nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: broadside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad + side. Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/, /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ 1. One side of a ship above the waterline. 2. All the guns on one side of a warship. 3. The simultaneous firing of these guns. Example: Broadside! What fools to face our guns! 4. A forceful attack, whether written or spoken. Labels: broadly Example: Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order. Example: Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative. 5. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 6. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
Word: broadside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From broad + side. Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/, /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ 1. Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] the slight fluctuations [in speed] were due to a strong side-wind, which caught the train broadside along exposed stretches of the line. Example: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure They were going some 60-80 mph [on a motorcycle] down a 30 mph street, hit a car broadside & Pat pushed against Bert, who was crushed into the side of the car.
Word: broadside Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From broad + side. Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/, /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ 1. To collide with something side-on. Labels: transitive
Word: oölogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oö- + -logy. 1. Alternative spelling of oology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Yet it is not difficult to see that Oölogy promises to become an important auxiliary both in aiding to determine natural divisions, and to enable us to decide in regard to varieties the specific identity of which is in doubt. Let us take an instance. [...] Without looking at all to the external structure of these birds, Oölogy would seem to indicate that the Cat-Bird, though closely allied to the true Mocking-Bird, is at least one step, and that the Brown Thrush is even farther, removed. Example: When we come to examine the oölogy of the great Columbo-gallinaceous group, one well represented in the avifauna of the United States, it is possible to make the comparisons quite extensive, owing to [Charles] Bendire's exhaustive labors, as seen in his fine quarto volume already spoken of at the beginning of this paper.
Word: ooidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ooid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ooidal From ooid + -al. 1. Egg-shaped. Labels: not-comparable 2. Oolitic. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1975, Augustus K. Armstrong, Carboniferous Corals of Alaska, A Preliminary Report, Paleozoic Corals of Alaska, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 823, Parts 1-4, page 49, The lithostrotionoid corals are common in bryozoan-echinoderm and ooidal packstones adjacent to ooidal and well-sorted crinoid grainstones. Example: The two formations show similar types of ooidal ironstone as well as other quite different lithologies.
Word: marquess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very unusual in the English language in that it ends in -ess but is a masculine term. The title is granted only to males (the female equivalent is marchioness). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/, /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/ 1. A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl (count). 2. Synonym of marchioness, a female marquess. Labels: obsolete Example: Anne Boleyn was created Marquess of Pembroke in 1532
Word: haematite Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.məˌtaɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of hematite. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: kaiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Kaiser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cocus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. 1. Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree.
Word: disillusion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/ 1. To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant. Labels: transitive Example: To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.
Word: disillusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/ 1. The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion. Labels: countable, usually 2. The state of being freed from a constructed or imposed illusion; the recognition of an underlying truth previously obscured by a false or controlled narrative. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Disillusion is not disappointment; it is the breaking of the spell—the moment the veil falls and truth becomes inescapable.
Word: æther Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of ether. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I ſuppose this æther pervades all groſs bodies, but yet ſo as to ſtand rarer in their pores than in free ſpaces, and ſo much the rarer, as their pores are leſs. And this I ſuppose (with others) to be the cauſe, why light incident on thoſe bodies is refracted towards the perpendicular; […] I ſuppose the rarer æther within bodies, and then denſer without them, not to be terminated in a mathematical ſuperficies, but to grow gradually into one another; […] Example: On Wings the Birds through Æther glide, / And Fiſhes cut with Fins the Tide.
