nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: garage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːdʒ/, /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/, /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ 1. A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard. 2. A place where cars are serviced and repaired. Labels: Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable Example: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 3. A petrol filling station. Labels: Commonwealth, countable, uncountable 4. A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable 7. A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: garage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːʒ/, /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːdʒ/, /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/, /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ 1. To store in a garage. Example: We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months. Example: Meanwhile the chauffeur who had driven them there—a subordinate member of the band—had garaged his car and was loitering about the drive in the expectation of further instructions.
Word: precious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English precious, borrowed from Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), from Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), from pretium (“value, price”); see price. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/, [ˈpʰɹʷɛʃ.əs] ~ [ˈpʰɹʷɛʃ.s̩] 1. Of high value or worth. Example: The crown had many precious gemstones. This building work needs site access, and tell the city council that I don't care about a few lorry tyre ruts across their precious grass verge. Example: People are a good thing, the most precious resource in a rich economy, so the progressive-minded feel. Only misanthropists disagree or the dottier Malthusians who send green-ink tweets deploring any state assistance for child-rearing. 2. Regarded with love or tenderness. Example: The way my partner looks at me is just so precious. 3. Treated with too much reverence. Labels: derogatory Example: He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious. 4. Excessively complicated. Labels: ironic 5. Extremely protective or strict (about something). Labels: informal Example: Writers are often very precious about their work. Example: Pro chefs can be very precious about their kit. Watch a bartender trying to borrow a simple, cheap fruit-knife from the kitchen and you'll see what I mean. 6. Blasted; damned. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: It’s all owing to your precious caution that they got hold of it. If you had let me burn it, and taken my word that it was gone, it would have been a heap of ashes behind the fire, instead of being whole and sound, inside of my great-coat. 7. Contrived to be cute or charming. Labels: derogatory Example: In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man. 8. Thorough; utter. Labels: colloquial Example: a precious rascal
Word: precious Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English precious, borrowed from Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), from Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), from pretium (“value, price”); see price. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/, [ˈpʰɹʷɛʃ.əs] ~ [ˈpʰɹʷɛʃ.s̩] 1. Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling. Example: “It isn't fair, my precious, is it, to ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?” Example: She sat down with the dogs in her lap. "I won't neglect you for any one, will I, my preciouses?"
Word: precious Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English precious, borrowed from Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), from Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), from pretium (“value, price”); see price. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/, [ˈpʰɹʷɛʃ.əs] ~ [ˈpʰɹʷɛʃ.s̩] 1. Very; an intensifier. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is precious little we can do. Example: precious few pictures of him exist
Word: øre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Danish øre, Norwegian øre, from Latin aureus (“a Roman coin; golden”). Doublet of aureus, eyrir, öre, and oyra. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːɹə/ 1. A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Norwegian and Danish krone. 2. Misspelling of öre. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: API Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ/ 1. Initialism of active pharmaceutical ingredient. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of application programming interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Asian and Pacific Islander. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of advanced primer ignition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: API Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ/ 1. Initialism of American Petroleum Institute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: kinkajou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French quincajou, from an Algonquian word, probably originally meaning ‘wolverine’ (compare Algonquin Kwingwaage, Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage (“wolverine”)), which was later transferred to the South American animal. Related to carcajou. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋkəˌd͡ʒuː/, /ˈkɪŋkəˌʒuː/ 1. Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.
Word: primo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/ 1. The principal part of a duet. 2. Any high-quality drug. Labels: slang 3. A marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin. Labels: slang
Word: primo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/ 1. Best; first-class. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame it. The final touches of coolness were my two spinning disco lights in the front room. That apartment was like my canvas and it was a primo party spot. Example: I had to contort a bit to see during Act I, but the theater was not full — opera tickets, even at such prices, are a luxury for many Hungarians — so during the first intermission I moved to a primo orchestra seat, with not just the knowledge but the assistance of an usher.
Word: taff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Taffy, from Dafydd, with the change of /d/ to /t/ perhaps influenced by the river name Taff. All of Welsh origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtæf/ 1. A Welshman. Labels: slang
Word: prima Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Italian prima, derived from Latin prīma. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.mə/ 1. most important Labels: not-comparable
Word: prima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Italian prima, derived from Latin prīma. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.mə/ 1. Short for prima ballerina. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: underhand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under + hand. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/ 1. Secret; clandestine. 2. Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner. Labels: broadly 3. Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
Word: underhand Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From under + hand. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/ 1. With an underhand movement. 2. In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
Word: underhand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under + hand. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/ 1. To toss or lob with an underhand movement. Labels: transitive Example: Couture made straight for the refrigerator and returned with cold beer, underhanding them in turn to each of the team members, Sergeant Thi included. Example: Michael underhanded his half-dozen sticks into the audience as the stage lights went dark and house lights came up at the rear of the auditorium. 2. To trick, deceive or gull. Labels: transitive Example: The time has arrived when monkeying with the public must cease, when lying and underhanding your competitor in the baking business must be banished from the plan of business development. Example: The other was that the majority of the purchasing contracts represented “good deals” because suppliers would not wish to be caught underhanding this company due to its size and influence in the market. 3. To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore. Example: About one-half the body has been mined by underhanding into mill holes; but with the adoption of the water drill, shrinkage stoping is being largely used and the larger stopes are mined as at Levack. Example: The floors are then extracted by underhanding, and finally the pillars at the levels are trimmed to the minimum size necessary to support the walls.
Word: underhand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under + hand. Pronunciation: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/ 1. The lower of two hands, the hand under the work. Example: Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
Word: present perfect Part of Speech: noun 1. A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time. Labels: uncountable
Word: exit poll Part of Speech: noun 1. A poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station, used to predict the outcome of an election.
Word: Petri dish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtɹi ˌdɪʃ/, /ˈpiːtɹi ˌdɪʃ/ 1. A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.
Word: predict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early 17th century, from Latin praedicō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ 1. To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power. Labels: transitive Example: After he had renounced his fathers bishoprick of Valentia in Spaine... and to attaine by degrees the Maiesty of Cesar, was created Duke of that place, gaue for his poesie, Aut Cesar, aut nihil. which being not fauoured from the heauens, had presently the euent the same predicted. Example: Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying. 2. To imply. Labels: transitive, usually Example: It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo. Example: For both men and women, greater symmetry predicted a larger number of past sex partners. 3. To make predictions. Labels: intransitive Example: The devil can both predict and make predictors. 4. To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor. Labels: rare, transitive Example: They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage.
Word: predict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 17th century, from Latin praedicō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ 1. A prediction. Labels: obsolete Example: Or say with Princes if it shall go well, / By oft predict that I in heaven find.
Word: first past the post Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A metaphor derived from horse racing, referring to the first horse to physically pass the winning post at the finish line, regardless of the distance to the runner-up. 1. A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer. Labels: uncountable Example: In our two-party system, that aloofness and hostility is partly a result of a first-past-the-post electoral system that worships the wedge, with each party terrified that one issue might catch fire and swing marginal seats away from victory.
Word: proportional representation Part of Speech: noun 1. A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body. Labels: uncountable
Word: Weimar Republic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of German Weimarer Republik, a term first used and popularised by Adolf Hitler. Analogous to the name of the German city Weimar, + republic. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪmɑː(ɹ)ɹɪˈpʌblɪk/ 1. The democratic regime of Germany from 1919 to the assumption of power by Adolf Hitler in 1933.
Word: code of conduct Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of rules dictating acceptable behavior and decisions in a specified environment. Example: What use have I ever had from this religion that has been dinned into me? It gave me false ideas of the world and nature which I have had to unlearn. It gave me an unworkable code of conduct which I never tried to follow, but I got into trouble for it. Example: In spite of the maturity of his years and of the savage rigidity of the mould that had formed him, his nature was undergoing an expansion. There was a burgeoning within him of strange feelings and unwonted impulses. His old code of conduct was changing.
Word: knackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knackers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knacker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Augustus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august and August. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/, /əˈɡʌstəs/ 1. The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar Example: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2. A male given name from Latin, risen in popularity since the 18th century.
Word: king's pawn Part of Speech: noun 1. A pawn on the E file, where the kings start the game.
Word: inconsistent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English consistent English inconsistent From in- + consistent. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt/ 1. Not consistent: Example: His account of the evening was inconsistent with the security-camera footage. 2. Not consistent: Example: He gave an inconsistent account of the evening, saying he called her before eight, but later that he had not talked to her until after nine. Example: He was one of those men of inconsistent politics, governed at once by prejudice and sympathies, whose 'attitude' it is impossible to foretell. 3. Not consistent: Example: “Take him for better or worse,” added Mr. Lee, “and I think he is the strangest and most inconsistent man I ever saw.” “Inconsistent!” resumed Mr. Jones. “He is worse than inconsistent. Inconsistencies may be pardoned as constitutional defects [...]” 4. Not consistent:
Word: brigand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brigaunt, bregaund circa 1400, from Old French brigand (“foot soldier”) attested from 1421, from Italian briga (“trouble, bother”), perhaps ultimately of Proto-Germanic or Celtic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/ 1. An outlaw or bandit.
Word: burgage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English burgage, from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to burg + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈbɜːɡɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage. Example: Thomas Singleton, bailiff of the escheatery of the town of Lancaster, rendered account in 1441 of £8 4s. 7d. due from ancient rents and various burgages and plats of land which had escheated to the king as duke from various causes.
Word: front teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. The incisors. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: iliac artery Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs.
Word: lad culture Part of Speech: noun 1. A subculture which arose in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, centered around traditional working-class male attitudes and interests, often in rejection of the perceived strictures of feminism or the concept of the New Man. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: This is frequently traced back to the birth of lad culture in the mid-90s, which itself tends now to be characterised as a reaction against “feminism gone too far”.
Word: paysite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + site. 1. A website that charges money for admission, especially a pornographic one. Labels: Internet, slang
Word: pronatalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + natal + -ism. 1. An attitude or ideology promoting child-bearing; advocacy of having children, especially from the State. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: On the other hand, Bishop questioned whether the increase in lesbians now considering motherhood is a response to pressure to have childen in order to see ourselves as whole and healthy. She noted the strong tide of pro-natalism sweeping our country; for example, the current preponderance of movies about babies. Example: In France the emphasis fell on pronatalism; after the crushing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 and with the French population being outstripped by the German, health propaganda encouraged large families.
Word: traffic island Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traffic (noun) + island (noun). Pronunciation: /ˌtɹæfɪk ˈaɪlənd/ 1. A raised or otherwise marked area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, so as to direct the traffic flow and provide a safe place for pedestrians to wait while crossing the road. Labels: UK 2. An area where rail traffic is low. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: propitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French propicius, from Latin propitius (“favorable, well-disposed, kind”). Compare French propice, Portuguese propício and Spanish propicio. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɪʃəs/ 1. Favorable; advantageous. Example: propitious weather 2. Characteristic of a good omen. Example: But counterrevolutions are reversible. Klein devotes much of her book to propitious signs that this can happen — indeed is happening. 3. Favorably disposed towards someone. Labels: archaic
Word: conciliate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“to unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”). Pronunciation: /ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/ 1. To acquire, to procure. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us. 2. To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […]. 3. To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate. Labels: transitive Example: `Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness. 4. To mediate in a dispute. Labels: intransitive
Word: helpless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Danish hjælpeløs (“helpless”) and Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlplɪs/ 1. Unable to defend oneself. Example: Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms You know you really love a woman Example: Rana Thanoptis: Are we good? Can I go? Shepard: You conducted brutal experiments on helpless test subjects. You helped Saren. You don't get to live. 2. Lacking help; powerless. Example: A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners. 3. Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble. 4. Uncontrollable. Example: a helpless urge 5. From which there is no possibility of being saved. Labels: obsolete Example: For, while they fly that gulf's devouring jawes, They on the rock are rent and sunck in helplesse wawes.
Word: cleanup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deverbal from clean up. Pronunciation: /ˈkliːnʌp/, [ˈkʰliːˌnʌp] 1. The act of cleaning or tidying something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the cost of environmental cleanup after an oil spill 2. The act of finishing something off. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game. Example: The starting lineup for Newark consisted of Johnny Neun leading off at first base; the number two hitter was catcher Norman Kies; batting third and playing second base was Andy Cohen; at cleanup was "The People's Cherce," Dixie Walker; George Selkirk was hitting fifth and playing right field; Bob Barrett was at third base and hitting sixth; Jess Hill was the number seven batter in left field; Red Rolfe batted eighth and played shortstop; and the right-hander, George Miner, was on the mound.
Word: cleanup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A deverbal from clean up. Pronunciation: /ˈkliːnʌp/, [ˈkʰliːˌnʌp] 1. Misspelling of clean up. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: overview Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English view English overview From over- + view. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/ 1. A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation. Example: With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months. 2. A view from above. Labels: rare 3. An inspection. Labels: obsolete Example: Are we betray’d thus to thy over-view?
Word: overview Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English view English overview From over- + view. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌvjuː/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/ 1. To engage in an overview; to provide a brief summary. Labels: transitive Example: Gouldner, on the other hand, overviewed all of sociology as it exists in the Western world today, using Talcott Parsons as a "representative" example of its dominant mode of thought.
Word: bioinformatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English informatics English bioinformatics From bio- + informatics. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfəˈmætɪks/, /ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfɚˈmætɪks/ 1. A field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline to analyse biological information using computers and statistical techniques. Labels: uncountable Example: The reason, according to bioinformatics researcher Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, one of the founders of the project, is the dissolution of genetic testing biz 23andMe and the potential weaponization of genetic data by authoritarian regimes.
Word: lock, stock and barrel Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the three principal parts of a flintlock. The explanation that it refers to all of a shopkeeper’s possessions—the lock to the door, the stock in trade and the items stored in barrels—is fanciful. First attested in an 1817 letter by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation). 1. Entirely, completely. Labels: not-comparable Example: They want to buy the whole thing, lock, stock and barrel. Example: I do not believe I should save £100 by retaining Mrs. Redford, by the time she was raised, altered, and beautified, for, like the Highlandman’s gun, she wants stock, lock, and barrel to put her into repair.
Word: lock, stock and barrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the three principal parts of a flintlock. The explanation that it refers to all of a shopkeeper’s possessions—the lock to the door, the stock in trade and the items stored in barrels—is fanciful. First attested in an 1817 letter by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation). 1. The entirety of a thing, with nothing omitted. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: Congress are in possession of the flint, powder, gun, lock, stock and barrel, and still we exclaim with the old lady, take away the musket. Example: Well, they are men cooks; they don't think of what importance a good cup of tea is to a lady. They don't remember that it is the lock, stock, and barrel of a lady's comforts.
Word: Loki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊki/, /ˈloʊki/ 1. The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world. Labels: Norse Example: There’s the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is “Daptolestes illusiolautus,” meaning elegant deception.
Word: hot on someone's heels Part of Speech: adj 1. Close behind; pursuing or following closely. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: She left the restaurant with him hot on her heels. Example: Newcastle beat Bolton to increase the pressure on the Londoners, while Chelsea are also hot on the heels of faltering Tottenham, who have one win from their last eight games.
Word: Terran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Terran From Terra + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.ɹən/ 1. Of Earth; of terrestrial origin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Terran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Terran From Terra + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.ɹən/ 1. An inhabitant of Earth; an earthling, especially a human. Example: The magazines, in the nearby rack, were in English. And on their covers, laughing Terrans.
Word: Terran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Terran From Terra + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.ɹən/ 1. A hypothetical language spoken throughout all of Earth.
Word: ulcus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ulcus (“sore”). Doublet of ulcer. Pronunciation: /ˈʌlkəs/, /ˈʌlkʊs/ 1. A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain. 2. Synonym of ulcer. Example: He also likes the vapor-cauterization of Wesseli (100° C.), which does not produce an action at a distance. It also helps for deep scrophulous ulcera. Example: By the observations and experiments of numbers of clinicians and investigators it has become certain now that the central brain, particularly the hypothalamus, is of great importance for the origin of erosions and ulcera of the stomach.
Word: full of hot air Part of Speech: adj 1. Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Example: Did the salesman tell you anything new, or was he just full of hot air?
Word: loaner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loan + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊnɚ/ 1. One who loans; a lender. 2. Something that is given as a loan. Labels: informal Example: I am driving a loaner while my car is in the shop. Example: It took a few days to get the prescription for wheelchair repairs approved before the parts could be ordered. In the meantime, the company I was dealing with gave me a loaner chair until mine was returned to me.
Word: loner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Old English eall ān Middle English all oon Middle English allone English alone English lone 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 loner From lone + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.nə/, /ˈloʊ.nəɹ/ 1. One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. Example: I actually enjoy being a loner. Example: For one thing, he wanted to see if anyone was following Ricketts. The Cockney had been thrown out of SAS because he was a loner and a canteen cowboy.
Word: perchance Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːˈtʃɑːns/, /pəˈtʃɑːns/, /ˌpɜɹˈtʃæns/, /pəɹˈtʃæns/, [ˌpɝˈt͡ʃʰɛə̯ns] 1. Perhaps. Labels: dated, humorous, not-comparable Example: You wouldn't, perchance, have a bottle opener on you, would you? Example: Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him[…]
Word: trumpeting Part of Speech: noun 1. action of the verb to trumpet Example: […] the cries of the natives, the moanings and gurglings of camels, the trumpetings of elephants, the buglings of neighbouring regiments […] 2. A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
Word: trumpeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trumpet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: buy the farm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Not known with certainty. Two long-held hypotheses are as follows: One describes combat soldiers wistfully wishing to go back home, buy a farm, and live peacefully there; later, after they had been killed in combat, their fellow soldiers would say that they had bought the farm (compare the established metaphor pattern of having gone to that big [whatever sort of nice place] in the sky). Another links the phrase to the idea that governments compensate farmers whose land is damaged by a military aircraft crash; a deceased pilot was thus said to have bought the farm, and the term eventually entered wider use. Still another links it to a sardonic attitude of farmers that farms are often so heavily mortgaged and farmers' finances so difficult that one could not finish buying one's farm until one was dead. 1. To die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash. Labels: US, euphemistic, idiomatic, informal Example: You're just as dead if you buy the farm in an "incident" as if you buy it in a declared war. Example: Then tracers laced the sky in front of me. Forget the shooting! If I get distracted now, I'll buy the farm anyway!
Word: on the up-and-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1863. Its exact origins are uncertain, but it is theorized to have originated in sports betting. 1. Legitimate; honest; upright. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Before paying any money, make sure the organization is on the up-and-up. Example: You double-cross me, you son of a bitch. I bet English gave you a sawbuck so he could take her out and give her a jump, and you sit back there collecting fifty bucks from me becuss^([sic]) I'm sap enough to think you're on the up-and-up with me. 2. Becoming more successful; on the rise. Labels: UK, idiomatic, informal
Word: by the skin of one's teeth Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: * From Job 19.20. "My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth." 1. Barely; closely; by a narrow margin; with nothing to spare. Labels: idiomatic Example: I passed the test by the skin of my teeth. Example: I would have liked to have hung around in Birmingham, but my connections are tight owing to a points failure, and I make the CrossCountry Class 170 to Derby by the skin of my teeth.
Word: benjamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From benzoin, modified by folk etymology to match the name Benjamin. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/ 1. A balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of tree which produces benzoin or has similar properties; specifically, Styrax benzoin, Lindera benzoin; a Benjamin bush. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: benjamin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/ 1. A kind of upper coat for men. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: something which is not long enough to constitute a benjamin, and too long for a dress coat or spencer Example: How the young man from Cambridge sulkily put his five great-coats in front; but was reconciled when little Miss Sharp was made to quit the carriage, and mount up beside him—when he covered her up in one of his Benjamins, and became perfectly good-humoured—
Word: benjamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the image of Benjamin Franklin on the US $100 bill. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Benjamin: a US $100 bill. Labels: US, alt-of, slang
Word: negotiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”). By surface analysis, negotiate + -ion. Pronunciation: /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /nɪˌɡəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, /nɪˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /nəˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /nɪˌɡoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process of achieving agreement through discussion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The specifics of the contract are still under negotiation. Example: The two parties entered into negotiations about the merger.
Word: pesante Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pesante. 1. heavy, ponderous
Word: fitting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtɪŋ/, [-ɾɪŋ] 1. That fits. Example: close-fitting form-fitting ill-fitting Example: Certainly, in her well-fitting light-blue dress— […] she was a remarkable Cinderella. 2. That fits. Labels: figuratively Example: O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible. Example: Though all your actions are noble, though your ſentiments ſpeak the purity of your ſoul, is it fitting that I ſhould accompany you alone into theſe perplexed retreats? ſhould vve be found together, vvhat vvould a cenſorious vvorld think of my conduct?
Word: fitting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtɪŋ/, [-ɾɪŋ] 1. gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”). Labels: countable, form-of, gerund Example: curve fitting Example: As soon as we received our orders to proceed to Spithead, Mr. Somerville, who had kept his house at Blackheath while the ship was fitting, in hopes that my promotion might have taken place before she was ready, now prepared to quit the place. 2. gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A (generally small) component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable; specifically, a standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together, such as a coupling. Labels: countable 4. The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products. Labels: uncountable 5. A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when moving out. Labels: UK, countable, in-plural, often Example: the fittings of a church or study
Word: fitting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtɪŋ/, [-ɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of fit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fitting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fit (“to suffer a fit (‘convulsion, seizure’)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtɪŋ/, [-ɾɪŋ] 1. gerund of fit: the action or condition of having one or more fits (“convulsions or seizures”). Labels: form-of, gerund, uncountable Example: Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.
Word: CK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cytokeratin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cytokine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of creatine kinase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of candidate key. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Crip-killer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Calvin Klein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CKs Part of Speech: noun 1. Calvin Klein underwear. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: tattooed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one or more tattoos. Example: The man was so heavily tattooed that it was almost impossible to find any bare skin on his body. Example: A copiously tattooed young man in a blue jumpsuit sits mansplayed across from her, shackled to the rail on his side of the hallway, staring at Penny.
