistic atheism: Both reduce life to the human center. 3. The belief in all gods; pantheism. Labels: uncountable
Word: interlocutress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English interlocutor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English interlocutress From interlocutor + -ess. 1. A female interlocutor. Example: Milly hereupon replied appreciatively that such a description of herself made her feel as if pink paper were her dress and lavender its trimming; but Aunt Maud was not to be deterred by a weak joke from keeping it up. Her interlocutress could feel besides that she kept it up in perfect sincerity.
Word: duodenitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English duodenum Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English duodenitis From duodenum + -itis. 1. Inflammation of the duodenum. Labels: uncountable
Word: genio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian genio. Doublet of genius. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːniəʊ/ 1. Somebody having a particular way of thinking. Labels: archaic, rare Example: Some genios which are not capable of pure affection […]
Word: call centre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of call center. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: birdlime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/, /ˈbɝdlaɪm/ 1. A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds. Labels: uncountable 2. Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: birdlime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/, /ˈbɝdlaɪm/ 1. To add birdlime to. Labels: transitive
Word: lacks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /læks/ 1. plural of lack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lacks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /læks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: imploring Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: imploring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of implore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imploring Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who implores; imploration. Example: But on the night that Nekhludov seduces Maslova, he forces his way past doors, implorings, and physical resistance.
Word: blackberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackberries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blackberry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antichlor Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance used to remove excess chlorine or hypochlorite from textiles etc after bleaching; typically sodium thiosulfate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chlorine water Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution of chlorine in water used as a bleaching agent Labels: uncountable
Word: chlorine fluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. Any binary compound of chlorine and fluorine.
Word: chlorine monofluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. A gaseous binary compound, CF, of chlorine and fluorine. Labels: uncountable
Word: chlorine trifluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. A poisonous gaseous binary compound, CF₃, of chlorine and fluorine. Labels: uncountable Example: Chlorine trifluoride, ClF₃, or "CTF" as the engineers insist on calling it, is a colorless gas, a greenish liquid, or a white solid. It boils at 12° (so that a trivial pressure will keep it liquid at room temperature) and freezes at a convenient —76°... It is also quite probably the most vigorous fluorinating agent in existence—much more vigorous than fluorine itself... It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water—with which it reacts explosively.
Word: chlorine pentafluoride Part of Speech: noun 1. A gaseous hypervalent binary compound, CF₅, of chlorine and fluorine. Labels: uncountable
Word: nodus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node. 1. A difficulty. 2. In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.
Word: chlorine oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any binary compound of chlorine and oxygen.
Word: chloriniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine English -i- English -ferous English chloriniferous From chlorine + -i- + -ferous. 1. containing, or yielding chlorine Labels: rare
Word: chlorinise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine English -ise English chlorinise From chlorine + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of chlorinize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chlorinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English chlorinize From chlorine + -ize. 1. To chlorinate. Labels: transitive
Word: chlorinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English chlorinous From chlorine + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈklɔːɹ.ɪn.əs/ 1. Containing or involving chlorine.
Word: chloruret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chlorine + -uret, attested from 1815, never really competitive with chloride it attempted to replace, obsolete by late 19th c. 1. chloride Labels: obsolete
Word: Amrita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). 1. Anglicization of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”) Labels: uncountable
Word: sassafras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders. If this etymology is correct, it is a doublet of saxifrage. Pronunciation: /ˈsasəfɹas/ 1. A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood. Labels: countable 2. A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras. Labels: countable 3. The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer. Labels: uncountable Example: our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love.
Word: Sassafras Part of Speech: name 1. A locality in Latrobe council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. 2. A locality in the City of Knox and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
Word: satellite navigation system Part of Speech: noun 1. Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references. 2. A satellite network used for implementing such a system. 3. A navigation device that implements access to such a system, having satellite signal receivers to access the satellite network.
Word: hovering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hover Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hovering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who hovers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.
Word: saturable reactor Part of Speech: noun 1. an iron-core inductor whose inductance may be changed by varying the permeability of the core; used to control large alternating currents such as in theatre light dimmers
Word: escalating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of escalate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anthropometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anthropometry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anthropometric From anthropometry + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɛtɹɪk/, [ˌɛənθɹəpəˈmɛtɹɪk], /ˌænθɹəpəˈmetɹɪk/ 1. of, or relating to anthropometry Example: The first laboratory visit involved a familiarisation session, anthropometric measurements, and baseline 1RM testing for isometric and dynamic concentric and eccentric contractions using an electromechanical dynamometer (System 4 Pro, Biodex Medical Systems, New York, USA).
