nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: off course Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not following the planned, or intended, route. Example: The strong winds made the car go careering off course. Example: Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.
Word: off course Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of of course. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sap-wood Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sapwood. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sap tube Part of Speech: noun 1. a vessel that conveys sap
Word: apiculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin apiculatus 1. Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
Word: clingstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cling + stone. 1. A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
Word: efferate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin efferātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“to make wild or savage, brutalize, barbarize; to make fierce, infuriate, madden”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fer- + -ate. 1. To excite into a passionate, angry, bestial state. Labels: obsolete Example: […]; by which meanes he ſtill breaks out againe, and I know not whether more efferated by former attachings, or animated by his often diſchargings, he euer rampeth more feircely than before, and threatneth his accuſers, to ruine all that is holy. Example: Secondly, as the Stile, and subiect Matter of Stage-Playes is Scurrilous, and Obscene, so likewise it is Bloody, and Tyrannicall; breathing out Malice, Fury, Anger, Murther, Crueltie, Tyrannie, Treacherie, Frensie, Treason, and Reuenge, (the constant Theames, and chiefe Ingredients, of all our Tragedies,) which Efferate, and enrage the Hearts, and Mindes, of Actors, and Spectators; yea, oft times animate, and excite them to Anger, Malice, Duels, Murthers, Reuenge, and more then Barbarous crueltie, to the great disturbance of the publike Peace.
Word: supraventricular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- English ventricular English supraventricular From supra- + ventricular. 1. Located above the ventricles of the heart. Example: I was called to see a patient in supraventricular tachycardia – a very fast heart rhythm, which if left untreated can be fatal.
Word: sternocostal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sterno- + costal. 1. Of or pertaining to both the sternum and the ribs Labels: not-comparable
Word: camp follower Part of Speech: noun 1. A civilian who follows an army, typically a family member of a soldier or someone who provides services to the soldiers, e.g. prostitution, sale of liquor, cooking and laundry. Labels: historical Example: But besides these incompetents, there was always a train of camp followers, —women who followed the camp, beggars, and criminals, whose number was often greater than the number of fighting soldiers. Example: There were very few camp followers at the beginning of the American Revolution. But as the war dragged on, the need for families to be together won out. 2. A person who provides services to those engaged in a particular endeavor. Example: When the camp followers are engaged in supplying genuine recreation, in ministering to intellectual and spiritual wants instead of pandering to destructive instincts, the economic as well as the moral health of the community is sound. Example: The good fellow is the man with the good character and the object of the camp followers is to see that all the coopers and stave men have a good time. 3. One who joins a group, movement, or project without being a legitimate member; one who jumps on a bandwagon. Example: Near-synonym: fellow traveller Example: I wouldn't discourage my camp followers for worlds! But I watch them pretty carefully, and when they show signs of making money, then I begin to put the screws on.
Word: camp followers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camp follower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telediastolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English diastolic English telediastolic From tele- + diastolic. 1. Occurring towards the end of ventricular diastole Labels: not-comparable
Word: tricuspid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English cuspid English tricuspid From tri- + cuspid. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈkʌspɪd/ 1. Having three cusps, e.g. a molar tooth 2. Describing the valve, between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart, that has three triangular segments
Word: tricuspid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English cuspid English tricuspid From tri- + cuspid. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈkʌspɪd/ 1. A molar tooth that has three cusps
Word: vasoformative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- English formative English vasoformative From vaso- + formative. 1. Of or pertaining to the formation and development of blood vessels and blood cells Labels: not-comparable
Word: striata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of striatum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bepity Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English pity English bepity From be- + pity. Pronunciation: /bɪˈpɪti/ 1. To pity greatly. Labels: archaic Example: I bepitied him, so I did, when he when he used to hug his pillow, and call it his dear Madam Sophia.
