nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: industrial arts Part of Speech: noun 1. The practical arts, such as engineering, metalworking or carpentry. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Holonym: technology Example: Near-synonym: trades 2. The academic discipline, or subject area, teaching the knowledge and skills needed to work with tools and machinery. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The high school curriculum of the era included industrial arts, home economics, business administration, fine arts, music, physical education, and intramural and extramural sports, all on top of the three Rs.
Word: manny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of man + nanny. Pronunciation: /ˈmæni/ 1. A male nanny (for children). Labels: informal Example: 2006 [Perry Taylor] has popped up in supermarket tabloids as the male nanny – or "manny" – for Britney Spears, who has a 9-month-old son, Sean Preston and is pregnant. — CBS News, 9 June 2006
Word: kidult Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of kid + adult. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪd.ʌlt/ 1. An adult who participates in youth culture and activities traditionally intended for children. Labels: informal
Word: kidult Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of kid + adult. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪd.ʌlt/ 1. Of or relating to kidults. Example: Organizational methods appear significantly more frequently in kidult programs, next most frequently in adult programs, and least frequently in children's programs. Escape methods appear most frequently in adult programs with kidult and children's programs about equal. Example: By casting popular culture as simplistic and ‘kidult’, as distinct from the authentic adult culture she approves of, she reduces a complex culture to a generational divide: the new is childish; while the old and established is timeless, worthy of consumption by adults.
Word: cockneyfication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cockney + -fication. 1. the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cockney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Cockney. 1. A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London. Example: A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. 2. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. Labels: obsolete Example: A young heir, or cockney, that is his mother's darling[…] Example: This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.
Word: cockney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Cockney. 1. Alternative form of Cockney. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: cockney Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Cockney. 1. Alternative form of Cockney. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: codetermine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English determine English codetermine From co- + determine. 1. To determine jointly, as of labour and management when cooperating in policymaking. Labels: transitive Example: Interestingly, however, the positive impact of profit sharing in codetermined firms that we found earlier does not seem to hold for small and medium-sized establishments.
Word: co-fusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English fusion English co-fusion From co- + fusion. 1. The fusion of two metals together, or a metal and nonmetal, especially in the production of crucible steel. Labels: uncountable
Word: crucible steel Part of Speech: noun 1. A high-grade steel, used in tools and dies, originally made by fusing wrought iron and charcoal in a crucible. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: conceivably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English conceivable Middle English -ly English -ly English conceivably From conceivable + -ly. 1. In a conceivable manner; possibly. Example: Considering that no lexicographer can conceivably know all the words of a language, students were asked to ponder what data lexicographers used to inform them about words[.]
Word: coelomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English coelom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English coelomic From coelom + -ic. Pronunciation: /siːˈlɒmɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to a coelom. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Wanji Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: Wungu Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Word: Wiradjuri Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɪˈraːd͡ʒuriː/ 1. An indigenous people of Australia who live in a large area of New South Wales west of the Blue Mountains. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The tribes who attended the Būrbŭng described in this paper were some of those belonging to the Wiradthuri community, which in former times was both numerous and important, occupying a wide tract of country in the interior of New South Wales, extending from somewhere about the Murray River northerly nearly to the Barwan river, where they were joined by the great Kamilaroi tribes.
Word: Wiradjuri Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wɪˈraːd͡ʒuriː/ 1. The Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken by the Wiradjuri. Example: Mr. Günther’s and Mr. Watson’s treat of the same language, the Wīrādhurri, or, as some aborigines pronounce it, Wīrāgĕrĕ, a language spoken over a wide extent of country, from the Upper Namoi, the Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains in the north and east, to the Bawun or Darling west, and the Lachlan in the south. [...] I suppose this “Northerumberland dialect” was not spoken over more than one-fiftieth of the extent of country over which Wiradhuri or Kamilaroi is known. Example: The Wirradhuri dialect, or as I call it, the Wirádhari, covers the whole heart of N. S. Wales; [...]
