nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: madder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)], /ˈmæd.ɚ/, [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] 1. A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Madder (Rubia tinctorum). — This plant has a perennial root and an annual stalk. It is cultivated for the roots, which, after being dried and ground, are employed in considerable quantities in dying a fine red colour, and, likewise, as a first tint for several other shades. It is principally cultivated in Holland, the province of Zealand being almost entirely covered with it; from whence it is exported to every part of Europe and America, yielding almost incalculable profits. The imports of this article for the use of our manufactories is stated to amount in value to more than two millions of dollars annually. Our soil and climate are found to be well adapted to its culture, and some successful experiments have been made in raising it in the counties of Madison and Otsego [in New York State]. Madder does best in a deep rich sand-loam, moist but not wet. It requires three summers to come to perfection; and as the roots strike deep, the ground should be ploughed and mellowed to the depth of two and a half or three feet for its reception. Miller says it should be planted with a dibble (it is propagated by offsets from the roots), in rows from two to three feet apart; while Beechstein says they should be planted only six inches asunder. 2. The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A dye made from the plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their armour was stained with madder, in such wise that they seemed bathed in blood. 4. A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her big head has coloured to a dim and dreadful madder.
Word: madder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)], /ˈmæd.ɚ/, [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] 1. Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye. Labels: not-comparable
Word: madder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)], /ˈmæd.ɚ/, [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] 1. To dye with madder. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: madder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inflected forms. Pronunciation: /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)], /ˈmæd.ɚ/, [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] 1. comparative form of mad: more mad Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: madder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish meadar. Pronunciation: /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)], /ˈmæd.ɚ/, [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] 1. Obsolete form of mether. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Usequebaugh to our feast - In pails was brought up, A hundred at least, - And the madder our cup, O there is the sport! […]
Word: madder Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)], /ˈmæd.ɚ/, [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] 1. Eye dialect spelling of matter. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: birch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰerHǵós From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognates Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh. Pronunciation: /bɜːtʃ/, /bɝt͡ʃ/ 1. Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A birch-bark canoe. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: birch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *bʰerHǵós From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognates Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh. Pronunciation: /bɜːtʃ/, /bɝt͡ʃ/ 1. To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. Labels: transitive 2. To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. Labels: transitive Example: That the morrow would see us arraigned 'fore the Head And probably birched with a willow Example: […] and was tied to a tree and soundly birched with a bundle of furze
Word: common noun Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo. Example: The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries. It had always been that way. Indeed, there were several eminent linguists of the opinion that this was how the common noun had originated.
Word: bicameral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor. Latin camera English -al English bicameral From bi- + Latin camera (“chamber”) + English -al. Pronunciation: /bʌɪˈkaməɹəl/ 1. Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system. Labels: not-comparable Example: the bicameral anatomy of the brain Example: By preventing legislative usurpation in the beginning, the bicameral legislature avoids executive usurpation in the end. 2. Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses. Labels: not-comparable Example: Once the Senate votes, aides said, the first order of business in the bicameral talks will be to set an overall dollar figure […]. 3. Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case. Labels: not-comparable Example: Aspect values on bicameral fonts are based on the size of the lowercase characters. Example: Bicameral (upper- and lowercase) unserifed roman fonts were apparently first cut in Leipzig in the 1820s. 4. Relating to the functions of the two cerebral hemispheres in the history of human beings ‘hearing’ the speech of gods or idols, according to Julian Jaynes's theory of the bicameral mind. Labels: not-comparable Example: [The Linear B Tablets] were written directly in what I am calling the bicameral period. p.80; …to have an idea of the nature and range of the bicameral voices heard in the early civilizations. p.88; …how could [the brain] have been organized so that a bicameral mentality was possible? p.101; Like the queen in a termite nest or a beehive, the idols of a bicameral world are the carefully tended centers of social control, with auditory hallucinations instead of pheromones. p.144; …wherever and whenever civilization first began…there was a succession of kingdoms all with similar characteristics that, somewhat prematurely, I shall call bicameral. p.149; Bicameral gods [of conquering civilizations] are jealous gods. p.156, footnote; …I suggest that given man, language, and cities organized on a bicameral basis, there are only certain fixed patterns into which history can fit. p.159. How can we know that…idols ‘spoke’ in the bicameral sense? p.174.
