nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: geosynchronous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English synchronous English geosynchronous From geo- + synchronous. 1. Refers to the orbit of a satellite whose rate of revolution is matched to the rotation period of the Earth. A special case is the geostationary orbit, which is circular and equatorial, so that the satellite appears to be fixed over a particular point on Earth's surface. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hiro looks up, focuses his gaze on Earth, zooms in for a look. As he gets closer, the imagery he’s looking at shifts from the long-range pictures coming in from the geosynchronous satellites to the good stuff being spewed into the CIC computer from a whole fleet of low-flying spy birds. The view he’s looking at is a mosaic of images shot no more than a few hours ago.
Word: ensuing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ensue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ensuing Part of Speech: adj 1. Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event. Labels: not-comparable Example: We watched the derailment and ensuing train wreck with a mixture of fascination and horror.
Word: repercussion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/, /ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/, /ˌɹɛp.ɚˈkʌʃ.ən/, /ˌɹiː.pəˈkɐʃ.ən/ 1. A consequence or ensuing result of some action. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions. 2. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the repercussion of sound Example: Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. 3. Rapid reiteration of the same sound. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: everyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvɹiːˌmæn/ 1. In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort. Example: Near-synonyms: man on the street, John Q. Public (see more there) Example: In the novels of John Updike, sometimes Rabbit is his own man, and sometimes he is everyman.
Word: bellyaching Part of Speech: noun 1. Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Quit your bellyaching and get back to work! Example: "What the hell is the matter with you? You made your choice. What're you bellyachin' for? …"
Word: bellyaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bellyache Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ophthalmologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ophthalmology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ophthalmologist From ophthalmology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌɒf.θælˈmɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɔf.θə(l)ˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɑp.θə(l)ˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɔf.θælˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/ 1. A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist. Example: There is a good deal of scholarship by ophthalmologists— in addition to that done by historians of science, technology and medicine, and others—about the origins of eyeglasses and the evolution of their function and form.
Word: nonfiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English nonfiction From non- + fiction. 1. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section. Example: A sudoku book sits atop the Nielsen BookScan nonfiction best-seller list.
Word: numbskull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numb + skull. 1. Alternative spelling of numskull. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory Example: Along with addressing the many insufferable numbskulls who populate the site, Musk will have to tackle myriad thorny issues, […]
Word: infallible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin īnfallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfælɪbəl/, [ɪnˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪnˈfælɪbl̩], /ɪɱˈfælɪbəl/, [ɪɱˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪɱˈfælɪbl̩], /ɪnˈfæləbəl/ 1. A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
Word: infallible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin īnfallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfælɪbəl/, [ɪnˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪnˈfælɪbl̩], /ɪɱˈfælɪbəl/, [ɪɱˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪɱˈfælɪbl̩], /ɪnˈfæləbəl/ 1. Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy. Example: He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible. Example: That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you. But since there once were Scepticks in Philosophy as well as Religion, such as doubted of every thing, I very much question, whether the whole World be agreed in this Point; unless you could assure me, that Race of Seekers is now extinct. 2. Certain to produce the intended effect; sure. Example: Try this infallible cure for hiccups. Example: [L]isten patiently [...] and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery. 3. Certain to result from a specific cause; inevitable. Example: Paley can only account for this fact by saying that we are constrained by the fear of punishment in a future life, such having been declared to us by revelation to be the infallible result of wrong action.
Word: flashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English flash Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flashy From flash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈflæʃi/ 1. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing. Example: The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors. 2. Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood). Example: Flow criteria were used for classification […] The criteria chosen were […] (4) the rate of change of flow with time (logged serial correlation coefficients are 0.2 in flashy rivers, but up to 0.98 in stable ones); and (5) the velocity associated with average daily flows (this varies from 1.03 m/s in flashy rivers to 0.08 m/s in lowland ones). 3. Flashing; producing flashes. Labels: dated, poetic Example: a flashy light Example: […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies. 4. Drunk; tipsy. Labels: archaic Example: Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then a little 'flashy' he might be, but nothing more serious—and rely upon it, this was no common virtue in those days.
Word: Midas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ 1. A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold. Labels: Greek
Word: Midas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ 1. A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.
