nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mutilate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/ 1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb. Example: mutilated currency Example: Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again. 2. To destroy beyond recognition. 3. To render imperfect or defective. Labels: figuratively Example: For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance. For the integrity of the whole is mutilated, if thou cuttest off anything whatever from the conjunction and the continuity either of the parts or of the causes. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way.
Word: mutilate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/, /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lət/, /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lɪt/ 1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: mutilate and semi-bodies 2. Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, like a cetacean does. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: mutilate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/, /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lət/, /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lɪt/ 1. Something that has been mutilated.
Word: molester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From molest + -er. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛstɚ/, /məˈlɛstə(ɹ)/ 1. One who molests.
Word: molester Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From molest + -er. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛstɚ/, /məˈlɛstə(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of molest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, rare Example: 2000, "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" (season 4, episode 16), South Park Kyle: I wish I didn't have any parents! Cartman: Well, you could make them go away for a while. Kyle: How? Cartman: Well, I mean, you could call the police and have them take your parents away. Stan: The police? Cartman: Yeah! I saw it on TV. All you gotta do is call the police, and say that your parents both molestered you. Kyle: What's that? Cartman: I don't know, but it works. When I wanted to get rid of my mom's last boyfriend, I just called the police, and said he was molestering me, and I haven't seen him for three months.
Word: misprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English print English misprint From mis- + print. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪspɹɪnt/ 1. An accidental mistake in print. Example: Near-synonyms: typo; lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ Example: There is a misprint in the first print run: On page 42 where the character yells, "You're going to catch a cod if you spend all night fishing", the dialogue was meant to say, "You're going to catch a cold if you spend all night fishing."
Word: misprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English print English misprint From mis- + print. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈpɹɪnt/ 1. To make a misprint. Example: I misprinted his name on the invitation. He's called James, not Jambes. Example: [...] the northbound trains involved are the 8.15 a.m. (not p.m. as misprinted last month) and 10.15 a.m. from Buchanan Street - [...].
Word: incomparable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/, /ɪŋkəmˈpærəbəl/, /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/, /ɪŋkəmˈpɛɹəbəl/ 1. Not comparable. Labels: literally, not-comparable 2. So much better than another as to be beyond comparison. Labels: comparable, figuratively Example: I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Word: incomparable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/, /ɪŋkəmˈpærəbəl/, /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/, /ɪŋkəmˈpɛɹəbəl/ 1. Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.
Word: hungover Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋˌəʊ.və(ɹ)/, /hʌŋˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/, /hʌŋˈoʊvɚ/ 1. Suffering from a hangover.
Word: heaviest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of heavy: most heavy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: headshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English shot English headshot From head + shot. 1. A portrait for branding or social media. Example: I went home, I changed, I went to Walgreens and printed out a headshot of me and signed it ‘from your favorite local news reporter,’ and I sat in the parking lot for four hours until she said, ‘Hey, your passes to go backstage are at will-call’. 2. A gunshot to the head. Example: Smelling victory amongst the gunpowder Graeme started shooting off his mouth. “True Counter-Strikers like me don’t even count kills unless they’re headshots or a knife in the back of the nut…” 3. A one-page, double-sided resume of an actor, consisting of the actor's photograph (usually of the head and shoulders) on one side and their curriculum vitae on the other.
Word: headshot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English shot English headshot From head + shot. 1. To kill (someone) by shooting them in the head. Labels: slang, transitive Example: SCOUTMASTER / HEADSHOTTED A SCOUT WITH THE BREECHSHOT. Example: Everybody knows someone who feels left out when video games are being played. Maybe your girlfriend is bad at headshotting newbs in “Halo 4” or racing against you in “Gran Turismo,” but she could definitely play this.
Word: emulsifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English emulsify 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 emulsifier From emulsify + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɪi.mʌl.sɪf.aɪ.ə(ɹ)/, /əˈmʌl.sɪf.aɪ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A substance that helps an emulsion form, or helps keep an emulsion from separating. Example: The lecithin in egg yolks is often used as an emulsifier.