Word: overflowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overflow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/, /ˌovɚ-/ 1. overflow Example: [T]hough he had, as it were, from the overflowings of his heart, given Sophia as a toast among the officers, where he thought it was impossible she should be known; yet, even there, the reader may remember how difficultly he was prevailed upon to mention her surname. Example: the great overflowings and recedings of the waters
Word: overflowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From overflow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/, /ˌovɚ-/ 1. present participle and gerund of overflow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Sven Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Sven. 1. A male given name from Swedish. Example: “For many cities, the urban layout allows similar urban re-design strategies, even if the city is not a perfect model of the grid-like layout,” says Sven Eggimann, a researcher focusing on sustainable urban planning at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Dübendorf, who conducted the analysis. […] Eggimann used a computer algorithm to analyze data from the open-source geographic database OpenStreetMap and automatically detect areas with the superblock potential. He applied this analysis to 5 km x 5 km areas of the city center in 18 different cities around the world.
Word: trilby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the stage adaptation of George du Maurier's novel Trilby, in which such hats were worn. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪlbi/ 1. narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora Example: “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.” Example: Billy was seventeen years old. He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit, and he was feeling fine.
Word: Magd Part of Speech: name 1. Clipping of Magdalen, referring to Magdalen College, Oxford. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of Magdalene, referring to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: communicating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From communicate + -ing. Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/, /kəˈmju.nəˌkeɪ.tɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of communicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: communicating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From communicate + -ing. Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/, /kəˈmju.nəˌkeɪ.tɪŋ/ 1. Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms. Labels: not-comparable Example: Our rooms are connected by a secret communicating passage. Example: I put my grips against the communicating door last night.
Word: unmerchantable 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- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchantable English unmerchantable From un- + merchantable. 1. Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is not salable.
Word: merchantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchantable From merchant + -able. 1. Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a technical designation for a particular kind or class. Example: The defendants pleaded the general issue, with notice of the set-off, averring that but a part of the logs ever came to their possession, and of this part but a few were merchantable, the balance of them being worthless, and claiming damages for the inferior quality of the logs.
Word: suicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suicide + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsjuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsu.ɪ-/ 1. Pertaining to suicide. Example: He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior. 2. Of a person, likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide. Example: After losing his job, his wife, and his leg in a single week, he became suicidal. Example: The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if they spot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts. 3. Of a voluntarily-chosen course of action, highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part. Example: Now, that, admittedly, did do an awful lot more damage (the 5th and 6th were almost completely wiped out), but the High Seas Fleet was, in turn, almost completely wiped out (in fact, basically was wiped out, to a man) by the oncoming rest of the British Grand Fleet, and it was decided by everybody that this kind of, like, suicidal, completely suicidal, charge was probably a bit out of character for Hipper, and so we didn't take that particular one into account. 4. Extremely reckless. Labels: excessive, informal Example: His driving habits are utterly suicidal. Example: “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.
Word: suicidal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suicide + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsjuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsu.ɪ-/ 1. Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves.
Word: entanglement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English entanglen English entangle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entanglement From entangle + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/ 1. The act of entangling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most notorious of these was his entanglement of the Soviet Union in the Cuban missile crisis, against the advice of the military, who held him responsible for their embarrassing inability to frighten the USA because he had failed[…] 2. The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Letters' account of Dolghurucki's hopeless entanglement in the politics of the imperial accession resonated with her readers, and Vigor's story becomes a minor set piece of Russian histories in the eighteenth century. 3. The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:entanglement. 4. That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of quantum entanglement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: In his article, Bell demonstrated that quantum theory requires entanglement; the strange connectedness is an inescapable feature of the equations.