Word: alba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bə/ 1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
Word: alba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bə/ 1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba. 2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
Word: alba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bə/ 1. plural of album Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.
Word: alba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bə/ 1. Synonym of alb. Example: On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc. Example: Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.
Word: albatros Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of albatross. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: albo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Albanian + -o. 1. An Albanian. Labels: US, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: albergo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian albergo. Doublet of auberge and harbor. 1. An Italian inn.
Word: nuevo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nuevo. Doublet of new. 1. New or novel, usually in reference to Latin American culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: What young adults have managed to come up with is either nuevo hipster or ultra-nerd, but almost always a bland imitation of the past. Example: In Chicago, a favourite resto is Topolobampo, celebrity chef Rick Bayless's shrine to nuevo Mexican cuisine.
Word: bizarro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for more information. In the sense of “logical inverse”, derived via the comic book character Bizarro, an inverted version of Superman from a planet where “good” means “bad” and so on, and further popularized by "The Bizarro Jerry", a 1996 episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. 1. Alternative form of bizarre. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial Example: "So you found a cow?" Alison mocked his discovery. "That's bizarro, you know." Example: "Man," Hesketh said, "that's bizarro. One second they're there, and the next nothing. 2. Being the opposite or logical inverse of a familiar person, place, or situation. Labels: humorous, informal Example: In some alternate, bizarro universe, there was probably a bizarro Kirsten who was totally awesome. Bizarro Kirsten gave bizarro Dillie and bizarro Liza awesome makeovers and awesome advice and let them stay up after hours eating awesome snacks and watching awesome late-night TV. Example: This then leads to Elaine's entrance into what Jerry describes as a “Bizarro world,” citing the Superman concept, in which all of the facets of the show as we know it, especially its principle^([sic]) characters, are reproduced in some way backward. 3. Pertaining to bizarro fiction. Example: An incredibly fucked-up parody of B-horror movies with a bizarro slant.
Word: bizarro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of bizarre, equivalent to bizarre + -o; see that entry for more information. In the sense of “logical inverse”, derived via the comic book character Bizarro, an inverted version of Superman from a planet where “good” means “bad” and so on, and further popularized by "The Bizarro Jerry", a 1996 episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. 1. weirdo, misfit Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Often described as "the Citizen Kane of dismemberment movies," this cult-movie masterpiece set the standards for the "bizarros-who-turn-their-home-into-a-human-slaughterhouse" horror genre. Example: Showgirl breasts and round hips that swayed to a sultry beat when she walked and drew heartbreakers and bizarros from the four corners of the earth. 2. Bizarro fiction. Labels: uncountable Example: Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store. Example: Bizarro isn't really a new genre. Just a new term.
Word: tempest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”). Displaced native Old English hrīþ. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pəst/ 1. A storm, especially one with severe winds. Example: For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing. Example: BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).] 2. Any violent tumult or commotion. Example: Comforted with these reflections, the tempest of his soul subsided Example: They awaited the word "forward"—awaited, too, with beating hearts and set teeth the gusts of lead and iron that were to smite them at their first movement in obedience to that word. The word was not given; the tempest did not break out. 3. A fashionable social gathering; a drum. Labels: obsolete
Word: tempest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”). Displaced native Old English hrīþ. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pəst/ 1. To storm. Labels: intransitive, rare 2. To disturb, as by a tempest. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: . . . the seal And bended dolphins play; part huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. Example: Oh! dark lowered the clouds on that horrible eve, And the moon dimly gleamed through the tempested air.