Word: juvenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”). 1. Of a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
Word: juvenal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”). 1. A juvenal bird. 2. A youth. Labels: obsolete Example: How canſt thou part ſadnes and melancholy, my tender Iuuenall?
Word: laggardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English laggard Middle English -ly English -ly English laggardly From laggard + -ly. 1. In the manner of a laggard; sluggishly; slowly. Example: They are in virtual contact above with the liver on the right side and the spleen on the left and move laggardly and to a slight degree with respiration. Example: But none the less, he moved stiffly to the door in order to comply. His legs moved laggardly. Something within him repelled this motion of obedience.
Word: laggardly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English laggard Middle English -ly English -ly English laggardly From laggard + -ly. 1. Slow in manner; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind. Example: For the most part the early adopters, early majority, and later majority can function in either an innovative system, laggardly system, or a system that has a combination of both. Example: It is extremely important to discover why a county such as West Glamorgan, which is still home to a great number of native Welsh speakers, is more laggardly in its provision of Welsh language teaching than South Glamorgan ...
Word: lakefront Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lake + front. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪkˌfɹʌnt/ 1. Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate. Example: Lakefront property is very expensive because many people want access to the water for recreation.
Word: lakefront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lake + front. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪkˌfɹʌnt/ 1. Land or an area which is adjacent to a lake. Example: Property on the lakefront is very expensive.
Word: lambency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lambent + -ency. 1. The property of being lambent, brightness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him.
Word: lamebrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lame + brain. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪmˌbɹeɪn/ 1. A fool. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: You lamebrain! How could you do something so stupid?
Word: lamebrain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lame + brain. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪmˌbɹeɪn/ 1. lamebrained, foolish Example: We're not going to introdce the lame brain legislation [NGTF] is talking about. We want solid stuff. We want to talk about opening up billions of dollars of funding into mental health and social services, for all alternative lifestyles not just gays.
Word: lamplight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lampe lyght, laumpe-lyth, lombe-lyȝt, equivalent to lamp + light. Compare West Frisian lampeljocht (“lamplight”), Dutch lamplicht (“lamplight”), German Lampenlicht (“lamplight”), Danish lampelys (“lamplight”), Swedish lampljus (“lamplight”), Icelandic lampaljós (“lamplight”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæmplaɪt/ 1. The light emitted by a lamp. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We sat around reading by lamplight all night. Example: I turned my head, and as I lay gasping in the throes of that awful struggle I could see that Leo was off the rock now, for the lamplight fell full upon him.
Word: footsie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + -sie. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtsi/ 1. A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Play “footsie” with him while dining out together. Example: The only downside to this is that you can’t play footsie. The table gets in the way. You'll have to come up with something fresh if you want to invite that wonderful person to finish the evening at your side for a stroll along the banks of the Seine. 2. A foot. Labels: childish, countable, uncountable Example: “Mother — Mother will you tie up my shoeies?” Susan’s lisping voice interrupted their conversation. / “Put a footsie up here,” Babs sang out. “’At’s a girl.” Example: One of the boys was seated on my white chaise-lounge. I put my five foot five down on the end of the chaise and said, “Move your footsies, Honey, Mother needs to park her tired ass.” 3. A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: landsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + -s- + man. In meanings 3 and 4, influenced by Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Compare also German Landsmann, Norwegian landsmann. Doublet of lantzman. 1. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats. Example: So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height he could hardly hope to attain. Example: If the landsman should wish the gang-plank moved a foot farther forward, he would probably say: “James, or William, one of you push that plank forward, please”; but put the mate in his place, and he would roar out: “Here, now, start that gang-plank for'ard! Lively, now! What're you about!..." 2. A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners. 3. A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe. 4. Someone of a similar heritage or belief system. 5. A military rank given to naval recruits. Labels: obsolete
Word: landsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landsman Labels: form-of, irregular, plural
Word: expectant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛktənt/ 1. Marked by expectation. Example: the expectant hush before the performance 2. Pregnant. Example: an expectant mother Example: After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,... 3. Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment. Labels: dated 4. A triage classification for a patient in a mass casualty event with injuries so severe they are unlikely to survive even with maximum medical care. Example: do you agree the patient is expectant, or is there something we can do to save her?