Word: fulminic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fulmine + -ic + acid. 1. Iso-cyanic acid, HCNO, an unstable compound which forms explosive salts Labels: uncountable
Word: errors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹɚz/, /ˈɛɹəz/ 1. plural of error Labels: form-of, plural
Word: errors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹɚz/, /ˈɛɹəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of error Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: caffè Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian caffè. Doublet of café and coffee. Pronunciation: /kæˈfeɪ/ 1. An Italian café. Example: He then relaxes over an espresso in a caffè, and resumes. Example: In caffès you should pay first at la cassa and then take your ticket (lo scontrino) to the bar, […]
Word: cake mix Part of Speech: noun 1. A powdered mixture of the dry ingredients used to produce a cake or the finished mixture before baking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hamilton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English *Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it. Pronunciation: /ˈhæməltən/, /ˈ-ɪl-/, /ˈhaməltən/, [ˈhɛəməltən] ~ [ˈheəməltən], /ˈhæːməltən/ 1. A United States ten-dollar bill. Labels: slang Example: I think the girls all work for $200 p/hr, give or take a few Hamiltons. Example: We all know that the stock cooler that comes with your CPU will get the job done, but it won't be exceptionally cool, nor are stock coolers particularly quiet or attractive. Aftermarket coolers, on the other hand, are all of the above, and usually cost just a few Hamiltons.
Word: purport Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”). Pronunciation: /pəˈpɔːt/, /pɚˈpɔɹt/ 1. To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately). Labels: transitive Example: He purports himself to be an international man of affairs. Example: The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve. 2. To intend. Example: He purported to become an international man of affairs. Example: In all cases, however, although micronations may purport to assert sovereignty in any number of ways, they remain conceptually distinct from recognised sovereign states.
Word: purport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːpɔːt/, /ˈpɜːpət/, /ˈpɚpɔɹt/ 1. Import, an intention or purpose. Example: My practice, you say, refutes my doubts. But you mistake the purport of my question. Example: Sorrowful, phantasmal as this same Double Aristocracy of Teachers and Governors now looks, it is worth all men’s while to know that the purport of it is, and remains, noble and most real. 2. A disguise; a covering. Labels: obsolete Example: For she her sex under that strange purport / Did use to hide.
Word: dæmon Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of daemon. Example: Edmund was almost as welcome to his brother, as Fanny to her aunt; but Mrs. Norris, instead of having comfort from either, was but the more irritated by the sight of the person whom, in the blindness of her anger, she could have charged as the dæmon of the piece. Example: It was their opinion, and that of all similar sects, that cœlestial powers were often incarnate and came from time to time to rule the earth, dæmon kings whose conception and aphanism were alike miraculous.
Word: asepsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English sepsis English asepsis From a- + sepsis. 1. The state of being free from sepsis. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The process of removing pathogenic organisms or protecting against such organisms. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ninety-eight Part of Speech: num 1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.
Word: mescaline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mescal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English mescaline From mescal (“peyote”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.kəl.ɪn/, /ˈmɛs.kə.liːn/ 1. A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
Word: longest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English longest From long + -est. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɡəst/, /ˈlɒŋɡɪst/, /ˈlɔŋɡəst/, /ˈlɑŋ.ɡəst/ 1. superlative form of long: most long Labels: form-of, superlative Example: It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.
Word: longest Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English longest From long + -est. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɡəst/, /ˈlɒŋɡɪst/, /ˈlɔŋɡəst/, /ˈlɑŋ.ɡəst/ 1. superlative form of long: most long Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: longest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English longest From long + -est. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɡəst/, /ˈlɒŋɡɪst/, /ˈlɔŋɡəst/, /ˈlɑŋ.ɡəst/ 1. Something that is longer than all others in its class. Example: The game's legacy transcended all the longests and firsts for UCLA. It inspired Salcedo to want to play for the Bruins, especially after the team awarded him a championship ring at its postseason banquet.
Word: longest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English longest From long + -est. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɡəst/, /ˈlɒŋɡɪst/, /ˈlɔŋɡəst/, /ˈlɑŋ.ɡəst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of long Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: piece of cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1936, originally in American English. Possibly from cakewalk, or the notion of facility that derives from many cakes having agreeable tastes, and hence being ‘easy’ to consume. Compare French être du gâteau (literally “to be a cake”), être de la tarte (literally “to be a pie”), both meaning "to be easy, to be a piece of cake". Pronunciation: /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/ 1. A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple. Labels: idiomatic Example: Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake. Example: Dennis's enthusiasm was difficult for Ryan to manage, but Javier's angsty Victorian-era man-pain is a piece of cake. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, cake.