Word: Rio Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹioʊ/ 1. Ellipsis of Rio de Janeiro. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday. 2. A male given name. 3. A female given name. Example: Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand / Just like that river twisting through a dusty land 4. A town and former municipality of Achaea regional unit, West Greece region, Greece. 5. A census-designated place in Martin County, Florida, United States. 6. An unincorporated community in Spalding County, Georgia, United States. 7. A village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. 8. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. 9. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. 10. A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin (pronounced /ˈɹaɪoʊ/).
Word: Tarzan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction. In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹzæn/ 1. A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.
Word: Tarzan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction. In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹzæn/ 1. A strong wild man; any man showing attributes of Tarzan, as muscularity, agility, etc. Labels: broadly Example: "My job is to grab him before he slaughters more." "He sounds a bit of a Tarzan." "A wild man right enough is Toowanor, but from his size you'd never imagine he was a killer." Example: "[A]s if we all like climbing around in trees, like monkeys or Tarzans."
Word: Tarzan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction. In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹzæn/ 1. To behave in the manner of Tarzan, especially by swinging from ropes, climbing trees, and other feats of athleticism. Example: Elmo Lincoln, that mighty man of valor who Tarzaned about, has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey, and we wish him all the luck in the world. Example: Later in the evening a tree climbing contest was held. Paul Gipe was the only entry. However, judging from the manner in which he tarzaned up and down the big tree he would have had small competition.
Word: intricacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intric(ate) + -acy. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/, /ɪnˈtɹɪ.kə.si/ 1. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the intricacy of a knot Example: the intricacy of accounts 2. Perplexity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The breadth of Creation makes it impossible for us to step back far enough to see the story that the tapestry tells; the intricacy of it, from the macro to the micro to the subatomic, makes it impossible for us to comprehend the megatrillions of connections between the threads in just one small fragment of the whole. 3. Something which is intricate or complex. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel. Example: With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention.
Word: Presbyterian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See presbyterian § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛz.bɪˈtɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/, /ˌpɹɛz.bəˈteɹ.i.ən/, /ˌpɹɛz.bəˈtɪɹ.i.ən/ 1. Relating to Presbyterianism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Presbyterian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See presbyterian § Etymology. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛz.bɪˈtɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/, /ˌpɹɛz.bəˈteɹ.i.ən/, /ˌpɹɛz.bəˈtɪɹ.i.ən/ 1. A person belonging to a church in the tradition of Presbyterianism.
Word: Frenchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Frenchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geostrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth-”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪ.əˈstɹoʊ.fɪk/, /-ˈstɹɔ.fɪk/ 1. Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and the horizontal pressure forces. 2. Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the rotation of the earth.
Word: silicic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin silex, silicis (“a flint”). Compare French silicique. 1. of, related to, or derived from silica Labels: not-comparable
Word: Rouen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Rouen, from Latin Rotomagus. Replaced Middle English Rone, from Anglo-Norman Ron. 1. The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.
Word: Rouen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Rouen, from Latin Rotomagus. Replaced Middle English Rone, from Anglo-Norman Ron. 1. A heavyweight breed of domesticated duck, of French origin.
Word: milde Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of mild. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: M. Wotton, a man milde of nature, with soft voice, and fewe wordes, inclined to M. Secretaries iudgement, and said, in mine opinion, the Scholehouse should be in deede, as it is called by name, the house of playe and pleasure, and not of feare and bondage: and as I do remember, so saith Socrates in one place of Plato.
Word: geostrophic wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere. 2. That horizontal wind velocity for which the Coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure gradient force. The geostrophic wind is thus directed along the contour lines on a constant-pressure surface (or along the isobars in a geopotential surface) with low elevations (or low pressure) to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.
Word: silicification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silica + -ification. 1. Impregnation with silica; petrification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hostrock identified as quartzite may indicate silicification of pelitic country rock.
Word: silicosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin silica + -osis. 1. A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care
Word: phosphatase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphate Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English phosphatase From phosphate + -ase. 1. Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These results are in accordance with the observations of Pirani et al., who found that in normal pregnancy there was no correlation between serum heat-stable alkaline phosphatase activity and crude baby weight or placental weight.