Word: expectant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛktənt/ 1. A person who expects or awaits something.
Word: landwards Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -wards English landwards From land + -wards. 1. Alternative form of landward. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: landwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -wards English landwards From land + -wards. 1. Alternative form of landward. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: seawards Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sea + -wards. 1. Alternative form of seaward. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: seawards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sea + -wards. 1. Alternative form of seaward. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: esophageal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin oesophāgeus + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˌsɒfəˈd͡ʒiːəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the esophagus. Labels: not-comparable Example: Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20].
Word: equalizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English equal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English equalize 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 equalizer From equalize + -er (nominal suffix: agent noun). Pronunciation: /ˈiː.kwəˌlaɪ.zə/, /ˈi.kwəˌlaɪ.zəɹ/, /ˈiː.kwəˌlɑe.zə/, /ˈiː.kwəˌlaɪ.zɐ/, /ˈiː.kwaˌlaj.zɜʳ/ 1. One who makes equal; a balancer. Example: Death is the great equalizer. Example: The Internet serves as an equalizer of sorts against common discriminations based on race, gender and age. You have to^([sic]) the opportunity to assess someone based on what they are saying, not WHO is saying it. I think this can provide for some very worthwhile exchanges and allow people who might not do so otherwise, to come to know each other. The downside is that as they say, on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. You can lie or say whatever you want and hide behind anonymity. 2. A device that balances various quantities. 3. A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score. Example: [Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser. Example: Mariners scored a run in the seventh inning and the equaliser in the top of the ninth, after Braves’ starting pitcher Ashley Crump had dominated—throwing six scoreless innings for just two hits. 4. An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings. Example: Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo. 5. A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force. 6. Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets. 7. A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel. 8. A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane. 9. A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation. 10. A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique. 11. A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: Familiar epithets for the revolver were equalizer, shootin' iron . . . smoke wagon.
Word: lecherousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lecherous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lecherousness From lecherous + -ness. 1. The property of being lecherous. Labels: uncountable
Word: lingerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From linger + -er. 1. One who lingers.
Word: almucantar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English almicanteras, French almicantarat, almucantarat, from Medieval Latin almicantarath, almucantarath, from Arabic المقنطرات (almuqanṭarāt, “circles of celestial latitude”), from قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara, “arch”). Pronunciation: /ælməˈkæntə/, /ælməˈkæntɚ/ 1. A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Almucantars, or parallels of altitude, are circles parallel to the horizon, or whose poles are the zenith and nadir. All the points of any one almucantar are at equal altitudes above the horizon. 2. An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle. Labels: archaic, historical Example: A wide field of work appears open in the application of photography to meridian instruments, or to the almucantar. The sensitive plate should be substituted for the reticule, and the position marked by a graver attached to the tail-piece of the telescope.