Word: bacterialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English bacterial English -ization English bacterialization From bacterial + -ization. 1. The treatment of a crop with bacteria in order to promote growth, nutrient uptake etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: case books Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of case book Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woodchipping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + chipping. 1. The mechanized conversion of wood (especially trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips. 2. A woodchip. Example: If you thought wood-chippings masquerading as seeds in strawberry jam were bad, take a look at "pink slime", the consolidated debris of butcher's waste now added to your beef burgers, or the gelatine added to your "fresh" meat […]
Word: mycorrhization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mycorrhiza Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English mycorrhization From mycorrhiza + -ation. 1. The formation of mycorrhiza on the roots of a plant 2. The inoculation of a plant's roots with mycorrhiza
Word: MITM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of man-in-the-middle attack: Computer network crime where the criminal passes on messages between two communicating parties without them knowing it. The victims e.g. think they use a secure connection, but they don't know that this connection leads to the 'man in the middle' who relays the messages. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of meet-in-the-middle attack: Cryptographic attack that attempts to find a value in each of the ranges and domains of the composition of two functions such that the forward mapping of one through the first function is the same as the inverse image of the other through the second function. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Irun Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, Spain, on the border with France.
Word: Jacobine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Jacobine. 1. Synonym of Jacobin, especially as a feminine form. Labels: uncommon
Word: Lill Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Lill. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Linette Part of Speech: name Etymology: In modern use a spelling variant of Lynette, though it is also identical with a rare French name, diminutive of Line, from Caroline, Pauline and other female names ending in -line. 1. A female given name from Welsh. Example: When Damian addressed the wild flower, perhaps you are not aware that Linné is the name of a beautiful weed, originally selected by a great botanist to bear his appellation, and that it is also the endearing abbreviation for Linette. - - - The roses still continued to bloom on the grave, whose headstone recorded the name of "Linette".
Word: Lita Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name. 2. A parish in Ibarra canton, Imbabura province, Ecuador.
Word: Lyssy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Lysý, a nickname from lysý (“bald”). 1. A surname.
Word: Magna Part of Speech: name 1. A city and former CDP in Salt Lake County, Utah.
Word: Majlis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of majlis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nelia Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: Olin Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. 2. A city in Iowa. 3. A village in Poland.
Word: Olly Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Olivia. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.
Word: multitheistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English theistic English multitheistic From multi- + theistic. 1. Of or relating to multitheism. Example: No ingenuity can show a method of constructing a pantheistic or multitheistic system, on any other base than that of revelation. Example: The people of Kaleva and Pohja do not represent primitiveness in this development, for with their varied occupations, highly-developed social systems and multitheistic religious concepts they already stand for a diverse culture.
Word: scabble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scaplen, from Old French escapler (“to dress timber”), from es- (“off”) (from Latin ex-) + capler (“to cut”) (from Vulgar Latin *capulre, *cappulre). 1. To roughly dress stone.
Word: salivations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salivation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salinizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salinization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saliencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saliency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salesmanships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salesmanship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pussiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of pussy: most pussy Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Rocky was a three-tour Marine Vietnam vet who, I later learned from him, thought guard duty at Eglin was about the pussiest job he could imagine.
Word: Sella Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Asturias, starting in the Picos de Europa and flowing into the Bay of Biscay. 2. A municipality of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
Word: Solin Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Croatia.
Word: Taran Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name.
Word: Andersen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Danish or Norwegian Andersen, patronymic from Anders + -sen. Pronunciation: /ˈændə(ɹ)sən/ 1. A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
Word: Andreassen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Andreassen. 1. A surname from Norwegian.
Word: Amundsen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Danish and Norwegian Amundsen. 1. A surname of Danish and Norwegian origin. 2. Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer who was the first person to reach the South Pole (1911). 3. An impact crater near the southern pole of the Moon, named after the Norwegian explorer.
Word: Andersson Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Andersson. 1. A surname from Swedish.
Word: Austad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Austad. 1. A surname from Norwegian.
Word: Abdi Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name, variant of Abdul.
Word: Angell Part of Speech: name Etymology: English variant spelling of Angel. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A former settlement in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Aagaard Part of Speech: name Etymology: From North Germanic (Scandinavian), from Danish Aagaard, Norwegian Aagaard. 1. A Scandinavian surname from Danish.
Word: Ashraf Part of Speech: name 1. An unknown-gender given name from Arabic.
Word: Amin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: Anwar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar, “most luminous”). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: Anwar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَار (ʔanwār, “lights”). 1. A female given name from Arabic.
Word: Aurdal Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Nord-Aurdal municipality, Innlandet, Norway. 2. A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States, named after Aurdal, Norway.
Word: Ahmadi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy) or Persian احمدی. By surface analysis, Ahmad + -i. 1. Of or relating to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (a religious movement based on Sunni Islam).
