nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: vitrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”). Pronunciation: /vɪˈtɹiːn/, /vəˈtɹiːn/ 1. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc. Example: Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air. Example: The Princess offered us tea and wine, and we talked for a long time, and then she must show us her house, filled with tapestries, paintings and bibelots and, in a vitrine in a room upstairs, a wonderful collection of fans painted by Carlo van Loo[…]
Word: hypocrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/ 1. Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. Example: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Example: [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
Word: assigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assigns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of assign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sussreserve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Süßreserve ("sweet reserve"). 1. Unfermented grape juice, especially when added to wine to sweeten it. Labels: uncountable
Word: assessment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō Latin assessus Medieval Latin assessareder. Old French assesserbor. Middle English assessen English assess Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English assessment From assess + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛsmənt/ 1. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An appraisal or evaluation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For every item taken into consideration, the question of its status in terms of history has to be raised; if a word can safely be taken to have been borrowed, it will require an assessment different from that appropriate for a native lexeme. Example: […] without a stemmatic approach, when this method allows clear results (and there are definitely cases where it does), it is simply impossible to provide any sound assessment of the value of the individual witnesses.
Word: agenda-setting Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory in mass communication that states that the media have the ability to determine which issues are important to the public. Labels: uncountable
Word: A-gay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for A-list gay. 1. An A-list gay; an affluent, well-connected, upwardly mobile gay man or woman. Labels: slang Example: The A-Gays could talk about whoever was tooting coke in the bathroom. The B-Gays, being largely decorative, were not expected to talk. Example: The latter is long past its heyday of the 1950s and 1960s, while Marrakech continues to attract wealthy A-gays.
Word: asbestosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-der.? Ancient Greek σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ) Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós) Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor. Latin asbestosbor. Old French abestosder. English asbestos Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English asbestosis From asbestos + -osis. Pronunciation: /ˈæs.bɛsˌtəʊ.sɪs/, /ˌæs.bɛsˈtoʊ.sɪs/ 1. A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fibroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.brɔɪd/ 1. A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle. 2. A fibroma.
Word: myoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myo- + -oma. Pronunciation: /maɪˈəʊmə/, [maɪ̯ˈəʊ̯mə], /maɪˈoʊmə/, [maɪ̯ˈoʊ̯mə] 1. A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.
Word: sclerosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, “hardening”), from σκληρόω (sklēróō, “to harden”), from σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -osis. Pronunciation: /skləˈɹəʊ.sɪs/, /skləˈɹoʊ.sɪs/, /skləˈɹəʉ.sɪs/, /skləˈɹɐʉ.səs/ 1. The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. 2. Inability to create change or excessive resistance to change. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Suppressing dissent dooms the society to sclerosis, decline and collapse.
Word: multiple sclerosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of multiple cerebral sclerosis, i.e. appearance of hardenings or nodules dispersed throughout parts of the central nervous system, in the brain or spinal cord. Confusingly, at some point during the 20th century most sources started dropping cerebral from the expression, even though sclerosis can occur in the other tissues of the body, in unrelated pathologies. 1. A chronic non-contagious disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability. Labels: uncountable
Word: gastric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæstɹɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the stomach. Labels: not-comparable Example: This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.
Word: gastritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: gastr- + -itis, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr). 1. Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bad luck Part of Speech: noun 1. An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune. Labels: uncountable Example: McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
Word: hard luck Part of Speech: noun 1. Bad luck. Labels: uncountable
Word: hard luck Part of Speech: intj 1. Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
Word: hard lines Part of Speech: intj 1. Expressed to someone suffering misfortune. Labels: dated, slang
Word: hard lines Part of Speech: noun 1. Hardship; misfortune. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable Example: “There ain’t no drain of nothing short handy, is there?” said the Chicken, generally. “This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.” Captain Cuttle proffered a glass of rum […]
Word: hard cheese Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, cheese. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hard cheese Part of Speech: intj 1. An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: breadfruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of taxonomic name Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/ 1. Any of species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. Example: On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties. Example: There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples. 2. The large round fruit of this tree.