Word: terra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terrabor. English terra Borrowed from Latin terra. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹə/ 1. Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable 2. The material world as opposed to the heavens. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. A continent or large landmass, especially on another planet or moon; e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A lunar highland or mountainous region with relatively high albedo; e.g. Terra Nivium. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conspire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare, conspīrō, from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + spīrō (“breathe”). Pronunciation: /kənˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot. Labels: intransitive Example: They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. Example: And there came a man, rushing from the farthest end of the city. He said, “O Moses! The chiefs are actually conspiring against you to put you to death, so leave ˹the city˺. I really advise you ˹to do so˺.” 2. To agree, to concur to one end. Labels: intransitive Example: The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age. Example: I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd. 3. To work together to bring about. Labels: transitive Example: Rain and sweat conspired to smudge her mascara. Example: Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.
Word: albino Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino. * Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus * Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”). Pronunciation: /ælˈbiːnəʊ/, /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/, /alˈbiːnoː/ 1. Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: albino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino. * Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus * Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”). Pronunciation: /ælˈbiːnəʊ/, /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/, /alˈbiːnoː/ 1. A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism. Labels: countable
Word: chart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑɹt/, /tʃɑːt/ 1. A map. 2. A map. 3. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. 4. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. Example: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 5. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. Example: Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia? 6. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. Example: I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good. 7. A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. Example: They're at the top of the charts again this week. 8. A written deed; a charter. 9. Synonym of coordinate chart.
Word: chart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑɹt/, /tʃɑːt/ 1. To draw a chart or map of. Labels: transitive Example: chart the seas 2. To draw or figure out (a route or plan). Labels: transitive Example: Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there. Example: We are on a course for disaster without having charted it. 3. To record systematically. Labels: transitive 4. To record systematically. Labels: transitive Example: Did you chart the urine output yet? 5. To appear on a hit-recording chart. Labels: intransitive Example: The song has charted for 15 weeks! Example: The band first charted in 1994.
Word: chaste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪst/, /t͡ʃæst/ 1. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Example: When we consider the great excellence of chaste wedlock, Venerable Brethren, it appears all the more regrettable that particularly in our day we should witness this divine institution often scorned and on every side degraded. Example: Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content. 2. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Example: Theirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless. 3. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Example: Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open To his vnmaſtred importunity. Example: Her upbringing had been so chaste that her first experience French kissing ended in a panicked dash to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a home pregnancy test, just in case. 4. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Example: ... but the cars of chaste women have either coverings thrown over them, or white sheets hung over; for instance, on the cars of the female part of the family of the deceased Nawabs Khanduran and Muzaffar Khan, there used generally to be fastened thick dirty white cloths, and in like manner also on their palanquins—although one brother was the chief treasurer, and the other a commander of seven thousand men. And most assuredly this is a requirement of modesty; for one whose palanquin or cart is turned out with much splendour, verily the idea comes to the minds of the sight-seers and common people, that in it there must be some lovely one, bright as the morning, the envy of the fairies. Hence, for the cars or palanquins for women to ride in to be greatly embroidered is, in the opinion of certain men of standing, who are worthy to be trusted, of great infamy. Example: I ask again what reason could a chaste woman possibly have for being out so late? and in that part of town? Your Honor, we repeat our motion that you recuse yourself from this case. 5. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Labels: usually Example: The chaste style of most early modern novels is elegant but intensely boring, particularly for teenagers too inexperienced to effectively read between the lines.
Word: album Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). Pronunciation: /ˈælbəm/, [ˈæɫb̚m̩], [ˈaɫb̚m̩], /ˈɛlbəm/, [ˈɛɫb̚m̩] 1. In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded. Labels: historical 2. A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs. Example: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Example: In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it. 3. A collection, especially of literary items. Example: This mixture was to be effected either by drawing the juries partly from the senate (of about 300 members), partly from an album of 300 equites (Plut. CG 5.2, Comp. 2.1), or by adlecting 600 equites into the senate and drawing the juries from this new senatorial order (Liv. Per. 60). 4. A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks. 5. A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record. 6. A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group. Example: When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with. Example: His albums are very popular on Spotify.
Word: catapulta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta. Doublet of catapult. 1. A Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles). Example: The projectile machines, or antient artillery, used by our ancestors about the time of the Norman invasion, were the scorpion, catapulta, balista, and onager of the Romans, with divers other species of the same machines, under a variety of different appellations. Example: This pantomime over, Bentley recoiled, with the spring of a Roman catapulta, to his natural pursuits.