Word: doddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from dialectal English doddle (“to toddle, to sway, to nod drowsily”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒdl̩/, /ˈdɑd(ə)l/ 1. A job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, informal Example: Centurion: Have you ever seen anyone crucified? Matthias: Crucifixion's a doddle. Example: [Dr Bullard]'s on his hols. I'm standing in. Anyway, this one's a doddle. Death by strangulation, about five or six days ago at a guess.
Word: doddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from dialectal English doddle (“to toddle, to sway, to nod drowsily”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒdl̩/, /ˈdɑd(ə)l/ 1. To dodder. Example: […] a doddling old grandfather to act as sheep-dog, as a toothless, barkless, harmless guardian. 2. Misspelling of dawdle. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Usually we doddled, stopping to flush quail or dove for dinner, skeet-shooting our beer bottles, and watering the cacti.
Word: doddle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɒdl̩/, /ˈdɑd(ə)l/ 1. A hornless animal; a pollard or doddy.
Word: oology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oo- (“relating to eggs or ova”, prefix) + -logy (“branch of learning or study of a subject”, suffix). The word is cognate with French oologie, Late Latin ōologia. Pronunciation: /əʊ̯ˈ(w)ɒləd͡ʒi/, /oʊ̯ˈ(w)ɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of birds' eggs. Labels: uncountable Example: Yet it is not difficult to see that Oölogy promises to become an important auxiliary both in aiding to determine natural divisions, and to enable us to decide in regard to varieties the specific identity of which is in doubt. Let us take an instance. [...] Without looking at all to the external structure of these birds, Oölogy would seem to indicate that the Cat-Bird, though closely allied to the true Mocking-Bird, is at least one step, and that the Brown Thrush is even farther, removed. Example: Now here is just one of those cases, which bring the study of Oology, and very justly, into more discredit than any other thing. M. [Alfred] Moquin-Tandon's egg is very likely that of a Booted Eagle; but where is the proof of the fact? Absolutely, as we read it, there is none. [...] There are many collectors in this country, who yearly spend large sums in buying eggs from dealers—utterly un-identified, or with (since identification of eggs has lately become somewhat fashionable) a plausible history, but one that will not bear investigation. 2. The hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs, especially those of wild birds. Labels: uncountable Example: Besides his life as a student, Han [Henri Jacob Victor Sody] continued to be interested in ornithology, particularly oology. Apparently, he was a diligent collector of birds' eggs, both in the vicinity of Wageningen, and on excursion for this purpose to other places (Breda, Texel, etc.), and compiled a catalogue of eggs collected by him in The Netherlands. Example: In the late nineteenth century, there was a huge upsurge of interest in natural history collections by scientists and ordinary citizens. Victorian homes were commonly decorated with collections of stuffed birds, and oology, the study and collection of eggs blown clean of their contents, was all the rage.
Word: hæmatite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hematite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oöidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English oöid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English oöidal From oöid + -al. 1. Alternative spelling of ooidal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: præfect Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of prefect. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Irish Gaelic Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌaɪɹɪʃ ˈɡeɪlɪk/ 1. the Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, commonly called Gaeilge or Irish Labels: uncountable
Word: domestic partnership Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal or personal relationship between individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not joined in a traditional marriage or a civil union. Typically the partners in a domestic partnership enjoy at least part of the rights that the married couples have.
Word: upsetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upset Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upsetting Part of Speech: noun 1. An overturning or disarrangement. Example: the upsettings of all their careful plans
Word: upsetting Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing upset; distressing, unsettling, hurtful. Example: He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting. Example: The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight. 2. Conceited; presumptuous. Labels: Scotland
Word: prez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of president. Compare prex. 1. Clipping of president. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: œsophagus Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of oesophagus.
Word: sez Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɛz/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of says. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Sez who? – Sez me! Example: "Whoo!" Dr. Blatnoyd had a soda straw and was busy snorting away. "No worries, it's on the house, as the TV antenna man always sez.... Hmm, missed a little...."
