nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: multiplier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English multiple Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English multiply 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 multiplier From multiply + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ/, [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)], [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ] 1. One who multiplies or causes something to increase. 2. A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied. Example: In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier. Example: The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game. 3. An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied. Example: English multipliers include "double" and "triple". 4. A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities. Example: There is a second-round effect of crowding in higher private investment as public sector contractors tool up to meet the public contracts, and then a third – as all firms adjust to the higher level of demand by raising business investment levels – of more crowding in and so-called “multiplier effects”. 5. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal 6. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal Labels: obsolete 7. A multiplier onion. Example: Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions.
Word: multiplication table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table showing the products of each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or, especially formerly, 12) with each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or 12). Example: It was not till animated by some discussion, based upon the multiplication-table, that you saw how keen and shrewd those large, dull, gray eyes could become. Example: I’ll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the Multiplication Table doesn’t signify: let’s try Geography.
Word: weld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-. Pronunciation: /wɛld/ 1. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye. 2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Word: weld Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled. Compare cognate Danish vælde, Swedish välla (“boil, rise → to forge weld”). Pronunciation: /wɛld/ 1. To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination. Labels: transitive Example: […] and at Dinsdale work will commence in 1957 on a depot to deal with rail welding and track pre-assembly. The plant envisaged will weld new flat-bottom rails into 180-ft. lengths for laying in selected lines. Example: The tensile strength test is designed to test the strength of the welded joint. 2. To make something by welding. Labels: transitive Example: I've welded a metal sculpture. 3. To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately. Labels: transitive Example: The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army. Example: to weld an alliance
Word: weld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled. Compare cognate Danish vælde, Swedish välla (“boil, rise → to forge weld”). Pronunciation: /wɛld/ 1. The joint made by welding. Example: Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld. Example: The aim of these tests is the examination of the weld without imparting any damage. These may include x-rays, hydrostatic tests, etc, and are also termed NDE or nondestructive examination and NDI or nondestructive inspection. […] To judge the soundness of the fillet welds another break test method is employed which is called as Fillet Weld Break Test.
Word: weld Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English weald (sense 2). Pronunciation: /wɛld/ 1. To wield. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ſorte lyf & ſameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death") Example: [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be worthy to welde all your honour and worship"
Word: caisson disease Part of Speech: noun 1. The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure. Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrogen narcosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition of disorientation, intoxication and stupor caused by increased levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood; occurs in divers breathing air under pressure.
Word: diver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dive 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 diver From dive + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport. Example: A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene. 2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman. 3. loon (Gavia spp.) Labels: Ireland, UK 4. A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae) 5. A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis) 6. A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952). Labels: London, dated 7. A pickpocket. Labels: obsolete, slang 8. A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.
Word: can buoy Part of Speech: noun 1. a truncated conical buoy, normally painted red and white, and numbered with even numbers, used to show the port side of a channel; the starboard side is marked with a conical buoy
Word: conical buoy Part of Speech: noun 1. a buoy in the shape of a cone, normally painted black, and numbered with odd numbers, used to show the starboard side of a channel; the port side is marked with a can buoy
Word: deify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French déifier, from Latin deificāre, from deus (“god”). By surface analysis, deity + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ/, /ˈdiː.ɪ.faɪ/, /ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/, /ˈdeɪ.ə.faɪ/ 1. To make into a god. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize 2. To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt. Labels: transitive Example: “Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.
Word: shebang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hash + bang or sharp + bang, after Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈbæŋ(ɡ)/ 1. The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.
Word: pneumomediastinum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn) ▲ Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō)influ. ▲ Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)influ. Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn)bor. English pneumo- English mediastinum English pneumomediastinum From pneumo- + mediastinum. 1. The condition of having the presence of air in the mediastinum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pneumomediastinum usually goes undiagnosed unless chest x-rays are used for evaluation.
Word: foreground Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/ 1. The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane. Example: Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s. 2. The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work. 3. The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others. Labels: attributive, often
Word: foreground Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/ 1. To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically). Example: Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death. Example: Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
Word: picture plane Part of Speech: noun 1. The imaginary plane correspondent with the physical surface of a drawing, painting or print.
