nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bullwhip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + whip. 1. A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
Word: bullwhip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bull + whip. 1. To beat with a bullwhip. Labels: transitive
Word: service line Part of Speech: noun 1. The line, in tennis and similar sports, from behind which the ball is initially served and which the feet must not cross when serving.
Word: nanocantilever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English cantilever English nanocantilever From nano- + cantilever. 1. A strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram
Word: toy dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several breeds of small dogs, kept as pets.
Word: toy dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toy dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pilicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pili Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English pilicide From pili + -cide. 1. Any of several substances that reduce the number of hairlike pili on the surface of bacteria and thus reduce its ability to adhere to human tissue.
Word: alpha-amino acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to the same carbon atom; especially those amino acids that occur naturally as peptides and proteins.
Word: beta-amino acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms; beta-alanine is the only one that occurs in nature, but not in peptides or proteins.
Word: beta-peptide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any artificial peptide made from beta-amino acids; used in some antibiotics in an attempt to counter resistance.
Word: STED Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of stimulated emission depletion microscope. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: stimulated emission depletion microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. A scanning laser microscope that uses a short excitation pulse followed by a depletion pulse tuned to an emission line of a fluorescent dye
Word: expurgator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expurgate + -or. 1. One who expurgates.
Word: expurgators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expurgator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stimulated emission depletion microscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. Microscopy using a stimulated emission depletion microscope Labels: uncountable
Word: maximal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From maximum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈmæksɪməl/ 1. Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most. Example: The organification of iodide in the thyroid gland was described using a second order rate constant (KthybindC, /nmol/L*hr/kg thyroid weight) fitted to provide thyroidal iodide stores near the maximal value, which increased with age. Example: In the dependency graphs above, we can see that the maximal number of incomplete dependencies in each structure is five, while processing the most embedded noun[…]. 2. Larger than any previous term in the sequence. Example: In the sequence (1, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6), the fifth term, f(5) = 12, is a maximal term, as each of the first 4 terms are smaller than 12. 3. Such that no other element is greater (with respect to the given partial order). Example: With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the set #92;#123;#92;#123;2#92;#125;,#92;#123;1,2#92;#125;,#92;#123;2,3#92;#125;#92;#125; has two maximal elements: #92;#123;1,2#92;#125; and #92;#123;2,3#92;#125;
Word: maximal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maximum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈmæksɪməl/ 1. The element of a set with the greatest magnitude. 2. Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper). 3. Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ.
Word: majors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of major Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin collocatum, supine of collocō. Doublet of couch. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləkeɪt/, /ˈkɑləkeɪt/ 1. (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea. 2. To arrange or occur side by side. 3. To set or place or station in the same place as something else. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to marſhall and collocate in order his battayles Example: that S. Peter will have transferred from his episcopate of Antioch to Rome, and in Rome the Church with the episcopate, the primacy likewise itself, and himself the rock of faith and the Church to have been constituted and collocated
Word: collocate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin collocatum, supine of collocō. Doublet of couch. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləkət/, /ˈkɑləkət/ 1. A component word of a collocation; a word that collocates with another. Example: A list of collocations to accompany the SVL words providing their important lexico-grammatical associations could therefore be a useful supplementary resource. Thus, we took an extra step not present in previously developed academic wordlists and created lists of each word's discipline-specific collocates.
Word: collocate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin collocatum, supine of collocō. Doublet of couch. 1. Set; placed. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: of that creature you must take the parts wherein that virtue chiefly is collocate
Word: booster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English boost 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 booster From boost + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbustɚ/ 1. To give a booster shot to; to boost. Labels: transitive Example: "Hey guys, on the first day of our holiday break I tested positive for Covid. I was vaccinated and boostered which made me lucky enough to only have mild symptoms," he wrote beside a photo that showed him sitting alone inside a testing room wearing a mask. Example: What I would prefer over hazard pay would be for every one of our patients to get vaccinated and boostered, as we request constantly. That would be what would make me happy.
