nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: disencumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English encumber English disencumber From dis- + encumber. 1. To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden. Labels: transitive Example: Francesca was soon disencumbered of her riding-hood and cloak; and the three young people, left together, became rapidly acquainted.
Word: soundproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sound English proof English -proof English soundproof From sound + -proof. 1. Not allowing sound through. Example: The contestant was placed in a soundproof booth so he could not receive help from the audience. Example: The electrical activity of the subject's cerebral cortex was recorded in a state of relative rest, after a 5 min adaptation of the subject to a dark soundproof chamber. The biopotentials were recorded from the electroencephaloscope screen […]
Word: soundproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sound English proof English -proof English soundproof From sound + -proof. 1. To make resistant to transmitting sound. Example: We soundproofed the room so we couldn't hear the road noises; unfortunately we couldn't hear the fire alarm either. Example: It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.
Word: responsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/, /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/ 1. Answering, replying or responding 2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli. 3. Using antiphons; antiphonal. 4. Susceptible to the feelings of others. 5. Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space. Example: Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design. 6. Suited to something else; correspondent. Labels: obsolete Example: The vocal lay responsive to the strings. 7. Responsible. Labels: obsolete Example: he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese
Word: polarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarize + -ation or polar + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The production or the condition of polarity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The subtopologies that we discovered include: a glide-symmetric analog of the quantum spin Hall effect, an hourglass-flow topology (exemplified by our recently-proposed KHgSb material class), and quantized non-Abelian polarizations. 2. The production or the condition of polarity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What frazzled pollsters, surly op-ed pages, snarling cable talkfests and issue-starved candidates for office need is a fresh source of hot-eyed national polarization. Example: The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change. 3. The production or the condition of polarity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We don’t usually notice polarization because direct sunlight and light from ordinary incandescent and fluorescent bulbs is unpolarized: it contains equal mixtures of horizontally and vertically polarized light. 4. The production or the condition of polarity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: strongman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English strong Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English strongman From strong + -man. 1. A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus. Example: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, the famous Egyptian archeologist, who was a man of gigantic stature, began his public career as a strongman at the Bartholomew Fair, under the management of Gyngell, the conjuror, who dubbed him The Young Hercules. Example: Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously. 2. A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant. Example: Kazakhstan’s explosion into unrest this week presents a stark warning to the strongman autocrats of the world: Leaving office is perilous. Since the Cold War’s end, a staggering 70 percent of governments headed by strongmen collapsed after the ruler departed, according to one data set.
Word: hounds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haʊndz/ 1. plural of hound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hounds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /haʊndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: assented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈsɛntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of assent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: assented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈsɛntɪd/ 1. Of stocks or bonds: whose holders agree to deposit them by way of assent to an agreement altering their status, as in a readjustment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: missionaries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃəˌnɛɹiz/, /ˈmɪʃən(ə)ɹiz/ 1. plural of missionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batteries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæt(ə)ɹiz/ 1. plural of battery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tumbled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtʌmbl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of tumble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: notifies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪz/, /ˈnəʊtɪfaɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of notify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embroidered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚd/, /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəd/ 1. Decorated with embroidery; covered in decorative needlework. Example: The very embroidered arras, which hangs yon pavilion, is worthy to be observed; but the artificers here, who display their curious works in our native metals, deserve high praise. Example: Surely he has appropriated wome of what should be his wife's jewelry, for in that very embroidered cambric shirt of his sparkle three splendid diamonds set in dark blue enamel. 2. Embellished; elaborate, especially when containing superfluous or fictitious details. Example: The man of business at his desk, the mechanic in his workshop, the idler on his couch, the man of letters in his study, has but to turn for a brief interval to these Lives, and he will behold, for every period and age, the very embroidered and moving scene that he has been seeking to understand and to sympathise with, in a way, in so far as the effect and the cause are concerned, not unlike that which Shakspeare's historical plays, and Walter Scott's historical romances, produce upon the vivid imagination. Example: The orchestration is effective and ingenious, and some of the recitative is sustained with a very embroidered accompaniment.