Word: Ahmadi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy) or Persian احمدی. By surface analysis, Ahmad + -i. 1. A follower of the Ahmadiyya. Example: An Ordinance to amend the law to prohibit the Quadiani group, Lahori group and Ahmadis from indulging in anti-Islamic activities 2. A follower of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (a new religious movement based on Twelver Shia Islam).
Word: Ahmadi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy) or Persian احمدی. By surface analysis, Ahmad + -i. 1. A surname from Arabic 2. A surname from Persian
Word: falcate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“curved, sickle-shaped”), from falx (“sickle”, oblique stem in falc-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfælkeɪt/ 1. Shaped like a sickle.
Word: Akram Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَكْرَم (ʔakram). 1. A surname from Arabic. Example: One of the terrorists who carried out the shooting attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah party was likely a Muslim man of Pakistani origin, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News. The man's name is Naveed Akram, from Bonnyrigg, and his house had been raided.
Word: Taos Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”). Pronunciation: /taʊs/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Taos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”). Pronunciation: /taʊs/ 1. An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Taos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”). Pronunciation: /taʊs/ 1. The pueblo which they inhabit, which, being about one thousand years old, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States. 2. The Kiowa-Tanoan lect they speak, which is either closely related to or a dialect of northern Tiwa. 3. A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo. 4. A city and town in Missouri.
Word: bush pilot Part of Speech: noun 1. A pilot who engages in bush flying: piloting small aircraft (bush planes or bush helicopters) to and from remote locations, over expanses of relatively unpopulated territory. Labels: Australia, Canada Example: Last month, landed by a bush pilot on a glacier at 7,000 ft., the four began their long push—the kind of adventure that pales a plains dweller. 2. A person who guides people through bushland. Labels: Australia, obsolete
Word: leading-string Part of Speech: noun 1. Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk. Labels: historical, plural-normally Example: her lover [...] treated me in all respects as a perfect infant. To say the truth, I wonder she had not insisted on my again wearing leading-strings. Example: Power is a debt to the people: but as yet we walk with the leading-strings of prejudice, strong to confine the steps, which they never should attempt to guide.
Word: pericranium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Latin pericranium, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek περικράνιον (perikránion), noun use of the neuter form of περικράνιος (perikránios, “around the skull”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”). Pronunciation: /pɛɹɪˈkɹeɪnɪəm/ 1. The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull. Example: After making the incision, the pericranium must be raised a little from the bone with the edge of the knife, to clear the bone, and the scalprum employed. 2. The head, skull; one's mind. Labels: archaic, humorous Example: If any Man for that reaſon has an Inclination to divert himſelf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ſuperviſe almoſt all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whimſical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a Stile, and Language, proper to the Variety of the Subject: For as the Caprichio came Naturally into my Pericranium, I am reſolv’d to purſue it through Thick and Thin, to enlarge my Capacity for a Man of Buſineſs. Example: Now, Mrs Honour had unluckily poured so much of this liquid fire down her throat, that the smoke of it began to ascend into her pericranium, and blinded the eyes of Reason […]
Word: cryptocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + -cracy. 1. A form of government where the real leaders are hidden, or merely unknown. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cryptocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryptocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: O-level Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ordinary level. 1. A subject-based qualification superseded in England by GCSE, but still available internationally throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Labels: Commonwealth, dated
Word: agonisingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English agonising Middle English -ly English -ly English agonisingly From agonising + -ly. 1. Alternative spelling of agonizingly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The hour while I waited for the pain medication to take effect dragged on agonisingly. Example: Bradley Johnson could not find his team-mate with a through ball but Antonio Valencia slipped, putting Pilkington clean through, only for the former Huddersfield man to shoot agonisingly wide.
Word: actualisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of actualization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: apoplexies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apoplexy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brocades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brocade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brocades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brocade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brocading Part of Speech: noun 1. The pattern or decoration made by brocading. Example: the opening of the robe shows an under-dress of very beautiful shaded lutestring, the ground of which is white, but it is enriched with shades and brocadings of every possible colour. Example: "Versions of Herat rugs made in Isfahan in the time of Shah Abbas have, in most cases, deep colors-dark red in the field, dark blue in the border-and a brocading of metal threads"
Word: brocading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brocade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burgs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: die hard Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a living being, to die only after a desperate struggle for life. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. Of a custom, idea, etc. to be slow in changing or disappearing. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Already, however, in this earliest phase, new types cease to be invented; technical skill lingers on and dies hard, but inspiration has gone. Example: In Scotland, though, some of the Caledonian products have died hard. They were mostly good straightforward engines.