Word: clew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Akin to Old English clǣġ (“clay”). Doublet of knawel. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”). Pronunciation: /kluː/, /kluʊ̯/, /kljuː/ 1. A roughly spherical mass or body. Labels: obsolete Example: If the whole troupe be diuided into many clewes, or round bunches, you need not then doubt but that there are many kings. Example: Both theſe creatures [the "ai" (aye-aye?) and "unan"], by forming themſelves in a clew, have often more the appearance of excreſcences in the bark, than that of animals. 2. A ball of thread or yarn. Labels: archaic Example: [O]nely ſinne And helliſh obſtinacie tye thy tongue That truth ſhould be ſuſpected, ſpeake, iſ't ſo? If it be ſo, you haue wound a goodly clewe: If it be not, forſweare't how ere I charge thee, As heauen ſhall work in me for thine auaile To tell me truelie. Example: A rare, precious, and never interrupted race of philosophers to whom wisdom, like another Ariadne, seems to have given a clew of thread which they have been walking along unwinding since the beginning of the world, through the labyrinth of human affairs. 3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue. 4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction. Example: 'Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of the crew, Hisses the rain of the rushing squall; The sails are aback from clew to clew, And now is the moment for "MAINSAIL, HAUL!" Example: "Clew" is Saxon; "garnet" (from granato, a fruit) is Italian,—that is, the garnet- or pomegranate-shaped block fastened to the clew or corner of the courses, and hence the rope running through the block. 5. The sheets so attached to a sail. Labels: in-plural Example: The canvas running up in a proud sweep, Wind-wrinkled at the clews, and white like lint, 6. The cords suspending a hammock. Labels: in-plural Example: He taught us how to attach the clews to the ends of the hammock and then lash it between jack stays. 7. Archaic spelling of clue. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: With this clew, let us endeavour to unravel this character of Herod as here given. Example: To this horrible mystery there is not as yet, we believe, the slightest clew.
Word: clew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Akin to Old English clǣġ (“clay”). Doublet of knawel. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”). Pronunciation: /kluː/, /kluʊ̯/, /kljuː/ 1. to roll into a ball Labels: transitive 2. to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail) Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: swottiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swotty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English swottiness From swotty + -ness. 1. studiousness, the state of studying hard, the state of being swotty. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: swotty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swot + -y. 1. Studious; being a swot; nerdy. Labels: UK, slang Example: According to [Tony] Buzan, orthodox forms of note-taking don't stick in the head because they employ only the left brain, the swotty side, leaving our right brain, like many creative types, kicking its heels on the sofa, watching trash TV and waiting for a job offer that never comes.
Word: massecuite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French masse cuite (“cooked mass”). 1. A suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Modern practice favours warming the massecuite in pug mills, placed above the centrifugals.
Word: Graf Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German and Jewish surname, from graf (“count”). * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Graef. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A city in Iowa, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: FMV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of full motion video. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: […] a brilliantly terrible FMV action game where you play as an unnamed marine who's been sent to an uncharted tropical island […] 2. Initialism of fair market value. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: full motion video Part of Speech: noun 1. Video marketed as being of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: When most companies become involved in teleconferencing, usually their first interest is in full-motion video conferencing. Example: Originally, 72 minutes of partial-screen (one-eighth) full-motion video could be stored. These pictures are fairly coarse — worse than low-quality VCR... 2. In-game footage that is pre-rendered, often using real-world scenes, as opposed to being rendered in-engine or in real time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Stored full-motion video is useful for messages and information dissemination, whereas live video can be used for direct interaction, medical applications, manufacturing applications, and a variety of other process control processes. Example: In games, full motion video (FMV) truly began in the 16-bit era on the Amiga and Atari ST. Psygnosis, an innovative company that is now a distant memory, often put an awe-inspiring, beautifully rendered movie at the front ot their games.