Word: embroidered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚd/, /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of embroider Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ascending Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ascend + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ascend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ascending Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ascend + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/ 1. Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence) Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order. Example: Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient. 2. Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence) Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: We used an ascending sort. 3. Leading or sloping upwards. Labels: attributive, not-comparable
Word: ascending Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ascend + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛn.dɪŋ/ 1. An ascent. Labels: attributive Example: continual ascendings and descendings
Word: trusting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trustyng, trostinge, tristynge, equivalent to trust + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of trust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trusting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trustyng, trostinge, tristynge, equivalent to trust + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌstɪŋ/ 1. Inclined to believe the claims or statements of others; inclined to confide readily; trustful. Example: She has been happily involved with the same woman for almost three years. During that time, they have grown together, dealt well with their problems and have worked consistently for a loving and trusting relationship.
Word: irritated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹɪteɪtɪd/, /ˈɪɹɪtɛjtɪd/, /ˈɪɾɪtetɪd/, /ˈɪɾɪteːtɪd/, /ˈɪɹɪtæɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of irritate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: irritated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹɪteɪtɪd/, /ˈɪɹɪtɛjtɪd/, /ˈɪɾɪtetɪd/, /ˈɪɾɪteːtɪd/, /ˈɪɹɪtæɪtɪd/ 1. Experiencing a feeling of irritation. Example: She felt irritated by the constant noise. Example: His irritated tone made the situation worse. 2. Inflamed and painful. Example: irritated skin
Word: spermatozoa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spermatozoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revenues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛvəˌnuz/, /ˈɹɛvənjuːz/ 1. plural of revenue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English provyng, pryvynge, equivalent to prove + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prove Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English provyng, prevyng, provynge, prevynge, preovyng, prufunge, preofunge, from Old English *prōfung, equivalent to prove + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ 1. Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested. Example: a book of provings
Word: precautions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈkɔːʃənz/ 1. plural of precaution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskjuːzd/, /ɛksˈkjuːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of excuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹaɪvz/ 1. plural of drive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drives Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹaɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of drive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reliquary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliquiarium, from rēliquia (“a relic”) (English relic), noun use of reliquus (“abandoned, left behind, relict”), from relinquō (“to relinquish”), from re- (“again”) and linquō (“to leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leikʷ-. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪ(ˌ)kwɛɹi/, /ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/ 1. A container to hold or display religious relics. Example: “… There is an ivory virgin of the fourteenth century. I once found a buyer for that piece, but the old boy would not sell it.[…]The other piece—the one that concerns us—is known as the Borgia reliquary.” Example: And whether you think of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or reliquaries or scams, there are surprises inside. 2. An object that sustains the memory of past people or events. Labels: figuratively 3. A person who owes a balance.
Word: expends Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛndz/, /ɛkˈspɛndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of expend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encamped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkæmpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of encamp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: displeased Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpliːzd/ 1. Not pleased or happy with something. Example: a displeased customer
Word: displeased Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpliːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of displease Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excluded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪksˈkluːdɪd/ 1. Kept out; not permitted to enter or be a part; shunned. Example: For community development, the racism resulting from the global economic system is all too frequently played out in those communities that are most excluded – inner-city neighbourhoods and public housing estates. Example: I was feeling very excluded from the group of people I had been mixing with for the past two years .
Word: excluded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪksˈkluːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of exclude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of devise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English paved, ypavyd, equivalent to pave + -ed. Pronunciation: /peɪvd/ 1. Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt. 2. Laid out or made, as intentions, desires, plans, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Word: paved Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English paved, ypavyd, equivalent to pave + -ed. Pronunciation: /peɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: occupations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑkjəˈpeɪʃənz/, /ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənz/ 1. plural of occupation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: choosing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of choose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: choosing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋ/ 1. The act of making a choice. Example: Parents, of course, now have a choice among private schools, but their choosings are not normally supported by public funds.
Word: replies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈplaɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reply Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: replies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈplaɪz/ 1. plural of reply Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inviting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ 1. Alluring; tempting; attractive. Example: The station has a bright and airy feel and the refurbishment works have provided a modern and inviting station environment for passengers.
