nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: listed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪst.ɪd/ 1. Entered on a list, especially an official one. Labels: not-comparable 2. Designated as of special architectural or historical interest and protected from demolition or alteration. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: The trams are fitted with lithium batteries, which has meant no requirement to fit infrastructure to listed buildings, including Birmingham Town Hall. Example: It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques. 3. Having its shares traded on a Stock Exchange. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pedro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdɹəʊ/, /peɪdɹəʊ/, /ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/, /ˈpɛdɹoʊ/ 1. An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The five of trumps in certain card games. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The standard callsign for an aircraft participating in CSAR (“combat search and rescue”), typically a helicopter. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: Pedro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdɹəʊ/, /peɪdɹəʊ/, /ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/, /ˈpɛdɹoʊ/ 1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter.
Word: semble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English semblen, from Old French sembler (“to resemble”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmbəl/ 1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. Labels: obsolete Example: Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. 2. It seems; it appears that Labels: singular, singular-only, third-person
Word: semble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English semble, from Old French semble. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmbəl/ 1. Like; resembling. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: name and deede that bare the semble stile
Word: compressible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From compress + -ible. Compare French compressible and Latin compressibilis. 1. Able to be compressed. 2. Able to be compressed.
Word: frill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /fɹɪl/ 1. A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. Example: 1777, Samuel Jackson Pratt (as Courtney Melmoth), Liberal Opinions, upon Animals, Man, and Providence, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, Volume 5, Chapter 114, p. 163, […] one of her husband Jeffery’s shirts (with frills to the bosom) […] Example: His face had fallen in, and was unshorn; his frill and neckcloth hung limp under his bagging waistcoat. 2. A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. Labels: figuratively Example: Nothing moved in sky, land, or sea, except a frill of milkwhite foam along the nearer angles of the shore, shreds of which licked the contiguous stones like tongues. Example: She had noticed yesterday that a few tiny corkscrew tendrils had come right through some cracks in the scullery ceiling and all the windows of the lean-to had a thick frill of ruffled green. 3. A wrinkled edge to a film. 4. Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury. Labels: figuratively Example: My name is Sammy Carleton. Not ‘Mr.’ Carleton, but just plain Sammy. I’m a regular no-nonsense man with no fancy frills about me. I want you to call me Sammy. Example: Every possible economy was carefully investigated and unnecessary expense, however small, eliminated. The company had no money to spare on "frills." 5. The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one. Example: A large admiral lizard leapt up on a rail, stood on hind legs with fore legs raised like hands and watched for a moment […], then loped down the cess-path with arms swinging and iridescent frill flying out like a cape […] Example: She reminded Bojan of a desert lizard throwing up its frill to frighten predators. 6. Synonym of armilla.
Word: frill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /fɹɪl/ 1. To make into a frill. Labels: transitive 2. To become wrinkled. Labels: intransitive 3. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits. Labels: transitive Example: And I will be bold to ſay my two girls have had a pretty good education, and capacity, [...] they underſtand their needle, breadſtitch, croſs and change, and all manner of plain-work; they can pink, point, and frill; [...] Example: 1863, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings, Chapter 4, in All the Year Round, Volume 10, Extra Christmas Number, 3 December, 1863, p. 35, Mrs. Sandham, formerly Kate Barford, is working at a baby’s frock, and asking now and then the advice of her sister, who is frilling a little cap.
Word: frill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French friller. Pronunciation: /fɹɪl/ 1. To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk). Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To cry (with reference to a bird of prey). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: 1688, Randle Holme, The Academy of Armory, Chester: for the author, Book 2, Chapter 13, “Of the Voices of Birds,” p. 310, The Eagle Frilleth, or Scriketh The Hawk, as Falcon, Gawshawk, and all such Birds of Prey, cryeth, peepeth, or frilleth.