Word: astrakhan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the city of Astrakhan in Southern Russia. Pronunciation: /æstɹəˈkæn/ 1. Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs. Example: Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat […]
Word: cosmopolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Pronunciation: /kɑzˈmɑpəˌlaɪt/ 1. One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person. Example: First drink a health, this solemn night, / A health to England, every guest: / That man’s the best cosmopolite / Who loves his native country best. Example: Prince Gortschakoff has spoken of the elements of disturbance and the revolutionary cosmopolites of Europe, and has asked France and England and Austria to repress their activity. Well, my Lords, no doubt as carrion birds are drawn by instinct to the battle-field, so, wherever there is disturbance, the moral and political vultures of Europe will flock to take part in it 2. The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui). Labels: Canada, US, dated Example: The painted lady butterfly […] has been seen around towns throughout North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Africa. It's known on every continent except Antarctica, and it's even found on islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. […] Not surprisingly, the painted lady is known in some circles as the cosmopolite. 3. A plant found more or less everywhere in the world.
Word: cosmopolite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Pronunciation: /kɑzˈmɑpəˌlaɪt/ 1. Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan. Example: International necessities are rapidly breaking down old prejudices and conservatisms, while developing cosmopolite feeling. Example: The cosmopolite glitter of the Ballets Russes enjoyed considerable compass—a transoceanic range that quickly credentialed both the composer and the choreographer. 2. Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group. Example: There was no middle course for Richard's comrades between high friendship or absolute slavery. He was deficient in those cosmopolite habits and feelings which enable boys and men to hold together without caring much for each other; and, like every insulated mortal, he attributed the deficiency, of which he was quite aware, to the fact of his possessing a superior nature. Example: 2008, Jennifer L. Sumner, Healthcare Communication Networks: The Dissemination of Employee Information for Hospital Security, Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida, Orlando, published by ProQuest LLC, Section 3.3, p. 42, https://books.google.ca/books?id=d4qyF7zlXokC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Early adopters tend to be better educated, enjoy higher social status, occupy positions in organizations of greater size and resources, consume higher levels of information from mass media communications, and are more cosmopolite than their later adopting counterparts. An individual or organization that is more cosmopolite is one that seeks and receives higher levels of exposure and exchange with individuals and organizations outside of their specific social system. 3. Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution. Example: If, however, we consider the Australian dingo as a native animal, we might class the genus Canis as cosmopolite, but the wild dogs of South America are now formed into separate genera by some naturalists. Example: 1987, F. Infante, E. Ruiz de Clavijo, C. Galán and G. Gallego, "Occurrence of Alternaria Nees ex Fr. in indoor and outdoor habitats in Cordoba (Spain)" in G. Boehm and R.M. Leuschner (eds.), Advances in Aerobiology: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Aerobiology, August 6–9, 1986, Basel, Switzerland, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 160, https://books.google.ca/books?id=3CHyBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Both species could be labelled as the most cosmopolite as they appear in 100% of the sampling spots, both indoors and outdoors.
Word: convene Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-. Pronunciation: /kənˈviːn/, /kənˈvin/, [kənˈvɪin] 1. To come together; to meet; to unite. Labels: intransitive Example: In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. 2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. Labels: intransitive Example: The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Example: Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. 3. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon. Labels: transitive 4. To summon judicially to meet or appear. Labels: transitive 5. To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention. Labels: transitive Example: To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.
Word: Astrakhan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian А́страхань (Ástraxanʹ). Pronunciation: /æstɹəˈkæn/, /ˈæstɹəkɑːn/ 1. An oblast of Russia. Seat: Astrakhan. 2. A city, the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 3. A steppe in Russia, part of the Eurasian Steppes
Word: Astrakhan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian А́страхань (Ástraxanʹ). Pronunciation: /æstɹəˈkæn/, /ˈæstɹəkɑːn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of astrakhan. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs. Example: Heavy bands of Astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat
Word: baby food Part of Speech: noun 1. A food designed for babies, usually of very soft consistency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The court was told Robins had asked if she could use the oven to heat some baby food for her child. Knutton heard a loud popping noise "like a crisp packet being popped" coming from the kitchen followed by a "screeching" noise. When she saw what had happened to the kitten she was sick in the sink.