Word: compiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of compile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saturation current Part of Speech: noun 1. the maximum current that can be obtained in a specific circuit under specified conditions
Word: scanning electron microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. An electron microscope whose image is made up of a matrix of points from scanning the surface of a sample.
Word: scanning tunneling microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to form an image of the surface of a conductor or semiconductor with atomic resolution.
Word: exoplanet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- (“outside; extrasolar”) + planet. Pronunciation: /ˈɛksoʊˌplænət/, /ˈɛksəʊˌplænɪt/ 1. A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system. Example: More such announcements will likely come in the months to follow, as the first space observatory dedicated to hunting exoplanets, called COROT, begins full operation and researchers complete their calculations. Example: In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
Word: scapolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek a staff, or Latin scapus a stem, stalk + -lite. 1. Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aftermarket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English market English aftermarket From after- + market. 1. The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer. 2. The industry that serves that market. 3. Trading activity in a security immediately following its initial offering to the public.
Word: aftermarket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English market English aftermarket From after- + market. 1. To sell goods or services in the aftermarket.
Word: dwarf planet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by analogy with dwarf star, as part of a tripartite classification of planets: classical planets (the big 8 in the Sol system), satellite planets (planetary-mass moons) and dwarf planets. Redefined by the IAU in 2006 to be a category of sub-planetary objects. 1. A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit. Example: A member of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere.
Word: DWIM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of do what I mean: a wished-for feature in computer systems, offering magical freedom from the often frustrating discrepancies between one's intentions and the actual effects of a command. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism
Word: attainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attain + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/, /əˈtæɪ.nə.bəl/ 1. Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained. Example: Chriſtians, this aſſuring Faith is attainable; pray for it, and vigorouſly preſs after it that you may be ſealed up unto the day of Redemption, that ſo an Entrance may be miniſtred unto you, into the everlaſting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, [...]. Example: He even neglected to open his Apprehenſions to Livia, leſt ſhe ſhould be ſo much alarmed, as to be upon her Guard, and thereby render the Enjoyment of his Pleaſures more ſeldom attainable.
Word: attainable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attain + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/, /əˈtæɪ.nə.bəl/ 1. Something that can be attained. Example: In this Account God gives of himſelf, there's a beautiful Variety of the moſt uſeful and noble Attainables, to excite our greatest Diligence, [...] Example: So is good housing and medical care and all the other attainables which lead to a better life. But we've allowed these common goals to be compartmentalized and labeled for "special" groups only.
Word: indisposed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English disposed English indisposed From in- + disposed. 1. Mildly ill. Example: He was indisposed with a cold. 2. Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling. Example: I stayed indoors all day, feeling indisposed to finish mowing the lawn. 3. Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically): Labels: euphemistic 4. Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically): Labels: euphemistic
Word: incensed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See incense. 1. Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry. Example: Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday. 2. Emitting fire from its mouth, often its ears, and sometimes elsewhere. Example: […] between two lions passant azure, incensed gules, three besants;[…] Example: Argent, a lion rampant gules, incensed azure;
Word: incensed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See incense. 1. simple past and past participle of incense Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accounts receivable Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of account receivable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accounts receivable Part of Speech: noun 1. The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: accounts payable Part of Speech: noun 1. The total amount of money that is owed by a customer to its suppliers of goods and services and is counted by the customer as a current unpaid debt. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: When such a practice is to be followed, two methods may be employed: (1) accounts payable may be reported net or (2) accounts payable may be reported at the gross invoice price with a payable offset balance or liability valuation account reporting the purchases discounts available. Example: Cost of goods sold are divided by the accounts payable to get the payables turn ratio.
Word: accounts payable Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of account payable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conscious parallelism Part of Speech: noun 1. Price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: price fixing Part of Speech: noun 1. In antitrust law, collusion between competitors in order to raise prices, at the expense of the consumer. Labels: uncountable
Word: buy it Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it. * In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch. 1. To die. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: He bought it in a shootout. 2. To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it. Example: He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it.
Word: constructive eviction Part of Speech: noun 1. The breach of a landlord or tenant relationship that occurs when the landlord does not order the tenant to leave the property, but allows the property occupied by the tenant to fall into such poor condition that it is no longer suitable for occupancy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: constructive evictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of constructive eviction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inside-the-Beltway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derives from the Beltway, a highway that encircles Washington, D.C. Transferred to New Zealand. 1. within the portions of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia encircled by Interstate 495 (the Washington Beltway) Labels: US, not-comparable 2. of or relating to things that occur in Washington, D.C., usually in relation to United States national politics. Labels: US, not-comparable 3. out of touch with the sentiments of people living outside of Washington, D.C.; elitist, insular Labels: US, derogatory, not-comparable 4. of or relating to New Zealand politics in the capital city of Wellington, New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand, not-comparable
Word: Katrine Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek of Danish origin, occasionally used in English.
Word: level-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From level + headed. 1. Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment. Labels: idiomatic Example: I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution. Example: I'm very happy that the community around me is relatively level headed and usually within reason.
Word: in good hands Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Under the guidance of a capable being.
Word: HIV positive Part of Speech: adj 1. Infected by HIV. Labels: not-comparable
Word: at the moment Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At this moment; right now. Example: Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment. Example: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment. 2. At that time; then. Labels: dated Example: 'I had the same idea as you,' the Director was saying. 'Wanted to have a look at the savages. Got a permit for New Mexico and went there for my summer holiday. With the girl I was having at the moment. […]
Word: galeophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós), a type of shark with weasel-like markings, derived from γαλῆ (galê), γαλέη (galéē, “weasel, cat”) + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ɡəˌliəˈfoʊbiə/ 1. The irrational fear of sharks or dogfish. Labels: uncountable 2. The irrational fear of cats or felines. Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: corn on the cob Part of Speech: noun 1. Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] we ate grilled corn on the cob from street vendors in the colonnades. Example: Every day I ordered a salad, two corns on the cob, and some vegetable stirfry (which wasn’t too bad, but also had to be rinsed), but the bulk of my meal would be fruit.
Word: folk dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Any dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baneful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bane + -ful. 1. Poisonous, deadly. Labels: archaic Example: [S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den. 2. Harmful, injurious. Example: This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […]
Word: sewing lounge Part of Speech: noun 1. A commercial space where people may sew, or learn to sew, as members of a community; equipment and tuition is normally available. Labels: US
Word: sodium carbonate Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt, in the form of a white powder, Na₂CO₃, formally derived from sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: softer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of soft: more soft Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: intercession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the early 15th Century. From Middle French intercession, from Old French intercession, from Latin intercessiō, from intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“to go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”. 1. The act of intervening or mediating between two parties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lady Marchmont found her companions in no mood for discourse. Her husband was asleep, and Ethel's languid voice was scarcely audible when she forced a reply to some trilling question; and Henrietta could perceive, from the convulsive movement, and from the short suppressed sob, that she was weeping. When they arrived at home, the light showed Ethel so pale, so worn out, that she thought all attempt at any intercession were best deferred to the morrow. It must, also, be confessed, that she felt too weary for much eloquence as a pleader. 2. A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: attributable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin attributusbor. English attribute Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English attributable From attribute + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪbjuːtəbəl/ 1. Capable of being attributed. Labels: not-comparable Example: His lack of conversation is attributable to his shyness. Example: Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains. 2. Allowed to be attributed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: have got Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the present perfect of get. 1. To have. Labels: UK, especially, idiomatic, transitive Example: I'd got her by the collar. Example: Jim's got his eyes closed, so you don't have to worry about him seeing you undressed. 2. To be obliged or obligated; must, have to, got to Labels: idiomatic, modal, with-infinitive Example: I have got to do my homework.
Word: Brangelina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Brad + Angelina. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹænd͡ʒəˈlinə/ 1. The couple consisting of celebrities Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, together from 2005 to 2016. Labels: slang Example: This tabloid has three separate Brangelina articles.
Word: tax resisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tax resister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tax protesters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tax protester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protesters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bong hit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bong + hit. First use in English appears c. 1978, in the periodical Washingtonian. 1. The inhalation of marijuana smoke through a bong. Labels: slang Example: Jim took such a big bong hit that he coughed for a whole minute.
Word: bongwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bong + water. 1. The water through which smoke is filtered in a bong or water pipe. Labels: uncountable
Word: spamming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spamming Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of sending unwanted electronic mail. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable Example: Any reply perversely tells the spammer that you're a "live one" and that your e-mail address should be kept active for future spammings.
Word: trail mix Part of Speech: noun 1. A blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ORIGINALLY a highcalorie energy sustainer for extended hiking, trail mix started becoming very popular in the late 1960s. Affectionately nicknamed Gorp, the basic recipe has been modified to suit the different blood types.
Word: keyframe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + frame. Pronunciation: /ˈkiˌfɹeɪm/ 1. A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened. Example: Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated. Don't try and animate the lightning bolt into the frame by building it up over a sequence of keyframes. 2. A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression.
Word: keyframe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From key + frame. Pronunciation: /ˈkiˌfɹeɪm/ 1. To animate by interpolation between successive keyframes.
Word: orienting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of orient Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pills Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɪlz/ 1. plural of pill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pills Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pilling Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation of fibres into pills. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present