Word: Wes Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wɛs/, /wɛz/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Wesley or Weston. Example: In the chairman's telling, he had to fax Clark a better plan – the same one that would be criticized for its incoherence – and left it for the telegenic Clark to "brief well in front of the cameras." Privately, Shelton seethed that Clark was "absolutely in it for whatever was best for Wes." Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
Word: Wesley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛsli/, /ˈwɛzli/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. John Wesley, founder of Methodism. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations. 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A place in the United States: 11. A place in the United States: 12. A place in the United States: 13. A hamlet in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. 14. A village in north-east Dominica. 15. A southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. 16. A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
Word: e'er Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Contraction of ever, similar to o'er from over. Pronunciation: /ɛə/, /ˈɛʔə/, /ɛɚ/, /ˈɛʔɚ/ 1. Contraction of ever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable, poetic Example: “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
Word: ne'er Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Contraction of never. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛʔə/, /nɛə/, /ˈnɛʔɚ/, /nɛəɹ/ 1. Contraction of never. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable, poetic Example: The foe had better ne’er been born that gets in “Stonewall’s Way.” Example: "What should we do for the propine - We used to offer something fine, But ne'er a groat's in pouch of mine"
Word: woeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe + -ful. Compare Old English wālīċ (“woeful”), Old English tēonful (“woeful”). Pronunciation: /ˈwəʊfəl/ 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. Example: How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace! 2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. Example: a woeful event Example: a woeful lack of restraint 3. Lamentable, deplorable. Example: Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in. 4. Wretched; paltry; poor. Example: What woful stuff this madrigal would be / In some starv'd hackney sonneteer or me!
Word: there's Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðəɹz/, /ðɛəɹz/, /ðɛɹz/, /ðəz/, /ðɛəz/ 1. Contraction of there is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: There's no arguing with him... or with her for that matter. 2. Contraction of there are. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: There’s some chairs in the garage, aren’t there? Example: Imagine there’s no countries. 3. Contraction of there + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: There’s been an accident! 4. Contraction of there + was. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, proscribed Example: Yesterday, there's an accident. 5. Contraction of there + does. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: where's Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wɛə(ɹ)z/, /ʍɛə(ɹ)z/ 1. Contraction of where + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Where's your hat? 2. Contraction of where + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Where's she gone? 3. Contraction of where + does. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Where's he go every day? 4. Contraction of where + are. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: Where's them papers what I give you?
Word: campo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camp(us) + -o. 1. A police officer assigned to a university campus. Labels: US, slang Example: Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos.
Word: campo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish campo and/or Portuguese campo. Doublet of camp and campus. 1. A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area. Example: [...], from the bare table-land of Mexico, and their great scarcity on the open campos of the interior of Brasil. Example: The name Serlao, meaning originally the interior as distinguished from the maritime country, has come to be applied to dry, hilly, and stony districts of the campos only suited for pasture. To the agricultural coast belt of the eastern provinces [...]
Word: kalium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin kalium. 1. potassium. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: kalij Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of kalij pheasant.
Word: ebullient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”), from bulliō (“to bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor. Pronunciation: /ɪˈbʊliənt/, /ɪˈbʌliənt/ 1. Enthusiastic; high-spirited. Example: The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes Example: Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons 2. Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling. Labels: archaic 3. Causing heat. Labels: archaic Example: It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
Word: var Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of variable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of variance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Clipping of Anavar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable
Word: zenzic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin zenzicus, zensicus, from zensus, Germanized from census / German zenzi (“square (of a number)”), from Italian censo (“property”), used in Medieval times to denote the algebraic square based on a translation of Arabic مَال (māl, “property, assets, estate; (obsolete) algebraic square”). 1. relating to the square of a number Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypotrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + -trophy. 1. A degeneration in the functioning of an organ due to the reduction of the volume of the cells. Labels: uncountable 2. The growth of buds, stipules, or excess wood on the lower side. Labels: uncountable
Word: atrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “to fatten”). Equivalent to a- + -trophy. Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ɹə.fi/, /ˈɛt.ɹə.fi/ 1. A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers, especially, say they’re beginning to see the rot. The term for it is unlovely but not inapt: de-skilling.