Word: inviting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of invite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inviting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ 1. invitation
Word: victories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɪkt(ə)ɹiz/ 1. plural of victory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: victories Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvɪkt(ə)ɹiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of victory Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: necessities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɪˈsɛsətiz/ 1. plural of necessity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adored Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈdɔɹd/, /əˈdɔːd/, /əˈdo(ː)ɹd/, /əˈdoə̯d/ 1. simple past and past participle of adore Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪk/ 1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. Example: […] let him not ask our pardon; The nature of his great offence is dead, And deeper than oblivion we do bury The incensing relics of it […] Example: Though a Cup of cold water from ſome hand may not be without it's reward, yet ſtick not thou for Wine and Oyl for the Wounds of the Distreſſed, and treat the poor, as our Saviour did the Multitude, to the reliques of ſome baskets. 2. Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons. Example: […] the imperfect light entering by their narrow casements showed bedsteads of a hundred years old; chests in oak or walnut, looking, with their strange carvings of palm branches and cherubs’ heads, like types of the Hebrew ark; rows of venerable chairs, high-backed and narrow; stools still more antiquated, on whose cushioned tops were yet apparent traces of half-effaced embroideries, wrought by fingers that for two generations had been coffin-dust. All these relics gave to the third storey of Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine of memory. Example: Published in 1982, the now out-of-print computer guide is a real relic, full of dozens of black-and-white pictures of large, bulky computers that you would sooner find in the Smithsonian than on anybody's desk today. 3. A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration. Example: Why ſhould onely I, Of all the other Princes of the World, Be caſ’d-vp, like a holy Relique? Example: No Anchorite in the exstasy of devotion, ever adored a relique with more fervour than that with which I kissed this inimitable proof of my charmer’s candour, generosity and affection! 4. A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang. Example: One of the primary targets of current and especially future cosmological observations are light thermal relics of the hot big bang.
Word: relic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪk/ 1. To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress. Labels: often, transitive, uncommon Example: Age has become a fetish in the world of guitars where large amounts of money are paid for a specially “reliced” guitar. As one company, Relic Guitars, which offers this service claims, “The idea behind relicing a guitar is to artificially replicate the natural wear that occurs over many years […]” Example: The whole idea of relicing an instrument is to accelerate the wear and tear that normally occurs over decades.
Word: relic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪk/ 1. Pertaining to the Big Bang. Labels: not-comparable Example: A more realistic model must include the presence of perturbations whose extra energy can produce distortions of the relic radiation spectrum. Example: While Lasserre acknowledges that physicists are still decades away from observing a direct relic neutrino signal, he says that this work represents an important step forward in the search for the holy grail of neutrino physics.
Word: possesses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈzɛsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of possess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bunny hug Part of Speech: noun 1. A hoodie; a sweatshirt with a hood lacking a zipper. 2. A style of early 20th-century dance, performed to ragtime music. Labels: idiomatic
Word: supplicants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supplicant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lordship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lordschipe, from Old English hlāfordsċiepe, equivalent to lord + -ship. Cognate with Scots lairdschip. Doublet of lairdship. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːd.ʃɪp/, /ˈlɔɹd.ʃɪp/ 1. The state or condition of being a lord. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For example, we know that Alfred did connect land tenure with lordship and that he was particularly interested in questions of military service[…] Example: Lordship entails both privilege and responsibility. Lords have power over their subjects, but that power is granted them so that they can protect and provide for others. 2. Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title. Labels: broadly, capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases? Example: 'He's had his bath,' she said. 'He's just had his bath, bless his little lordship's heart.' 3. A man (sometimes a boy) who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord, behaving in a bossy manner or lording it up Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable 4. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What lands and lordships for their owner know / My quondam barber, but his worship now. Example: […]for whose ransom he compelled Lord Percy to build the castle of Punnoon, in the lordship of Eaglesham. 5. Dominion; power; authority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
Word: bully Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy. The term acquired a negative connotation during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute's minder’ sense. The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊli/, /ˈbɵlɪj/, /ˈbʉle/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ 1. To intimidate (someone) as a bully. Labels: transitive Example: You shouldn't bully people for being weak. Example: I won't have you bullying us out my own house. 2. To act aggressively towards. Labels: transitive Example: The Potters know their strengths and played to them perfectly here, out-muscling Bolton in midfield and bullying the visitors' back-line at every opportunity.
Word: bully Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy. The term acquired a negative connotation during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute's minder’ sense. The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊli/, /ˈbɵlɪj/, /ˈbʉle/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ 1. Very good. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: a bully horse Example: To sing a bully song I'll try, / Bully for you, bully for you, / Gay as they make them, here I am, / Bully for you, for you. 2. Jovial and blustering. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: Bless thee, bully doctor!
Word: bully Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy. The term acquired a negative connotation during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute's minder’ sense. The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊli/, /ˈbɵlɪj/, /ˈbʉle/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ 1. Well done; often sarcastic in modern use. Labels: often Example: Bully, she's finally asked for that promotion! Example: Bully! Bully! Finis coronet opus, “the end crowns all”; “may the last be the best!” By Godfrey it was delightful.