Word: double-edged sword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the notion that if two sides of the same blade are sharp, it cuts both ways. The metaphor may have originated from the Arabic expression سَيْفٌ ذُو حَدَّيْنِ (sayfun ḏū ḥaddayni, “double-edged sword”) or from the Hebrew expression חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת (ẖérev pifiyót, “double-mouthed sword”). The metaphor is first attested in English in the 15th century. 1. A benefit that is also a liability, especially a benefit that carries some significant but not-so-obvious cost or risk. Labels: figuratively Example: He added: “Facebook is a double-edged sword. You don’t want to support it, but you have to use it in order to reach a large audience.” Example: The double-edged sword of movie stardom remains the same as it ever was: when a persona is so fixed in the public mind, it's what people love you for, and it becomes difficult to deviate from. 2. A neutral principle that has applications that may be either positive (beneficial) or negative (adverse) to one's own interests. Labels: figuratively Example: The unintended ambiguity of the phrase was a double-edged sword: it spurred litigation but it also ended up shielding good-faith actors. Example: The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double-edged, sword.
Word: inamicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + amicable. Piecewise doublet of inamiable, inimicable, unamiable, and unamicable. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈæ.mɪ.kə.bəl/ 1. Not amicable; unfriendly or hostile. Example: The children suffered through their parents' inamicable divorce. Example: The peace talks became inamicable and the participants fired insults at each other.
Word: tollbooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of toll booth. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of tolbooth. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: scratch-built Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As from scratch. 1. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ende Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of end. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For well remembryng how much all good learnyng oweth vnto you for defense therof, as the Vniuersitie of Cambrige, of which my said late husband was a member, haue in chosing you their worthy Chaunceller acknowledged, and how happily you haue spent your time in such studies & caried the vse therof to the right ende...
Word: bentonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Benton + -ite, after the place where it was first mined: Fort Benton, Montana. 1. Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume in the presence of water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oxygen bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. a small gas cylinder of oxygen used in mountain climbing or scuba diving etc
Word: oxygen cylinder Part of Speech: noun 1. a gas cylinder containing oxygen
Word: gas cylinder Part of Speech: noun 1. A cylindrical vessel capable of containing a compressed gas at high pressure. Sometimes used as the fuel tank for an autogas vehicle.
Word: keelson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English kelswayn, from Low German kielswîn, kielswīn, from kiel (“keel of a ship”) (from Old Norse kjǫlr) + swin (“swine”), used as the name of a timber (however, compare sill). Compare with Dutch kolzwijn, kolsem, Low German, kielswîn, German Kielschwein, Danish kølsvin, kölsvin, all with the same meaning. 1. A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. Example: With regard to materials, all the frames should be of oak and so should the stem piece, stern post, upper portion of dead woods, knight heads, apron, beams, shelf clamp, bilge strakes, and keelson; the keel will generally be found to be either English or American elm.
Word: keep at Part of Speech: verb 1. To persist in. Labels: transitive Example: Learning a new language is hard, but if you keep at it, you'll get better. 2. To constrain (a person) to continue doing (a task). Labels: transitive Example: If he doesn't get back to you right away, just keep at him and eventually you'll get an answer.
Word: ceorl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ċeorl. Doublet of carl, churl, and karl. 1. An Anglo-Saxon churl. Labels: historical
Word: dematerialisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English materialisation English dematerialisation From de- + materialisation. Pronunciation: /diːməˌtɪəɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. the act or process of dematerializing Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: color by number Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key. Labels: attributive 2. A technique that applies such exercises, as formerly used in the production of large-scale animations for instance. Labels: uncountable
Word: color by number Part of Speech: verb 1. To complete such an exercise; to carry out such a technique by filling in each space with the appropriate color. Labels: intransitive
Word: pastimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pastime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pastimes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pastime Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: keep away Part of Speech: verb 1. To refrain from coming (near). Labels: intransitive Example: I'm keeping away from Joe until he calms down. 2. To prevent from coming (near). Labels: transitive Example: Keep your children away from the construction site: it's dangerous! Example: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
Word: color by numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. alternative form of color by number Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. plural of color by number Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: color by numbers Part of Speech: verb 1. alternative form of color by number Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: keep down Part of Speech: verb 1. To repress. Labels: transitive Example: The dictatorial state keeps down its dissidents very efficiently. Example: Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom / Well, who am I to keep you down? / It's only right that you should play the way you feel it / But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness 2. To restrain or control (a sound). Labels: transitive Example: We must keep the noise down, or the neighbours will complain. Example: Keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to sleep! 3. To cause not to increase or rise. Labels: transitive Example: It is essential to keep the numbers down to avoid overcrowding. 4. To retain in the stomach without vomiting. Labels: transitive Example: It is difficult to keep anything down when you have the flu. 5. To lie low; to stay concealed by not standing up. Labels: intransitive Example: You had better keep down or they will see you. 6. To refrain from using capital letters more than absolutely necessary. Labels: obsolete
Word: keep fit Part of Speech: noun 1. Exercises designed to promote physical fitness if performed regularly. Labels: uncountable
Word: keep fit Part of Speech: verb 1. To exercise for physical fitness. Example: I keep fit by kickboxing every week.