Word: collusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin collūs- + -ive, from Latin collūdere, from con- + lūdere. 1. Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose. Example: Do not trust to what the French papers say about it. All their encomiums are collusive. Example: For purposes of evaluating monopsony cases from the standpoint of economic efficiency, it makes sense to adopt a "purpose"-oriented classification system. After all, all monopsony cases can be reduced to either a unilateral or collusive use of buying power in order to promote the interests of the buyer.
Word: boosters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English colered, colleryde; equivalent to collar + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)d/, /ˈkɑl.əɹd/ 1. Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a person, committed to submit to a particular dominant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: collared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English colered, colleryde; equivalent to collar + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)d/, /ˈkɑl.əɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of collar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: triggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triggers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trigger Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: infielders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infielder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercilessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English merciless Middle English -ly English -ly English mercilessly From merciless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/ 1. In a merciless manner. Example: She mercilessly read off the list of his wrongs in front of their friends. Example: Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck[.]
Word: colonelcy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colonel + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːnəlsi/, [ˈkʰəːnl̩si], /ˈkɜɹnəlsi/, [ˈkʰɚnl̩si] 1. The rank or office of a colonel. Example: [U]nless Lieut Colonel Tyler [John Tyler Sr.] was provided for, The Major, Prentice [Samuel Prentiss II] advanced to a Lieut:Colonelcy in some other Regiment, and his eldest Captain ([James] Chapman) not deprived of his expectation of the Majority; his coming in there would give uneasiness, but nevertheless if it was the pleasure of Congress to make the appointment, he would do every thing in his power to make it palatible. Example: In the campaign of 1760, the general [De Soltikow], who had juſt obtained the colonelcy of the regiment of Wolfenbuttle, aſſembled a body of troops near Konimſthau; as the enemy did not enter Bohemia, as was expected, he repaired to the frontiers of Sileſia, failed in an attempt to ſurpriſe Neuſtadt, but actually cut off the Pruſſian regiment of Mantpeefel.
Word: consensual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From consensus + -ual. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/ 1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting. Example: He'd operated on an almost permanent adrenaline high, a byproduct of youth and proficiency, jacked into a custom cyberspace deck that projected his disembodied consciousness into the consensual hallucination that was the matrix. Example: consensual sex 2. Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties. Example: a consensual contract 3. Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition. Example: consensual motions 4. Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition. Example: direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus
Word: condescendingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From condescending + -ly. Pronunciation: /kɒn.dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ.li/ 1. In a condescending manner. Example: […]; and as there was some perilous probability, in the event of the Colonel and Coloneless saying ‘no,’ of the Captain’s proposing to Miss De Fudgeville, orphan daughter and heiress of the late Rear-Admiral De Fudgeville, who, though she was as ugly as sin, and had something the matter with her spine, had a fortune of ninety thousand pounds, the gallant Colonel, late of the Heavies, and his wife, condescendingly agreed to accept Algernon as their son-in-law. Example: He wore his strange and colourful clothes as if for inspection by a lesser being: condescendingly, casually.
Word: costliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English costly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 costliness From costly + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being costly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It was not large, but of unusual height, and fitted up with great costliness. The bookcases were ebony, inlaid with green morocco, and so were the tables, and the curtains were of crimson velvet.
Word: crookedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English crooked Middle English -ly English -ly English crookedly From crooked + -ly. 1. In a crooked manner.
Word: what's shaking Part of Speech: intj 1. what's happening?; what's up? Labels: slang
Word: credulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English credulous Middle English -ly English -ly English credulously From credulous + -ly. 1. In a credulous manner; believably.
Word: believably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English believable Middle English -ly English -ly English believably From believable + -ly. 1. In a believable way. Example: He acted the part believably. 2. Used to express the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement. Example: Believably, Mikey said John pushed him first.