Word: done deal Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement that has been finally resolved or decided. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's a done deal — he already sold me the prize wine bottle from his collection, and I already popped the cork. Example: “You get a win and suddenly the crowd’s on your side again. It was a shot in the arm for two reasons. First, when we work together, we are stronger. Second, this isn’t a done deal.” 2. An established fact that cannot be undone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: fait accompli, water under the bridge Example: They're telling us that climate change is a done deal — that now we're into mitigation and adaptation instead of prevention.
Word: placcate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of placket (“type of armour plate”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nerka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɜːkə/, /ˈnɝkə/ 1. A sockeye salmon. Example: This Salmon was a Nerka, and was a tame fish indeed.
Word: lose one's touch Part of Speech: verb 1. To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity. Labels: idiomatic Example: They had more than 45 years in the business, but it was clear they never lost their touch.
Word: light clay Part of Speech: noun 1. Straw-clay, a mixture of straw with a dressing of dilute liquid clay or clay slip. This natural material, making use of an agricultural by-product with an abundant component of soil, has good insulating qualities but is not suitable for load-bearing structural elements. Labels: uncountable
Word: prattery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English prattery From prat + -ery. 1. Foolishness or foolish behaviour. Labels: uncountable Example: 2004. March 13, “Ian G Batten” (username), “Re: haddock”, in uk.misc, Usenet, If an obviously egomanic twit makes wonderful music, should his prattery disqualify him? Example: 2004. July 20, Alastair Down, The Racing Post (London, England), article The Open and Shut Case of the Missing Hub-Caps. ...Paying sportsmen obscene sums of money does not necessarily mean they behave badly. Unlike football, there seems to be no correlation between fat cattery and prattery.
Word: censuses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.səs.əz/ 1. plural of census Labels: form-of, plural
Word: censuses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.səs.əz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of census Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paintery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paint Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English paintery From paint + -ery. 1. A place where paintings are done. Example: Now the lie of these involved waters becomes plain -- you can see the parklike Diurgården island to the east with its marvellous open-air Skansen museum of all the old village architectures of the country, with its wild riding woods and its leisurely villa-palaces built for an ampler age, and also what must be the most spacious studio a private painter has ever attained, the enormous royal paintery at Waldermarsudde of fin-de-siecle Prince Eugen, friend of Zorn and devotee on a truly royal scale of his art. Example: The blazing sun of July 24th was beating down on the wrecked plant, when a hole was noticed in the roof of the top story paintery in the Statler wagon factory. 2. The act, process, or result of painting. Example: Domenichino's Jerome, surpasses in worth all the rest, and it is here that the ambitious artist loves to spend his day in improving his taste, and in increasing his admiration of these chefs d'ceuvre of the greatest paintery, since the restoration ! Example: He was an unfeigned lover of the Muses (or some of them : not musick or paintery), and writ much upon poesy, whether antient or modern, heroick, lyrick, or symbolicall.
Word: paintery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French peintorbor. Middle English peyntour English painter English -y English paintery From painter + -y. 1. With the appearance of having been painted. Labels: informal Example: How paintery would you like the image? 2. Resembling or characteristic of a painter; artistic. Labels: informal Example: He has a paintery brain.
Word: quinternion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quint- + -ernion, a suffix built from the ending of quaternion. 1. Five gathered sheets of paper folded in two for binding together.
Word: Nolan chart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Created by American politician David Nolan in 1969. 1. A two-dimensional chart that graphs the political spectrum, mapping cultural issues on one axis and economic issues on another axis to represent conservatism, libertarianism, and their opposites.
Word: unrideable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English rideable English unrideable From un- + rideable. 1. Not rideable. Labels: not-comparable Example: That horse is unrideable. Example: The hill was unrideable on our bikes, so we had to go around it.
Word: rideable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ride 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 rideable From ride + -able. 1. Fit to be ridden. 2. Fit to be traveled on bicycle, horseback, etc. Example: We have had some splendid rideable weather this last week, and we doubt not that the pedal-pushers of this district have not failed to take advantage of it.
Word: rideable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ride 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 rideable From ride + -able. 1. Any small vehicle, such as an electric scooter, designed to be used by a single person.
