nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: profane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfeɪn/, /pɹoʊˈfeɪn/ 1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing. Example: Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things. 2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular. Example: profane authors Example: A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine. 3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious. 4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain. Example: a profane person, word, oath, or tongue Example: the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane
Word: profane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfeɪn/, /pɹoʊˈfeɪn/ 1. A person or thing that is profane. Example: The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted. 2. A person not a Mason.
Word: profane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfeɪn/, /pɹoʊˈfeɪn/ 1. To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate Labels: transitive Example: One should not profane the name of God. Example: to profane the Scriptures 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile. Labels: transitive
Word: pietism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English piety Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pietism From piety + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɪətɪz(ə)m/ 1. A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.
Word: ego trip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s. 1. An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.
Word: italic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after the nation of Italy, as it was first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, around 1500. Literally Italy + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈtælɪk/, /aɪˈtælɪk/ 1. Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique. Labels: not-comparable Example: The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.
Word: italic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the nation of Italy, as it was first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, around 1500. Literally Italy + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈtælɪk/, /aɪˈtælɪk/ 1. A typeface in which the letters slant to the right. Example: Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic. Example: […] ROBERT GRANJON, possibly in collaboration with CLAUDE GARAMOND, had created an italic which matched Garamond Roman. 2. An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance. Example: Spenser uses two different scripts: an Elizabethan secretary hand for English texts, and an italic 'mixed' with secretary graphs for Latin texts […]
Word: soupspoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soup + spoon. 1. A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon. 2. A soupspoonful.
Word: marginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/, /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/, /ˈmɐː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants. Example: In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups. 2. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: There were more marginal notes than text. Example: The early pages had marginal notes most of which were lost when rats nibbled away the manuscript edges. 3. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England. 4. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: His writing ability was marginal at best. Example: Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal. 5. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: He farmed his marginal land with difficulty. 6. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around. Example: In ‘battleground’ seats with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrat vote shares increased most in the most marginal seats. 7. Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. Labels: not-comparable, usually 8. Marginalized. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The caseworker couldn't understand how I could have stretched out my last bit of money for so long. She seemed convinced that I was "hiding" income from her and interrogated me for I don't know how long. […] The system seems based on the assumption that people are "welfare cheats." If you don't speak English or are marginal in some other way, it's worse.
Word: marginal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/, /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/, /ˈmɐː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/ 1. Something or somebody that is marginal. Example: […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks. Example: “We need a saint or some other symbol that will serve to anchor our faith into the foreseeable future. I have watched and waited for a saint but none showed up—not even a marginal saint. Mary is the first one, and we must not allow her ... 2. A constituency won with a small margin.
Word: parliamentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English parliament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English parliamentary From parliament + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/, /ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/, /ˌpɐːləˈment(ə)ɹi/ 1. Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament. Labels: not-comparable Example: Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow. 2. Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament. Labels: not-comparable Example: The UK is a parliamentary democracy. 3. Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile. Labels: UK, historical, not-comparable Example: The train was moving less fast through the summer night. The swift express had changed into something almost a parliamentary, had stopped three times since Norwich, and now, at long last, was approaching Banton.
Word: parliamentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parliament Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English parliamentary From parliament + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/, /ˌpɑɹləˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/, /ˌpɐːləˈment(ə)ɹi/ 1. A parliamentary train. Labels: UK, historical
Word: constituency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From constituent + -ency. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/, /kənˈstɪtju.ənsi/ 1. A district represented by one or more elected officials. Example: John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency. Example: The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize. 2. The voters within such a district. Labels: collective 3. The residents of such a district. Labels: collective 4. The voters of a candidate. Labels: collective 5. An interest group or fan base.