Word: creditably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English creditab(le) Middle English -ly English -ly English creditably From creditab(le) + -ly. 1. In a creditable manner; reputably, without disgrace.
Word: credibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English credible Middle English -ly English -ly English credibly From credible + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪbli/, /ˈkɹɛdəbli/ 1. In a credible manner; believably. Example: A suitor can credibly signal his love for a woman by offering her an expensive and extravagant gift. Example: He was in a position to commit to a credibly conservative monetary policy. 2. Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement Example: He [Mayor Koch] says he better understands the limits of government; less credibly, he says he has mellowed. Example: His deep-set eyes and expression of general despair lend him a look of utter dissolution—very credibly, he is dying from sexual desire.
Word: corporeally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English corporeal Middle English -ly English -ly English corporeally From corporeal + -ly. 1. In a corporeal manner; bodily; physically. Example: Corporeally, he stood between Robert and Millie, a parent of dark menace.
Word: cornily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From corny + -ly. Piecewise doublet of grainily. 1. In a corny manner.
Word: corruptly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English corrupt Middle English -ly English -ly English corruptly From corrupt + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəˈrʌpt.li/ 1. In a corrupt manner. Example: More North-eaſt, where wild brookes meeting together make a broad poole among the parkes, and ſo ſoone as they are kept in with bankes runne in a chanell, is ſeated Kenelworth, in times paſt commonly called Kenelworde, but corruptly Killingworth: […] Example: Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.
Word: cosmetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cosmetic 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 cosmetically From cosmetic + -ally. 1. In cosmetic terms; regarding appearance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication. Example: Agreement has been reached with operator Freightliner for it to be moved, to be cosmetically restored.
Word: compassionately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English compassionate Middle English -ly English -ly English compassionately From compassionate + -ly. 1. In a compassionate manner. Example: And one of the greatest exponents of rhyming slang I ever knew once addressed this question to me: "Tell me, is my titfer on solicitor's fee?" Now I got titfer" immediately, of course. The question had something to do with his hat. But after trying for fifteen minutes to work out what "solicitor's fee" meant, I had to give up. Almost compassionately the expert explained. A solicitor (attorney) usually charges six shillings and eightpence, or colloquially speaking, six and eight. Six and eight is rhyming slang for straight. So all he wanted to know was if his hat were on straight.
Word: complicatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English complicated Middle English -ly English -ly English complicatedly From complicated + -ly. 1. In a complicated manner.
Word: composedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English composed Middle English -ly English -ly English composedly From composed + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpoʊ.zɪd.li/, /kəmˈpəʊ.zɪd.li/ 1. In a composed manner. Example: So far the letter had run composedly enough; but here, with a sudden splutter of the pen, the writer's emotion had broken loose. Example: "You have this down to a fine art?" I said. "A girl needs to," she said composedly.
Word: comprehensibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English comprehensible Middle English -ly English -ly English comprehensibly From comprehensible + -ly. 1. In a comprehensible manner.
Word: compellingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English compelling Middle English -ly English -ly English compellingly From compelling + -ly. 1. In a compelling manner. Example: Despite being compellingly photogenic, many eagles are difficult photographic targets, particularly when there is bright sunlight.
Word: competitively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English competitive Middle English -ly English -ly English competitively From competitive + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvli/ 1. In a competitive manner. Example: For example, kalicludin 1-3 from A. sulcata binds competitively to Kv1.2 channels to paralyse the prey rapidly.
Word: cosmically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cosmic 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 cosmically From cosmic + -ally. 1. In a cosmic manner.
Word: throw pillow Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pillow, usually sealed, usually placed on a chair or sofa and used primarily for decoration rather than to sleep on.
Word: boardroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English board Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English boardroom From board + room. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/, /ˈbɔːdˌɹuːm/ 1. The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings Example: A President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship. 2. Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society Labels: figuratively Example: Though the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom.
Word: board-room Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boardroom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: board room Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boardroom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: present indicative Part of Speech: noun 1. The present tense in the indicative mood.