Word: enzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.zaɪm/ 1. A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: genu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/, /ˈd͡ʒiˌnu/, /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(j)u/ 1. The knee. 2. The knee.
Word: nunchaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku) (compare Japanese 双節棍 (nunchaku)), probably from Hokkien 兩節棍 /两节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn, literally “two-segment cudgel”), from 兩 /两 (nn̄g, “two”) + 節 /节 (chat, “joint; link; segment”) + 棍 (kùn, “cudgel; stick”). Pronunciation: /nʌnˈtʃækuː/, /nʌnˈtʃɑːkuː/, /nʌnˈt͡ʃɑku/, /nən-/ 1. A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord. Labels: countable 2. The skill of using this weapon in martial arts. Labels: uncountable
Word: Okinawa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa). Pronunciation: /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/, /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/, /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/ 1. A prefecture and island group of Japan. 2. The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Example: Anyone who knew our military installation in Okinawa knew it was a room full of gasoline waiting for someone to strike a match. We had forty-two bases on the island with more than twenty thousand personnel. All of them were living and conducting exercises right up against Okinawan civilian neighborhoods. 3. The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. 4. The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945. Labels: historical
Word: tempe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tempeh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: finger fuck Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌfʌk/ 1. The act of fingering; using or inserting one's fingers into another person's genitalia, anus, or other part of the body to stimulate them sexually. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: finger fuck Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌfʌk/ 1. To finger; insert a finger into a person's genitalia, anus, or other part of the body to stimulate them sexually. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: skull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”), to Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish skallo. Compare Scots scull, Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Norwegian skalle, Swedish skalle and especially dialectal Swedish skulle. Related to Old Norse skoltr (“brow”), skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), akin to Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), dialectal Swedish skult, skulle (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Norwegian Nynorsk skult, skolt (“cranium, head (of a hammer); crag; hub”), Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”), and Scots skult, skolt. Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”). Possibly related to Latin celsus (“lofty, high, tall”), collis (“hill”). Also related to Old Norse skǫllóttr, Icelandic sköllóttur, Old Swedish skallotter, Swedish skallig, Danish skaldet, Norwegian skallet (“bald”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. Example: All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head. Example: He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull—perhaps a cow's skull, a skull, perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the skull in his arms. 2. These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head. Example: Thine are these orbs of light and shade; ⁠Thou madest Life in man and brute; ⁠Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made. 3. The mind or brain. Labels: figuratively Example: My thoughts are flying around in my skull like fireflies in a jar, but all of a sudden I'm unbearably tired and can't stay awake. 4. A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal. 5. The crown of the headpiece in armour. 6. A shallow bow-handled basket. Labels: Scotland 7. The head or master of a college. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: Graduates […] will never forget that majestic stature, that massive brow, that commanding look, as its possessor paced the ante-chapel of his college, or took his seat of presidence among the skulls of Golgotha.
Word: skull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from a dialectal form of Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”), to Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish skallo. Compare Scots scull, Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Norwegian skalle, Swedish skalle and especially dialectal Swedish skulle. Related to Old Norse skoltr (“brow”), skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), akin to Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), dialectal Swedish skult, skulle (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Norwegian Nynorsk skult, skolt (“cranium, head (of a hammer); crag; hub”), Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”), and Scots skult, skolt. Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”). Possibly related to Latin celsus (“lofty, high, tall”), collis (“hill”). Also related to Old Norse skǫllóttr, Icelandic sköllóttur, Old Swedish skallotter, Swedish skallig, Danish skaldet, Norwegian skallet (“bald”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object. 2. To strike the top of (the ball). Labels: transitive Example: Monte swung so hard at the next ball that he skulled it straight right, into the pond: 8 in, 9 out. 3. To drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it. Example: She nearly skulled the next drink and, despite feeling a little woozy, she felt a lot better. Example: That was at Jessica Eyre's sixteenth, and while nothing terrible had happened (I had skulled four Lemon Ruskis and fallen asleep in the garden), it was agreed by all that I had embarrassed myself.