Word: lose touch Part of Speech: verb 1. To lose contact (with). Labels: idiomatic Example: Friends that I had lost touch with years ago suddenly found me again. Example: At times, people with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality. 2. Alternative form of lose one's touch. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Example: Francis Urquhart: I think Lord Billsborough is starting to lose touch a bit. Tim Stamper: Shame. Used to be a hell of an operator in his day.
Word: lauter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German lauter (“pure, clear”, adjective). Began to become common in English in the 1880s. Pronunciation: /laʊtɚ/, /laʊtə(ɹ)/ 1. Clear. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: The practice in the Munich brewery made it plain that the object of the drawing off of the thick mash is to completely separate the thick mash from the lauter mash. Example: Since the husks and coarse grits are essential for distancing grist particles from one another in the lauter mash, their diminished presence in wheat beer worts will impede the lautering process.
Word: lauter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German lauter (“pure, clear”, adjective). Began to become common in English in the 1880s. Pronunciation: /laʊtɚ/, /laʊtə(ɹ)/ 1. To subject to lautering. Labels: transitive
Word: spitzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Spitz (“pointed”). Compare German Spitzgeschoss 1. A pointed bullet.
Word: underspecify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English specify English underspecify From under- + specify. 1. To give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information; to specify incompletely.
Word: erroneousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English erroneous 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 erroneousness From erroneous + -ness. 1. The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Vorlage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Vorlage (“template, prototype”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlɑːɡə/, /ˈfɔɹlɑɡə/ 1. A prior version or manifestation of a text. Example: Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah already existed in their individual Hebrew Vorlages, and 1 Esdras existed, probably in Hebrew, as a derivative from them. Example: Rather the scribe had a Vorlage that was more conservative than MT in this detail.
Word: snausage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of the more usual sausage, from Snausages (“a brand of dog treat”), perhaps a blend of snack + sausage. 1. A penis. Labels: rare, slang Example: nutella! oh, the memories ;) one time i was just too fucking lazy to smear it on, so i made dominick <my ex> dip his snausage into the jar, and i think i gained 2 or 3 pounds that night. Example: And there's Peeper Geoffie hiding in the bushes, peering through windows, rubbing his snausage against his little yellow raincoat.
Word: parasitological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parasitology + -ical, -logical. 1. Of or pertaining to parasites or to parasitology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parasitologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English parasitological Middle English -ly English -ly English parasitologically From parasitological + -ly. 1. In a parasitological manner; as regards parasites or parasitology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dba Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of doing business as: used to indicate the public alias of a business legally constituted under a different name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: His company is "Simon Enterprises, Inc. (2007)", dba "Simon's Party Spot".
Word: dba Part of Speech: noun 1. An alias of a business entity. Example: His company has done business under a succession of dbas because he can't settle on a good name. 2. A business doing business under such an alias. Example: Many dbas have used that mailbox service.
Word: serac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swiss French sérac (“kind of cheese; sharp tower of ice”), from Franco-Provençal sera, seré, from Latin seraceum, from serum (“whey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”). Sense 2 is from the resemblance of the towers of ice to the cheese, which tends to cleave into rectangular pieces. Pronunciation: /sɛˈɹæk/, /ˈsɛɹæk/ 1. Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue. Example: The smoke found its way out of the holes in the roof as it liked best; and nearly over the fire was a black smoky shelf, supporting several masses of that inferior white cheese, called Serac. Example: Here and elsewhere the sérac, which is something between curd and cheese, may be advantageously taken instead of butter, which is almost always bad. 2. A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier. Example: Perhaps the finest part of it [the Lysjoch] is the grand sérac scenery of the Zwillinge Glacier. In August, 1876, a party of four, having missed the right track in crossing this pass when the snow was in very bad condition, were carried down in an avalanche of loose snow probably started by their own weight. Example: Numerous blocks of ice, to which the name "serac" is given, covered the plain. These are large fragments of frozen snow, almost rectangular. They take their name from the resemblance they bear to a compact cheese called "serac," which is made from skimmed milk, and pressed into rectangular cans.