Word: imperfect indicative Part of Speech: noun 1. The imperfect tense in the indicative mood
Word: Cairene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Cairenus, from Cairo + -nus (“-ene: forming related nouns”). Equivalent to Cairo + -ene. 1. Of or pertaining to Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Labels: not-comparable Example: The shop, in typical Cairene fashion, was small.
Word: Cairene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Cairenus, from Cairo + -nus (“-ene: forming related nouns”). Equivalent to Cairo + -ene. 1. A native or inhabitant of Cairo.
Word: Cairene Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Cairenus, from Cairo + -nus (“-ene: forming related nouns”). Equivalent to Cairo + -ene. 1. The variety of Egyptian Arabic spoken in Cairo.
Word: manzanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manzana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian фунт (funt). Doublet of pfund, pood, pound, and punt. Pronunciation: /fʌnt/, [funt], /fʊnt/ 1. An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams. Labels: historical
Word: funt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פֿונט (funt, “pound (unit of weight)”). Doublet of pfund, pood, pound, and punt. Pronunciation: /fʌnt/, [funt], /fʊnt/ 1. Pound sterling: the currency of Great Britain; money generally. Labels: Polari
Word: qantar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kantar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hombres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hombre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: berkovets Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian бе́рковец (bérkovec); derived from бе́рковеск (bérkovesk), Old East Slavic бьрковьскъ (bĭrkovĭskŭ, “of Birka”), ultimately Old Norse Birka, a port city in mediaeval Sweden. 1. An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods. Labels: historical
Word: elitists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elitist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cephalalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεφαλαλγίᾱ (kephalalgíā). By surface analysis, cephal- + -algia. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛfəˈlæld͡ʒə/ 1. A pain in the head; headache. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief.
Word: insincerely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English insincere Middle English -ly English -ly English insincerely From insincere + -ly. 1. In an insincere manner.
Word: facials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of facial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gallnut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gall + nut. Compare Dutch galnoot. 1. A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut. Example: There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton's, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were. Example: [Y]our hands are always covered with gallnut [translating galla], vitriol, and alum, just like the varnish on a Moor.
Word: flatters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flatter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flatters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flatter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scut (“hare”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Middle English scut, scute (“short”), possibly from Old French escorter, escurter, or Latin excurtāre, scurtāre, from curtō (“to cut short, shorten”), from curtus (“short; shortened”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + -ō. A derivation from Old Norse skut, skutr (“stern of a boat”), or Icelandic skott (“animal's tail”) is thought to be unlikely. As to sense 3 (“the female pudenda, the vulva”), see the letter of 5 June 1875 from Joseph Crosby to Joseph Parker Norris published in One Touch of Shakespeare (1986). Pronunciation: /skʌt/, /skət/, /skʊt/ 1. A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt. Labels: obsolete 2. A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer. Example: Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3. 3. The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva. Labels: broadly Example: I rumpled her Feathers, and tickled her Scut, / And play'd the round Rubbers at two handed Put. Example: Put on your dress, ye shameless witch, standin' there in your pelt I'll take a strap to, for havin' the conceit out of you, for by your idling had lost me the sup of gin to keep the breath of life in me. Cover your scut, or I'll welt the skin off it.
Word: scut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, possibly a variant of scout (“(obsolete except Scotland) contemptible person”), possibly related to scout (“to reject with contempt; to scoff”), from a North Germanic language; compare Old Norse skúta, skúte (“a taunt”), probably from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną (“to shoot”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to shoot; to throw”). Compare Old Norse skútyrði, skotyrði (“abusive language”). Pronunciation: /skʌt/, /skət/, /skʊt/ 1. A contemptible person. Labels: Ireland, colloquial Example: "I'll have no more of it. I'll have no more Dinny Ryans handlin' flesh and blood of my gettin'. Ye'd see me dyin' for a sup of drink to give me peace, and you philanderin' and danderin' with yon scut of a fellow, and worse doin's behind that, if the truth is told." Example: She didn't need a new dress! Me money! Me hard earned three hundred that I scraped and scrimped for. Me scut of a daughter puttin' it on her back in finery.