Word: keep from Part of Speech: verb 1. To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from. Labels: transitive Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment. 2. To make and cause to remain secret. Labels: transitive Example: What else did your brother keep from me? 3. To cause to be excluded or not present. Labels: transitive Example: He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice. Example: I don't want to keep you from school. 4. To protect or preserve from. Labels: transitive Example: As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.
Word: keepnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keep + net. 1. A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught. Example: Once she'd hooked them, she'd free them and put them in a keep net.
Word: keep off Part of Speech: verb 1. To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from). Labels: ambitransitive Example: Please keep off the grass. Example: You keep the dogs off while I go and knock on the door.
Word: kef Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kif. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: keloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid. Pronunciation: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd] 1. A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury. Example: It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother.
Word: keloid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid. Pronunciation: [ˈkiː.lɔɪd] 1. To form a keloid. Labels: intransitive Example: The scar on his neck from running through that plate glass on one of our licks has keloided smooth and shiny.
Word: of that ilk Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, that, ilk. 2. Having a name that is the same as the place where one lives. Labels: Scotland Example: Johnstone of that ilk = Johnstone from Johnstone
Word: mam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language. Pronunciation: /mæm/ 1. Mum, mom; diminutive of mother. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, informal, regional Example: She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.
Word: mam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mammary. Pronunciation: /mæm/ 1. A woman's breast. Labels: UK, in-plural, slang Example: There was another teacher […] who came to class fairly often wearing a thin silk blouse and NO BRA. Her 'mams' bounced appropriately, which was of course utterly FASCINATING for every boy in the class. Example: She focused her entire mind on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.
Word: mam Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mæm/ 1. Misspelling of ma'am. Labels: India, alt-of, misspelling
Word: weenie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wienie (“sausage”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of wienie (“penis”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: Weenies and beer had not been a part of ASN/29's stores. Example: “The fucking weenie gets hard and I fucking lose this brain and this happened,” he said. 3. Someone weak and unimportant, a wimp. Labels: derogatory, slang, sometimes 4. A geek or nerd, especially a computer user with a deficient social life. Labels: derogatory, slang, sometimes 5. A small creature which has a low cost to put into play, often used in a swarm with other such creatures. Labels: slang Example: Over and over again you'll dump a horde of weenies, and if you're^([sic]) opponent's^([sic]) too slow, he'll die right off the bat. Example: He was playing a monoblack weenie deck with 30+ creatures in it.
Word: bedwetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + wetter. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdwɛtɚ/ 1. A person who (habitually) urinates in their bed (during sleep). 2. A cowardly person. Labels: derogatory
Word: prayer beads Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An interesting example of a compound that is diachronically pleonastic, although not synchronically so; the head by itself originally meant the relevant meaning (see bead), but as the head's meaning broadened by extension, the compound then became necessary to specify the relevant meaning by narrowing down. 1. A string of beads used by members of various religions to count prayers, chants, or devotions. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: Suits didn't wear suits any more—they wore Tibetan prayer beads coiled around their wrists. But they slithered in a suitlike way.
Word: punchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English punch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English punchy From punch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃi/ 1. Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous. Labels: informal Example: Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer). Example: Some of the punchiest passages in "The Lady and the Panda" are quotations from Harkness's own writing. 2. Involving or resembling a punch with the fist. Labels: informal Example: Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least. Example: Francine leans down and her body tenses, shoulders reddening as she makes a sharp, punchy gesture. It doesn't look like a couple in love. 3. Punchable; punchworthy. Labels: informal Example: Even with his punchy face, Roman nose and big ears, Jack Drawbaugh will command most of the attention for the 1-14-mile marathon route tomorrow at Sunland Park. Example: I've always hated Robbie Williams downright stupid face, Hopefully the Gallaghers will break his legs aswell. 4. Behaving or appearing punch-drunk, reacting poorly. Labels: informal Example: I was so sleep-deprived I was starting to get punchy. Example: “It has been weeks since any of us have had even a moment of slumber.” “It's actually been only, like, 14 hours, but they get a little punchy when they don't get their sleep.” 5. Of groomed snow: unable to support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting in a ski punching through the surface of the snow. Labels: informal
Word: punchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From punch (“short fat person”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃi/ 1. Short and thick; fat; paunchy. Labels: informal, regional Example: Behind him, Saretha looked bewildered as a small, punchy man in a chartreuse Lawyer’s suit raced up to her, talking fast.