Word: small circle Part of Speech: noun 1. a circle formed by a plane that cuts a sphere not through its centre
Word: liquidate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin liquidātus (“liquid; clear”, adjective) + English -ate (suffix forming verbs, and forming adjectives with the sense ‘characterized by [the specified things]’). Liquidātus is the perfect passive participle of liquidō (“to turn into a liquid, melt; to make clear”), from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid; clear, transparent”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs); while liquidus is from liqueō (“to be fluid or liquid; to be clear or transparent”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“to make wet; moist”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, liquid (adjective) + -ate. Verb sense 1.2.3 (“to kill; to abolish or eliminate”) is a semantic loan from Russian ликвиди́ровать (likvidírovatʹ); while verb sense 1.2.4 and verb sense 2 (business-related senses) were influenced by French liquider and Italian liquidare, all ultimately from Latin liquidus (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/, /ˈlɪkwəˌdeɪt/ 1. Of an amount of money: ascertained, determined, fixed. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: I A. B. [here name and design the Granter] grant me to have instantly borrowed and received C. D. [here name and design the Creditor] the Sum of [insert the Sum] Sterling; which Sum I bind myself and my Heirs, Executors, and Representatives whomsoever, without the Necessity of discussing them in their Order, to repay […] with a Fifth Part more of liquidate Penalty in case of Failure, […]
Word: hexamine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛk.səˌmin/ 1. Contraction of hexamethylenetetramine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, countable, uncountable
Word: adamantane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)? Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der. Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)? Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English adamantane From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”) + English -ane (suffix indicating an alkane). Pronunciation: /ˌædəˈmænteɪn/ 1. A polycyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₁₆, having a cagelike structure similar to a portion of the diamond lattice; any of its derivatives
Word: gawp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variation of gape. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːp/, /ɡɔp/, /ɡɑp/ 1. To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. Labels: UK Example: “I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.” Example: The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.
Word: gawp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variation of gape. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːp/, /ɡɔp/, /ɡɑp/ 1. A stupefied or amazed stare. Labels: UK Example: Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.
Word: diamondoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)? Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der. Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)? Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas)der. Latin adamāsder. Late Latin diamās Old French diamantbor. Middle English dyamaunt English diamond Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English diamondoid From diamond + -oid. 1. Any of several polycyclic hydrocarbons whose cagelike structure resembles part of the diamond crystal lattice.
Word: skateboard deck Part of Speech: noun 1. The flat part of a skateboard, on which the rider stands.
Word: AMHS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Automated Message Handling System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Alaska Marine Highway System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MMHS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Military Message Handling System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sulphur dioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sulfur dioxide. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sulfur dioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A toxic gas, of molecular formula SO₂ that is found in the emissions of volcanos and those of burning coal or petroleum; dissolves in water to form sulfurous acid and, in the presence of oxygen, sulfuric acid, and is thus responsible for acid rain. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: blueline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + line. 1. A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.
Word: blueline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blue + line. 1. To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed. Example: It was decided to make the color separation in the plotting, in order to eliminate bluelining and redrafting. Example: The data on these documents are qualified, reduced to chart scale and mosaicked together on the chart base. Next the mosaic is bluelined onto scribe coat and a manual selection of the data is made. 2. To check the bluelines before printing material. Example: Although claiming editorship, my involvement amounted to occasional 'bluelining', a deal of 'cutting-to-fit' and the general work required in designing and laying-out a book. 3. To veto a portion of a budget. Example: In 1961 the Governor bluelined the funds. Example: lf our attitude is that, our program is going to be eliminated by someone who bluelines a budget. 4. To edit a legal document. Example: It seems sensible under a range of circumstances to have that power to be able to blueline them— or redline them, as the case may be— so that they are removed from the register. Example: California law allows a court to "blueline" an arbitration agreement to remove an element that renders it substantively unconscionable. 5. To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made. Example: Bone removal was continued in order to "blueline" the vestibule and then extended superiorly over the vestibule until Bill's bar was exposed. Example: After bluelining, the bony endostium is opened with a 90°-degree microhook; care must be taken to avoid suction of the perilymph; the membranous canal comes into view 6. To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky. Labels: Canada, US Example: Not unlike the negative results of the bluelining and steering practices of many banks and real estate firms, such efforts leave bitterness in their wake and serve to bolster the worst fears and prejudices of both races.