Word: brighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bright + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪtən/, [ˈbɹaɪ̯ʔn̩] 1. To make bright or brighter in color. Labels: transitive Example: We brightened the room with a new coat of paint. 2. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to Labels: transitive Example: The preſent Queen is a Prince of as many and great Virtues as ever filled a Throne: How would it brighten Her Character to the preſent and after Ages, if She would exert Her utmoſt Authority to inſtill ſome Share of thoſe Virtues into Her People, which they are too degenerate to learn only from Her Example. 3. To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to brighten one’s prospects Example: Having Mark around the place really brightens things up. 4. To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up Labels: intransitive Example: The sun starts to brighten around this time of the year. Example: The sky brightened as the storm moved on. 5. To become brighter or more cheerful in mood Labels: intransitive Example: She brightened when I changed the subject. Example: Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Word: horned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ġehyrned (“having horns; horned”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijaną (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) + -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”), German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/ 1. Having horns. Labels: not-comparable Example: A goat is a horned animal. Example: a bull's head gules 2. Cuckolded. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: horned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of horn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ambassadors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambassador Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besought Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɔːt/ 1. simple past and past participle of beseech Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of beseek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: boule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word. Pronunciation: /buːl/ 1. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. Example: Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet. 2. A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. 3. A round loaf of bread. 4. A round piece of dough. 5. A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges. Example: Behind him is lumber 'sawn in the boule.' Wood is more commonly sawn in this manner in Europe and is stacked in the order it comes from the log. Example: Specialty lumber dealers can cut and sticker a log "in the boule," so that boards hold the same relative position they had before milling
Word: boule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word. Pronunciation: /buːl/ 1. To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball. Labels: nonstandard, rare, transitive
Word: boule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Boulle. See buhl. Pronunciation: /buːl/ 1. Alternative form of buhl. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: boule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βούλομαι (boúlomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ)bor. English boule Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ). Pronunciation: /buːl/ 1. A council of citizens in Ancient Greece Labels: historical
Word: fitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fit 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 fitter From fit (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɪtɚ/, [ˈfɪɾɚ] 1. A person who fits or assembles something. Example: a fitter of clothing, or of machinery Example: But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives. 2. An epileptic. Labels: informal 3. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. Labels: UK, dated 4. A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films. Labels: historical Example: For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.
Word: fitter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fit Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English fitter From fit (adjective) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɪtɚ/, [ˈfɪɾɚ] 1. comparative form of fit: more fit Labels: comparative, form-of Example: An exercise bike won't make you fitter if you never find time to use it. Example: My bird's loads fitter than yours.
Word: rickety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dialectal ricket (“unstable, rickety”) + -y, and/or ricket (“to move noisily and in a reckless way”) + -y. Alternatively, and perhaps less likely, from rickets + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪk.ɪ.ti/, /ˈɹɪk.e.ti/ 1. Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure. Example: He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder. Example: She now knew every article Mrs Dibble had to sell, and the large part of the stock that was unsaleable by reason of its damaged state. Customers turned away from rickety chairs, stands of drawers that refused to open, or had no handles, lop-sided wardrobes whose doors were out of plumb or whose mirrors were cracked. 2. Feeble in the joints; tottering. Example: The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs. 3. Affected with or suffering from rickets; rachitic.
Word: gallantry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæləntri/ 1. courage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98. 'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.' Example: Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely. 2. chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of the three things that startle us in the feasts of nobles, there is not one here; no swords, no duels, no tables reeking blood. No faithless gallantries here bring dishonour on some intimate friend. Example: The Queen of Sheba has responded to Solomon's gallantry and accepted his one God . She is one who is ready to be guided . Her heart is open . The second part of the testing , the riddles , seem to be a more personal and human exchange . 3. an instance of gallant behaviour or speech. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overdrawn Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of overdraw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: liquidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this and various associated terms all involve portraying assets figuratively as if they were liquids and solids, dissolving the solids with solvents, freezing and thawing, and so on. Pronunciation: /lɪkˈwɪdəti/ 1. The state or property of being liquid. Labels: uncountable 2. The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash. Labels: countable Example: Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity. 4. Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is often phrased in terms of whether they are facing liquidity or solvency problems; but I think it’s better phrased in terms of the possibility of self-fulfilling crises, a la Obstfeld.
Word: liquidation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English liquidate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English liquidation From liquidate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/ 1. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business. 3. The murder of dehumanized victims. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: devitalization, fatality; see also Thesaurus:death, Thesaurus:killing
Word: el- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: See en- § Etymology. 1. The form taken by en- before the consonant l like ellipse and elliptical)-->, as it assimilates place of articulation. Labels: morpheme
Word: sucker punching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sucker punch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suicide jockey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the risk of death if the vehicle crashes. 1. A semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance. Labels: US, slang Example: Listen, you wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get.