Word: ambiance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French ambiance. Pronunciation: /ˈɒm.bi.ɒns/, /ˈæm.bi.əns/, /ˈɑm.bi.ɑns/ 1. A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pressures […] on a post-pubescent youngster, still half-child-half-man/woman, are difficult enough for someone whose sexuality fits into the accepted ambiance, i.e., heterosexuality. 2. Of a three-dimensional model, a secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ambience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ambient + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bi.əns/ 1. Alternative spelling of ambiance. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: An unexpected downside was a new generation of trains where the principal aim was to 'pack them in', leading to a sharp slump in ambience and passenger comfort.
Word: unsubscribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin subscrīberebor. Middle English subscriben English subscribe English unsubscribe From un- + subscribe. 1. To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service. Labels: intransitive Example: How do I unsubscribe from your mailing list?
Word: unsubscribe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin subscrīberebor. Middle English subscriben English subscribe English unsubscribe From un- + subscribe. 1. An unsubscription. Example: Given how easy it is to filter messages or simply delete them, unsubscribes are significant events. Taken together, these metrics can tell you a lot about the quality of the email you're sending and provide the basis for testing your customer lists […]
Word: unsure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unsure, equivalent to un- + sure. Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsecure. 1. uncertain, ambivalent. Example: I'm still unsure whether to attend the wedding. 2. unstable or precarious Example: unsure footing
Word: untouched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English touched English untouched From un- + touched. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtʌt͡ʃt/ 1. Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged; not altered. Example: There are practically no untouched forests left in Europe. Example: The altars used for magical purposes were of carved wood or, if made of stone, had to be a natural slab, unhewn and untouched by hammer or chisel. 2. Not eaten. Example: He left his vegetables untouched. 3. Not influenced, affected or swayed. Example: She was untouched by his tale of woes. 4. Not having come in contact. Example: Our chocolates are untouched by human hands. Example: Once the tough job is done for Prosser, he says he can then get his golf clubs back out - they have been in the cupboard untouched for a decade. 5. Not read or examined. Example: He was about to open one of the scrolls, when Francesca took them from his hand. "Nay, Guido, we will not read them: there are some letters never meant but for one eye, and such are these. This packet shall be given untouched into Lord Avonleigh's"—she corrected her words—"into my father's own hands." 6. Not discussed or talked about. Example: Politics was an untouched topic in our family.
Word: untouched Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English touched English untouched From un- + touched. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtʌt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of untouch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unvarying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English varying English unvarying From un- + varying. 1. Persistent, constant, changeless. Example: You can be sure of our unvarying attention. Example: In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work. 2. Lacking variety; having a uniform character. Example: The prizewinning carrots were of an unvarying size.
Word: unwieldy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unweldy, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldich, unweldech (“having no power, involuntary”), Middle Dutch onweldich (“having no control or mastery over”), Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”). Compare also Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”), whence Middle High German unwaltic, German ungewaltig (“powerless, unmighty”). Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈwɪəl.di/ 1. Lacking strength; weak. Labels: obsolete 2. Ungraceful in movement. Labels: obsolete 3. Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity. Example: She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels. Example: However, the constellation of Argo Navis was so huge and unwieldy that in the 1932 revision, the International Astronomical Union committee chopped it up into a keel (Carina), a poop (Puppis) and sails (Vela). 4. Badly managed or operated.
Word: upheaval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upheave + -al. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈhiːvəl/, [ʌpˈhɪi̯vəl] ~ [ʌpˈhɪi̯vl̩] 1. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A disruptive change, from one state to another. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Scotland's bottleneck junction between the West and East Coast main lines at Carstairs will be the site of major upheaval until the end of May, while £164 million worth of improvements are carried out. 3. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.
Word: upstate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English upstate From up + state. Pronunciation: /ˈʌp.steɪt/ 1. The northern section of a state. Labels: US 2. The inland section of a state, particularly of South Carolina. Labels: US 3. A period during sleep when somebody is primed and ready to learn.
Word: upstate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English upstate From up + state. Pronunciation: /ˈʌp.steɪt/ 1. Of the northern section of a state. Labels: US Example: They went hunting in upstate New York. Example: Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers "steamed hams"? Principal Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect. Superintendent Chalmers: Uh-huh? What region? Principal Skinner: Uh, upstate New York. Superintendent Chalmers: Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams". Principal Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression. Superintendent Chalmers: I see.