Word: phosphatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphate Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phosphatic From phosphate + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or composed of phosphate.
Word: phospholipase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- English lipase English phospholipase From phospho- + lipase. 1. Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.
Word: gradient wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).
Word: riz Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of rise; rose Labels: US, dialectal, form-of, past 2. past participle of rise; risen Labels: US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past
Word: geopotential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English potential English geopotential From geo- + potential. 1. The work that must be done at a given altitude in raising a unit mass from sea level to that altitude against the earth's gravitational field. Example: It might sound puzzling that the ageostrophic geopotential (or the ageostrophic pressure in z-coordinate) has no impact on the evolution of the vorticity of a quasi-geostrophic disturbance and yet it affects the perturbation kinetic energetics (not globally but locally).
Word: phosphorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English phosphorism From phosphor + -ism. 1. chronic phosphorus poisoning
Word: phosphorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English phosphorite From phosphor + -ite. 1. a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Schutzstaffel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Schutzstaffel. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊts.stæ.fəl/ 1. A squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; the Schusta. Labels: historical 2. The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS. Labels: historical 3. A division or corps of this force.
Word: Macht Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Macht. 1. A surname from German.
Word: noise pollution Part of Speech: noun 1. Excess noise which is unpleasant or harmful. Labels: uncountable
Word: kayaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kayak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kayaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kayak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coeternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English eternal English coeternal From co- + eternal. 1. Jointly or equally eternal. Example: Jesus Christ is coeternal with God. Example: Hail, holy Light, ofspring of Heav'n firſt-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam
Word: cold-cathode Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cold cathode. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: collaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of collar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: collaring Part of Speech: noun 1. Material for making shirt collars. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If any Shirts should be found to want new wristbanding or collaring let it be done with rather purer cloth than that of the shirt itself — especially wristbanding. Collaring they certainly will want several of them. 2. A piece of wood or iron for securing the pumps in a mineshaft. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The binding of a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Collarings in my view are significant events and should be treated as such. They should include a fair amount of forethought and dedication on the part of both parties.
Word: colloquia Part of Speech: noun 1. a plural of colloquium
Word: commandery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French commanderie, from Late Latin commendaria, from Latin commendare. In the Chinese administrative division sense, used as a translation of 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn). Pronunciation: /kəˈmænd(ə)ɹi/, /kəˈmɑːnd(ə)ɹi/ 1. A territory under the control of a commander Labels: historical 2. A territory under the control of a commander Labels: historical 3. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
Word: commandry Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of commandery.
Word: commensal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English commensal, from Old French commensal, from Medieval Latin commensālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnsəl/ 1. Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fish (AMPHIPRION PERCULA) "intel-intel" of the blacks, is said to be commensal (literally, dining at the same table with its host), as distinguished from the parasite, which lives on its host. Example: With this there is also associated the grazing or herding over wider or more restricted areas, belonging either collectively or discretely to the community, of sheep, cattle, goats, or swine, and almost always the domestic fowl is commensal with man in this life. 2. Eating at the same table. Labels: not-comparable
Word: commensal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English commensal, from Old French commensal, from Medieval Latin commensālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnsəl/ 1. An organism partaking in a commensal relationship. Example: The tree did indeed grow right out of the algae, as I had seen from the lifeboat. There was not the least trace of soil. Either there was soil deeper down, or this species of tree was a remarkable instance of a commensal or a parasite. 2. One who eats at the same table. Example: Colville ordered it, and was sorry when the last of his commensals, slightly bowing him a good-night, left him alone to it. Example: Around this tragic central figure are grouped the commensals of the Vauquer pension, Rastignac, the young law-student, with shallow purse and aristocratic connections; […].