Word: Supriya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi सुप्रिया (supriyā). 1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
Word: sustainedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sustained Middle English -ly English -ly English sustainedly From sustained + -ly. 1. In a way that is sustained, or that continues. Example: The neo-liberal reforms after the fall of the Soeharto regime in Indonesia sustainedly strengthened the big business groups.
Word: swelling soil Part of Speech: noun 1. A soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most common mineral that causes swelling soil is smectite (montmorillonite).
Word: advection fog Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of fog caused by the passage of moist air horizontally over a relatively colder surface and the consequent cooling of that air to below its dew point. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: staggered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stagger Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.
Word: staggered Part of Speech: adj 1. Astonished; taken aback. 2. Arranged in a way that is not uniform. Example: The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years. 3. Not directly opposite each other. Example: Many of the wayside stations have staggered platforms, a common arrangement on the S.E.R. Example: The line now veers slightly south through a wooded cutting before arriving at the staggered platforms of Stocksmoor station (6½ miles) and a further ¾-mile stretch of level track leads to Shepley & Shelley (7¼ miles).
Word: active front Part of Speech: noun 1. The boundary between two different air masses, or a portion thereof, which produces appreciable cloudiness and precipitation and is usually accompanied by significant shifts in wind direction.
Word: air drainage Part of Speech: noun 1. The gravity-induced downslope flow of relatively cold air. Labels: uncountable
Word: denouncing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of denounce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: denouncing Part of Speech: noun 1. denunciation Example: […] if I yawn over your imperfect sentences, your repeated phrases, your false pathos, your drawlings and denouncings, your humming and hawing, your oh-ing and ah-ing, your black gloves and your white handkerchief.
Word: air mass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + mass. Perhaps a calque of German Luftmasse. Pronunciation: /ˈɛː mas/, /ɛəɹ mæs/, /ɛːɹ mæs/ 1. a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent. 2. The amount of air through which light from a celestial object passes, normalized to 1 for an object at zenith. Example: Unfortunately, the extinction is very sensitive to the airmass[…]
Word: airmass source region Part of Speech: noun 1. An extensive area of the Earth's surface over which bodies of air frequently remain for a sufficient time to acquire characteristic temperature and moisture properties imparted by that surface. Air so modified becomes identifiable as a distinct airmass.
Word: air parcel Part of Speech: noun 1. An imaginary body of air to which may be assigned any or all of the basic dynamic and thermodynamic properties of atmospheric air. A parcel is large enough to contain a very great number of molecules, but small enough that the properties assigned to it are approximately uniform within it and so that its motions with respect to the surrounding atmosphere do not induce marked compensatory movements.
Word: shamata Part of Speech: noun 1. A calming, stabilizing Indian meditation. Labels: uncountable
Word: wheel and axle Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the diameters of the wheel and axle.
Word: altocumulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alto- + cumulus. 1. A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
Word: Shemaiah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (“[whom] God heard”). Pronunciation: /ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/ 1. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 2. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 3. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 4. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 5. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 6. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 7. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 8. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 9. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 10. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 11. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 12. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 13. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 14. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 15. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 16. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 17. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 18. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament: 19. Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
Word: altostratus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alto- + stratus. 1. A principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance.
Word: anabatic wind Part of Speech: noun 1. An upslope wind; usually applied only when the wind is blowing up a hill or mountain as a result of local surface heating and apart from the effects of the larger scale circulation; the opposite of katabatic wind. The most common type anabatic is the valley wind.
Word: arctic front Part of Speech: name 1. The semipermanent, semicontinuous front between the deep, cold arctic air and the shallower, basically less cold polar air of northern latitudes; generally comparable to the antarctic front of the southern hemisphere.
Word: arctic front Part of Speech: noun 1. A cold front of very cold arctic air advancing on somewhat less cold air.