Word: mantle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mantel, from Old English mæntel, mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *mantel; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantellum (“covering, cloak”) (French manteau), diminutive of mantum (Spanish manto), probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”). Compare Icelandic möttull. Doublet of manteau. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.təl/ 1. A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. Example: The people of the village all said, "It could be none but the good-natured Dwarfs, who come by night tripping along with their feet covered with long mantles, as light as birds, and industriously perform for mankind their daily work." 2. A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection. Labels: figuratively Example: At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party. Example: The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws. 3. Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. Labels: figuratively Example: But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. Example: the green mantle of the standing pool 4. The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. Example: He grasps the female from slightly below about the mid-mantle region and positions himself so his arms are close to the opening of her mantle. Example: Molluscan bodies are broadly divided into two parts: a muscular foot and a shell-secreting mantle. 5. The back of a bird together with the folded wings. 6. The zone of hot gases around a flame. 7. A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) 8. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. 9. A penstock for a water wheel. 10. The cerebral cortex. 11. The layer between Earth's core and crust. Example: The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle. 12. Any similar layer in an exoplanet. 13. Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 14. A mantling.
Word: mantle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mantel, from Old English mæntel, mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *mantel; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantellum (“covering, cloak”) (French manteau), diminutive of mantum (Spanish manto), probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”). Compare Icelandic möttull. Doublet of manteau. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.təl/ 1. To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise. Labels: transitive Example: As the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness; so their rising senses Begin to chace the ign'rant fumes, that mantle Their clearer reason. Example: I left them I' th' filthy mantled pool beyond your cell, There dancing up to th' chins. 2. To become covered or concealed. Labels: intransitive 3. To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes). Labels: intransitive Example: […]—that the richest people in the world have the hardest hearts in it, and refuse to help their fellow-creatures, save through the medium of ostentation, and in return for value received?—that the highest and oldest nobility in Europe—the purest blood which ever mantled in the lovely cheek of virgin woman—is regularly exhibited in large bodies, under the protection of British matrons, policemen, and constables, at half-a-crown a head? Example: […] and then that coffee! what fragrance it diffused through the room — how the foaming hot cream mantled over it, making discovered country from whose bourne no Master Philip's teeth water, […] 4. To climb over or onto something. 5. The action of stretching out the wings to hide food. 6. The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
Word: stony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”). Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊni/, /ˈstoʊni/ 1. As hard as stone. Example: a stony polymer 2. Containing or made up of stones. Example: a stony path Example: The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle. 3. Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion. Labels: figuratively Example: a stony grandmother Example: When Victor Laszlo leads the demoralized French in the “Marseilles^([sic – meaning Marseillaise]),” and even Yvonne, the chippy who is sleeping with a Nazi officer, joins in, the stoniest intellectual collapses in tears. 4. Of an action or expression, such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so. Labels: figuratively Example: a stony reception Example: a stony look 5. Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money. Labels: Australia, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: Seriously, Dedalus. I’m stony. Hurry out to your school kip and bring us back some money.
Word: antiperistaltic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + peristaltic. 1. Of or relating to antiperistalsis. Labels: not-comparable 2. That blocks or stops peristalsis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiperistaltic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + peristaltic. 1. A drug that blocks peristalsis.
Word: peristalsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δύναμις περισταλτική (dúnamis peristaltikḗ, “the action of the bowels by which their contents are propelled”), from περιστέλλω (peristéllō, “to wrap around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to make ready, to prepare”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹɪˈstalsɪs/, /ˌpɛɹɪˈstælsɪs/, /ˌpɛɹɪˈstɑlsɪs/ 1. The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: indispensable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/, /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbəl/ 1. Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. Example: An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet. Example: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists. 2. Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. Example: The law was moral and indispensable. Example: Why is marking a book indispensable to reading it? First, it keeps you awake—not merely conscious, but wide awake. 3. Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. Labels: obsolete
Word: indispensable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/, /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbəl/ 1. A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. 2. Trousers. Labels: colloquial, dated, in-plural
Word: horns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɔɹnz/, /hɔːnz/ 1. plural of horn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɔɹnz/, /hɔːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of horn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decisive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French décisif, equivalent to decide + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/, /dɪˈsɪsɪv/ 1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. Example: decisive vote Example: decisive battle 2. Decided; definite; incontrovertible. Example: decisive victory Example: [F]abulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: […] 3. Marked by promptness and decision, resolute; without hesitation. Example: decisive action Example: a decisive person
Word: vigneron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vigneron. Pronunciation: /vin.jəˈɹɔn/ 1. A person who grows vines for wine production, a winegrower 2. A labourer in a vineyard.