Word: upstate Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English upstate From up + state. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈsteɪt/ 1. To the northern section of a state. Labels: US Example: He drove upstate to visit his mother.
Word: undefeated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defeat English -ed English defeated English undefeated From un- + defeated. 1. Never defeated; always victorious. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: unvanquished, unbeaten, unconquered Example: He was the undefeated tiddlywinks champion of the school.
Word: undefiled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + defiled. Pronunciation: /ˌən.dəˈfaɪld/ 1. Free from stain, blemish, evil or corruption; immaculate; uncorrupted.
Word: undelivered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English delivered English undelivered From un- + delivered. 1. Not delivered. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most undelivered mail has the wrong address. Example: [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]
Word: undeliverable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + deliverable. 1. Not able to be delivered. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dead letter office keeps undeliverable mail. Example: The ambitious project to build 500 new hospitals was later deemed to be undeliverable.
Word: undeliverable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + deliverable. 1. A message, parcel, etc. that cannot be delivered.
Word: undeniable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + deny + -able, compare deniable. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.dɪˈnaɪ.(j)ə.bəɫ/, /ˌʌn.dɪˈnaɪ.ə.bl̩/ 1. Irrefutable, or impossible to deny. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some believe that there is undeniable evidence of UFOs. Example: After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.
Word: under fire Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /ˈʌndɚ faɪɚ/, /ˈʌndə faɪə/ 1. Subjected to enemy attack with firearms. Example: courage under fire Example: coolness under fire 2. Criticized or held responsible for something. Labels: figuratively Example: grace under fire Example: The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. […] He had learned, by long experience, the best tactique under fire: he became actually taciturn; or, if he spoke, his speech was laconic and enigmatical; sometimes throwing out a proverb, and sometimes a text; and sometimes when provoked past endurance, spouting mildly a little bit of meek and venomous irony.
Word: under protest Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. while protesting Example: I'm washing up under protest because it's not my turn. 2. of a payment made subject to dispute Labels: US 3. Without full agreement.
Word: undercarriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + carriage. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndɚˌkɛɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈʌndəˌkæɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The supporting structural framework of a land vehicle (such as a car, truck, van, wagon, etc). Example: Near-synonym: chassis Example: The solution to coach riding defects, at least, seems to require much more co-operative practical experiment by all engineering departments to achieve better sympathy between the vehicle body, its undercarriage and the track on which it rides. 2. The landing gear of an aircraft. 3. The genitalia. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: underclothes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under + clothes. 1. clothes worn next to the skin and underneath outer clothing Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: under cover Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Protected by a covering or shelter. Example: When it started to rain we got under cover. Example: As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed.
Word: undercut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)kʌt/, /ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/, /ʊndə(ɹ)ˈkʊt/ 1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed. 2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled. 3. The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet. 4. A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top. Example: Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X. 5. A blow dealt upward. 6. A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle 7. A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time. 8. The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.
Word: undercut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut. Pronunciation: /ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/, /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌt/, /ʊndə(ɹ)ˈkʊt/ 1. To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor. Example: The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway. 2. To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath. 3. To undermine. Example: Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. 4. To strike a heavy blow upward. 5. To employ the undercut strategy. 6. To downplay or minimize. Example: This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary effort that had swelled in a miniscule amount of time, and undercut the sheer conceptual impact this could leave in all of their respective fields.