Word: Berkeley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːkli/, /ˈbɜːkli/, /ˈbɝkli/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. An English barony. 4. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899). 5. A number of places in the United States: Example: "Our CEQA process is clearly broken when a few wealthy Berkeley homeowners can block desperately needed student housing for years and even decades," Newsom's office said in a statement. "California cannot afford to be held hostage by NIMBYs who weaponize CEQA to block student and affordable housing. This selfish mindset is driving up housing prices, and making our state less affordable." 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. The University of California, Berkeley metonym. 14. A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. 15. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: bioterrorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreur French terreur 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French terrorisme English terrorism English bioterrorism From bio- + terrorism. 1. Terrorism that involves biological weapons or other biological agents. Labels: uncountable
Word: coldcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cold + cock. 1. Alternative form of cold cock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coldcock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cold + cock. 1. Alternative form of cold-cock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: meretrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin meretrīx. 1. A prostitute in Ancient Rome. Example: Nomus Marcellus has pointed out the difference between this class of prostitutes and the prostibula. "This is the difference between a meretrix (harlot) and a prostibula (common strumpet): a meretrix is of a more honorable station and calling; for meretrices are so named a merendo (from earning wages) because they plied their calling only by night; prostibulu because they stand before the stabulum (stall) for gain both by day and night." Example: Hands grasped me like a doll, and as I dandled thus between the meretrices of Abaia, I was lifted from my broad-armed chair in the inn of Saltus; yet still, for perhaps a hundred heartbeats more, I could not rid my mind of the sea and its green-haired women.
Word: Epicureanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Epicurean + -ism. As a pejorative synonym of atheism, both from the philosophy's rejection of deontological morality and from Epicurus's specific belief that the Greek gods—if they did exist—did not concern themselves at all with mankind, its actions, or any system of reward or punishment for them. Doublet of epicurism. Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈkju(ə)ɹiənɪzəm/ 1. The philosophical belief that pleasure is the highest good, particularly as advocated by Epicurus with a focus on mental pleasures and on avoidance of pain (ataraxia) through moderation and common virtue. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Synonym of hedonism, general pursuit of pleasure, particularly refined and knowledgeable enjoyment of good food, drink, and similar sensual pleasures. Labels: proscribed, sometimes, uncountable, usually 3. Synonym of atheism. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: roundup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from round up. 1. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped. Labels: US 2. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects. 3. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people. Example: Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place the previous fall. 4. The summary to a news bulletin. Example: The BBC is to launch its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question Time.\ 5. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel. 6. The finishing of an arrangement.
Word: countryside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta Old French contreebor. Middle English contre English country Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English countryside From country + -side. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, /ˈkʌn.tɹɪjˌsɑjd/, /ˈkʊn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, /ˈkʌn.tɾeˌsʌɪd/, /-tɾɪ-/ 1. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From November 28 to December 8, 1958, the CCP Central Committee held its sixth plenum in Wuhan, Hopei^([sic – meaning Hupei]), and at the end of the session it issued a revealing resolution that declared there had been some misconception about the system and that party committees throughout the countryside should make full use of the five months from December 1958 to April 1959 to tidy up the communes. Example: When rewilding plans were first revealed, critics of Scotland’s concentrated land ownership – half of the Scottish countryside is owned by around 450 people – expressed fears that Glenfeshie might become a reservation for the rich, but these have been partially allayed by letting ordinary hikers walk across the glens for free. 2. Such part of a larger area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We live in the Swedish countryside. 3. A rural landscape. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acute-angled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acute + angled. 1. Of a triangle: having three acute angles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: obtuse-angled Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a triangle, having an obtuse angle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: with a bullet Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From the magazine Cashbox's practice, in the 1960s and 1970s, of putting a red bullet sign on the chart position of potential climbers. The page stated: "Red bullet indicates sharp upward move." 1. That has entered the charts in a high position, or has climbed rapidly in the charts, or is thought to have the potential for further rapid advancement. Example: "Crying" has moved up again and is now Number 7 with a bullet on the Cashbox Top 100 chart!
Word: number one with a bullet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See with a bullet. 1. Superlative; impossible to beat. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: We're going down, down in an earlier round / And sugar, we're going down swinging / I'll be your number one with a bullet / A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it Example: I'm sure primitive man was drumming away and rattling things to make musically pleasing sounds, but then and now the human voice was, and is, number one with a bullet.
Word: titanic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A weak acid, either of two hydrated forms of titanium dioxide, H₂TiO₃ or H₄TiO₄; used as a mordant.
Word: titanate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From titanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of titanic acid.