Word: scut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps related to scut (“contemptible person”): see etymology 2. Pronunciation: /skʌt/, /skət/, /skʊt/ 1. Distasteful work; drudgery Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: Let's devote mornings to the scut, do real work in the afternoon. Example: And the scut of weeding or washing clothes or waiting in the dentist's waiting room or the soccer field parking lot is actually far less brutalizing than the scut of grading freshman essays [...] 2. Some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: There's no question that it's sexist. [Female residents] are berated more on rounds, given more scut to do.
Word: scut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps from scut(tle), or related to Swedish skutta (“to leap”). Pronunciation: /skʌt/, /skət/, /skʊt/ 1. To scamper off. Labels: East-Anglia, Yorkshire, intransitive Example: ―A fat lot you know about it, Thunder! Wells said. I know why they scut.
Word: boatbearer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + bearer. 1. A clergyman who carries the incense before it is lit. Example: He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as a boatbearer, the evening of the procession to the little altar in the wood.
Word: Forrest Gump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the title character in the novel Forrest Gump (1985) or its film adaptation (1994). 1. A simple-minded but good-hearted person who becomes involved in historically significant events by chance; (derogatory, potentially offensive) a simpleton, a fool. Labels: figuratively Example: At a recent conference, I remarked that I felt a little like the Forrest Gump of interest rate futures. One accident after another has placed me in the company of people who have been innovative thinkers and doers in the futures business... Example: So, how do you present a two-week usability study of Quickenloans.com to senior leadership in Forrest Gump style?
Word: horribles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horrible Labels: form-of, plural Example: If it does not appeal to you as one of the horribles in life, try it once. Example: For all the horribles that his legs and feet endured, they weren't the root cause of his suffering.
Word: soutane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French soutane, from Italian sottana, from Latin subtana, from subtus (“below, beneath”), from sub (“under”). Pronunciation: /suːˈtɑːn/ 1. A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics. Example: The sight of a soutane, or the sound of a bell, puts them to flight; but the object of greatest abhorrence to them is the Holy Virgin. Example: The long, skimpy soutane accentuated the tallness of his stature; […] and the straight, black bar of his joined eyebrows[…] suggested something unlawful behind his priesthood, the idea of a chaplain of bandits.
Word: evangelizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of evangelize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zoolater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -later. 1. A worshipper of animals
Word: narcosynthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō) English narco- English synthesis English narcosynthesis From narco- + synthesis. 1. A form of narcoanalysis in which the patient is made to recall repressed memories under hypnosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ba' Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ba (“medieval football game played in Scotland”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: armillary sphere Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument consisting of graduated metal circles used to represent the motions of celestial bodies around the earth. Example: Most of this bench is covered with tiles of Moorish design, but on the front each is stamped with an armillary sphere in which the axis is yellow, the lines of the equator and tropics green, and the rest blue. These one would certainly take to be of Dom Manoel's time, for the armillary sphere was his emblem, but they are said to be older.
Word: narcoanalysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō) English narco- English analysis English narcoanalysis From narco- + analysis. 1. A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had a set of chains in his room that he said he used with his psychoanalyst; they were experimenting with narcoanalysis and found that Old Bull had seven separate personalities, each growing worse and worse on the way down, till finally he was a raving idiot and had to be restrained with chains.
Word: wuther Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of whither. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌðə/, /ˈwʌðɚ/, /ˈwɐðə/, /ˈwʊðə/, /ˈwʊðəɹ/ 1. Alternative form of whither. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. of a wind: to blow with a dull roaring, such as among trees
Word: wuther Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of whither. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌðə/, /ˈwʌðɚ/, /ˈwɐðə/, /ˈwʊðə/, /ˈwʊðəɹ/ 1. Alternative form of whither. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. the sound of a wuthering wind. Example: I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.