Word: skull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See school (“a multitude”). 1. Obsolete form of school (“a multitude”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. Example: These fishs, togither with the old Tunies and the young, called Pelamides, enter in great flotes and skulls, into the sea Pontus, for the sweet food that they there find: and every companie of them hath their fever all leaders and captaines; and before them all, the Maquerels lead the way; which, while they be in the water, have a colour of brimstone; but without, like they be to the rest.
Word: scull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”). Pronunciation: /skʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. 2. One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower. 3. A small rowing boat, for one person. 4. A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
Word: scull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”). Pronunciation: /skʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. To row a boat using a scull or sculls. Example: The afternoon sun was getting low as the Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, and not paying much attention to Mole. 2. To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
Word: scull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See skull. The verb sense may derive from Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål. Pronunciation: /skʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. Archaic spelling of skull. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult; a scull which on a slight view, appeared to be that of an infant, […] 2. A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever. Example: The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.
Word: scull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See skull. The verb sense may derive from Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål. Pronunciation: /skʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: 2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59, In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Example: That way you get your opponent so gassed up from sculling beer that all he can think about is trying to burp without spewing.
Word: scull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See school. Pronunciation: /skʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. A shoal of fish. Labels: obsolete Example: Of fish that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave , in sculls
Word: scull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See skua Pronunciation: /skʌl/, /skʊl/ 1. The skua gull.
Word: White Russian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. 1. Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917. Labels: not-comparable Example: The overseer of the clinic was a White Russian woman, a nun, formerly of the Russian Orthodox community in Jerusalem, but a good-hearted woman. In these cases, we should not be too scrupulous politically, said the priest. 2. Of or relating to Belarus, literally "White Russia", or its language. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: White Russian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. 1. A cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few cocktails include milk and cream, so the White Russian is a welcome departure from the norm. Already a popular drink in its own right, the White Russian was made famous by Jeff Bridges’ character in “The Big Lebowski.” 2. A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré). Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The White Guard colony in Harbin is armed and organized along military lines. At the head of this army of counter-revolution—the shock troops of Japanese imperialism—stands the notorious tsarist bandit, "Ataman" Semionov. 3. A Belarusian person. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: White Russian Part of Speech: name Etymology: (cocktail): The word white refers to the milk, while Russian refers to the vodka. 1. The Belarusian language. Labels: obsolete
Word: Devon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛv.ən/, /ˈdiː.vən/ 1. A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel. 2. A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent. 3. A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth. 4. A place in Canada: 5. A place in Canada: 6. A place in Canada: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A place in the United States: 11. A place in the United States: 12. A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa. 13. An English earldom. 14. A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin. Example: "Is that his real name?" I asked, touching the corner of the picture. "Devil?" "I named him Devon James Jordan, but my oldest―my girl Sheena―she had trouble saying Devon and it came out Devil, and that stuck […]" Example: Devon Dunham of Hardeeville was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of 77-year-old Ernest Stevens after a two-day trial May 25-27, the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office said. 15. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage. Example: ETHAN: She's good and sweet and let me tell you somethng I've learned about myself, Dor— Darb? — Derf? — / DEVON: Devon. Just like Kevin. / ETHAN: Devon. Devon. Kevin, Devon, Kevin. Let me tell you something I've learned about myself...Devon. Example: According to the attorney general’s office, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arrested. She has worked for the office for about seven years and is currently assigned to the Appellate Unit of the Criminal Division. 16. A surname.
Word: Devon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛv.ən/, /ˈdiː.vən/ 1. One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.
Word: cantor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cantorbor. English cantor Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + -or (“agent suffix”). Doublet of chanter. Pronunciation: /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkæntə(ɹ)/ 1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony Example: The cantor's place in church is on the right of the choir. 2. A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan Labels: Judaism
Word: -or Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem. Pronunciation: /ə/, /ɚ/ 1. Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed. Labels: morpheme Example: settle + -or → settlor Example: survive + -or → survivor 2. Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance Labels: morpheme Example: Resistors possess resistance and inductors possess inductance.