Word: commenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English comment 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 commenter From comment + -er. 1. One who comments. Example: There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and gender-fluid (moving between genders) as lacking a basis in biology. Example: The country singer took on an Instagram commenter who had words to say regarding Owen’s latest song.
Word: commissurotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English commissure Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy English commissurotomy From commissure + -otomy. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmɪʃəˈɹɒtəmi/ 1. The surgical division of a commissure or similar structure.
Word: commissure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), from commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“to join, to connect”)) + -ura. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/, /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/ 1. The joint between two bones. Example: ...that round about the commissure of all our joints... 2. A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc. 3. The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet. Example: There is a third inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the nictitating membrane, or "winker" (nictito, I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite.
Word: tipping it down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tip it down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acrimoniously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English acrimonious Middle English -ly English -ly English acrimoniously From acrimonious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.ɹɪˈmoʊ.ni.əsli/ 1. In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony. Example: Mr. Civil was acrimoniously disputing the orthodoxy of this visiting brother's intention to sing this from the pulpit at the close of the evening sermon.
Word: accursedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accursed 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 accursedness From accursed + -ness. Pronunciation: /əˈkɚ.səd.nəs/ 1. The quality of being accursed. Labels: uncountable
Word: acrobatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English acrobatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English acrobatically From acrobatic + -ally. 1. In an acrobatic manner. Example: Stephane Sessegnon levelled before half-time, acrobatically volleying in Zenden's corner from four yards. Example: They came close to an equaliser with a Rasmus Hojlund header, following Guglielmo Vicario's error, that was acrobatically cleared off the line by Micky van de Ven midway through the second half.
Word: avariciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English avaricious Middle English -ly English -ly English avariciously From avaricious + -ly. 1. In a greedy or self-serving manner. Example: Thus much I had to ſay; and, I ſuppose, vvhat may be anough to them vvho are not avariciously bent othervviſe, touching the likelieſt means to remove hirelings out of the church; […] Example: [B]usiness, which was originally designed to promote health, and circulate interchanged conveniencies, is now for the most part avariciously carried on, to swell the coffers of the individual by impoverishing the species; […]
Word: aviatrices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪviˈeɪtɹɪsiːz/ 1. plural of aviatrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aviators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aviator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aviators Part of Speech: noun 1. aviator sunglasses Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: aviatrixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aviatrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avitaminosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English vitamin Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English avitaminosis From a- + vitamin + -osis. 1. Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Watching him, Dorrigo Evans wondered if it was avitaminosis or the combined damage of several maladies that had done this—whatever the cause, he was painfully aware that food would cure this and almost all of the afflictions he saw.
Word: avouch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advocate, advoke, and avow. Pronunciation: /əˈvaʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To declare freely and openly; to assert. Example: Neither indeede would I have thought, that any such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish, that maketh me the more to long to see some other of your observations, which you have gathered out of that country […] Example: If this which he avouches does appear, There is nor flying hence nor tarrying here. 2. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. Example: Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; Example: […] send me that hag hither; she shall avouch what it was that she hath given to the wretch Dryfesdale, or the pilniewinks and thumbikins shall wrench it out of her finger-joints. 3. To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of. Example: For ([…] as the sorowfull dooings of our present dayes do too certeinly avouch) greate men hurt not the common weale so much by beeing evil in respect of themselves, as by drawing others unto evil by their evil example. Example: As a great public document, addressed to the whole Christian world by him who aspired to be the first ecclesiastic, we might be disposed to question its authenticity, if it were not avouched by the full evidence in its favour and its agreement with all the events of the period. 4. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. Example: And for proofe of their opinion they avouch many successions of authorities that no fee simple should passe before the condition performed.
Word: avouch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advocate, advoke, and avow. Pronunciation: /əˈvaʊt͡ʃ/ 1. evidence; declaration Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Before my God, I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes.