Word: congregate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/ 1. To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body. Labels: transitive Example: Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Example: The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. 2. To come together; to assemble; to meet. Labels: intransitive Example: Even there where merchants most do congregate.
Word: congregate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/ 1. Congregated. Labels: obsolete Example: VVith all the Gods about him congregate: 2. Congregated (organized on a congregational basis). Labels: obsolete Example: congregate churches 3. Collective; assembled; compact. Labels: rare Example: With this reservation, therefore, we proceed to human philosophy or humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate or distributively, the other congregate or in society; so as human philosophy is either simple and particular, or conjugate and civil.
Word: congregate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/ 1. Assembled persons. Labels: in-plural, obsolete Example: That the congregates may frankelie shew their minds upon such matters as are to come before them.
Word: titanium dioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. a brilliant white powder, TiO₂, used as a pigment, and in sunblock, toothpaste, and cosmetics. Example: Meronyms: titanium, Ti, oxygen, O
Word: sunblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + block. 1. A sunscreen with a high sun protection factor (SPF). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sunscreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + screen. 1. A topical substance formulated to protect the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation by absorbing, reflecting or scattering ultraviolet rays. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jill had Mark apply sunscreen to her back. "Bet these river guides get a lot of skin cancer", he said. He had a slappy, unpleasant way of doing it, and she struggled to keep her balance. Example: Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating.
Word: sunscreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + screen. 1. To apply sunscreen to (someone). Labels: transitive Example: He glanced over his shoulder as I sunscreened his back.
Word: round angle Part of Speech: noun 1. An angle of 360 degrees; a full circle. Example: Two angles whose sum is a straight angle are called supplemental; two angles whose sum is a round angle we may call explemental.
Word: sun protection factor Part of Speech: noun 1. An indication of how long a sunscreen remains effective when applied to the skin. Example: If someone normally burns in 10 minutes with no sunscreen, then a sunscreen with sun protection factor 20 will provide protection for up to 20 × 10 = 200 minutes.
Word: perigon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English -gon English perigon From peri- + -gon. 1. A round angle; a full circle.
Word: perigon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of perigone. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: SPF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of sun protection factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: For the rest of us, each day’s variable solar conditions require a judgment call. And probably sunscreen, whose SPF (sun protection factor) numbers reveal how effective the product is. A lotion with an SPF of 10, for example, tells us that if current conditions would give you a burn in one hour, the sunscreen will forestall the burn for ten hours. Most sunscreens use either titanium dioxide or zinc oxide, chemicals that reflect, scatter, or absorb ultraviolet light and dissipate it as heat. In practice, creams labeled SPF 30 provide 96 percent of the protection of an SPF 90 product, which suggests that you’ll do fine with a 30 as long as you keep reapplying it as needed during the day. Example: Most dermatologists, as well as the American Academy of Dermatology, recommend an SPF of at least 30 for most people and most climates. 2. Initialism of single point of failure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of spray polyurethane foam. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of spruce-pine-fir, mixed softwood timber. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SPF Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of specific-pathogen-free. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: SPF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Scottish Police Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Sender Policy Framework. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Singapore Police Force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: single point of failure Part of Speech: noun 1. A component in a device, or a point in a network, that, if it were to fail, would cause the entire device or network to fail (normally eliminated by adding redundancy). Example: The Jesus nut got its name because it is a single point of failure — if it goes, there's nothing you can do but pray. 2. A minor mistake that creates a chain reaction. Labels: broadly Example: The intact twine in Dylan's beef Wellington was a single point of failure.
Word: meretricious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix). Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɹɪʃəs/, /ˌmɛɹəˈtɹɪʃəs/ 1. Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring. Example: I discovered even, by his conversation, when intoxicated that his favourites were wantons of the lowest class, who could by their vulgar, indecent mirth, which he called nature, rouse his sluggish spirits. Meretricious ornaments and manners were necessary to attract his attention. Example: It might be reasonably objected elsewhere, that some of the tombs are meretricious and too fanciful; but the general brightness seems to justify it here; and Mount Vesuvius, separated from them by a lovely slope of ground, exalts and saddens the scene. 2. Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship). 3. Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution. Labels: obsolete
Word: celt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin celtis (“chisel”), very probably a ghost word originating from a copyist's error in the Vulgate Bible, but taken as genuine and subsequently used in Medieval Latin. Pronunciation: /sɛlt/ 1. A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool. Example: The later division of the Bronze age is characterised by the appearance of swords, spears, palstaves, and socketed celts.