Word: chinook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”). Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈnʊk/, /t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/ 1. The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings. Labels: Canada, US 2. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Word: Chinook Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈnʊk/ 1. A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington. 2. Chinook Jargon, a pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest composed primarily of words from Chinook proper, English, and French, with some borrowings from other languages. Example: The Missionary's address rolled on in choppy Chinook, undertoned by a gentle voice from the back of the room which told Tanook in pure Indian words what he was to do. 3. A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States. 4. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
Word: Chinook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈnʊk/ 1. A member of a Native American people whose traditional tribal grounds were along the lower and middle Columbia River. Example: The Chinook sent a hunting party to the south. 2. Alternative letter-case form of chinook Labels: alt-of
Word: horses for courses Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: An allusion to the fact that a racehorse performs best on a racecourse to which it is specifically suited. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)sɪz fə ˈkɔːsɪz/, /ˈhɔɹsəz fɚ ˈkɔɹsəz/ 1. Different people are suited for different jobs or situations; what is fitting in one case may not be fitting in another. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: Not long ago, a group of Thames-side penthouses went up for sale with giveaway Ducati motorbikes worth £13,000 apiece. […] "In many cases giveaways are horses for courses, the inducements matching the styles of properties being marketed," he [David Hollingworth of London and Country Mortgages] adds. Example: Far be it from me to judge what anyone else finds attractive – each to their own, horses for courses, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and any number of similar well-meaning platitudes – but no one's going to start arguing forcefully that Mick [Hucknall]'s ever been 'classically handsome'.
Word: orthocenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English orthocenter From ortho- + center. 1. One of the centers (UK:centres) of a triangle, defined as being the intersection of its three altitudes; in an acute triangle, it is inside the triangle; in an obtuse triangle, it is outside the triangle; in a right-angled triangle it is the vertex opposite the hypotenuse and so is on the triangle.
Word: cirrocumulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cirro- + cumulus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləs/, /ˌsɪɹoʊˈkjumjələs/ 1. A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Example: [page 99] Cirro-cumulus. […] Small, well defined roundish masses, in close horizontal arrangement. […] [page 102] The cirro-cumulus is formed from a cirrus, or from a number of small separate cirri, by the fibres collapsing as it were, and passing into small roundish masses, in which the texture of the cirrus is no longer discernible, although they still retain somewhat of the same relative arrangement.
Word: skol Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål. Pronunciation: /skɒl/ 1. A drinking-toast; cheers. Example: Again they notice he has impressed her and again he grows more cheerful, clinking his glass against hers and saying ‘Skol!’ 2. A cheer to proclaim support for the Minnesota Vikings.
Word: skol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål. Pronunciation: /skɒl/ 1. To drink a toast; to drink deeply. Labels: intransitive Example: Many bottle of dubious gin and whiskey—with much “skoling”—Emil flashing a fat payroll—and treating three or four still more dubious “merry andrews” who had invited themselves to our noisy nook. 2. To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, transitive Example: When diners leave a quarter of a carafe full of house wine we put it above the sink to refill for new orders, but often I catch him skolling the remains of whatever he can get his hands on. Example: The Aussie skolled his beer, threw the Kiwi into the fireplace, and shot him.
Word: cirrostratus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cirro- + stratus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈstɹeɪtəs/, /-ˈstɹɑː-/, /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/, /-ˈstɹɑ-/, /-ˈstɹæ-/ 1. A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Example: [page 99] Cirro-stratus. […] Horizontal or slightly inclined masses, attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated, separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters. […] [page 103] The cirro-stratus precedes wind and rain, the near or distant approach of which may sometimes be estimated from its greater or less abundance and permanence.