Word: bromegrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brome + grass. 1. Any of various North American grasses, of the genus Bromus, that are used for forage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pryde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pride. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: slipper chair Part of Speech: noun 1. An upholstered chair with a low seat and a high back. Labels: US Example: She moved over to a slipper chair and put her head back against a white cushion that lay along the back of the chair against the wall. Example: I was intellect itself, weighing the possibility of blocking the door with the dresser and bed, surveying the room for weapons – the elegant old hat-rack, the slipper-chairs.
Word: once-in-a-lifetime Part of Speech: adj 1. Likely to happen only once in one's lifetime; extremely rare. Labels: not-comparable Example: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel the world Example: With Trump in office, they see what one Gulf official called a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to achieve his country’s objectives.
Word: autapomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- English aut- English apomorphy English autapomorphy From aut- + apomorphy. 1. A derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon Example: In their article, these authors gave a full description of the specimen and concluded that the species was not only lacking several characteristics typical for the genus Gonocephalus but presented additional characters that would justify the removal of G. mjobergi from Gonocephalus.They abstained from naming a new genus based on autapomorphies, given that this would be of no phylogenetic relevance and limited taxonomic use, and deferred a decision until more material became available for study.
Word: synapomorphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)bor. English apo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morphy English apomorphy English synapomorphy From syn- + apomorphy. 1. A derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry. Example: Another supposed synapomorphy of Rhamporhynchidae + Pterodactyloidea presented by Unwin (1995) is the subequal length of metacarpals I–III. In all non-pterodactyloid specimens where this region is known metacarpals I–III are about the same length. Therefore this feature cannot be used as a synapomorphy of Rhamporhynchidae + Pterodactyloidea. Example: A “synapomorphy” for a group then amounts to a state change in a character along the corresponding branch; some synapomorphies may be ambiguous when optimization is ambiguous and multiple MPRs exist.
Word: brucite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bruce + -ite, after its discoverer, American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818). 1. A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂, often found in thin foliated plates, but may be fibrous (see nemalite), of a white or greenish color and vitreous to pearly luster.
Word: mangling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mangle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mangling Part of Speech: noun 1. An act in which something is mangled Example: After having been an inmate of our family nine years, having suffered countless frights and manglings from the many kittens we had kept in the time, he at last died by the claws of the family cat, when released one fine afternoon for an airing, and to have his cage cleaned. Example: That disc comes on the heels of Background Check, a compilation of oddities and rarities that includes obligatory (though still addictive) punk manglings of pop hits like "I Ran" and "I've Got the Music in Me," as well as presumably more respectable numbers like "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" and "12XU."
Word: blear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blere, related to Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”), Middle High German blerre (“double vision”), German Blerre (“double vision”). Perhaps also related to blur. Pronunciation: /blɪə/, /ˈblɪː/, /ˈblɪjə/, /blɪɹ/, /bliə/ 1. Dim; unclear from water or rheum. Example: A Promontory Wen, with grieſly grace, Stood high, upon the Handle of his Face: His blear Eyes ran in gutters to his Chin: His Beard was stubble, and his Cheeks were thin. Example: The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren’s left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering. 2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight. Example: Thus I hurle My dazling spells into the ſpungie aire Of power to cheate the eye with bleare illuſion, And give it falſe preſentments, […]
Word: blear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian. Pronunciation: /blɪə/, /ˈblɪː/, /ˈblɪjə/, /blɪɹ/, /bliə/ 1. To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes. Labels: intransitive Example: 18th c., attributed to Jonathan Swift, “The Story of Orpheus, Burlesqued,” in Walter Scott (ed.), The Works of Jonathan Swift, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 2nd edition, 1883, Volume 10, p. 403, Orpheus, a one-eyed blearing Thracian, The crowder of that barb’rous nation, Was ballad-singer by vocation; Example: The street-lamps blearing thro’ the rainy rout, Each like a winking, sickly evil-eye. 2. To make (usually the eyes or eyesight) blurred or dim. Labels: transitive Example: your ſelf you cannot ſo diſguiſe: Example: Here’s Lucentio, right ſonne to the right Vincentio, That haue by marriage made thy daughter mine, While counterfeit ſuppoſes bleer’d thine eine. 3. To blur, make blurry. Labels: transitive Example: When winter blears bleakly the forest, And the water binds gray to its blue, Safe and sound in her covert I leave her, Till spring calls again my canoe. Example: 1888, David Atwood Wasson, “Babes of God” Part II in Poems, Boston: Lee & Shepard, p. 36, Now, one among the foremost, looking up By chance, with horror saw, in farthest sky Fronting their course, a troublous film of cloud,— A strange, dark, troublous film of cloud,— Blearing the beauty of the crystal wall.