Word: damson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmzən/ 1. A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia. 2. The edible fruit of this tree. Example: And if you come hether, / When Damſines I gether, / I will part them all you among. Example: But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
Word: damson Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English damascene, damasyn, damacene, from Latin prūnum damascēnum (“Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”). Doublet of damascene. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmzən/ 1. The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.
Word: cyclotomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cyclotomy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cyclotomic From cyclotomy + -ic. 1. of, or relating to cyclotomy Labels: not-comparable 2. of, or relating to the complex roots of unity Labels: not-comparable
Word: cyclotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + -tomy. 1. surgical removal of the ciliary muscle Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons Labels: countable, uncountable 3. the analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kick like a mule Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a very strong physical effect. Labels: informal Example: This Russian drink tastes foul, but it kicks like a mule. Example: Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen But he can kick like a mule, it's a real mean team
Word: kicks like a mule Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kick like a mule Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: de Moivre number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754), French mathematician. 1. Any of several complex numbers that are coordinates of the vertices of a regular polygon of unit radius
Word: chalet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæleɪ/ 1. An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves. Example: Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid. Example: “I know that Perdita spends the offseason at her chalet in Gstaad, and that her mansion would be empty. And the perfect place to teach you all a valuable lesson about the importance of being nice to people who maybe aren't part of your core group but who have done a lot of nice things for you and yet you still treat them like shit.” 2. A recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a resort or country club dedicated to the uniformed services, used for events, staycations and other social gatherings. Labels: Singapore
Word: colonnette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French colonne Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French colonnettebor. English colonnette Borrowed from French colonnette. 1. A small, thin column, especially one used to support an arcade.
Word: chatline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chat + line. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃætˌlaɪn/ 1. A telephone service in which a caller may converse with an operator on a specific subject. 2. A similar service which allows conversation among a number of separate callers.
Word: chat line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chatline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: CAB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Civil Aeronautics Board. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Citizens Advice Bureau. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Criminal Assets Bureau. Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Combat Action Badge. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. The station code of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.
Word: CAB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: IYKWIM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of if you know what I mean. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MOO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Master of Orion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MOO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of matter of opinion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of MUD, object-oriented. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Money Order Office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism Example: […](3) the nature of the Postal business accommodation supplied by the local Post-Office—thus, PO (Post-Office), SB (Savings Bank), MOO (Money Order Office), or, if there be no PO, the name and distance of the nearest PO[…] Example: It was to help solve a serious problem – mice. For the little vermin were chewing letters containing banknotes and postal orders, especially at the Money Order Office (MOO). 4. Initialism of massive overdense object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WLTM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of would like to meet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Outgoing, loving, sincere lady, early 50s, brunette, 5’4”, H/W proportionate, enjoys dancing, movies, much more. WLTM loving, employed, nice man, 45-62, with similar interests to share something special.
Word: cyclo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- From cycle, cyclic. Pronunciation: /sʌɪ.klə(ʊ)/, /saɪ.kloʊ/, /saɪ.klə/ 1. Circle, circular. Labels: morpheme Example: cyclorama, cyclometer 2. A cyclic compound. Labels: morpheme Example: cyclohexane 3. Cyclone. Labels: morpheme 4. Ciliary body. Labels: morpheme
Word: DBEYR Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of don't believe everything you read. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 2000, Netrunner, in alt.fan.blade-runner http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.blade-runner/msg/3bf6f64035d142cd?dmode=source&hl=en Then there is the WP. And of course rumours and hearsay about various other versions that may or may not have actually been shown in cinemas, (but DBEYR). Example: O BTW!! Greg MacLean made a believer out of most of the so called pros by winning the B.A.S.S. Eastern Division Invitational in Jan. 11-13 on Lake Okeechobee,FL. using crankbaits on 8# test line. 44 lbs 4 oz. One was a 9lb 4oz beauty!! DBEYR!
Word: doorman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English door Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English doorman From door + -man. 1. A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.