Word: sodium sulphite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sodium sulfite. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: DMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Destroyer MineSweeper. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of Driver Monitoring System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of DiMethyl Sulfide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Document Management System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Database Management System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Degree-Minute-Second (a method of writing angles). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of Dynamic Mechanical Spectroscopy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, material, uncountable 8. Initialism of Digital Multiplex System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Donors Message Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, rare, uncountable
Word: DMS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Daimler Mono Standee (a type of British bus) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Decoration for Meritorious Services. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Defense Message System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sodium sulfite Part of Speech: noun 1. The sodium salt of sulfurous acid, Na₂SO₃, used as a food preservative, in photography and in many industrial applications.
Word: sodium bisulphite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sodium bisulfite. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sodium bisulfite Part of Speech: noun 1. The mono sodium salt of sulfurous acid, NaHSO₃, used as a food preservative and as a reagent in organic synthesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: fried eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fried egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lees Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester. Pronunciation: /liːz/ 1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being. Example: Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.
Word: lees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /liːz/ 1. plural of lee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From legal + -ize. Piecewise doublet of loyalize. Pronunciation: /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/ 1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it. Example: There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs. Example: This is true despite the fact that in 1986, the federal government legalized the cashability of RRSP annuities.
Word: decriminalizing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present, rare
Word: decriminalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from decriminalization, equivalent to de- + criminalize. Pronunciation: /diːˈkɹɪmɪnəlaɪz/ 1. To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: The march to decriminalize drugs moved further across the nation on Tuesday despite continued federal prohibition. Example: The House of Representatives approved decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level on Friday in the first time Congress has acted on the issue.
Word: criminalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English criminal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English criminalize From criminal + -ize. 1. To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban. Labels: transitive Example: "Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement." Example: The Nixon campaign in 1968[…] had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. […] [B]y getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. 2. To treat as a criminal. Labels: transitive
Word: legalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization. 1. The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana.
Word: hippies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpiz/ 1. plural of hippie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of hippy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: letter-perfect Part of Speech: adj 1. Exactly correct, correct in every letter; word-perfect. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: He was able to write out the speeches of Hamlet, letter perfect. It was impressive to see how exactly he knew the wording. Example: "Can you quote it?" "I know my New Testament pretty well, but I am not letter-perfect."
Word: lifeblood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + blood. Compare English heart-blood (“lifeblood”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfˌblʌd/ 1. Blood that is needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [Y]ou desire his mana, yet you respect his tabu, for in you and him alike runs the common life-blood. Example: You didn't come to me in time. And by the time you came to me that fool of a doctor had bled and leeched the lifeblood out of Timmy. 2. That which is required for continued existence or function. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: Gasoline is the lifeblood of the modern city. Example: Information is the lifeblood of the United States and the world.
Word: lifelong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English life English long English -long English lifelong From life + -long. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/ 1. Extending for the entire duration of life. Labels: not-comparable Example: They were lifelong friends; they met in elementary school and ended their lives in the same rest home. Example: He studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and developed a lifelong interest in medieval history as a result of reading Chaucer.
Word: tienda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tienda (“shop, store, tent”). Pronunciation: /tiˈɛndə/ 1. In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.
Word: life-sized Part of Speech: adj 1. Full-scale, as a model that is the same size as what it is a model of. Labels: not-comparable Example: The life-sized statue was the same size as the subject, and since he had never fit in that chair, neither did the statue. Example: The boy made a life-sized dummy of himself by stuffing scrunched- up newspapers into some old pyjamas.
Word: lifesize Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of life-size. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: life-threatening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From life + threatening. 1. Potentially fatal. Example: The life-threatening illness caused him to be rushed to the hospital, where doctors worked around the clock to save his life. Example: The MoD said the injured men received immediate medical attention and were evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, but three could not be saved. Next of kin have been informed. The other soldiers hurt are not thought to have life-threatening injures.