Word: blear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bleren, from Old English *blǣran, related to West Frisian blearje (“to bleat, shout”), Dutch bleren, blaren (“to bellow, bleat”), German Low German blaren, blarren (“to blare, howl, shriek”), German plärren (“to howl, shriek, blare”). Pronunciation: /blɪə/, /ˈblɪː/, /ˈblɪjə/, /blɪɹ/, /bliə/ 1. Alternative form of blare Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Burgess Shale Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by its discoverer in 1909, after the place where it was found. It was found in or near the Burgess Pass, next to or on Mount Burgess, Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, by Charles Doolittle Walcott. As for which person with surname Burgess the pass and the mountain were named for, and the etymology of the surname Burgess itself, see Mount Burgess § History and see Burgess. 1. A rock formation in the Canadian Rockies that contains very many fossils from the Cambrian period. Example: At the time the Burgess Shale was laid down, life on land was pretty unexciting – there were a few primitive clubmosses and liverworts growing in wet areas near water, but little else. There would also have been a strand-line of washed-up plants and animals, edible detritus that was tantalisingly out of reach of the water-bound animals of the day. Inevitably, before long some arthropods began to drag themselves ashore to take advantage of these untapped resources. Their external skeletons, which perhaps originally evolved as a defence against predators, helped to support their bodies on land, giving them an edge in colonisation there over soft-bodied sea animals such as jellyfish and worms. To start with, these animals would presumably have been poorly waterproofed and had to return to water very regularly to prevent themselves drying out; or they would have had to stay in the dampest places, amongst rotting weed or damp moss. […] As the plants slowly adapted to life on land and spread away from the seas, they also grew taller as the competition for light intensified. To follow them, the animals had to improve their waterproofing. Some animal groups never really got the hang of this; for example, the few crustaceans that successfully invaded land, such as woodlice, are restricted to damp places to this day. Others, such as arachnids, evolved more-or-less waterproof cuticles and eggs, so that they were able to leave water far behind and occupy even the most inhospitable, arid environments on Earth.
Word: bursitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bursa Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English bursitis From bursa + -itis. Pronunciation: /bɝˈsaɪ.tɪs/ 1. An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mulierose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mulier Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English mulierose From mulier + -ose. 1. Fond of women. Labels: obsolete
Word: Archæan Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Archaean. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Archæan Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Archaean. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The whole history of the earth is divided into five eras, with corresponding rock-systems. These are: 1. Archæan or Eozoic¹ era, embodied in the Laurentian system; 2. Palæozoic² era, embodied in the Palæozoic or Primary system; 3. Mesozoic³ era, recorded in the Secondary system; 4. Cenozoic,⁴ recorded in the Tertiary and Quaternary systems; and, 5. The Psychozoic era, or era of Mind, recorded in the recent system.