Word: escort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta. Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/, /ˈɛs.kɔːt/ 1. A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. Example: The soldier who was pulling at the other end was clumsily unhorsed, and I myself was all but thrown by the unexpected jerk. This ludicrous incident at first provoked mirth among my escort, a mirth which their superstitious minds immediately turned into an ill omen. Example: Whole squadrons of cavalry escort had sometimes to be sent thundering against a powerful infantry outpost in order that the brief time between the charge and the inevitable retreat might be utilized in sounding a ford or determining the point of intersection of two roads. 2. An accompanying person in such a group. Example: The waves being so high when we and the escorts, which stayed about one quarter mile to each side and ahead of us, were in a trough at the same time and we were unable to see one another. 3. A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others. 4. A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor. 5. An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc. Example: "He'd come in for something to eat—the red-bearded one. We had quite a chat. I told him we were traveling like Stevenson—with a donkey; but that one of the ladies had an abscess on a tooth and was going home. He said it was no place for women and offered himself as an escort." 6. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion. Example: "I went home with Hester Paine, last evening, from writing school. Just as she had accepted my escort, Halbert came up, and in a condescending way, informed her that he would see her home." 7. A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent; a pimp. Example: Of the 68 women, 26 reported that they had worked on the streets and as an escort over the course of their career as a prostitute, 18 exclusively as a street prostitute, and 8 as an escort only (i.e., working for an escort service). Example: Every escort has at least one or two regular clients; they are our bread and butter.
Word: escort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta. Pronunciation: /ɪsˈkɔɹt/, /ɪsˈkɔːt/ 1. To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to. Example: He reported that the police escorted the children five or six blocks beyond Natural Bridge Avenue and at that point stopped the white children who were following and shooed them back to the park. Example: Lord Lyndsey, ever attentive, escorted his Lady to the carriage 2. To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building). Example: At this point, the Tenant became extremely angry.... the Tenant started yelling even louder and charged at me. The Tenant was restrained by the security guard and escorted out of the hearing room. The Tenant was ultimately escorted out of the Board’s office because he continued his yelling and aggressive behaviour in the hallway and at the customer service desk. Example: Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train! 3. To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date. 4. To work as an escort (sex worker). Labels: intransitive Example: It's ironic to note that her own makeup looked like that of a prospective showgirl who was escorting until her big break came. Example: Consider why you’re sugaring rather than just escorting. It involves extra emotional work and entanglement with your personal life, having a smaller number of clients who provide more of your income and are harder to end things with, and frequently doesn’t pay as well.
Word: stud muffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stud + muffin, perhaps with influence from beefcake. First use appears c. 1983 in Buffalo News. 1. A very attractive man. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Billboard magazine quoted an Oklahoma City radio program who described him as "a stud muffin" — "there was just a vibe on this guy out there, especially among women" (Stark 1992, 89) Example: "I'm a total stud muffin. Can't you see it?" Simon joked.
Word: muffin-warm Part of Speech: adj 1. Warm as a freshly baked muffin. Labels: informal Example: A thick napped 4 pound muffin-warm blanket that moths will avoid like moth balls for the next five years… it's been mothproof for that long! Example: The selling point (still mainly theoretical) was that you could put these mice in the microwave and they would come out muffin-warm and smelling like potpourri.
Word: milko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk + -o (“diminutive suffix”). 1. A milkman or milkwoman Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: Actually, having been denied the right to employment in my chosen occupation, makin' chemicals, and being now a milko, i can give you the inside information on this story. Example: In the resulting commotion dogs barked and the milko's horse shied, leaving broken bottles and spilt milk all over Hayes St.
Word: milkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk + -ie. 1. Diminutive of milk. Labels: childish, countable, diminutive, form-of, uncountable 2. A milkman. Labels: UK, countable, slang 3. An opaque white marble in children's games. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A woman's breast. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: bizzo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bisīg Old English bisiġ 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 Old English bisiġnes Middle English bisynes English businessclip. English biz English -o English bizzo From biz + -o. 1. Business; a matter or matters of personal concern; a course of action. Labels: Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable Example: TOM: I knew you'd have to do the full bizzo, I knew it. You disgust me. Example: We don't want this to turn into one of those pie-in-the sky bizzos where you aim too high and then never end up doing it. 2. An item whose name has been forgotten; a thingumajig. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, slang Example: ... check the connection bizzos, also check your Microsoft mail settings. Example: my virus killer bizzos weren't able to handle it...