Word: atrophy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “to fatten”). Equivalent to a- + -trophy. Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ɹə.fi/, /ˈɛt.ɹə.fi/ 1. To wither or waste away. Labels: intransitive Example: Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already. Example: The M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while paved, varies from corduroy to jaw-rattling patchwork. 2. To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. Labels: transitive Example: Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
Word: cuckold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cokolde, cokewold, cockewold, kukwald, kukeweld, from Old French cucuault; a compound of cucu (“cuckoo”) and Old French -auld. The word references the behavior of cuckoo birds where they lay their eggs in another bird’s nest. Cucu is either a directly derived onomatopoeic derivative of the cuckoo's call, or from Latin cucūlus. Latin cucūlus is a compound of onomatopoeic cucu (compare Late Latin cucus) and the diminutive suffix -ulus. Old French -auld is from Frankish *-wald (similar suffixes are used in some personal names within other Germanic languages as well; compare English Harold, for instance), a suffixal use of Frankish *wald (“wielder, ruler, leader”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaz (compare German Gewalt, from the related *waldą (“power, might”)), from *waldaną (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong; to rule”). Appears in Middle English in noun form circa 1250 as cokewald. First known use of the verb form is 1589. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.kəʊld/, /ˈkʌ.kəld/, /ˈkʌ.koʊld/ 1. A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact. Example: If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold. Example: You see, it happened that two lieutenantesses were fighting, because their husbands had made cuckolds of them ... 2. A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner. 3. A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter. 4. The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species. 5. Synonym of fringed filefish.
Word: cuckold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cokolde, cokewold, cockewold, kukwald, kukeweld, from Old French cucuault; a compound of cucu (“cuckoo”) and Old French -auld. The word references the behavior of cuckoo birds where they lay their eggs in another bird’s nest. Cucu is either a directly derived onomatopoeic derivative of the cuckoo's call, or from Latin cucūlus. Latin cucūlus is a compound of onomatopoeic cucu (compare Late Latin cucus) and the diminutive suffix -ulus. Old French -auld is from Frankish *-wald (similar suffixes are used in some personal names within other Germanic languages as well; compare English Harold, for instance), a suffixal use of Frankish *wald (“wielder, ruler, leader”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaz (compare German Gewalt, from the related *waldą (“power, might”)), from *waldaną (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong; to rule”). Appears in Middle English in noun form circa 1250 as cokewald. First known use of the verb form is 1589. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.kəʊld/, /ˈkʌ.kəld/, /ˈkʌ.koʊld/ 1. To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by committing adultery, or by seducing their partner or spouse. Labels: transitive Example: "Gave her anything she wanted - her own car, her own bank account, a free leg to amuse herself as she pleased. Of course she hated him for it. Cuckolded him, too, naturally." Example: Most of the twelve Caesars were rumored to have been licentious as both adulterers and homosexuals (not that the two were mutually exclusive, as will be seen), and Gaius and Nero were both supposed to have been adulterers, active homosexuals, and pathics. According to Suetonius, Julius Caesar was cuckolded by Clodius (Iul. 6, 74) but was himself so noted an adulterer that Pompey (lul. 50) called him "Aegisthus" (mock epic again); and his foreign affairs were the talk of Rome and of the army (Iul, 49–52).
Word: hypertrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy. Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi/, /haɪˈpɜɹ.tɹə.fi/ 1. An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells. Labels: countable Example: Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ]. 2. An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypertrophy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy. Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi/, /haɪˈpɜɹ.tɹə.fi/ 1. Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size. Labels: intransitive 2. To enlarge or extend. Labels: broadly Example: But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing. Example: Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept.