Word: avowedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English avowed Middle English -ly English -ly English avowedly From avowed + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈvaʊ.ɪd.li/ 1. With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification. Example: 'Tvvas eaſie for me to repreſent to You hovv unfiniſhed and unpoliſhed the Trifles you called for, vvere, eſpecially conſidering that the Immatureneſs of ſome of them vvould not probably be the Chief thing that vvould make many think they come forth Vnſeaſonably, ſince they avovvedly Aim at the Perſuading and Teaching men to Improve their Thoughts, […] Example: Given the 'saffronization' of Congress, the 'ethnoreligious purification' of the BJP, and the parturition of the avowedly secular parties (CPI, SJP and BSP) […]
Word: avoidably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English avoidable Middle English -ly English -ly English avoidably From avoidable + -ly. 1. In a manner so as to be avoidable. Example: The cars were parked as avoidably as possible, but it didn't prevent her from running into one.
Word: autobiographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + biographic. Pronunciation: /ɔːtə(ʊ)baɪəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. Synonym of autobiographical. Example: This piece […] happens to be autobiographic, which makes any personal estimate of it all the more dangerous.
Word: auxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English auxin From Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”) + English -in. 1. A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Arabidopsis roots, cold stress may reduce shootward auxin transport and alter the intracellular auxin gradient. Example: SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
Word: aurally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English aural Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English aurally From aural + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɹ.əl.i/, /ˈoɹ.ə.li/ 1. Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing. Labels: not-comparable Example: While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear. Example: While differentiation is often not challenging for certain languages (anyone can recognise the difference between Russian and French, or Mandarin and Spanish), as languages become closer the difficulty of aurally separating them increases.
Word: audiovisual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisder. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *awizdiō Latin audi(ō) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English audio- English visual English audiovisual From audio- + visual. Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.di.əʊˈvɪ.zjʊ.əl/, /-ʒʊ.əl/, /ˌɔ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/, /ˌɑ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/ 1. Containing both aural and visual elements. Labels: not-comparable Example: They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information. Example: CNN and more than a dozen media outlets and groups asked US District Judge Tanya Chutkan for permission to “record and telecast” the March 2024 trial or for the court to “contemporaneously publish on YouTube its internally administered audiovisual livestreams and recordings of the proceedings.”
Word: authoress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θə.ɹɛs/, /ˈɔ.θɚ.ɹɛs/ 1. A female author. Labels: dated Example: This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs. Example: Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit… the one wounded, the other healed.
Word: metacosm Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtəˌkɒzəm/ 1. A system that encompasses cosmos systems (macrocosm, mesocosm, microcosm). Example: 1992. Sachiko Murata, Annemarie Schimmel. The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought, page 225, And both microcosm and macrocosm manifest the Metacosm. This is the law of correspondence. 2. A transcendent field of higher forces beyond the macrocosm (created world). Example: The "Unity of the Intellect", or the essential identity of the Intellect in the metacosm (what is beyond the created world), 3. A manifestation of God. Example: All the levels of the universe, the macrocosm, come about through the radiation or manifestation of God, the metacosm.
Word: bring down the house Part of Speech: verb 1. To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Well, your recitations just brought down the house, Anne. That sad one was simply splendid."
Word: analagous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of analogous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: narsharab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Azerbaijani narşərab. 1. Pomegranate syrup, sauce, or wine. Labels: uncountable
Word: nightstick fracture Part of Speech: noun 1. An isolated fracture of the ulna due to direct trauma to the forearm. The name refers to a situation in which a person raises an arm and exposes the medial aspect of the forearm in anticipation of an overhead blow.
Word: restenosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English stenosis English restenosis From re- + stenosis. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːstɪˈnəʊsɪs/, /ˌɹistɪˈnoʊsɪs/ 1. The recurrence of stenosis, especially that of an artery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Marathe's wife was dying slowly of ventricular restenosis.