Word: undercut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut. Pronunciation: /ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/, /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌt/, /ʊndə(ɹ)ˈkʊt/ 1. Produced by undercutting. Labels: not-comparable 2. Designed so as to cut from the underside. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having the parts in relief cut under. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underdeveloped Part of Speech: adj 1. immature and not fully developed 2. having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication 3. of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed
Word: underdeveloped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underdevelop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underdone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English done English underdone From under- + done. 1. insufficiently cooked; undercooked Example: ‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut.[…]’
Word: underestimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English estimate English underestimate From under- + estimate. Pronunciation: /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/ 1. To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has. Labels: transitive Example: It recalls the business case for Scotland's reopening of the Borders Railway to Tweedbank, that British Rail closed in 1969. The review says the business case for this was at best borderline, but goes on to say that the case greatly underestimated passenger demand and that the railway Scotland built has capped its capacity. 2. To perceive or expect (someone or something) to be less significant or difficult than it actually is. Labels: transitive Example: I totally underestimated the task. Example: My point, therefore, in beginning with what everyone knows are the two main views of Othello (and hence Othello) is not to adjudicate between them, nor to dismiss both, nor to fence-sit, but to suggest that each answers to something important in the play – which also means that each underestimates something important as well.
Word: underestimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English estimate English underestimate From under- + estimate. Pronunciation: /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.mɪt/, /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ 1. An estimate that is too low.
Word: undergraduate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English graduate English undergraduate From under- + graduate. 1. A student at a university who has not yet received a degree. Example: Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. Example: It’s commonly cited that undergraduates are significantly smarter than average, with IQs ranging from 115 to 130. […] The decline in undergraduate IQs might just be another indication that the worth of a college degree has been hollowed out over time.
Word: undergraduate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English graduate English undergraduate From under- + graduate. 1. Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate. Labels: not-comparable Example: After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.
Word: rebellion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Equivalent for rebel + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/ 1. Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. Labels: uncountable Example: The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country. 2. Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. Labels: countable Example: Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents. 3. An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government. Labels: countable Example: The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.
Word: blimming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Modification of blooming. Pronunciation: /ˈblɪmɪŋ/ 1. Blooming (as an intensifier). Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang Example: I don't want to buy any blimming brushes, so kindly go away!
Word: blimming Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Modification of blooming. Pronunciation: /ˈblɪmɪŋ/ 1. Very; blooming. Labels: not-comparable
Word: graduand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1882. From Medieval Latin graduandus, gerundive of graduō (“to graduate”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuːˌænd/, /ɡɹædjuːˈænd/ 1. A student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree. Labels: Canada, Commonwealth, UK Example: 2005, Mike Amos, Proud Return of the Pigeon Boy, Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Jul 14, 2005. In order to add jollity to the proceedings, said the dean, each graduand would find beneath his seat a little tub of bubbles, complete with mortar board cap.
Word: chuckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chuck (“laugh”) + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ 1. A quiet laugh.
Word: chuckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chuck (“laugh”) + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ 1. To laugh quietly or inwardly. 2. To communicate through chuckling. Labels: transitive Example: She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car. 3. To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck. Labels: archaic, intransitive 4. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together 5. To fondle; to indulge or pamper. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: chuckle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from chock (“a log”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ 1. Clumsy. Labels: obsolete
Word: cellule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cellula (“a small apartment”), diminutive of cella. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛljuːl/ 1. A small cell. Example: Their structure in these two species does not resemble that of the cellules.
Word: psephologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English psephology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English psephologist From psephology + -ist. Pronunciation: /səˈfɒlədʒɪst/ 1. An expert in psephology.