Word: illuminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (“lighten, light up, show off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from in + lūminō (“light up”), from lūmen (“light”). Cognate with Old English lȳman (“to glow, shine”). More at leam. Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/, /ɪˈl(j)uməneɪt/, /ɪˈlʉmɪnæɪt/, /ɪˈlʉmənæɪt/ 1. To shine light on something. Labels: transitive Example: Nero illuminated his gardens with live Christians soaked in tar, and we were now treated to a similar spectacle, probably for the first time since his day, only happily our lamps were not living ones. Example: A light that is one foot away from the subject's face will completely illuminate the face, but leave the rest of the body softer and darker. 2. To decorate something with lights. Labels: transitive 3. To clarify or make something understandable. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The situation, as it was, made it more difficult for him to leave. Yet it illuminated the very reasons why he had to go. 4. To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs. Labels: transitive 5. To make spectacular. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down. 6. To glow; to light up. Labels: intransitive Example: Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector. Example: Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […] 7. To be exposed to light. Labels: intransitive 8. To direct a radar beam toward. Labels: transitive
Word: illuminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin illūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. For sense 3, see also Lumières. Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)umɪnət/, /ɪˈlʉmənət/ 1. Enlightened, illuminated, made bright. Labels: obsolete Example: February 28 1630, Joseph Hall, The Hypocrite do ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies? 2. Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized. Labels: figuratively 3. Learned, erudite. Labels: archaic
Word: illuminate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)umɪnət/, /ɪˈlʉmənət/ 1. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.
Word: nephs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin prōpōnō (“place before; offer, propose”), via Scots [Term?]. 1. To propose or put forward for discussion or consideration. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: proponent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpəʊnənt/, /pɹəˈpoʊnənt/ 1. One who supports something; an advocate. Example: Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one. 2. One who makes a proposal or proposition. 3. One who propounds a will for probate.
Word: proponent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpəʊnənt/, /pɹəˈpoʊnənt/ 1. Making proposals; proposing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: snatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tell off Part of Speech: verb 1. To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way. Labels: transitive Example: To equalize a battalion is to tell off a certain number of companies, usually eight, in such a manner that the several component parts shall consist of the same number of men. 2. To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate. Labels: transitive Example: The provisions were packed over night and sent down by boat, in charge of the steward of the Gtdnare or some person specially told off for the purpose. Example: When they were quite ready, the now triumphant Toad led his companions to the paddock and set them to capture the old grey horse, who, without having been consulted, and to his own extreme annoyance, had been told off by Toad for the dustiest job in this dusty expedition. He frankly preferred the paddock, and took a deal of catching. 3. To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate. Labels: transitive Example: The Recruit looked thoughtful and told off the days on his fingers. 4. To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way. Labels: transitive Example: Joel's boss told him off for being late again.
Word: abide by Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law). Labels: transitive Example: I don't agree with it, but I'll abide by the decision to give the reward to her. Example: The defendent has abided by my ruling in good faith. 2. To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan). Labels: transitive Example: He may have shown his true colors, but he's supported me for years, so I'll abide by him. Example: She has served me loyally, abiding by my rule for almost my entire life.
Word: wear away Part of Speech: verb 1. To erode gradually and progressively. Example: As the sensitiveness which greeted my new position wore away, I began to rather like the freedom of my new character. Example: I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind.
Word: kinder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪndə/, /ˈkaɪndɚ/ 1. comparative form of kind: more kind Labels: comparative, form-of Example: My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died. Example: Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track.
Word: kinder Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From kind of. 1. Alternative form of kinda. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life. Example: 'No, he was kinder reticent about that part of it.'
Word: kinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kinder (“children”), sometimes via Yiddish קינדער (kinder, “children”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndə/, /ˈkɪndɚ/ 1. Children. Labels: humorous, plural, plural-only Example: But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping... Example: Of special interest to the kinder are The Children's Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory.