Word: doormen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doorman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down- + burst, coined by American meteorologist Horace R. Byers and Japanese and American meteorologist Tetsuya T. Fujita in November 1975. 1. A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
Word: assicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ass + emoticon. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪkɒn/ 1. An emoticon that takes the form of buttocks. Labels: Internet
Word: antidromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anti- Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antidromic From anti- + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) + English -ic. 1. flowing in the opposite direction from normal Labels: not-comparable
Word: downmarket Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From down- + market. 1. Designed for low-income consumers. Example: Near-synonym: low-end 2. Of, or relating to the less prestigious sector of the market. Example: Near-synonym: low-end
Word: downmarket Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From down- + market. 1. Towards the less prestigious sector of the market. Example: Sadly, by the 1970s the arcade had gone downmarket with brash shop fronts and cheap shops, some of doubtful reputation.
Word: downmarket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From down- + market. 1. To render or become downmarket. Labels: transitive Example: If there has been a genuine dissemination of a certain degree of readership, of artistic interest and, very notably, of musical awareness and response, there has also been a 'downmarketing', a vulgarization of culture […] Example: As Rob Plant explained, there is a “downmarketing” process when tourists experience problems with their initial accommodation plans and settle for the next level: for example, from one-star hotel down to backpacker hostel.
Word: downtrodden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *dountroden, past participle of Middle English dountreden (“to tread down, trample”), equivalent to down- + trodden. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/, /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɑdən/ 1. Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated. Labels: figuratively 2. Trodden down. Example: a patch of downtrodden soil
Word: downtrodden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/, /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɑdən/ 1. past participle of downtread Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. past participle of downtrod Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dragonnade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”) + -ade. 1. A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism. Labels: historical 2. The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.
Word: cycloalkane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English cycloalkane From cyclo- + alkane. 1. Any saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
Word: cycloheptane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English heptane English cycloheptane From cyclo- + heptane. 1. An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₇H₁₄; a volatile inflammable liquid.
Word: Conky Joe Part of Speech: noun 1. A white resident or native of the Bahamas. Labels: slang
Word: chlor- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of chloro- used mainly before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme
Word: anthropomorphize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, anthropo- + morph + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˌanθɹəpəˈmɔːfʌɪz/ 1. To endow with human qualities. Labels: transitive 2. To ascribe or attribute human characteristics and behaviors to entities. Labels: transitive Example: Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…] Example: A month away from twenty-six and there you are, in the middle of a Monday afternoon, genuinely engaged in the madcap antics of a slope-headed, claymated man and his anthropomorphized horse.
Word: disynaptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + synaptic. Pronunciation: /daɪs(a)ɪˈnæptɪk/ 1. Characterizes a connection between two neurons as involving an intermediate neuron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chervil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chervell, from Old English cerfille, from Anglo-Norman chervele (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin caerefolium, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)vɪl/, /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)vəl/ 1. A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley. Labels: countable Example: The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.] 2. Leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise. Labels: uncountable Example: No herb, except perhaps tarragon, is quite so French as chervil, an association that is not surprising for a nation known for its celebration of fine food and the subtle use of herbs. Example: Cook fresh chervil leaves very little, if at all. They are best when added to a dish after it has been cooked, or toward the end of the cooking time.
Word: lovage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loveache, a folk-etymological alteration, after love and ache (“parsley”), of Anglo-Norman luvasche and Old French luvache, loveche et al., and Middle French levesche, from Latin levisticum, probably alteration of Latin ligusticum, substantivization of the neuter of Ligusticus (“Ligurian”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Λιγυστικός (Ligustikós, “Ligurian”), from Λίγυς (Lígus, “Ligurian”). This replaced the Old English name lufestiċe (literally “love-stitch”), which was also derived from levisticum and altered by folk-etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈlʌvəd͡ʒ/ 1. A perennial Mediterranean herb, of species Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A liquor made from this herb. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Various species in the genus Ligusticum (generally with an adjective to differentiate them from Levisticum) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: untalkative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English talkative English untalkative From un- + talkative. 1. unwilling to talk; taciturn; refusing to speak
Word: Baja Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.jɑ/ 1. A city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary.
Word: Baja Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish baja, from bajo, from Latin bassus. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.hɑː/ 1. Ellipsis of Baja California: a peninsula in Mexico, separating the Gulf of California and Sea of Cortez from the Pacific Ocean, on the west coast of North America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: sexiest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɛksi.əst/ 1. superlative form of sexy: most sexy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: red dwarf Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, relatively cool star on the main sequence. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, dwarf.