Word: polygynandry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry. Pronunciation: /pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/, /pɑlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/ 1. A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females. Labels: uncountable Example: If you've never heard of polygynandry before, this isn't surprising because it is a very unusual mating system, found only in a tiny number of vertebrate species and in no other primates.
Word: osteocalcin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English calc- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English osteocalcin From osteo- + calc- + -in. 1. A protein, found in bone and dentin and manufactured by osteoblasts, that plays a role in mineralization and calcium ion homeostasis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Comparison of the sequences of the various osteocalcins indicates that the central portion of the molecule is highly conserved. Example: Osteocalcin has recently been identified as a bone-derived hormone with significant functional impacts on sex steroid production by the testis, completing the circle of mutual interdependence between the skeletal system and gonad (for reviews, see Refs 536–538).
Word: holograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From holo- + -graph. 1. A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph. 2. A hologram. Example: But when a holograph is placed backwards in its holder and illuminated with laser light, it can produce a real image […] Example: Producing a holograph involves illumination of an object through the use of intersecting laser beams.
Word: holograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From holo- + -graph. 1. To record by means of holography.
Word: holograph Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From holo- + -graph. 1. Handwritten by the person whose signature it bears. Labels: not-comparable Example: The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it;
Word: hotness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hotnes, from Old English hātnes (“hotness, heat”), equivalent to hot + -ness. 1. The condition of being hot, heat. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hotheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hot + headed. 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered. Example: Such an opportunity can hardly again occur to an ancient and grey-haired man; and to see it lost by the madcap spleen of a hot-headed boy! Example: "But I am!" flashed the young man, as if he had been misunderstood. "Listen. You're like all boys—hot-headed an' hasty. Let me talk a little," resumed Anderson.
Word: fryer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fry + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix). 1. A machine or container for frying food. Example: He learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen. 2. A fish suitable for frying. 3. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel. Example: […] it also had a yellow beak. Which meant it wasn't a layer anymore and was okay to eat. Nowadays we get yellow-legged fryers. 4. One who fries. Example: The dolphin was also borne by the family of Fryer, with reference, as Mr. Moule suggests, to the fry or swarm of fishes (or was not their ancestor an excellent fryer of fish?); […] Example: The sale is conducted on the principle of what is termed a “Dutch auction,” purchasers not being allowed to inspect the fish in the doubles before they bid. Offal is bought only by the “fryers.”
Word: frigidarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frīgidārium, from frīgidus (“cold”). Doublet of frigidaire. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɪd͡ʒɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌfɹɪd͡ʒəˈdɛɹi.əm/ 1. In Ancient Roman baths, a room with a bath of cold water. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical
Word: foxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fox; baffled; outwitted. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foxed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of paper, having yellowish-brown stains. Example: My copy of “Lolita” is all foxed pages and spindly spine, battered and beloved.
Word: Antiochus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Antiochus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos). Pronunciation: /ænˈtaɪəkəs/ 1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos), notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
Word: Abimelech Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (avimelek, “Abimelech”). Pronunciation: /əˈbɪm.əˌlɛk/ 1. Any of several Philistine kings. Example: And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Word: Absalom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (avshalóm, literally “father of peace”), from אָב (av, “father”) + שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sə.ləm/ 1. The third son of David, king of Israel. Example: A student who doesn't know the slow movement of Schubert's B-flat major op post sonata, or the story of David and Absalom, needs to go back to school and learn better. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare
Word: Achab Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ahab. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly, uncommon Example: 1808, Charles Thomson, The Old Covenant, Commonly Called Old Testament; translated from the Septuagint, Jane Aitken (publ.), IV Kings (II Kings) VIII, 26. And he walked in the way of Achab and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Achab. Example: 1857, The Holy Bible Translated from the Latin Vulgate, James Duffy (publ.), III Kings (I Kings) XXI, 2, page 260. And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and joining to my house, and I will give thee for it a better vineyard; or if thou think it more convenient for thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Word: Demetrius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry. Pronunciation: /dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it ſelfe: yea, and we alſo beare record, and ye know that our record is true. Example: The easy names were the ones she forgot. But this one wasn't easy and it was like the swaggering name of some football player from Alabama and that's how she remembered it, Demetrius, badly burned in the other tower, the south tower.