Word: hoary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from Middle English *hori (suggested by horilocket (“hoary-locked, having hoary locks or curls”)), equivalent to hoar + -y. Alternatively, Middle English horilocket may represent Middle English hor (“hoar, hoary”) + ilocket (“locked”) rather than hori (“hoary”) + locket (“locked”). Pronunciation: /hɔː.ɹi/, /hɔɹ.i/ 1. White, whitish, or greyish-white. Example: As hoary frost with spangles doth attire, The mossy braunches of an oke halfe ded, Example: But hoary Winter, unadorn'd and bare, Dwells in the dire Retreat, and freezes there. 2. White or grey with age. Example: The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence. Example: And ever and anon a silent tear Stole down, and trickled from his hoary beard. 3. Of a pale silvery grey. 4. Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs. 5. Old or old-fashioned; trite. Labels: figuratively Example: It was, however, most interesting work, and the moulders themselves were a decent crowd, never tired of making jokes about themselves such as the hoary one that moulders did not live long, which however ran counter to the other one that no germs could live in a foundry—the atmosphere was too foul. Example: In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects. 6. Remote in time past. Labels: obsolete Example: The probability of these flattering fictions could no longer be examined, when the hoary antiquity of such traditions had gained them veneration. An adventure of ancient date was in blind after-ages too readily received as truth. Example: Plant and animal species of hoary antiquity or at an evolutionary dead end seem similarly outdated. Remnant exemplars of the coelacanth, the tuatara, the Joshua tree are anachronisms more at home in previous than present environments. 7. Moldy; mossy; musty. Labels: obsolete Example: By chance there was at that time brought out of the citie into the campe verie course, hoarie, moulded bread, which some of the souldiours hauing bought, and thrusting it vpon the points of their speares, shewed it vnto their fellowes in great choller, railing against king Ferdinand, which in his owne kingdome in the beginning of the warre had made no better prouision, but with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them being strangers, which were onely for his defence and quarrell to aduenture their liues.
Word: by-election Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From by- (“side, secondary, ancillary”) + election. 1. An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections. Example: Coordinate term: general election Example: In 2015, he was selected as candidate for that year's by-election for the Oldham West and Royton seat. He won with 62% of the vote.
Word: canvasser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English canvass Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canvasser From canvass + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.vəs.ə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who goes through a region soliciting votes in an election, or conducting a public opinion poll. Example: Ms. Cohen-Sanchez, right, and canvassers from National Ground Game earlier this month in California. 2. A person who scrutinizes the ballot in an election. Labels: Philippines
Word: alembic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembīcus, from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Doublet of ambix and lambic. Pronunciation: /əˈlɛm.bɪk/ 1. An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation. Example: Ideal beauty is not the mind’s creation: it is real beauty, refined and purified in the mind’s alembic, from the alloy which always more or less accompanies it in our mixed and imperfect nature. Example: Thus is Art, a nature passed through the alembic of man.
Word: Jerome Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old French vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos). Doublet of Hieronymus. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈɹəʊm/, /d͡ʒəˈɹoʊm/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered as a replacement for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A town in Yavapai County, Arizona. 4. A town in Drew County, Arkansas. 5. A small unincorporated community in Collier County, Florida. 6. A city, the county seat of Jerome County, Idaho. 7. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois. 8. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. 9. An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa. 10. An unincorporated community in Hillsdale County, Michigan. 11. An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri. 12. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio. 13. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 14. A ghost town in Morgan County, West Virginia.
Word: catoptric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατοπτρικός (katoptrikós), from κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”). Pronunciation: /kaˈtɒptɹɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections. Labels: not-comparable Example: It leaned, toppled forward, and loomed out over the water's grim catoptric surface that stretched before her, and then completing a half-somersault plunged headlong into the shallows of the abysmal, baptismal bilge.
Word: soupspoonful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soupspoon + -ful. 1. The amount that may be held by a soupspoon. Example: Add a soupspoonful of olive oil. Example: Two or three soupspoonsful of this solution in a quart of hot water may be used as an injection, morning and evening, to correct the fœtidity of leucorrhœic discharges which accompany some cases of endometritis, polypus, fibrous bodies, ulceration of the cervix uteri, or even simple vaginitis.
Word: upwardly mobile Part of Speech: adj 1. Likely to advance in economic or social standing. Example: Still, at least the venue was appropriate: Lettice had hired out the long, dusty salon that formed the first-storey salesroom of an upmarket architectural salvage business. It was here young and upwardly-mobile couples came to browse among the mouldings, entablatures, pilasters and ironwork of the past.
Word: big time Part of Speech: noun 1. The highest, or most prestigious level in any field, especially in entertainment. Example: This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long - the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.