Word: -or Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -order. English -or From Latin -or. 1. Used to form nouns of quality, state, or condition. Labels: morpheme Example: err + -or → error
Word: singer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.ə/, /ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/, /ˈsɪŋ.ɡə/ 1. A person who sings, often professionally. Example: It's the singer, not the song. 2. dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
Word: singer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From singe + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who, or device which, singes. 2. A machine for singeing cloth.
Word: square dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Square dancing. Labels: uncountable Example: Square dance is America's folk dance. 2. A particular instance of square dancing. Labels: countable Example: There's a square dance at the school tonight.
Word: square dance Part of Speech: verb 1. To take part in a square dance. Example: I square danced for three hours last night.
Word: mélange Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of melange. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mélange.
Word: baud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903). Pronunciation: /bɔːd/, /bɔd/, /bɑd/ 1. A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To reach the Backroom Bulletin Board, call (718) 849-6699 with a computer, using either the 300 or 1200 baud setting on the modem. 2. bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: student Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to stud(y) + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.dn̩t/, /ˈst͡ʃuː.dn̩t/, /ˈstu.dn̩t/, /ˈstɪʊ.dənt/ 1. A person who studies or learns about a particular subject. Example: She is a student of human interactions. Example: He is a student of life. 2. A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution. Example: The students were out raising funds for rag week. Example: In general, alſo, it may be obſerved, that a greater degree of gentility is affixed to the character of a ſtudent in England than elſewhere ; by which means our clergy have an opportunity of ſeeing better company while young, and of ſooner wearing off thoſe prejudices which they are apt to imbibe even in the beſt regulated univerſities, and which may be juſtly termed the vulgar errors of the wiſe. 3. A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
Word: student Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to stud(y) + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.dn̩t/, /ˈst͡ʃuː.dn̩t/, /ˈstu.dn̩t/, /ˈstɪʊ.dənt/ 1. In training, learning a particular skill. Labels: not-comparable Example: student teacher. Example: student driver.
Word: encyclopedic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos) Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek παιδεύω (paideúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)bor. New Latin encyclopaedīalbor. English encyclopedia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English encyclopedic From encyclopedia + -ic. First attested in 1824. Pronunciation: /ensaiːkloˈpʰiːdək/ 1. Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge. 2. Relating to or containing descriptive information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations. Example: [p 151] Although separate encyclopedic sections have nothing to do with the dictionary proper, there are no compelling logical reasons for condemning them. [p 212] Terms derived from names fall into three categories. Some, like Chomskyan, refer to a person and the work done by that person, or to a place or a person from that place (Virginian, Londoner), and should be defined only in relation to the person or place. They are essentially encyclopedic entries and, if the dictionary contains an entry for the person or place in question, could well be run on without a separate definition. [p 359] The difficulty of distinguishing between lexical units and items in a nomenclature is especially nettlesome in specialized dictionaries, which are by their nature more encyclopedic than general dictionaries. Example: Thus there are 3751 lexical items covered in total. Taking into account polysemy, there are 4315 separate senses. Of these, 1021 terms are proper nouns. Thus 23.7% of the lexis covered consists of encyclopaedic material.
Word: Papua Part of Speech: name Etymology: There are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called papo ua gam sio (“nine village/region that is not united”). * From Biak sup i babwa (“the land below [the sunset]”), referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera. Pronunciation: /ˈpaːpwə/ 1. The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea. 2. The western part of New Guinea, currently part of Indonesia. 3. A province of Indonesia. Example: Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku.
Word: Papua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: There are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called papo ua gam sio (“nine village/region that is not united”). * From Biak sup i babwa (“the land below [the sunset]”), referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera. Pronunciation: /ˈpaːpwə/ 1. A person indigenous to Papua. Labels: dated Example: The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black. Example: The Papua are more numerous in the Philippine Islands than anywhere else, with the exception of New Guinea.