Word: mind one's own business Part of Speech: verb 1. To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others. Labels: idiomatic Example: I was just walking down the road, minding my own business, when I was attacked by a mugger. Example: The idea is but too prevalent in almost every community, that a man has discharged his duties as a citizen, well enough, if he minds his own business and does not meddle with the affairs of his neighbours. "Look out for Number One," is a great fundamental maxim, which is in every body's mouth, and which every body takes credit to himself for acting upon. It is preached to us sometimes from the pulpit even, and Christians, as well as infidels, pride themselves upon the assiduity with which they can look out for "Number One."
Word: dumbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmbəʊ/, /ˈdʌmboʊ/ 1. A stupid person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Darman, to my astonishment, spent the evening telling me what an idiot Ronald Reagan was. Airhead. Dumbo.
Word: evict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince. Pronunciation: /ɨˈvɪkt/, /iˈvɪkt/, /ɪˈvɪkt/ 1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. Labels: transitive Example: evict a tenant Example: threat to evict 2. To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size. Labels: transitive
Word: abies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Abies. Pronunciation: /ˈæbɪˌiːz/, /ˈeɪbiˌiz/, /ˈæbiˌiz/ 1. A tree of the genus Abies. 2. A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.
Word: droit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French droit. Doublet of direct. Pronunciation: /dɹɔɪt/ 1. A legal right or entitlement.
Word: gyrocopter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyro- + -copter. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒaɪroʊˌkɒptər/ 1. An autogyro, similar to a helicopter. Example: A gyrocopter’s rotor spins freely due to airflow rather than engine power.
Word: pantalone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pantaloon (“buffoon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Oddo-Harkins rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: First reported by Giuseppe Oddo in 1914 and William Draper Harkins in 1917. 1. a rule which states that elements that have an even number of protons in the nucleus are more common than those with an odd number
Word: elegiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós). Pronunciation: /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/, /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/, /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/, /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/, /ɪˈlid͡ʒiˌæk/ 1. Of or relating to an elegy. Example: the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter 2. Expressing sorrow or mourning. Example: Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty? Example: And elegiac griefs, and songs of love,
Word: elegiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós). Pronunciation: /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/, /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/, /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/, /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/, /ɪˈlid͡ʒiˌæk/ 1. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter. Example: His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs
Word: organometallic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From organo- + metallic. 1. of, or relating to organic compounds having a metal atom directly bonded to a carbon atom Labels: not-comparable
Word: organometallic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From organo- + metallic. 1. Any organometallic compound.
Word: organometallic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. an organic compound having at least one metal-to-carbon bond
Word: foot candle Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of illuminance (or light intensity) on a surface equal to one lumen per square foot.
Word: organometallic chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. the chemistry of organometallic compounds; their preparation, structure and reactions Labels: uncountable
Word: footcandle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foot candle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: foot-candle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foot candle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: partial charge Part of Speech: noun 1. an electric charge that is less than the charge on an electron; for example, that of a quark 2. the partial charge on a particular atom in a polar molecule due to differences in electronegativity
Word: electronegativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English negative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English negativity English electronegativity From electro- + negativity. 1. The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons when forming bonds.
Word: petrochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie 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 -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English petrochemistry From petro- + chemistry. 1. The branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum, natural gas and their derivatives. Labels: uncountable
Word: antemeridian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to morning; that happens in the morning. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bleached Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bliːt͡ʃt/ 1. Whitened; made white using bleach Example: bleached cotton 2. Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight. 3. Having the hair or skin lightened by bleaching. Example: An obviously bleached blonde, thick pancake makeup flaking powderily off deep furrowed wrinkles on her face, confronted me.
Word: bleached Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bliːt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bleach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: back garden Part of Speech: noun 1. A garden at the rear of a property. Example: Afterwards, Gareth Southgate conjured up the modern English pastoral when he said he was glad to have delivered goals for a public watching at home on a “warm Sunday afternoon”. A great vision of barbecues ablaze, televisions repositioned and six times a boozy roar across the back gardens.
Word: front garden Part of Speech: noun 1. A garden at the front of a property.