Word: hoodrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hood + rat. See (slang) hood (“neighbourhood”). 1. A sexually promiscuous woman. Labels: slang Example: Compton's Most Wanted - Hoodrat (song) Example: 2 Live Crew - Hoochie Mama (song) 2. Alternative form of hood rat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: spadassinicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spadassin + -icide, from Italian spadaccino (“swordsman”). Pronunciation: /ˌspɑd.əˈsɪ.nɪ.seɪd/ 1. The act of coaxing someone, usually through insult, into initiating a swordsman's duel, and subsequently killing that person with superior skill so as to commit legal murder. Labels: rare 2. One who performs such an act. Labels: rare Example: Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill.
Word: theatrical film Part of Speech: noun 1. A motion picture specifically made to be shown in a theatre, as opposed to a made-for-television film, or a film released directly to video.
Word: cat that ate the canary Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who appears self-satisfied or smug, especially while concealing something mischievous, prohibited, or private. Labels: idiomatic Example: He talked freely and carried the smile of the cat that swallowed the canary. Example: You have to hand it to Curtis Joseph. Not only does he keep pucks out of the net, he keeps secrets too. "It's taboo," said Joseph, grinning like the cat that ate the canary. "You're not going to get anything." 2. A person whose appearance and behavior suggest guilt mixed with other qualities, such as satisfaction or feigned nonchalance. Labels: idiomatic Example: Like the cat that swallowed the canary. Not only do you feel a little bit guilty 'cause you can't stop, but you feel pretty good, too. Example: Daley said that Tietjen, who lives in Middle Island, had the "cat who ate the canary" look when he was pulled over. The 32-year-old driver was apologetic, and never tried to dispute the ticket.
Word: cat that swallowed the canary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cat that ate the canary. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plaister Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of plaster. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: My Lord Sebaſtian, / The truth you ſpeake doth lacke ſome gentleneſſe, / And time to ſpeake it in: you rub the ſore, / When you ſhould bring the plaiſter. Example: ‘Why then, upon my Soul,’ cries Benjamin, ‘it would require a great deal of Art to keep you from being well after a very few Dreſſings; and if you will ſuffer me to apply ſome Salve of mine, I will anſwer for the Succeſs.’ Jones gave his Conſent, and the Plaiſter was applied accordingly.
Word: plaister Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of plaster. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
Word: papish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alteration of papist. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpɪʃ/ 1. Roman Catholic. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, derogatory
Word: papish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alteration of papist. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪpɪʃ/ 1. A Roman Catholic. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, derogatory Example: ‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord. Example: King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.
Word: trover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nominal use of Old French trover (“to find”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊvə/ 1. Taking possession of personal property which has been found. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How did he like it when the live creatures Tickled and toused and browsed him all over, And worm, slug, eft, with serious features Came in, each one, for his right of trover? 2. A legal action brought to recover such property by its original owner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pocket-book was a late present from Mrs Western […]. A prudent person […] would not have offered more than a shilling, or perhaps sixpence, for it; nay, some perhaps would have given nothing, and left the fellow to his action of trover, which some learned serjeants may doubt whether he could, under these circumstances, have maintained. Example: By a fiction of law, actions of trover are now permittedto be brought against any person who hath got into his possession by any means whatsoever the goods of another, and sold them or used them without the consent of the owner, or refused to deliver them when demanded.
Word: lie in Part of Speech: verb 1. To be brought to bed in childbirth. Labels: archaic Example: he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery. 2. To stay in bed (longer than usual). Labels: UK Example: I've got a day off tomorrow, so I might lie in till about 11.
Word: -tron Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron Borrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron), a suffix denoting an instrument, as in Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”). The word cyclotron in particular has served as a motivation for use in high-technology terms. Compare also electron (and electronic), which is unrelated to the -τρον suffix. 1. Used to name various electronic and neutronic devices. Labels: morpheme 2. Used to name a number of subatomic particles. Labels: morpheme 3. Used to name a number of particle accelerators. Labels: morpheme 4. Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms. Labels: morpheme
Word: decalage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French décalage. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪkəˌlɑːʒ/, /ˌdeɪkəˈlɑːʒ/ 1. The difference in angle of incidence between the main wing and horizontal stabilizer, or between the canard and main wing, of an airplane. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The difference in angle of incidence of the two wings of a biplane. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The angle between two geometric lines that define an aerofoil. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In Piagetian developmental psychology, the inability to apply a learned function across all problems (horizontal decalage) or across different developmental stages (vertical decalage). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: discus thrower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: discus throw + -er or discus + thrower 1. An athlete who takes part in the discus throw.