Word: Edom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm). The medieval Jewish use of "Edom" to refer to Christians referred to their view of Christianity as a heresy that originated from Judaism, comparing Christians to Esau as a relative who was hostile to Jacob (who represented the Jewish people). It originated from Jewish writings that compared the Roman authorities to Edom for their persecution of Jewish people, which was later applied to Christianity when the latter became the state religion of the Roman Empire. Pronunciation: /ˈi.dəm/ 1. The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible. 2. A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau. Labels: historical 3. Rome, the Roman Empire. Labels: Judaism, collective, derogatory, historical 4. Christianity; Christendom, the Christian countries. Labels: Judaism, collective, derogatory, historical
Word: Elias Part of Speech: name Etymology: The New Testament form of Elijah, a Hebrew prophet, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlaɪ̯.əs/, [ɪˈlaɪ̯.əs], /əˈlaɪ̯.əs/, [əˈlaɪ̯.əs], /ˈɛ.li.ɐs/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: Some ſay that thou art John the Baptiſt, ſome Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of yͤ Prophets. Example: In a 2017 GoFundMe page that included his photo, a testimonial attributed to Elias Rodriguez described how, when he was 11, his father’s deployment to Iraq sparked his political awakening and mobilized him to prevent “another generation of Americans coming home from genocidal imperialist wars.” 2. A surname.
Word: Joab Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊ.æb/ 1. The nephew of King David, and son of Zeruiah.
Word: Byzantine Empire Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Latin Imperium Byzantinum. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)/ 1. An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453. Labels: historical
Word: fulfilling Part of Speech: adj 1. Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.
Word: fulfilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fulfill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of fulfil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fulfilling Part of Speech: noun 1. fulfilment Example: Absolute promises have therefore a sufficiency in themselves to bring about their own fulfillings; the conditional have not so.
Word: fluttering Part of Speech: noun 1. Rapid back-and-forth or up-and-down waving or oscillation of, e.g. wings or a vibrating engine; the condition of engaging in such an action. Example: I was entranced by the colorful fluttering of the butterfly's wings. Example: The valve's fluttering is a problem, you have to find where it comes from. 2. The action of atrial flutter, in which the upper chambers of the heart beat too rapidly. Example: Treatment will reduce the fluttering in your heart. 3. A feeling of internal shifting, as with indigestion, nervous flutters, etc. Example: The fluttering in her belly reminded her that her child was coming one day soon. Example: He felt a fluttering of discontent, but he said nothing.
Word: fluttering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flutter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vriddhi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vṛddhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: refining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refining Part of Speech: noun 1. Refinement (process of refining) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.
Word: scolding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskoʊldɪŋ/ 1. An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.
Word: scolding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskoʊldɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scold Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tumbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tumble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tumbling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that tumbles. Example: These so many conquests must needs bring with them many tumblings and tossings, many disturbances and changes in government[…] Example: Having feasted our souls with this sublime spectacle, we ministered to the wants of the body by a plentiful breakfast, and about noon we commenced the descent, rendered ludicrous enough by various tumblings and sprawlings on the part of the more inexpert mountaineers.
Word: vrddhi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vṛddhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fading Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fade. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: fading light; fading memory; fading reputation Example: With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.
Word: fading Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ 1. The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment. Example: […] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […] 2. An Irish dance. Labels: obsolete Example: Fading is a fine jig. 3. The burden of a song. Labels: obsolete Example: He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings
Word: embracing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embrace Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embracing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is embraced (in various senses). Example: There are some secret moving Springs in the Affections, which when they are set a going by some Object in view, or be it some Object, though not in view, yet rendred present to the Mind by the Power of Imagination, that Motion carries out the Soul by its Impetuosity to such violent eager embracings of the Object, that the Absence of it is insupportable. Example: Ay, in so doing you will but voluntarily throw yourself into her arms, and, with fond embracings, proclaim yourself a willing servant; do not, in the wild endeavor to win fame, strive to crush her power!
Word: embracing Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of amplectant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pneumatosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pneumat- + -osis. 1. The abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commitology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of comitology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: comitologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comitology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transporting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā 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 Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport English -ing English transporting From transport + -ing. Labels: no-gloss
Word: transporting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā 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 Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport English -ing English transporting From transport + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of transport Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transporting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English transportyng, equivalent to transport + -ing. 1. The transportation of a criminal.