Word: big time Part of Speech: adv 1. By a large margin; with great significance. Labels: informal Example: A Wheel of Fortune contestant was about to win a shot at the million dollar grand prize when he bumbled his answer and lost out big time. Example: “American doesn’t hedge,” said Seth Kaplan, managing partner for the trade publication Airlines Weekly. “So, they have won big time.”
Word: big time Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of big-time. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Urartian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Urartu Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Urartian From Urartu + -ian. Pronunciation: /ʊˈɹɑːtɪən/ 1. Relating to the ancient kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highland. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Urartian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Urartu Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Urartian From Urartu + -ian. Pronunciation: /ʊˈɹɑːtɪən/ 1. An inhabitant of Urartu.
Word: Urartian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Urartu Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Urartian From Urartu + -ian. Pronunciation: /ʊˈɹɑːtɪən/ 1. The extinct language spoken by the inhabitants of Urartu, related to Hurrian.
Word: Urartu Part of Speech: name Etymology: A modern (19th century) rendition of Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒆳𒌵 (Urarṭu). Corresponds to Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט (ʾărɔrɔṭ) (see Ararat). See also Old Armenian Վան (Van) for the self-designation of Urartians. Pronunciation: /uːˈɹɑːtuː/, /ʊˈɹɑɹtu/ 1. An Iron Age kingdom flourishing 9th-6th century BC, located in the Armenian Highland and centred in the mountainous region around Lake Van.
Word: SDK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of software development kit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of single digit kyu. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Anatolia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/, /ˌænəˈtoʊli.ə/ 1. A peninsula in West Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. Example: Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth Example: Meronym: Central Anatolia
Word: Uyghur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈwiːɡʊə/, /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/, /ˈwiɡɚ/, /ˈʔuɪ̯.ɡʊɾ/ 1. A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan. Example: A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region. Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang.
Word: Uyghur Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈwiːɡʊə/, /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/, /ˈwiɡɚ/, /ˈʔuɪ̯.ɡʊɾ/ 1. The language of the Uyghur people.
Word: Uyghur Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈwiːɡʊə/, /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/, /ˈwiɡɚ/, /ˈʔuɪ̯.ɡʊɾ/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hotan is located in southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is an oasis town in the Tarim Basin, north of the Kunlun Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert. Hotan Prefecture is a multinational area: 96 percent Uyghur and 3 percent Han. Example: The purpose of this Act is to direct United States resources to address human rights violations and abuses, including gross violations of human rights, by the Government of the People’s Republic of China through the mass surveillance and internment of over 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Word: Uyghuristan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur ئۇيغۇرىستان (uyghuristan), from ئۇيغۇر (uyghur) + ـىستان (-istan); by surface analysis, Uyghur + -istan. Pronunciation: /ˌwiɡəɹɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌuːɪ-/, /-ˈstæn/ 1. A geographic region of Central Asia, inhabited by Uyghurs. Example: The success of this trade depended upon the security of four areas- the oases south of the T'ien Shan mountains in the area known as Uyghuristan, the towns of Transoxiana, the cities of Persia, and the commercial centers of Turkey. Example: The elite, primarily Buddhist, Turkic society centered in the south around Turpan became known as Uyghuristan from 932 to 1450, to distinguish it from the Muslim Türks living in the western parts of Xinjiang.
Word: DPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of deferred procedure call A software interrupt triggered by the kernel when it detects a "hung" condition deep within a thread or process it is attempting to terminate. In general, this allows the process to complete its work before the impending termination or context switch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of detective police constable. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: PW4 (DPC 13900) was at the checkline junction Luard Road near Jaffe Road. They were there to prevent protesters rushing in to block the road from Luard Road. 3. Initialism of District Police Chief A police officer in charge of a police district in the Kerala State Police. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of direct primary care. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: This provision allows individuals with HDHPs to also enroll in DPC arrangements (and maintain their HSA) and allows HSA funds to be used to pay for DPC services.
Word: Saami Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Sami. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Saami Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Sami. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Saami Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Sami. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable