nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hydromagnetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hydromagnetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hydromagnetically From hydromagnetic + -ally. 1. Using hydromagnetics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beta decay Part of Speech: noun 1. A nuclear reaction in which a beta particle (electron or positron) is emitted. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: divined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of divine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: divined Part of Speech: adj 1. Made divine, made holy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: atherogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English athero- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English atherogenic From athero- + -genic. 1. that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
Word: apodyterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀποδυτήριον (apodutḗrion), from ἀποδύω (apodúō, “strip oneself”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpədaɪˈtɪəɹi.əm/ 1. The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed. Labels: historical
Word: apparitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin appāritor (“public servant”), from appareo (“to wait upon”). Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹitɚ/ 1. An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Labels: historical Example: Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. 2. A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Example: a monition be awarded to an apparitor, to summon a man
Word: atherogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From athero- + -genesis. 1. The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: diaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diaries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diary Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: auspex Part of Speech: noun 1. An officiating priest in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical
Word: megalopa Part of Speech: noun 1. The final larval stage found in decapod crustaceans
Word: Marchi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Marchi. Compare Marco, Marko, Markovic. Sometimes also Italianized from Slovene Mrak (from mrak (“murkiness, cloud”)) and Makovec (from mak (“poppy”)). 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: sugar of lead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its sweetish taste. 1. Lead acetate. Labels: uncountable
Word: backlashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backlash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backlashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backlash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beast with two backs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in English by William Shakespeare, see quotations. Supposedly a calque of French la beste à deux doz (in modern French, la bête à deux dos) from Gargantua and Pantagruel, 1534, by François Rabelais. 1. Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: I am one ſir, that come to tell you, your daughter, and the Moore, are now making the Beaſt with two backs. Example: [H]e remained one of the few boys of his year with whom Adrian had never made the beast with two backs, or rather with whom he had never made the beast with one back and an interestingly shaped middle, […]
Word: eyeball to eyeball Part of Speech: adj 1. Face to face. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eyeball to eyeball Part of Speech: adv 1. Face to face. Labels: not-comparable
Word: materteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin māterteralbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English materteral Learned borrowing from Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”), + from -al (suffix forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns)). Pronunciation: /məˈtɜːtəɹl̩/, /məˈtɜɹtəɹ(ə)l/, [-ɾə-] 1. Of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt. Labels: humorous, rare Example: [A] venerable matron and her virgin sister, who had passed the great climacteric, […] exclaimed with maternal and materteral anxiety, that the legislature ought to prohibit such dangerous sports; since the unavoidable accidents, to which human life and limb are exposed, are quite sufficient without increasing the number of them by wantonness and temerity. Example: You can picture the stately materteral form— / A full-blown Atè, big with doom!
Word: noncompos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non compos mentis. 1. A foolish person.
Word: trifler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trifle + -er. 1. One who trifles, or treats something as inconsequential. Example: In one word, be anything but a trifler, a trifler with God and your own soul. It was not for this, that God gave you “A mind superior to the vulgar herd.” 2. A pewterer who produced small pewter utensils such as salt cellars.
Word: depositee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dēpōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin deposituslbor. English deposit English -ee English depositee From deposit + -ee. 1. The person with whom something is deposited. 2. A member of the lowest of the three population classes created by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge party in Cambodia after their revolution in the 1970s. These people were 'deposited' in the villages after being removed from the cities. Labels: historical
Word: planktonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plankton + -ic, after German planktonisch. From Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón, “drifting”), neuter nominative of πλαγκτός (planktós), from πλάζομαι (plázomai, “to wander, drift”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to cause to wander, drive astray”). Pronunciation: /plaŋkˈtɒnɪk/, /plæŋkˈtɑnɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to plankton. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tiny shells of planktonic animals rain down from the surface waters of the ocean on to the deep sea-floor. 2. Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: do drugs Part of Speech: verb 1. To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction. Labels: idiomatic Example: There is growing understanding that people drink or do drugs for difference ^([sic]) reasons - and it may be linked to times of stress.
Word: camote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish camote, from Classical Nahuatl camohtli. Compare Tagalog kamote. Pronunciation: /kəˈmoʊti/ 1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Word: camotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: des res Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of desirable residence. 1. A desirable residence. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: sphincters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphincter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ablative absolute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin ablativus absolutus. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.soʊˈlut/, /ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.səˈlut/ 1. A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence.
Word: eigenmode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Germanic *aiganą Proto-Germanic *aiganaz Proto-West Germanic *aigan Old High German eigan Middle High German eigen German eigenbor. English eigen- English mode English eigenmode From eigen- + mode. 1. One of the normal vibrational modes of an oscillating system.
Word: relative superlative Part of Speech: noun 1. the superlative (a degree of comparison) when it is used to express the highest degree of something in relation to something else 2. In Greek: one of the degrees of comparison of an adjective, the equivalent in English of the superlative, similar to the comparative superlative used in Spanish. Compare with absolute superlative. Example: Ο χειρότερος is the relative superlative form of κακός.
Word: meltwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melt + water. 1. Water from melting ice or snow. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: surficial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From superficial, under influence from surface. Pronunciation: /səːˈfɪʃəl/, [səːˈfɪʃəl] ~ [səːˈfɪʃl̩], /sɚˈfɪʃəl/, [sɚˈfɪʃəl] ~ [sɚˈfɪʃl̩] 1. Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth. Labels: not-comparable Example: When the soil swells on wetting, the former surficial material is mixed with the subsoil.
Word: brachiopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Brachiopoda. By surface analysis, brachio- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪəˌpɒd/ 1. Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
Word: bioturbation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Latin turbō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin turbātiō English bioturbation From bio- + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”). 1. The mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface.
Word: lagtime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lag + time. Pronunciation: /ˈlæɡ.taɪm/ 1. The elapsed time between two events. Example: The lag-time in response to feedback that can result from using pen-and-paper questionnaires or oral reports may therefore reduce students’ active participation in feedback on lessons.
Word: balance transfer Part of Speech: noun 1. A transferal of the current amount owing on one credit card to another one (ideally one charging a lower rate of interest)
Word: irrotational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English rotation English -al English rotational English irrotational From ir- + rotational. 1. Not rotating or not pertaining to rotation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having zero curl. Labels: not-comparable
Word: continuationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English continuation 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 continuationism From continuation + -ism. 1. The concept, especially amongst charismatic Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) continue in the modern world. Labels: uncountable
Word: cessationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cessation 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 cessationism From cessation + -ism. 1. The belief or teaching that the visible miraculous works of the Holy Spirit (such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, and divine healing) have ceased. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: perversely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English perverse Middle English -ly English -ly English perversely From perverse + -ly. 1. In a perverse manner. Example: But even if one of the curves is sloped “perversely,” the condition may still be fulfilled […] Example: By such perversely exacting standards the possibilities for a genuine, living Inuit art to exist at all are slim.
Word: disrupted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disrupt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disrupted Part of Speech: adj 1. Subject to disruption.
Word: instabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: come what may Part of Speech: adv 1. In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Come what come may, / Time, and the Houre, runs through the rougheſt Day. Example: If you vant a more polished sort o' feller, vell and good, have him; but vages or no vages, notice or no notice, board or no board, lodgin' or no lodgin', Sam Veller, as you took from the old inn in the Borough, sticks by you, come what may.
Word: Tirpitz Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtɪə(ɹ)pɪts/ 1. A surname from German 2. A German battleship during the Second World War, the sister ship to the Bismarck.
Word: sister ship Part of Speech: noun 1. A ship built to the same design and dimensions as another or belongs to the same owners as another.
Word: pro-sentence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + sentence. 1. A function word or expression that substitutes for a whole sentence whose content is recoverable from the context.
Word: Mayfair Part of Speech: name Etymology: From May + fair. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪfɛə/ 1. An annual two-week-long fair that took place in central London between 1686 and 1764. Labels: countable 2. An urban area of London in the City of Westminster, Greater London, named after this fair (OS grid ref TQ2880). Labels: uncountable 3. A place in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A place in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: riverwalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From river + walk. 1. A pedestrian street or pathway alongside a river, providing a space for outdoor activity.
Word: personal pronouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of personal pronoun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indefinite pronouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indefinite pronoun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Advent calendar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a calque of German Adventskalender, the modern tradition having originated in 19th-century Germany. 1. A calendar used to count down the days of Advent, having windows revealing a hidden picture or gift on each day.
Word: pee-pee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a reduplication of pee, but compare French pipi, German Pipi, Italian pipì, Latin pipinna, Romanian pipi, Spanish pipí, Turkish pipi, and Greek πιπί (pipí). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpiː/, [ˈpɪi̯pɪi̯] 1. Urine. Labels: childish, colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually 2. The penis or vulva; genitalia. Labels: childish, colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually Example: […]while passing the sponge over the upper part of the little fellow's thighs, the nurse cried out, "O, doctor! be very careful—don't touch his pee-pee—it's very sore;" and upon examining his penis I found it in a state of extreme erection. Example: A pee-pee for making Wee-Wee.
Word: pee-pee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a reduplication of pee, but compare French pipi, German Pipi, Italian pipì, Latin pipinna, Romanian pipi, Spanish pipí, Turkish pipi, and Greek πιπί (pipí). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpiː/, [ˈpɪi̯pɪi̯] 1. To urinate. Labels: childish, colloquial, slang, usually
Word: capperbar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cappabar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: -fier Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From -fy + -er. 1. One who, or that which, does what is indicated by the stem (usually a verb). Labels: morpheme
Word: pophole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pop + hole. 1. A small door in the side of a chicken coop, normally connected to the ground via a ramp. Example: Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.
Word: -ifier Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English -er English -ifier From -ify + -er. 1. Alternative form of -fier. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: premillennialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English millennial English premillennial 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 premillennialism From premillennial + -ism. Pronunciation: /pɹiːmɪˈlɛnɪəlɪz(ə)m/ 1. A concept in Christian eschatology that the Second Coming of Christ will happen before the millennium. Labels: uncountable Example: In America before the Civil War premillennialism of a traditional variety was an important minority position held by some mainline Protestant leaders. It did not differ greatly from the postmillenialism of the same era. Both saw history as controlled by a cosmic struggle, both allowed for interpreting some Biblical prophecies literally, and both thought that some prophecies about the time immediately preceding the millennium were already being fulfilled in current events. They disagreed primarily over whether Christ would come before or after the millennium. The premillenialists were prone to a more literal interpretation of Scripture and were less hopeful concerning progress. During the 1860s, premillennialism of this sort was rapidly rising in popularity. Example: Premillennialism stressed division and separation within society, to gather in the elect, and its frostiness to Enlightenment projects of social reform contributed to that peculiar process by which ‘liberal’ has become a word of abuse in the United States, in sharp contrast to its esteem in European society.
Word: federal government Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several forms of government of federations. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The national government of the United States, in contrast to government at the state or local level. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. The national governments of Canada and Pakistan, in contrast to government at the provincial or territorial level. Labels: Canada, Pakistan, countable, uncountable 4. The national governments of Australia, Malaysia, and Nigeria, in contrast to government at the state or territorial level. Labels: Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, countable, uncountable
Word: chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird, Accipiter castanilius, found in the forests of Lower Guinea
Word: met-enkephalin Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a pair of pentapeptides, (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met) occurring naturally in the brain, that affects pain perception. Labels: uncountable
Word: polonium-210 Part of Speech: noun 1. A radioactive isotope of polonium, 21084Po, having a half-life of 138 days; it as used as a reference alpha emitter in the calibration of radiation counters Labels: uncountable
Word: pentapeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye- Proto-Hellenic *péťťō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide ▲ German Pepton ▲ Latin -idusder. German -id German Peptidbor. English peptide English pentapeptide From penta- + peptide. 1. An oligopeptide formed from five amino acids.
Word: in the groove Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Originally slang that first appeared in the mid-19th century with a (usually pejorative) reference to the difficulty of leaving a well-worn rut (see in a rut). As back in the groove, the phrase acquired a positive sense of returning to one's usual self after a period of illness, setbacks, etc. With special regard for music, originally US jazz slang from the 1920s, possibly with reference to the grooves of early records. 1. Running or performing extremely smoothly. Labels: colloquial 2. Playing perfectly, perfectly in sync with others, or with perfect focus. Labels: slang Example: The jazz musicians gave no grandstand performances; they simply got a great burn from playing in the groove. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, groove. Example: The whole course of legislation... had flowed in the same groove for centuries. Example: […] having such a wonderful time which puts me in a groove […]
Word: piernik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Polish pierz Proto-Slavic *-nъ Proto-Indo-European *-eykos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-eikas Proto-Slavic *-ikъ Proto-Slavic *-nikъ Old Polish -nik Polish -nik Polish piernikbor. English piernik Borrowed from Polish piernik. 1. A Polish sweet-baked good, traditionally made from flour and honey. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Torun piernik is known the world over, as early as the 14th century, St. Catherine’s Order of Nuns in Torun attained such fame that their “piernik cakes” became known as “Katarzynki” (little Catherines). […] There is an old Polish saying that best depicts the high quality of the Torun piernik, […] (Vodka from Gdansk, the piernik from Torun, a young miss from Krakow, and a dainty slipper from Warsaw, these are Poland’s best). […] Imagine baking a piernik on a day when fasting and abstinence were the order of the day, just as it had been for many days before, and with more to come for the balance of the Advent season. Example: The piernik will keep, and it is traditionally kept, for several months. […] A piece of piernik is added to the sauce for Christmas eve carp (page 30) in old recipes for this dish. […] The piernik is cooked when a skewer inserted into the middle comes out free of any sticky mixture. Cool the piernik on a wire rack, then wrap in cling film (plastic wrap) and a plastic bag to mature. NOTE: Piernik is used in a number of ways. It may be used as the basic recipe for making biscuits (cookies), […] I bought piernik that was sandwiched in two layers with a thick filling of tangy fruit jelly, topped with a mixture of sweetened ground almonds and Polish spirit (it was similar to an excellent almond paste), then coated in chocolate – perfect tasting and not too sweet.
Word: glibness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glib + -ness. 1. The condition of being glib; having fluent words but shallowness in understanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Word often fail me at my moments of my greatest need, my accustomed glibness falls into inarticulacy or babbling at walls when confronted with the necessity of such intimate speech.
Word: set-to Part of Speech: noun 1. A fight. Labels: colloquial Example: […] we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes.
Word: minacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin minacia (“threat”) + -ious, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Cf. Italian minaccioso, attested 1532. Pronunciation: /məˈneɪʃəs/, /mɪˈneɪʃəs/ 1. Synonym of threatening, in its various senses. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: monistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monistic From monist + -ic. Pronunciation: /mɒˈnɪstɪk/, /məˈnɪstɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to monism; characterized by one single principle, being or force. Example: For them too it is a monistic insight, in which the other in its various forms appears absorbed into the One.
Word: fursona Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fur + persona. By surface analysis, fur + -sona. Pronunciation: /fɝˈsoʊnə/, /fɜːˈsəʊnə/, /fɵːˈsɐʉnɘ/, [fɵːˈsɐʉnɜ] 1. An animal character, typically anthropomorphic, used to represent oneself online or in furry role-playing. Labels: slang Example: Fursuiters dress the part of their furry persona or fursona. Example: Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit.
Word: internetwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + network. 1. A network of networks.
Word: internetwork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + network. 1. To set up as a network of networks. Labels: transitive
Word: Jenna Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Cornish name, usually as an diminutive form of Jennifer. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna when based on Jenny's other derivations. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/ 1. A female given name, variant of Jenny. Example: In 1981, their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna (named after their grandmothers) were born. In 1994, George W. Bush was elected governor of Texas. Example: I gave the false name I always use, Jenna Barclay. Password: Jennbar17. I don't know why but this always strikes me as the perfect white, Anglo-Saxon name.
Word: fleche Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flèche. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fleche Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of flèche. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boo-ya Part of Speech: intj 1. An exclamation of joy, excitement or triumph. Labels: slang Example: 1996, Jerry Maguire (film) -- Catch the ball!' BOO YA! Touchdown! I make miracles happen! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/quotes Example: 1997, Jackie Brown (film) -- As Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is sitting in the fitting room and sliding the bag filled with bath towels, books and money under the dressing room door to Melanie (Bridget Fonda), Jackie adds an extra wad of cash - a "cherry on top..." and exclaims, "Boo-ya!"
Word: antepagmenta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antepagmentum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: axenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + xenic. Pronunciation: /eɪˈzɛnɪk/, /eɪˈzinɪk/ 1. Containing only a single species of microorganism. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: monocultural, monocultured Example: This species has resisted all attempts at axenic culture. 2. Isolated from organisms of any other species. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: isolated, sequestered
Word: bed-mould Part of Speech: noun 1. The congeries of mouldings which is under the projecting part of almost every cornice, of which, indeed, it is a part.
Word: biologism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology 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 biologism From biology + -ism. 1. The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially social, behavior. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But Sophocles and Rhode are both very much concerned with crude biologism vis-à-vis the Oedipal situation.
Word: butter-box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top. 1. A Dutch person; used in the era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Labels: UK, archaic, derogatory, slang
Word: cabinet window Part of Speech: noun 1. A projecting shop window, usually with curved sides, common in the 19th century.
Word: casing shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. In drilling, a bullnosed device attached to the bottom of the casing string. A casing hanger, which allows the casing to be suspended from the wellhead, is also attached to the top of the casing.
Word: cross the Rubicon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Refers to Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon to wage civil war with Rome, on January 10, 49 BCE, in violation of law. Suetonius' use of the phrase the die is cast in describing this act popularized the use of that phrase, which was first attributed to the Greek dramatist Menander. 1. To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences. Labels: idiomatic Example: He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon, but he could not live a lie anymore. Example: Britain will cross a “legal and ethical Rubicon” if parliament votes to permit terminally ill patients to end their lives, said the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as leaders of all the UK’s major faith groups call on MPs to reject plans to allow assisted suicide.
Word: cyclostyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + style (as in stylus). Late 19th century. 1. A circular group of columns without a core. 2. A device used to make copies of a drawing or writing, via small punctures made in the outline
Word: cyclostyle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cyclo- + style (as in stylus). Late 19th century. 1. To use such a wheel and puncture device to make copies.
Word: diaschisis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daɪˈæskəsəs/ 1. A sudden loss of function in a portion of the brain connected to but at a distance from a damaged area. Labels: uncountable
Word: embayed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbeɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of embay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embayed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbeɪd/ 1. Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured. Example: Yet ere thou be where thou would'st be embay'd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...]. 2. Of water: formed into a bay or bays.
Word: fissility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fissile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fissility From fissile + -ity. 1. The quality of being fissile (in any sense). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hallucinaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the verb to hallucinate with suffix -naut (voyager, traveller). 1. A person who is hallucinating. Example: Ravaillac, who assassinated Henri IV., imagined that he smelt fire and brimstone exhaling from his feet; he beheld figures dancing before him, ...and one day he fancied that he saw a death's head upon a statue, all which with many other hallucinations induced him to believe that his victim had been sentenced to be damned, and that it was necessary that he should perish by his hand. The details of the cruel execution of this hallucinaut need not here be recapitulated. Example: Hallucinaut Psychedelic Hallucinogenic Artwork By Patrick Gosch. Drawings, Fluorescent Blacklight Paintings And Other Psilocybin Mushroom DMT LSD Acid Inspired Art.
Word: jure uxoris Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin iūre (“by right”) uxōris (“of wife”). 1. By right of wife. Labels: not-comparable Example: Robert Bruce, whom genealogists name "Robert Bruce IV" (c 1250 - c 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale, was titled Earl of Carrick jure uxoris.
Word: landed cost Part of Speech: noun 1. The end cost of an internationally shipped item. This includes purchase price, freight, insurance, and other costs and may sometimes include duties and taxes.
Word: queer someone's pitch Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a task more difficult for someone. Labels: UK, dated, idiomatic Example: "Oh, the Mayor's coming, is he?" "Yes, but he's very little good. Mayors don't draw as they used; nothing don't draw as it used. The game is pretty well up. What with amateur dramatics, choral unions, and local talent of all sorts, your pitch is queered wherever you go." Example: —no question, global buffeting has queered our pitch for growth in many ways, currency down-down, oil prices up-up—
Word: meat market Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as early as the 16th century, with such references to it as "have a jumble in the giblets" and "have a bit of mutton", not to mention "carnal relations". 1. A market where meat is sold. 2. A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: The rumors about Carnival 7NC’s are legion, one such rumor being that their Cruises are kind of like floating meat-market bars and that their ships bob with a conspicuous carnal squeakatasqueakata at night. 3. A place or situation abounding in men, especially beefcake. Labels: colloquial
Word: sphaeristerium Part of Speech: noun 1. A large open space connected with the Ancient Roman thermae, for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed.
Word: U-Haul lesbian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The expression may have been originated in the early 1980s by comic Lea DeLaria, who joked: : Q: What does a lesbian bring on a second date? : A: A U-Haul. 1. A lesbian in a relationship that progresses very quickly, for example moving in together after only a short period of time. Labels: US, derogatory, often, slang
Word: vicarious reinforcement Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of learning process that occurs when someone observes others receive positive consequences for a behavior and then imitates that behavior themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: woo woo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. It has been suggested that "woo woo" is intended to imitate the eerie background music of sci-fi/horror films and television shows. A connection has also been suggested to stereotypical sounds of ghosts (see boo and compare goetia). Pronunciation: /ˈwuːˌwuː/ 1. A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang Example: That reporter is a bit of a woo woo. 2. Supernatural, paranormal, occult, esoteric, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: supernatural, paranormal, occult, esotericism, pseudoscience, quackery Example: He is really into all that woo woo.
Word: woo woo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. It has been suggested that "woo woo" is intended to imitate the eerie background music of sci-fi/horror films and television shows. A connection has also been suggested to stereotypical sounds of ghosts (see boo and compare goetia). Pronunciation: /ˈwuːˌwuː/ 1. Supernatural, pseudoscientific. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: He made a living out of woo woo beliefs. Example: One person's wonderful supplement is another person's quackery. There are continual skirmishes—if not outright war—between some of the more woo-woo elements of the wellness industry and science and fact-based solutions. 2. Readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Pert is a talented scientist who went woo woo many years ago for reasons I don’t have time to go into here. Example: Open-minded and vaguely woo-woo herself, she, too, left Jeffrey's chamber of Yoni floating.
Word: woo woo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈwuːˌwuː/ 1. An alcoholic cocktail consisting of peach schnapps, vodka and cranberry juice. Example: Only top-shelf liquor is served, though Sasha refuses to serve drinks he deems fratlike. These include woo woos, kamikazes and shots of any kind.
Word: woo woo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of a siren. Pronunciation: /ˈwuːˌwuː/ 1. The sound of a siren. Labels: childish
Word: Yankee dime Part of Speech: noun 1. A kiss. Labels: US, humorous, idiomatic, slang, sometimes Example: If you bring me a glass of sweet iced tea, I will give you a Yankee dime.
Word: palmist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from palmistry, equivalent to palm + -ist. 1. A fortuneteller who uses palmistry. Example: While one can find lots of individual astrologers and graphologists, as well as an occasional palmist, psycho metrist or those astute in the reading of tarot cards or I Ching—Psychic Dimensions, Inc., has got it all together. Example: Most palmists find that reading the marriage lines is a lot like predicting the weather: sometimes they are right on, and sometimes they're not even in the ballpark.
Word: fortuneteller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fortune teller. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fortune teller Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˌtɛlə/, /ˈfoɹt͡ʃən ˌtɛlɚ/, /ˈfoɹt͡ʃun ˌtɛlɚ/ 1. A person who professes to predict the future in return for money. Example: "Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you your fortune," said the fortune teller. Example: So I guess the fortune teller's right / I should've seen just what was there 2. A cootie catcher. Example: The usual exchange between English children is as follows: A: Who do you love? (referring to one of the names on the fortune-teller) B: Simon. A: S-I-M-O-N (alternately opens and shuts the device as he or she says each letter).
Word: tightie-whities Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tighty whities. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: Here are 5 more reasons to hate Chris Jefford: 5 He’s the only date that’s truly from hell. 4 He THINKS that his body his cool. 3 He wants his dates to to ^([sic]) tell him so 2 “I want to have sex”. 1 Cool guys don’t wear "tightie-whities". - Someone else who knows.
Word: Y-fronts Part of Speech: noun 1. Briefs that have a fly as part of an inverted Y formed by the seams. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Setting a spatted foot on the bench that ran down the middle of the changing-room with elegant distain, Adrian began to flip through a pile of Y-fronts and rugger shorts with his cane. Example: I did the latter, so in writing this I have put it on record that I am one of the few men who has spent Christmas Eve running across a Kentish marsh in his Y-fronts with two horses trotting after him in close company.
Word: palpably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English palpable Middle English -ly English -ly English palpably From palpable + -ly. 1. In a palpable manner; tangibly. Example: […] Exiſtence is a perfection: Firſt it is palpably plain, according to that ſenſible Aphoriſm of Solomon, Better is a living Dog then a dead Lyon. Example: Mrs. Brown withdrawn, Phoebe came presently to bed to me, and what with the answers she drew from me, what with her own method of palpably satisfying herself
Word: scorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Italian scorsa (“a course”), and English discourse. Pronunciation: /skɔː(ɹ)s/ 1. barter; exchange; trade Labels: obsolete Example: And recompenst him with a better scorse.
Word: scorse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Italian scorsa (“a course”), and English discourse. Pronunciation: /skɔː(ɹ)s/ 1. To barter or exchange. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse […] 2. To chase. Labels: obsolete Example: Him first from court he to the citties coursed, And from the citties to the townes him prest, And from the townes into the countrie forsed , And from the country back to private farmes he scorsed
Word: lose one's virginity Part of Speech: verb 1. To have sexual intercourse for the first time. Labels: idiomatic Example: Born in Chicago on April 9th, 1926, he was the son of Methodists, served as a noncombatant in World War II, earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Illinois and didn't lose his virginity until he was 22.
Word: mostarda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mostarda. Doublet of mustard. 1. An Italian condiment made of candied fruit and a mustard-flavoured syrup. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “What kind of food is "nouveau Fretalian"?” “Stick with me. I'm gonna nail my order.” “Hi. What can I get you?” “I guess I'll have the beet salad, and, um, the risotto, and a glass of red wine. Um, anything that's not too expensive.” “Great order.” “(chuckling) Oh, please. I'll have the tuna tartare with quail egg, the duck with pear mostarda, and a glass of prosecco.” “I'll put that in right away.”
Word: Globish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of global + English, late 20th c. Pronunciation: /ˈɡloʊbɪʃ/, /ˈɡləʊbɪʃ/ 1. A simplified version of the English language, not created but consisting of the most common English words and phrases, enabling non-English-speakers to communicate. Example: The typical conversation in Globish could be grating to a native speaker, but get the job done between, say, a Kenyan and a Korean trying to navigate a business deal or asking for help at the airport check-in. Example: Nobody is likely to grow up speaking Globish as a mother tongue.
Word: Franglais Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French franglais, blend of français (“French”) + anglais (“English”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒŋɡleɪ/, /ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ/, /ˌfɹɑːŋˈɡleɪ/ 1. French terms or expressions recently borrowed from the English language. Labels: derogatory, often 2. The poor French spoken by anglophones. Labels: derogatory, often 3. Colloquial speech that is a mix of English and French terms, conjugation, and grammar.
Word: Newspeak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak. 1. The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc and designed to restrict the words, and thereby the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Example: In Orwell’s 1984, the use of ambiguous and confusing language with restricted grammar and limited vocabulary, known as Newspeak, diminishes the range of a person’s thought process. For example, in Newspeak, the term “Fake News” would replace the words: accurate, correct, factual and reliable news reporting. Example: The instrument of this dumbing down in Nineteen Eighty-Four was Newspeak, the official language of the English Socialist Party (Ingsoc). Newspeak was a sort of Totalitarian Esperanto that sought gradually to diminish the range of what was thinkable by eliminating, contracting and manufacturing words. 2. A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming. Example: Many modern languages like Haskell, Scala, and Newspeak offer parser combinators as libraries on top of the core language.
Word: Newspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak. 1. Alternative letter-case form of newspeak. Labels: alt-of, uncountable, usually Example: All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning. But we must be ready to identify other kinds of Newspeak, even if they take the apparently innocent form of a popular talk show. Example: In 2020, Trump has provided the American people with plenty of Newspeak to explain away the current and growing nationwide spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Word: ghost town Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊst taʊn/, /ˈɡoʊst taʊn/ 1. A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains. Example: Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jueger, pioneers of Grays Harbor City, and sole inhabitants of the "ghost town". Example: Crop failures in 1925 and 1926 ended the life of the trading center. The stores closed, and the merchants moved away. In one store the goods still rest on shelves, dust-covered reminders of a better day. The folks nearby now call it the Ghost Town. 2. Anything that has been deserted or abandoned, or has been empty all along. Labels: figuratively Example: It was the Friday evening before Christmas and ASU was a ghost town. Most everyone had left for the holiday several days earlier, including all of Professor Brinkerman's students. Example: At this hour, the canyoned street was a ghost town, and Billy easily spotted the late-model Nissan Pathfinder slowly approaching from three blocks south.
Word: to the power of Part of Speech: prep 1. Indicating an exponent. Example: Two to the power of four equals sixteen. 2⁴=16.
Word: to the Part of Speech: phrase 1. Ellipsis of to the power of or to the ... (nth) power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Two to the fourth equals sixteen. = Two to the fourth power equals sixteen. = Two to the four equals sixteen. = (Two to the power of four equals sixteen.) Example: =Ten to the four 2. An emphatic particle. Labels: slang Example: J to the L-O 3. An emphatic particle. Labels: slang Example: hell to the no