Word: toughness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English toughnesse, towghnesse, towghenesse, equivalent to tough + -ness. 1. The state of being tough. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being tough. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A formidable difficulty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ferr- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of ferro- used before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme
Word: Baja California Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Baja California (“lower California”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.hɑ ˌkælɪˈfoɹn.jə/ 1. A peninsula in Mexico: A mountainous peninsula of western Mexico between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California; administered as the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur. 2. A state of Mexico that occupies the northern part of the peninsula. 3. A province of Mexico, New Spain, North America, created by splitting the colony of California into Baja California and Alta California. Labels: historical
Word: white matter Part of Speech: noun 1. A region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites. Labels: uncountable
Word: stylebook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From style + book. 1. A manual containing an organization's standardized usage conventions for how to write. Example: I have a copy of the UPI stylebook, which I check when I need to know how to write something.
Word: Fimbulwinter Part of Speech: name 1. One of the signs of the onset of the end of this world, the final, three-year-long winter (with no intervening summers); it marks the coming of the Ragnarok, the battle that will end the world. Labels: Norse
Word: ghost image Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost (noun sense 3, via noun sense 4). 1. Any undesired image appearing at the image plane of an optical system; either a false image of the desired object, or an out-of-focus image of a bright source of light in the field of the optical system.
Word: ghost image Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Norton Ghost disk-cloning and backup software tool, itself an initialism of general hardware-oriented system transfer. 1. A copy of all the contents of a hard drive, used as a backup.
Word: checker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English check Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English checker From check + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/, /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ 1. One who or that which checks or verifies something. Example: So, keep in mind that Microsoft Word’s Spelling tool is as much a “typo” tool as a checker of spelling. 2. One who makes a check mark. Example: "Essentially," said a senior vice president of the FHLBB of Dallas, "we were checkers of boxes." 3. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment. Example: There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow. Example: Bud Brown said something to the checker he was supervising; she had been craning around to see what was happening. She flushed and began to run her calculator again. 4. One who hinders or stops something.
Word: checker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/, /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ 1. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon. 2. A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard. 3. An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
Word: checker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/, /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ 1. To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard. Labels: transitive Example: On the other hand, who ever tires of the names of Oldfield, and Bracegirdle, and Woffington? All the flutters of the fans of two centuries, and all the solid merits of bodices and petticoats, come down to us in their names; chequering Covent Garden like chintz, and bringing along with them the periwigged and scented glories of the Congreves and Steeles. 2. To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard. Labels: intransitive
Word: checker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of chequer. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/, /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ 1. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
Word: glass transition Part of Speech: noun 1. In amorphous materials, gradual and reversible transition from a hard and relatively brittle "glassy" state into a viscous or rubbery state (or opposite) over a range of temperature range.
Word: churchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/ 1. A churchwarden. Labels: obsolete 2. A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church). Example: The bishop, a highly placed churchman, stated the religion's opinion. 3. A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England. Example: I replied, ‘I attended St. James's, St. Martin's, and St. Ann's, Soho;’—‘So,’ said he, ‘you are a churchman.’ Example: Thus they say the king of Great Britain, must maintain episcopacy in England, and presbyterianism in Scotland, whether he be a presbyterian as king William, a Lutheran as George I. or a true churchman as his present Majesty.
Word: head coach Part of Speech: noun 1. The highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. Example: The other coaches offered their opinions, but in the end the head coach decided. Example: In their semi-final Canada demolished New Zealand in the first half and another impressive start by head coach Kevin Rouet's side was rewarded when Hogan-Rochester went over in the corner after some slick handling.
Word: graben Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Graben (“ditch”), from the verb graben (“to dig”). 1. An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area. Example: 1959, Robert G. Yates, George A. Thompson, Geology and Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District, Texas, U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 312, page 49, The magnitude and shape of the large grabens strongly suggest that, when they formed, material much more mobile than ordinary rocks was present at a depth no greater than a few miles. Example: This system includes the Syrian and Lebanese grabens; the grabens of the Dead Sea, Wadi al Arabah, Gulfs of Aqaba and Suez, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden; and the Ethiopian graben.
Word: grain boundary Part of Speech: noun 1. An internal interface that separates neighbouring misoriented single crystals in a polycrystalline solid.
Word: redaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French rédaction or its etymon New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“to put in motion, to drive”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈdækʃən/ 1. An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring. Labels: countable Example: The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret. Example: The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection] 2. The change or changes made while editing. Labels: countable 3. The process of editing or censoring. Labels: uncountable Example: The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]
Word: gravitational collapse Part of Speech: noun 1. The stage in the evolution of a star in which the pressure of the star is insufficient to maintain it at a stable size, and its material falls inward under its own gravity, eventually forming a black hole or a neutron star, and sometimes accompanied by a supernova explosion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isolated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A rendering into English of French isolé. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/ 1. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. Example: an isolated tree in the mountains Example: Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower. 2. Happening or occurring only once. Example: isolated case Example: an isolated occurrence 3. Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file. 4. Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone. 5. Which has been extracted from the organism. 6. Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities. 7. Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes). 8. Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. Example: I feel so isolated among my workmates
Word: isolated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A rendering into English of French isolé. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of isolate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pile driver Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam. 2. A person or thing who hits or attacks forcefully or powerfully. Example: She scored a goal with a pile driver from the edge of the penalty box
Word: pile driver Part of Speech: adj 1. Forceful. Labels: not-comparable Example: The champ ended the boxing match with a pile driver blow to his opponent’s jaw.
Word: Sonya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Со́ня (Sónja), an informal pet form of Со́фья (Sófʹja), Софі́я (Sofíja) or Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sofia, Sophia”), from the Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). It was introduced into English through 19th century Russian literature and taken into general use in early twentieth century. 1. A female given name from Russian Соня (Sonja). Example: It was Valery who had named her firstborn Sonya, after the figure skater Sonja Henie. "She moves through space so smoothly! She has such freedom!" she explained to Ray, the child's father. "Anything you want, honey," he replied, with a half-smile. Example: He said nothing, then asked, “Is Sonya your real name?” “Harinderjeet.” “A good name. A strong name.” He could see her face in the bar's surface, frowning as she returned the card to her purse. “Is Sonya not a nice name?” He felt her leaning in. “A sexy name?”
Word: respelling Part of Speech: noun 1. A different spelling of a word, especially to show its pronunciation.
Word: respelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of respell. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: geno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”), also Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”) and from Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”). 1. genetics - e.g. genotype Labels: morpheme 2. family, tribe or race - e.g. genocide Labels: morpheme
Word: herborize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French herboriser. 1. To seek and classify new or previously known plant species. Labels: intransitive 2. To form plant-like figures in (minerals, etc.). Labels: transitive
Word: babassu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *kˀɨp Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ Proto-Tupian *ʔa Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa Old Tupi 'ybá Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu Old Tupi -gûasu Old Tupi 'ybagûasu Nheengatu babasúbor. Portuguese babaçubor. English babassu Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese babaçu (formerly spelled babassu). 1. A tall Brazilian feather palm, Attalea speciosa, having hard-shelled nuts that yield an edible oil.
Word: gravitational lens Part of Speech: noun 1. A distribution of matter whose gravitational field bends the path of light rays sufficiently to distort, magnify or multiply images of more distant objects. Example: Thus the galactic gravitational lens effect is not important in maintaining the radio reference coordinate system with mas accuracy, if quasars as fiduciary points are pertinently selected. Example: The two other examples of gravitational lenses discussed above have not been modeled as elaborately.
Word: gravitational radiation Part of Speech: noun 1. a hypothetical wave, produced by an accelerating mass, that would be propagated at the speed of light Labels: uncountable
Word: gravitational redshift Part of Speech: noun 1. A shift to longer wavelengths of spectral lines emitted by atoms in a strong gravitational field.
Word: gravitational field Part of Speech: noun 1. the field produced by the gravitational force of mass
Word: respell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1806, re- + spell. 1. To spell again. Labels: transitive Example: A child is learning to spell, but no special pains are taken to make him respell, and respell, until spelled aright, every misspelled word. 2. To spell again. Labels: transitive Example: It may be hardly necessary to respell most of the words of this class in order to give their pronunciation, as, in their common orthography, they are naturally pronounced correctly, with the appropriate sound of the g.