Word: kinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of kindergarten or kindergartner. 1. Clipping of kindergarten. Labels: Australia, Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 2. Clipping of kindergartner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal
Word: prestidigitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French prestidigitation, from French preste (“nimble, quick”) + Latin digitus (“finger”) + French -ation (process suffix). The word has a different origin from prestige, even though this in the past has meant “delusion, illusion, trick”. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛstɪˌdɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪʃən/, /ˌpɹɛstəˌdɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My favorite prestidigitation was when he pulled the live dove out of that tiny scarf. Example: He borrowed another hat and displayed its perfect emptiness; he held up his empty hands: "This is one of the most marvellous bits of prestidigitation known," he said. "You have all seen this hat holds nothing in the world: I will now see if I can extract anything from its emptiness. You can all observe my hands go nowhere but into the hat, and they are both open and turned to you. Yet what is this?" 2. A show of skill or deceitful cleverness. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: His writing was peppered with verbal tricks and prestidigitation. Example: The more modest place became the picture better; yet, as my eyes grew accustomed to the half-light, all the characteristic qualities came out--all the hesitations disguised as audacities, the tricks of prestidigitation by which, with such consummate skill, he managed to divert attention from the real business of the picture to some pretty irrelevance of detail.
Word: abbr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of abbreviation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: kalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog kalis, from Malay keris, from Old Javanese kĕris, kris Doublet of kris. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.lɪs/, /ˈkaː.lɪs/ 1. A Filipino sword akin to the kris. Labels: Philippines
Word: hard code Part of Speech: verb 1. To build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code. 2. To insert an unchangeable program into a device; to hard-wire. 3. To insert subtitles inside a video file, permanently modifying it.
Word: eat one's own dog food Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog food (“beta software”). 1. To use products or services one is selling internally, in order to understand their limitations. Labels: slang Example: AOL was signing up members at a furious rate, in part because it provided a better user experience than Juno, and we didn't understand that, because we didn't eat our own dog food. Example: As with most Microsoft product teams, we eat our own dog food. 2. To use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy. Labels: idiomatic
Word: dead-end Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdɛnd/ 1. Going nowhere; blocked. Example: a dead-end street Example: a dead-end job
Word: dead-end Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɛdˈɛnd/ 1. To come to a dead-end. Labels: US Example: Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around! 2. To come to nothing; to reach a hopeless situation. Labels: broadly Example: Dumas' tangle of unrequited, misplaced and dead-ended love
Word: dead-end Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛdˈɛnd/ 1. A road with no exit. Example: We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end. 2. A position that offers no hope of progress. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.
Word: dogfood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog + food. 1. To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users. Labels: slang, transitive Example: We're dog-fooding that release now, in three-weekly sprints.
Word: dogfood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + food. 1. Alternative spelling of dog food. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: dog food Part of Speech: noun 1. Food eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Food for domesticated dogs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Beta software that is tested on the developer’s own computer. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Synonym of dog meat (“dead person”). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog food now! 5. Heroin, typically the non-black tar type. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: dog food Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Chinese 狗糧 /狗粮 (gǒuliáng). 1. public display of affection, especially from the perspective of a lonely, single person. Labels: Internet, slang, uncountable
Word: gastronome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gastronome. 1. a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet Example: A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle: we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
Word: liking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English līciende, līciġende, from Proto-Germanic *līkāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *līkāną, equivalent to like + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of like Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: liking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English likinge, from Old English līcung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/ 1. A like; a predilection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion. Example: The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice. 2. Approval. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: goods bought on liking
Word: Microsoftify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Microsoft Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English Microsoftify From Microsoft + -ify. 1. To assimilate into a Microsoft framework. Labels: informal, transitive Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Microsoftify.
Word: -ify Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus. Pronunciation: /ɪfaɪ/ 1. Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns. Labels: morpheme 2. Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns. Labels: morpheme
Word: prestidigitator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French prestidigitateur. 1. One who performs feats of prestidigitation; a sleight-of-hand artist.
Word: nephrologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nephrologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + man or trans + man. 1. Alternative spelling of trans man. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, often Example: Like many transmen, he chose not to remove his female reproductive organs.