Word: tattooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tattoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: manned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /mænd/ 1. Operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed. Labels: not-comparable Example: At Putney Bridge the train description transmissions for eastbound trains must be originated as there is no manned signal cabin on the London Transport system beyond this point; [...].
Word: manned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mænd/ 1. simple past and past participle of man Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: petit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin. Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti/, /pəˈtiː/, /ˈpɛtət/, /pəˈti/, /pəˈtit/ 1. Petite: small, little. Labels: uncommon Example: And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion? 2. Petty, in its various senses: Labels: obsolete 3. Petty, in its various senses: Labels: uncommon 4. Petty, in its various senses: 5. Petty, in its various senses: Labels: archaic
Word: petit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin. Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti/, /pəˈtiː/, /ˈpɛtət/, /pəˈti/, /pəˈtit/ 1. A little schoolboy. Labels: obsolete, plural-normally 2. A kind of pigeon. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: petit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French petit (“brevier”) directly or via German Petit (“brevier”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti/, /pəˈtiː/, /ˈpɛtət/, /pəˈti/, /pəˈtit/ 1. Synonym of brevier. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: have a nice day Part of Speech: phrase 1. . A polite parting during daytime. Labels: Canada, US Example: Thank you. Have a nice day. Example: You can reach my parents at their places of business. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day! 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, nice, day. Example: "Oh great, dear; have a nice day at the playground."
Word: perspire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit. Pronunciation: /pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)/, /pɚˈspaɪɹ/, /pɚˈspaɪɚ/, /pəˈspɑɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I was perspiring freely after running the marathon. Example: He lists forty reasons, mainly metaphorical, why Christ perspired blood, and his peroration takes twenty-two pages in print. 2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin. Labels: intransitive Example: A fluid perspires. 3. To cause (someone) to sweat. Labels: ambitransitive, rare Example: Outside his window a long, humid summer, the first hot season of the third millennium, baked and perspired. Example: We shook hands, he looked surprised to see me topless. I stimulated his mind. ¶ “Nice to meet you. My workout jogging perspired me a lot, so I removed the T-shirt.”
Word: perspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”). Morphologically perspire + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of perspiring. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Cauſe may be Want of Perſpiration : For Much of the Matter of Haire, in the other Parts of the Body, goeth forth by Inſenſible Perſpiration ; And beſides, the Skull being of a more ſolide Subſtance, nouriſheth and aſſimilateth leſſe, and excerneth more. 2. Synonym of hard work. Labels: metonymically, uncountable, usually Example: Genius is 1 per cent. inspiration and 99 per cent. perspiration. 3. Sweat (fluid). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Passing his hand across his forehead he withdrew it, wet with drops of perspiration.
Word: salivate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate”), from saliva (“spittle”). Pronunciation: /ˈsælɪveɪt/, /ˈsæləveɪt/ 1. To produce saliva. Labels: intransitive 2. To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for a while now.
Word: drool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”). Pronunciation: /dɹuːl/, /dɹʉl/ 1. To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To secrete any substance in a similar way. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The alien beast drooled slime. 3. To react to something with uncontrollable desire. Labels: figuratively, informal, intransitive Example: That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him! 4. To talk nonsense; drivel.
Word: drool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”). Pronunciation: /dɹuːl/, /dɹʉl/ 1. Saliva trickling from the mouth. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Stupid talk. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually
Word: dysuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -uria. Piecewise doublet of dysury. 1. The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A cystometrogram differentiates "active" and "passive" types of normal bladders, accounting for some instances of enuresis and mild forms of dysurias and, as prolonged bladder distention can be maintained at any point for any period, it is possible occasionally to use the cystometric procedure as a therapeutic agent to relieve dysurias due to a spastic bladder musculature. Example: 2009, Scott Kahan, Redonda Miller, Ellen G. Smith, Signs and Symptoms, 2nd Edition, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 98, Dysuria is a painful or burning sensation during or immediately after urination caused by irritation of the urothelium and its innervation. This is a common symptom in primary care: Nearly 20% of women aged 20–55 will have at least one episode of dysuria per year, resulting in more than 8 million physician office visits annually. Women have episodes of acute dysuria much more frequently than men.
Word: petite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtiːt/ 1. Fairly short and of slim build. Labels: especially 2. Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women. 3. Small, little; insignificant; petty. Example: The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?