Word: lifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lift 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 lifter From lift + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪftə/ 1. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. Example: heavy lifters Example: While some lifters insist that supersets must consist of consecutive exercises for the same bodypart, others would bet their weight belts that supersets involve opposing bodyparts. 2. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. Example: solid lifters Example: hydraulic lifters 3. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. Example: When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.] 4. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. 5. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. Example: an inveterate lifter Example: Is he so young a man, and so old a lifter? 6. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
Word: lifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum from spectrum. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪftə/ 1. A filter that operates on a cepstrum.
Word: lidded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a cover like a lid. Example: The lidded box was much more useful than the one without the cover which allowed all the dust in. Example: Nowadays, coal is no longer king - biomass is! In October 2017, GB Railfreight began running trains from Liverpool Docks to Drax power station via the Calder Valley, using a fleet of specially-built, high-capacity lidded wagons. 2. Having a certain type of eyelids. Labels: usually Example: Johnson looked up quickly into Difalco's lidded eyes and wondered if he was really that hip.
Word: lidded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lieutenancy Part of Speech: noun 1. The role, position, or domain of a lieutenant.
Word: lieutenancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lieutenancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lamebrains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lamebrain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limpidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French limpideder. English limpid Middle English -ly English -ly English limpidly From limpid + -ly. 1. In a limpid manner.
Word: limply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English limp Middle English -ly English -ly English limply From limp + -ly. 1. In a limp manner, without support or resistance. Example: The flag hung limply in the still air. Example: Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck.
Word: lily-livered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The first known uses of lily-livered are in William Shakespeare’s works written c. 1603–1606; see quotations below. From the medieval belief that the liver was the seat of courage, and the pale color of the lily flower. A person who had no blood in their liver would have no courage and would thus be a coward. Equivalent to lily + livered. 1. Cowardly, lacking courage. Labels: idiomatic Example: Stew[ard],^([sic]) What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] lilly lyuer'd action taking knaue, […] one that would'ſt bee a baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a knaue, begger, coward, pander, and the ſonne and heire of a mungrell bitch, […] Example: Go pricke thy face, and ouer-red thy feare / Thou Lilly-liuer'd Boy.
Word: lisper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lisp + -er. 1. One who has a lisp. Example: […] the lisper, the burrer, the infant prattler, and the foreign stumbler over our speech […] Example: ‘What a word for a lisper to deal with!’ 2. Alternative letter-case form of Lisper (“Lisp programmer”). Labels: alt-of
Word: LISP Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Lisp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: limpid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin limpidusbor. French limpideder. English limpid From French limpide, from Latin limpidus. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmpɪd/ 1. Clear, transparent or bright. Example: The limpid glass doors reveal the living room clearly from the dining room. Example: He had a soft honey-coloured moustache and the limpid gaze of an entirely stupid man.
Word: intertwined Part of Speech: adj 1. Twined or twisted together; entwined. Example: Intertwined threads of cotton Example: The lovers' limbs were intertwined. 2. Inextricably related or relevant. Labels: figuratively Example: The problems of criminality and of corruption of law enforcement are intertwined. Example: The horrific streak of violence reflected a convergence of intertwined crises — homelessness and mental illness — that the pandemic has exacerbated and made more difficult to address
Word: intertwined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intertwine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: EROS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Earth Resources Observation Satellite. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: brinded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the past participle of brennen (“to burn”), from Old English bærnan (“to burn”). Also compare Old Norse brǫndóttr, Icelandic bröndóttr (“brindled”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪndɪd/ 1. Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd. Example: It is well known that the only wool susceptible of acquiring delicate and brilliant colours by the process of dyeing, is white wool: for this reason the Cachemirians separate all those lambs which are black or brinded. 2. Frowning, looking sour or angry. Labels: dialectal Example: Lawks, doant be clummed by Babbin Enapp, 'Sa bibbling, boostering, brinded chap, A dinderhead hadge-boar!
Word: dhobying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi धोबी (dhobi, “washerman”) + -ing. 1. The washing of clothes; laundry Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: pudgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pudge + -y, or an alteration of pudsy. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/ 1. Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby. Example: The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile. Example: She's also the pudgiest girl in our class, but not in our grade.
Word: glans penis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin glāns pēnis (“glans of the penis”), pēnis being a genitive. Pronunciation: /ˌɡlænz ˈpiːnɪs/ 1. A conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis. Example: Coordinate term: glans clitoridis Example: The tortoise, possessing, like the serpent, the power of retaining life in its limbs after mutilation or decapitation, became a symbol of androgynity as well as of immortality. Its protruding head, probably because of a resemblance to the glans penis, was looked upon as a phallic symbol.
Word: versification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verse + -ification. 1. The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: legation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lēgātiō. 1. The purpose for which a legate is sent; a legate's mission or commission. Now rare (cf. OED) 2. The post or office of a legate; a legateship. 3. A diplomatic mission. 4. The official residence of a diplomat.
Word: liturgic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lītūrgicus, from Ancient Greek λειτουργικός (leitourgikós). By surface analysis, liturgy + -ic. 1. liturgical
Word: petitioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti Latin petō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin petītiōnembor. Old French peticiunbor. Middle English English petition 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 petitioner From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪʃənɚ/ 1. Someone who presents a petition to a court. Example: The Supreme Court said Monday that unanimous jury verdicts are required in state criminal trials for serious offenses, handing a victory to criminal defendants including petitioner Evangelisto Ramos, who was convicted of murder in Louisiana on a 10-2 vote. […] In court, a lawyer for Louisiana argued that if the Supreme Court were to rule in favor of Ramos the ruling could apply to some 32,000 people that are currently serving time for serious crimes because thousands of petitioners would come to the court demanding relief. 2. Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority. Example: Ethel was in mourning: they had judged it the most fitting habit for a petitioner; it was certainly one most becoming to the wearer.
Word: Permic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Permic From Perm + -ic. 1. A group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in the northwest Urals, including Komi and Udmurt.
Word: thermal lithosphere Part of Speech: noun 1. The thermal boundary layer between the surface of the Earth (cooled by conduction) and the asthenosphere (cooled by convection).
Word: asthenosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek ἀσθενής (asthenḗs)der. English astheno- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English asthenosphere From astheno- + -sphere. Pronunciation: /asˈθɛnə(ʊ)sfɪə/ 1. A portion of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere. Example: Holonyms: upper mantle, outer mantle < mantle < Earth Example: To say that the lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn't quite right.
Word: seismic lithosphere Part of Speech: noun 1. the region between the surface of the Earth and the asthenosphere characterized by the efficient propagation of seismic waves
Word: mechanical lithosphere Part of Speech: noun 1. a mechanical analogue of the seismic lithosphere, used to simulate the flexural deformations of the Earth
Word: rheological lithosphere Part of Speech: noun 1. The region of the Earth's crust and mantle over which the flow properties of rock are insufficient to relieve stress.
Word: chemical lithosphere Part of Speech: noun 1. the chemical boundary layer between the surface of the Earth and the asthenosphere that contains the material differentiated or extracted from the mantle
Word: living fossil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term was coined by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) in his work On the Origin of Species (1859): see the quotation below. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈfɒsl̩/, /ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈfɑsl̩/ 1. Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. Example: The coelacanth and the dawn redwood are living fossils. Example: [I]n fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. These anomalous forms may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition. 2. Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details. Example: Crocodiles are living fossils that haven’t changed their appearance much in millions of years. Example: Living in apparently splendid ease, travelling with a retinue of seventy, demanding the many courtesies due to a peer of the realm, exacting from his many manors rents and incidentals such as private wardships, in exactly the same way as did the lay lords, and making the most of his public appearances in the role either of judge or of administrator, [Matthew] Parker seemed to some an anachronism. He seemed to be a living fossil from 'the days of popery' (as contemporaries, lacking an historical sense and groping for an expression adequate to convey what they meant, called the medieval era).