Word: bliaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bliaut. Pronunciation: /ˈbliːˌoʊ/ 1. A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen. Labels: historical
Word: microtrauma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + trauma. 1. Any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: birdishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English birdish Middle English -ly English -ly English birdishly From birdish + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝdɪʃli/ 1. In a birdish manner. Labels: rare
Word: undefeatability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defeat Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English undefeatability From un- + defeat + -ability. Pronunciation: /ʌndəˌfiːtəˈbɪləti/, /ʌndɪˌfiːtəˈbɪləti/, /-ɪti/ 1. The quality of being undefeatable; undefeatableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: unbeatability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English beat Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English unbeatability From un- + beat + -ability. 1. The quality of being unbeatable, undefeatability. Labels: uncountable
Word: unbeatableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unbeatable 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 unbeatableness From unbeatable + -ness. 1. The quality of being unbeatable, unbeatability. Labels: nonstandard, uncountable
Word: Cyrillization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Cyrillic 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English Cyrillization From Cyrillic + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪɹɪlɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The transliteration of text into the Cyrillic alphabet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The adoption of the Cyrillic alphabet for a language's writing system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As far as I know, Cyrillization of Yiddish was never suggested by anyone.
Word: crossrange Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cross- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range English crossrange From cross- + range. 1. perpendicular to the direction of flight or transmission Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tuna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish Tuna, from Old Norse Tuna, from tún (“enclosure, enclosed area, settlement”). Pronunciation: /ˈtjuː.nə/, /ˈtjuːnə/, /ˈtuːnə/, /ˈtʉ.nɐ/, /ˈtu.nə/ 1. Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden.
Word: Tuna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Māori Tuna. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuː.nə/, /ˈtjuːnə/, /ˈtuːnə/, /ˈtʉ.nɐ/, /ˈtu.nə/ 1. A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels. Example: Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. [...] The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).
Word: Selçuk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Selçuk, from Ottoman Turkish سلچوق (Selçuk, “Seljuk”). See Seljuk. 1. A town, municipality, and district of İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.
Word: Alper Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Fatih Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality and district in Istanbul province, Turkey.
Word: Kemal Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name.
Word: Murat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Murat. Pronunciation: /mʊˈɹɑt/ 1. a river in the Armenian Highland, a tributary of the Euphrates
Word: Murat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Murat. 1. A surname from French.
Word: cyrillization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Cyrillization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tamer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تامر. This surname is predominantly found in Egypt. 1. A surname from Arabic.
Word: Harun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic هَارُون (hārūn). Doublet of Aaron. 1. Aaron, a prophet in Islam. 2. An Arabic male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Aaron.
Word: Muhammet Part of Speech: name 1. Uncommon spelling of Muhammad. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: French press Part of Speech: noun 1. A triceps exercise involving lying face up and lifting a barbell; lying triceps extensions. 2. A coffee plunger; a cafetière. Labels: US
Word: French press Part of Speech: verb 1. To prepare coffee using a French press.
Word: breakopen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from break open. 1. In electric arc testing, a material response evidenced by the formation of one or more holes in the material which may allow thermal energy to pass through the material.
Word: track stand Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique used by bicycle riders to remain virtually stationary by adjusting their weight
Word: fold one's tent Part of Speech: verb 1. To withdraw, especially in a discreet manner; to disengage; to quit. Labels: idiomatic Example: 1844, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Day is Done" (proem to The Waif), lines 41-44, And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Example: "I won't quietly fold my tent and go away," snapped Sister Catherine.
Word: prooftext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proof + text. 1. A decontextualized quotation from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.
Word: prooftext Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From proof + text. 1. To use decontextualized quotations from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.
Word: mofussil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali মফস্বল (mophośśol), from Classical Persian مفصل (mufassal), from Arabic مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal), passive participle of فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala, “to divide, classify”). Pronunciation: /məʊˈfʌs(ə)l/ 1. Originally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: Such are the means by which the Mofussil, “up-country,” or provincial Anglo-Indian will reach his station or district, and unless he is going to Bombay or Calcutta, which are practically the two entrance doors of the Empire, with Madras for a back door, his first experience of Anglo-Indian life will be of travel; and the land journey will often prove much more trying than the sea-voyage. Example: His natural language was crass and of the mofussil, yet he could pepper it with smart turns of phrase on occasion.