Word: CSU Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Initialism of Colorado State University Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of California State University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “I am extremely pleased and deeply appreciative that we have reached common ground with CFA that will end the strike immediately,” CSU Chancellor Mildred García said in a separate statement. 3. Initialism of Cagayan State University. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CSU Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German CSU. Also an initialism of Christian Social Union. 1. The Bavarian Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union), a major mainstream right-wing political party in Bavaria. Labels: German Example: The ever-present two dominant parties of German politics, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), unofficially known as the Union, make up one grouping. The Social Democrats, or SPD, form another. Given the German system of proportional representation, the government tends to be formed in a coalition, usually headed by the CDU/CSU or the SPD.
Word: goodness me Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of mild surprise. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic
Word: finger tight Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a screwed connection, tightened using the fingers, and no tools, to a torque of about 15 to 20 inlb or 1.7 to 2.3 Nm.
Word: whithersoever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English whidersoevere. By surface analysis, whither + so + ever. 1. To what place soever; wherever. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: And a certaine Scribe came, and ſaid vnto him, Maſter, I will follow thee whitherſoeuer thou goeſt. Example: JONES was commanded to leave the Houſe immediately, and told, that his Clothes and every thing elſe ſhould be ſent to him whitherſoever he ſhould order them.
Word: edged Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English egged, from Old English ecged; equivalent to edge + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɛd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of edge Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Already a mentally fragile boy, he now edged towards insanity.
Word: edged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English egged, from Old English ecged; equivalent to edge + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɛd͡ʒd/ 1. That has a sharp planar surface. Example: The monks were forbidden to carry edged weapons such as swords and axes. 2. Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on. Example: a coat edged with fur Example: black feathers edged with gray
Word: infected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of infect Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
Word: infected Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an infection. Example: The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.
Word: infected Part of Speech: noun 1. One who has an infection. Example: I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick Example: Some infecteds tried to pick their way through the debris, but shards of brick cut their bare feet.
Word: boneyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bone + yard. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊnˌjɑɹd/ 1. A graveyard. Labels: informal 2. In the game of dominoes, the pile of upside-down pieces that have yet to be used. 3. A dumpsite for obsolete or unusable aircraft etc; a junkyard. Labels: slang Example: B-52s in a boneyard Example: a 440 V-8 from the boneyard 4. An area scraped down to the mineral soil, so that smouldering material can be placed there without starting another fire.
Word: phytotronics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English -tronics English phytotronics From phyto- + -tronics. 1. The study of plants under controlled environmental conditions in order to determine the effects of one or more environmental parameters. Labels: uncountable
Word: pigeonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pigeon + -ite, named from its type locality on Lake Superior's shores at Pigeon Point, Minnesota, United States. 1. Any monoclinic pyroxene that is a mixed calcium, magnesium and ferrous silicate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pilotage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pilot Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English pilotage From pilot + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlətɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "It will not be light this half hour, and I will answer for his safe pilotage while dark; but if the day once break, the fishermen will be abroad, and there will not be a chance of escape." 2. The occupation of a pilot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: (aviation pilot) flying 3. The fee paid to a pilot who guides a ship to its anchorage (a roadstead or wharf) or to its outbound channel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piloting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlətɪŋ/ 1. The form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: piloting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlətɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pilot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pinch effect Part of Speech: noun 1. the magnetic self-attraction of parallel electric currents having the same direction; the restriction of a flowing plasma because of this attraction
Word: pine nut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pinnote, pynote, from Old English pīnhnutu (“pinenut”), equivalent to pine + nut. Cognate with Swedish pinjenöt (“pinenut”). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪn ˌnʌt/ 1. The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.
Word: pine nut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pineapple + coconut. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪn ˌnʌt/ 1. The flavor that results from mixing pineapple and coconut. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable Example: pine nut soda
Word: pine terpene Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of terpenoid hydrocarbons that is the principal component of essential oils obtained from various species of Pinus.
Word: pine oil Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of monoterpene alcohols obtained from various species of Pinus, rich in α-terpineol. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pionium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pion Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English pionium From pion + -ium. 1. an exotic atom equivalent to a hydrogen atom with the proton replaced by a pion 2. an onium where the bound antiparticle-particle pair is a pion and an antipion.
Word: auspiciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English auspicious Middle English -ly English -ly English auspiciously From auspicious + -ly. 1. In an auspicious way. Example: Shoots break from the earth, leaves unfurl auspiciously and peacockeries of colour—dashing golds, purples and whites—illuminate the grounds.
Word: Pirani gauge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Marcello Stefano Pirani. 1. A robust thermal conductivity gauge used for the measurement of the pressures in vacuum systems.