Word: cirrus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus (“curl; fringe of clothes; mane (especially forelock) of a horse; etc”); further etymology unknown. Sense 2 (“type of cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. The plural form cirri is also a learned borrowing from Latin cirrī, the nominative or vocative plural of cirrus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹəs/, /ˈsɪɹaɪ/ 1. Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”). Example: Cirri are taken for thoſe fine Strings, or Hairs, by vvhich ſome Plants faſten themſelves, in order to their Support in creeping along; as Ivy, &c. 2. A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia. Example: Each foot is divided into two parts, one dorsal, the other ventral, and each part has a bundle of subulate bristles and a cirrus. Example: All creatures which have their skins protected, whether by feathers, or shells, or scales, have an exquisite touch in their mouth, or in the appendages which hang from it. Fishes have cirri which hang from their mouth, and these are equivalent to the feelers or tentacula of insects and crustaceans. 3. A tuft of ornamental feathers. Labels: obsolete 4. A long, thin, wirelike tail feather. Labels: obsolete 5. A principal high-level type of cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps, or narrow bands. Labels: attributive, often Example: [page 99] Cirrus. […] Parallel, flexuous, or diverging fibres, extensible in any or in all directions. […] [page 100] In fair weather, with light variable breezes, the sky is seldom quite clear of small groups of the oblique cirrus, which frequently come on from the leeward, and the direction of their increase is to windward. Example: Cirrus clouds moving from the southwest indicate falling temperature; moving from the northwest they indicate the probability of rising temperature. They are the mares' tales and cattails of sailors' cant. Near the horizon, cirrus clouds may have a stratiform appearance.
Word: blatherskite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blather + skite (“shit, shite”). Alternatively the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary asserts that the word is of Scottish origin, with blather/blether + skate referring to someone who is "contemptible". First use of the term dates to the mid-17th century. Compare cheapskate. Pronunciation: /ˈblæðəɹˌskaɪt/ 1. A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She never had any ideas, any more than a fog has. She was a perfect blatherskite; I mean for jaw, jaw, jaw, talk, talk, talk, jabber, jabber, jabber; but just as good as she could be. Example: Babbitt was frightened, but he had an agonized instinct that if he yielded in this he would yield in everything. He protested: “You're exaggerating, Colonel. I believe in being broad-minded and liberal, but, of course, I'm just as much agin the cranks and blatherskites and labor unions and so on as you are. […]” 2. A worthless fellow; a deadbeat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Who social circle ape to lead, / Without the solid requisite; / Where high pretension is the creed, / And every look betrays the breed; / Avaunt, ye vulgar blatherskite. Example: When that man there, Bruce Dunlap, had most worried the life and sense out of Uncle Silas till at last he plumb lost his mind and hit this other blatherskite, his brother, with a club, I reckon he seen his chance. 3. Nonsense or blather; empty talk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now such a state of affairs as that is unknown in England. To print this statement is to expose ourselves there to the suspicion of blatherskite and exaggeration.
Word: skeezer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skeeze + -er. 1. A woman of lax morals. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Now I'm smellin' like Indonesia / Bus stop full of fly bitches and skeezers
Word: small stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. thin string, as opposed to the thick, heavy ropes that are more often used in sailing. It is commonly used in a whipping knot to bind the ends of ropes to prevent fraying. Labels: uncountable
Word: snaparazzi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of snap + paparazzi. 1. Citizen journalists (passers-by) who are witness to a newsworthy event and capture it as a photograph or on video. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: snortle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of snort + chortle. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɔɹtəl/ 1. To give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale. Labels: slang Example: Hannah looked quite elegant in her gown until she snortled and champagne came out of her nose.
Word: snortle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of snort + chortle. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɔɹtəl/ 1. A hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale. Labels: Internet, slang
Word: sofa painting Part of Speech: noun 1. A painting that is acquired to match a color scheme or furniture. Labels: derogatory
Word: softography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From software + -o- + -graphy. Compare earlier discography. 1. A comprehensive list of the software made by a particular software engineer or organization, usually appearing on a resume, curriculum vitae, or web site. Example: At the end of the document, you should include a brief company profile, including softography and any relevant links[…] Example: Delve further into the developer's softography. Find out who were the individuals who worked on the games and what roles they had on the project.
Word: synergies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synergy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sparagmos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπαραγμός (sparagmós). Pronunciation: /spəˈɹaɡməs/ 1. The ritual tearing apart of a hero. Labels: uncountable Example: Dionysian sparagmos was an ecstasy of sexual excitation and superhuman strength.
Word: spec home Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spec (speculation) + home. 1. A home that is built by or for a homebuilder according to their specifications without a purchase order; it is instead built on spec.