Word: footless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fotles, from Old English *fōtlēas (only found as fēþelēas (“footless”)), from Proto-Germanic *fōtalausaz (“footless”), equivalent to foot + -less. Cognate with Dutch voetloos, German fußlos, Swedish fotlös, Icelandic fótalaus (“footless, legless”). 1. Without feet. Example: The snake is a footless creature. 2. Clumsy or inept. Labels: colloquial
Word: foozle Part of Speech: verb 1. To do (something) awkwardly or clumsily; to bungle. Labels: transitive Example: I wouldn't have trusted dear old Monty to break the death of a bluebottle without managing to foozle it somehow. Example: Every baseball fan is acquainted with the sarcastic reminder, "two hands are the fashion nowadays," often hurled at the infielder who foozles an attempt at a grandstand play in the form of a one-handed catch. 2. To act awkwardly or clumsily. Labels: intransitive Example: An aunt is always a jocular subject. If a man foozles at golf, he does not say, 'Oh, my cousin, my brother, or my grandfather!' He says, 'Oh, my aunt!' Possibly, general, the Persian is equally deficient in the materteral instinct.
Word: foozle Part of Speech: noun 1. A fogey. Example: There is an old foozle of a lord, the earl of Ballyduff, who lives in London, and who is determined on nominating to his vacant borough 2. A mistaken shot in golf. Example: Even poor Mr. Lloyd George cannot go out of his front door, or make a foozle on the ninth green, without being snapshotted, sketched, and probably filmed. 3. The final boss character in a game. Labels: slang Example: The original Ultima was a kill-the-foozle type of game where the goal was to destroy the Gem of Power, which was held by an evil wizard named Mondain.
Word: uPVC Part of Speech: noun 1. unplasticized polyvinyl chloride
Word: nymphomanic Part of Speech: noun 1. nymphomaniac
Word: nymphomanic Part of Speech: adj 1. nymphomaniac Labels: not-comparable
Word: colonialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colonialist From colonial + -ist. Pronunciation: /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to colonialism. Example: Outlines of a systemic relation between society and ecology are evident with the theoretical innovations underlying the ecoimperialist and colonialist critiques.
Word: colonialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colonialist From colonial + -ist. Pronunciation: /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/ 1. One who supports or advocates colonialism. Example: [Marc Jacobs] is a colonialist, an extender of brands, and in very good shape. Example: So far, the daily dose of quinine had been bitter and very unpalatable. […] To make the medicine go down more easily, colonialists occasionally mixed the powder with sugar, water and gin.
Word: colonizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colonize + -er. 1. One who colonizes: 2. One who colonizes: 3. One who colonizes: 4. A species that establishes itself in a new area. 5. A white person. Labels: derogatory, neologism Example: Don't scare me like that, colonizer! Example: "Howard University is supposed to be a safe space for black people and we don't need you colonizers infiltrating it," said Charlemagne, radio personality and the co-host of The Breakfast Club.
Word: colorant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French colorant, equivalent to color + -ant. 1. Alternative spelling of colourant. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027. Example: That difference is “very challenging for companies, because, for example, if a company produces 10 different products that are red, they could be using one synthetic colorant,” Giusti said. “But if they want to replace the synthetic colorant with a natural alternative, they may need to use up to 10 different natural colorants.”
Word: colourant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English colour Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English colourant From colour + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/ 1. A pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.
Word: color-coordinated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of color coordinated. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: colour-coordinated Part of Speech: adj 1. Designed to have matching colours. Labels: UK
Word: colossally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French colossalder. English colossal Middle English -ly English -ly English colossally From colossal + -ly. 1. In a colossal manner, or to a colossal extent. Example: Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which their simple minds could give no natural explanations.
Word: comaker 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- Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English comaker From co- + maker. 1. A person who endorses a promissory note. 2. A company that cooperates with its buyer or supplier for the benefit of both.
Word: combiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English combine 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 combiner From combine + -er. 1. A person who or a thing that combines.
Word: combings Part of Speech: noun 1. Fragments of hair etc. removed with a comb. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: combustibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being combustible Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: combustive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English combust Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English combustive From combust + -ive. 1. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.