Word: auspices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auspice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auspices Part of Speech: noun 1. Protection or patronage. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The project took place under the auspices of the local church. Example: "You are of the old school, Sir Robert, I know; but, still, even you must allow that a fancy fair does good—many a sinking charity has been revived under its auspices, many a principle of care for our humble classes been implanted in the young heart, and—"
Word: stenosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin stenōsis, from Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, “narrowing”), from στενόω (stenóō, “to confine, to contract”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), equivalent to steno- + -osis. Pronunciation: /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/, /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/ 1. An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A reduction in either mental or physical capacity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: augustly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English august Middle English -ly English -ly English augustly From august + -ly. 1. In an august or awe-inspiring manner. Example: For surely, sir, you will not assert, that a duty can be binding which is not founded on reason? If, indeed, this be their destination, arguments may be drawn from reason; and thus augustly supported, the more understanding women acquire, the more they will be attached to their duty, comprehending it […] Example: St. Mark’s is perfect. To me it soon grew to be so nobly, so augustly ugly, that it was difficult to stay away from it, even for a little while. 2. In a royal or regal manner. Example: On His Majesty's arrival, the wine was respectfully presented to him, when the Sovereign sang augustly, saying: ... Example: But wait until the Honorable Ma Chun-shing arrives and you shall see that I am augustly disposed to consent to your marriage.
Word: piece of shit Part of Speech: noun 1. A bad thing; an object of poor quality. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: This shirt is a piece of shit. Example: Life's a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true 2. A despicable person. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: And it takes the emphasis off of cruising and sexuality, and makes it more like kind of a party thing, and everybody feels comfortable, and nobody feels like "I'm a piece of shit 'cause I didn't get somebody tonight," and they don't feel so lonely. Example: But then Zhao Jun switched to English and said, “I'll kick your face in, you piece of shit,” and it came out electric fluent, no one laughed. “How dare you call him a piece of shit?” the man's wife shrieked. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, shit. Labels: vulgar
Word: hot ticket Part of Speech: noun 1. Admission to an event, when particularly desirable or hard to obtain. Example: “The openings were a hot ticket. But only on the opening night. Only on the private-screening nights. Only on a specific party night. That was it. And you went to see the stars,” says ex–gossip columnist Hay. 2. A thing that is currently enjoying great popularity. Labels: broadly Example: In a subculture that idealizes youth, being gay and gray does not exactly make one a hot ticket. Older gays and lesbians often relegate themselves to separate and unequal meeting places.
Word: hot tickets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hot ticket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ppmv Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: From ppm. 1. parts per million by volume
Word: adieux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈd(j)uz/, /əˈd(j)u/, /əˈdjuːz/, /əˈdjɜːz/, /əˈdjuː/ 1. plural of adieu Labels: form-of, plural Example: He proceeded towards the shop, waving gracious adieux.
Word: heteronyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heteronym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adeptly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin apīscor Latin adipīscor Latin adeptusbor. French adeptebor. English adept Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English adeptly From adept + -ly. 1. With great skill or knowledge. Example: He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.
Word: ropery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rope Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English ropery From rope + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɹoʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/ 1. Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Marry, farewell! I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery? 2. A place where ropes are made; ropewalk. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: absolute altimeter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌlut/, /ˌæb.səˈljut/, /ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/, /ˈæl.təˌmi.tɚ/ 1. A type of altimeter which measures vertical distance to the surface below, using radio, radar, sonic, laser, or capacitive technology.
Word: Cokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Coke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylocarpous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xylo- + -carpous. 1. Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody. Labels: not-comparable
Word: word up Part of Speech: intj 1. I approve; I agree. Labels: US 2. Hello. Labels: US 3. What's up?; what's happening?; what's the word? Labels: US 4. Listen up; pay attention!. Labels: US
Word: word up Part of Speech: verb 1. To pray, remain spiritually oriented and/or behave congruently with Christian doctrine. Labels: US 2. To inform (someone) of up-to-date information on a topic. Labels: US, informal Example: You have to word up Jeremy on the party.