Word: expungement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expunge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English expungement From expunge + -ment. 1. The act of expunging. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process by which the record of a criminal conviction is erased, destroyed or sealed. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: In a memorandum in support of the expungement motion, Atty. John Ward argues that the retention of his clients' records "is and will be of great harm to them."
Word: contango Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term originated in early-19th-century England, and is believed to be a corruption of continuation, continue or contingent. In the past on the London Stock Exchange, contango was a fee paid by a buyer to a seller when the buyer wished to defer settlement of the trade they had agreed. The charge was based on the interest forgone by the seller not being paid. Pronunciation: /kənˈtæŋɡoʊ̯/, /kɒn-/ 1. The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: most of these other commodities are generally in contango 2. The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Normally new buyers would go after the March silver contract, especially with such a small contango. 3. Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Yesterday was Settling Day in Consols, and Monday next the Settling of Omnium. Owing to the great scarcity of money, the Contango on both is extremely great, nearly equal to 15 per cent. for money, from account to account.
Word: contango Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The term originated in early-19th-century England, and is believed to be a corruption of continuation, continue or contingent. In the past on the London Stock Exchange, contango was a fee paid by a buyer to a seller when the buyer wished to defer settlement of the trade they had agreed. The charge was based on the interest forgone by the seller not being paid. Pronunciation: /kənˈtæŋɡoʊ̯/, /kɒn-/ 1. To charge (a buyer) a fee to defer settlement until the next settlement day. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: backwardation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backward + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process). Pronunciation: /bækwəˈdeɪʃn̩/, /bækwəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A situation in which short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: take a shit Part of Speech: verb 1. To defecate. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Example: Is Rachel still taking a shit? We gotta go now. 2. To fail or malfunction. Labels: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Example: I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, a, shit. Example: Take a shit and a pair of tweezers from the front desk and sit back down at your dissection microscopes.
Word: flibbertigibbet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English [Term?] first attested 1549 probably imitative of nonsense uttered by gossips. Usage as an imp or fiend and name of the Devil from around 1603. Alternatively (but far less likely), an alteration of flibbergib (“toady, sycophant”), derived potentially from an Old Norse *fleipra-geipa(re) (“babbler of nonsense”). The hypothetical Old Norse term would have been a compound of fleipra (a variant of fleipa (“to babble, tattle”)), and geipa (“to talk nonsense, to boast”) or geipare (“one who speaks nonsense, braggart”). fleipa is notably the ancestor to the flip- part of the English word flippant. It is of note that the original meaning of flibbergib was “chatterer”. Pronunciation: /ˌflɪbətiˈdʒɪbɪt/, /ˈflɪbɚtiˌd͡ʒɪbɪt/ 1. An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman. Example: All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy flibbertigibbet. 2. A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips. Example: “Thou flibbertigibbet,” cried Catwezle, who had been listening, “all is clear as springwater. This Rapkyn was a sorcerer!” Example: ‘Ignorant girls. Dizzy young things. It seems to be my fate always to be landed with these flibbertigibbets.’ 3. An imp, a fiend. Labels: archaic
Word: drop in Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, in. Example: The keys were dropped in the fishbowl. 2. To arrive casually and unannounced, with little or no warning; also, to visit without an appointment. Labels: idiomatic Example: I was in the garden covered with mud when my grandmother dropped in for a visit. Example: We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. 3. To paddle into and take off on a wave another surfer is already riding. Labels: intransitive Example: Most beginners are blissfully unaware that dropping in on someone is a cardinal sin. 4. To fall in; to cave in. Labels: intransitive Example: ⁠The cheeks drop in; the body bows; Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […] 5. To install components, particularly car engines. Labels: US, transitive Example: We dropped in all-new parts in the sports car.
Word: drop in Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of drop-in. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intervise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of Internet + televise. 1. To televise over the Internet. Labels: transitive
Word: duck dive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the way a duck puts its head down and bottom up in the air when diving underwater. 1. To push one's surfboard (usually a shortboard) underwater nose-first, to get the surfer and board under a wave that has broken or is just about to break.
Word: duck dive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the way a duck puts its head down and bottom up in the air when diving underwater. 1. The action of duck diving (see verb).