Word: spiritual violence Part of Speech: noun 1. The persecution of a person or group on religious grounds, without actual physical violence. Labels: uncountable
Word: uncool Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cool. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkuːl/, /ʊnˈkuːl/, /ʌnˈkʉl/ 1. Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool. Labels: slang Example: It's not the coolest pad in Melbourne. Your presence is enough to make it more than a little uncool. Example: Now it is nineteen eighty-four / Knock-knock at your front door / It's the suede denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece
Word: spongin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sponge + -in. 1. A horny, sulfur-containing protein, related to keratin, that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges. A proteinaceous compound of which the spicules in Demospongiae are composed.
Word: ensi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒉺𒋼𒋛 (ensi₂ /⁠ensik⁠/, “ruler”). 1. A Sumerian title designating the ruler or prince of a city state. Labels: historical
Word: tooltip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tool + tip, originally used with toolbars to provide a tip or hint as to what function each graphical icon represented. The term was introduced as ToolTip by Microsoft in the 1990s. Pronunciation: /ˈtu(ː)l.tɪp/ 1. An element of a graphical user interface in the form of a box of text that appears when a cursor is made to hover over an item; normally used to explain the function of the item.
Word: dall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French dalle, dallage. 1. A tile with an incised surface. Example: […] for such machine-made slate "dalls," or tiles, as perhaps we might call them, would soon be valued by the architect and builder for the roofs of many other classes of buildings as well as ecclesiastical ones. Example: […] tiling. Thus arose those admirable roofs known in France as "en dallage," of which one most instructive example to both engineer and architect may be seen in those of the clerestory roofs of Nôtre Dame at Paris. The "dalls" being hand wrought[…]
Word: imino acid Part of Speech: noun 1. imidic acid Labels: obsolete 2. Any carboxylic acid having an imino substituent.
Word: imino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English imin(e) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English imino From imin(e) + -o-. 1. The divalent radical =NH or =N-R.
Word: inner salt Part of Speech: noun 1. A zwitterion.
Word: ionomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iono- + -mer. 1. A polymer, or a biological macromolecule (such as a protein) in which a small but significant proportion of the constituent monomers have ionic groups.
Word: iridoid Part of Speech: noun 1. any cyclic monoterpenoid based on 1-isopropyl-2,3-dimethylcyclopentane
Word: iron-sulfur cluster Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit comprising two or more iron atoms and bridging sulfur ligands in an iron-sulfur protein.
Word: iron-sulphur cluster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of iron-sulfur cluster. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: iron-sulfur protein Part of Speech: noun 1. Any protein in which iron is coordinated with cysteine sulfur and sometimes also with inorganic sulfur; they have electron transfer and enzymatic function.
Word: iron-sulphur protein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of iron-sulfur protein. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: isocyanate Part of Speech: noun 1. the univalent radical -N=C=O (tautomeric with cyanate), and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives R-N=C=O
Word: isocyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English isocyclic From iso- + cyclic. 1. homocyclic Labels: not-comparable
Word: isonitrile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English nitrile English isonitrile From iso- + nitrile. 1. isocyanide Labels: obsolete
Word: isonitroso compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of oxime. Labels: obsolete
Word: drink like a fish Part of Speech: verb 1. To drink (especially alcohol) heavily and in excess.
Word: eva Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of ever. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: isoprenoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English isoprene Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English isoprenoid From isoprene + -oid. 1. Any compound formally derived from one or more isoprene units.
Word: isoselenocyanate Part of Speech: noun 1. The selenium analogue of isocyanate, R-N=C=Se.
Word: Messrs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Messrs. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ɚz/, /ˈmɛsəz/ 1. plural of Mr (“Mister”) Labels: form-of, formal, plural 2. plural of M (“Monsieur”) Labels: form-of, formal, plural
Word: isourea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. French uréeder. New Latinder. English urea English isourea From iso- + urea. 1. The imidic acid tautomer of urea H₂NC(=NH)OH and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives.
Word: Messieurs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛsə(ɹ)z/, /mɛˈsjɜː(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of Mister Labels: form-of, plural Example: It is a draft on Messieurs Smith and Payne, payable to the lord advocate, for the sum of [...] Example: Two of the demands which it is proposed to make upon the Zulu King relate to the outrage by Sirayo's sons committed in August last in Natal territory, and to the act of interference by certain Zulus with Messieurs Smith and Deighton whilst [...] 2. plural of Monsieur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isozyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of iso- + enzyme. 1. Synonym of isoenzyme.