Word: rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The Titanic was an ocean liner that sank on the morning of April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg. The phrase rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic implies trying to move the chairs on the deck around while the ship is sinking, a pointless activity. 1. To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem. Labels: idiomatic Example: All the new people want an office close to the President's. You should see them scramble. It's like fighting for a deck chair on the Titanic. Example: Administrators are running around straightening out deck chairs while the Titanic goes down.
Word: shift the deckchairs on the Titanic Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Word: pollyspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pollie + -speak, with spelling shift. 1. Political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: Sure, put them as a batch/job lot with their own kind. Put them in the public gallery of any Australian parliament and force feed them ‘pollyspeak’. Example: It isn't difficult to make one's life meaningful without the mumbo-jumbo of pollyspeak and endless streams of words, words, words...
Word: upriver Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From up- + river. 1. Towards the source of a river. 2. Against the current.
Word: upriver Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up- + river. 1. Towards the source of a river.
Word: up the river Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: A reference to Sing Sing prison, which is located on the Hudson river, to the north of (and upstream from) New York City. 1. To prison. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: The former baseball player that Cincinnati idolized is being sent up the river to Ashland, Ky., to serve a prison term for cheating on his taxes.
Word: up the creek without a paddle Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of up the creek. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ian Houlder, a Tory councillor for West Suffolk, said Hancock appeared to be “up the creek without a paddle” in terms of remaining the MP, and so had seemingly decided to go.
Word: up shit creek Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In trouble; in a difficult situation. Labels: vulgar
Word: cladding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source. Pronunciation: /ˈklædɪŋ/ 1. Clothing; clothes. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 2. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cladding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source. Pronunciation: /ˈklædɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of clad Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: up yours Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Short for shove it up your ass. 1. Expression to show discontent with the other party, or to show contempt. Labels: mildly, vulgar Example: You dare come here dressed so horribly? Well, up yours! Example: I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought. 2. Go away! Go to hell! Labels: vulgar Example: Up yours!—I’m not giving you any! Example: You’ve done enough to ruin our outing, so up yours!
Word: V sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A sign of victory or peace made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm outwards. 2. A gesture of contempt or insult made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm inwards; apocryphally originated by English bowmen at Agincourt (in actuality attested only from 1901). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: bowman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊmən/, /ˈboʊmən/ 1. A man who uses a bow; an archer. Example: The whole londe ſhal fle, foꝛ the noyſe of the hoꝛſmen and bowmen: […] Example: The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.
Word: bowman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow (of boat or ship) + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊmən/ 1. The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
Word: bowmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Upanishad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad). 1. Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.
Word: upbringing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English upbringinge, equivalent to upbring + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/ 1. The traits acquired during one's childhood training Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The raising or training of a child. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Through her upbringing, Mildred's father had carefully programmed her to expect very little from life.
Word: uphang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English uphongen. By surface analysis, up- + hang. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈhæŋ/ 1. To hang up. Labels: rare 2. To suspend or fix aloft. Labels: rare Example: When soft stars were brightly uphanging the night.
Word: upheaped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upheap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upheave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”). 1. To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft. Labels: transitive 2. To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward. Labels: transitive Example: Considering, further, the absence of most of the New Guinea mammals from the Moluccas, we are led to the conclusion that these islands are not fragments which have been separated from New Guinea, but form a distinct insular region, which has been upheaved independently at a rather remote epoch, and during all the mutations it has undergone has been constantly receiving immigrants from that great and productive island. 3. To be lifted up; rise. Labels: intransitive
Word: upher Part of Speech: noun 1. a wooden pole used as scaffolding Labels: obsolete
Word: uphill Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From up + hill. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈhɪl/ 1. Up a slope, towards higher ground. 2. With difficulty. Labels: broadly
Word: uphill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up + hill. Pronunciation: /ˈʌphɪl/ 1. Located up a slope or on a hill. 2. Going up a slope or a hill. Example: “There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris. Example: The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception. 3. Difficult or laborious. Labels: broadly Example: For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.