Word: isoenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English enzyme English isoenzyme From iso- + enzyme. 1. Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but have structures that are (minorly or substantially) different and have physical, biochemical, and immunological properties that are (minorly or substantially) different. Example: Near-synonym: allozyme
Word: ketal Part of Speech: noun 1. Any acetal derived from a ketone
Word: ketenimine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ketene + imine. 1. Any imino analogue of a ketene, having the general formula R₂C=C=NR.
Word: Common Slavonic Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Common Slavic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: conditionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English conditional Middle English -ly English -ly English conditionally From conditional + -ly. Pronunciation: /kənˈdɪʃənəli/ 1. under specified conditions Example: However, another study examining SOCS3 function in B cell subsets failed to detect B cell developmental and recirculatory defects in mice conditionally deficient in SOCS3 expression in B cells (using Mb1-cre mice), nor when SOCS3 was deleted in MMTV-cre active cells [21 ].
Word: meritocrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English merit Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)bor. English -crat English meritocrat From merit + -o- + -crat. 1. An advocate of meritocracy. 2. A person who has authority allegedly based on ability. Example: The state uses universal testing to identify and elevate meritocrats, leaving most of England’s citizens poor and demoralized, without even a legitimate grievance, since, after all, who could argue that the wise should not rule? Example: In a sharp critique in The New Republic, Sarah Leonard questioned his downplaying of the power of capital over labor, as well as his faith that demoralized meritocrats might make common cause with the beleaguered middle class in exchange for a saner life. […] Amy Chua, author of the best-selling how-to-raise-an-uber-meritocrat memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” (and whom Mr. Markovits credits with helping him write for a popular audience), said she loves “The Meritocracy Trap,” even if she takes a more sanguine view of the system.
Word: arccoth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- English coth English arccoth From arc- + coth. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)kˌkɒθ/ 1. Alternative form of arcoth (“the area hyberbolic cotangent function, i.e., the inverse hyperbolic cotangent function.”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: arcsech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- English sech English arcsech From arc- + sech. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)kˌsɛt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of arsech (“the inverse hyberbolic secant function”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cotillon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cotillion. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The second figure [of the dance] commenced, and I made a sad bungle; so I did of the third, and fourth, and fifth, for I never had danced a cotillon. Example: "Well," I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, "he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one." / "So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?" / I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
Word: out of sight, out of mind Part of Speech: proverb 1. When something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.
Word: don't put all your eggs in one basket Part of Speech: proverb 1. Do not dedicate all your resources to one project. 2. Do not count on any one thing to safeguard what is valuable.
Word: forbidden fruit is the sweetest Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: A reference to the story in the Bible in which God tells Adam and Eve not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they are tempted by a serpent and do so anyway. Pronunciation: /fəˌbɪdən fɹuːt ɪz ðə ˈswiːtəst/, /fəɹˌbɪdən fɹut ɪz ðə ˈswitəst/ 1. Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.
Word: you can't tell a book by its cover Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: when in Rome Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Anapodoton of when in Rome, do as the Romans do. 1. One should adjust to local customs.
Word: the pen is mightier than the sword Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: This phrasing due to Bulwer-Lytton, 1839. The sentiment is traditional, and has many antecedents; see Wikipedia. 1. More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting. Labels: idiomatic, metonymically Example: If the pen is mightier than the sword in American history, it is more likely the pen of a novelist than the typewriter of a reporter — Harriet Beecher Stowe stimulating antislavery sentiment or Upton Sinclair enlisting citizens in outrage against the food-processing industry. Example: If my teachers had not told me that the pen is mightier than the sword, if my parents had not told me that I have to respect books, I would not have developed that respect for knowledge.
Word: practice makes perfect Part of Speech: proverb 1. If one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it. Example: Golden words make practice, practice makes perfect, perfect is a fault, and fault lines change.
Word: bodger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bodge 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 bodger From bodge + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɑ.d͡ʒɚ/ 1. A woodworker in the traditional style characterised by the use of hand tools, a pole lathe and use of green timber. 2. One who works in a rough and ready, slipshod manner.