nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: spherical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsfɛɹɪkəl/, /ˈsfiːɹɪkəl/ 1. Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight. 2. Of, or pertaining to, spheres. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles. 4. Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Example: Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. 5. Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor. Example: a spherical Gaussian distribution
Word: Britpop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brit- + pop. 1. A British alternative rock movement from the mid-1990s, characterised by influences from the 1960s and 1970s, catchy hooks, the glamour of earlier pop stardom, and the sense of creating a soundtrack to the lives of a new generation of British youth. Labels: uncountable
Word: Joe Bloggs Part of Speech: name 1. A personification of the general public, or of an average ordinary person. Labels: UK 2. A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person. Labels: Australia
Word: Brit- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Shortened from British. Pronunciation: /bɹɪt/ 1. British Labels: morpheme Example: Britart, Britpop
Word: Britart Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Brit- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art English Britart From Brit- + art. 1. The work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. Example: A minute's silence, please, in memory of the Britart landmarks that were destroyed in Tuesday night's fire at a Momart warehouse in east London.
Word: personification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From person(ify) + -ification. Pronunciation: /pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification. Labels: countable Example: Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism. Example: He might have sat for a personification of fear: if he moved, he seemed rather afraid of his own shadow following him too closely; if he laughed, he soon checked himself, quite alarmed at the sound. 2. An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human. Labels: countable Example: The Grim Reaper is a personification of death. 3. The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You might search in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete. Example: The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
Word: prosopopeia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of prosopopoeia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing. The mute and brute creatures, as they seem to groan together with the faithful, {#Ro 8:21,22} so here, by a prosopopeia, they are brought in as congratulating and applauding their deliverance.
Word: photosensitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English sensitive English photosensitive From photo- + sensitive. 1. Having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light.
Word: photosynthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English synthesis English photosynthesis From photo- + synthesis. Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/, [ˌfəʊ.tʰəʊˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs], /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/, [ˌfŏʊ.ɾoʊˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs] 1. Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. 2. Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: straightedge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of straight + edge. 1. Alternative form of straight edge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: straightedge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of straight + edge. 1. A flat, rectangular tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines.
Word: straight edge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The subculture takes the name from the 1981 song Straight Edge by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Compare straight (“not using alcohol, drugs, etc.”) attested since 1904. 1. A lifestyle and subculture that advocates abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and the usage of recreational drugs. Labels: uncountable 2. One who follows this lifestyle. Labels: countable 3. Alternative form of straightedge (“a tool to check for straightness”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable
Word: straight edge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The subculture takes the name from the 1981 song Straight Edge by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Compare straight (“not using alcohol, drugs, etc.”) attested since 1904. 1. Living one's life opposing or eschewing the use of substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. Labels: informal
Word: fizzing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fizz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of fiz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fizzing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to fizz. 2. The sound made by something that fizzes. Example: The fizzings of the radiators kept him awake.
Word: fizzing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪŋ/ 1. That fizzes or fizz. Labels: not-comparable Example: a fizzing mass of froth Example: From the spot where the body lay came a fierce fizzing and cracking sound, which ceased, however, before the fumes had cleared away. 2. Very fast or active. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: When Wilkinson found Ashton with another fizzing flat pass after 16 minutes, the Northampton man went flying through a hole in the Romanian defence and set up Cueto for a try in the corner.
Word: piercing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pierce + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/, /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pierce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: piercing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pierce + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/, /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ 1. gerund of pierce Labels: countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable 2. A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ear piercing 3. An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (noun sense 2). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piercing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pierce + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/, /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ 1. Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating. Example: piercing eyes 2. Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter. 3. Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill. Example: The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school. Example: In the meantime the saw was stopped and two of the men began filing and sharpening the blades, which produced such a piercing sound that it went through bone and marrow.
Word: aspis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “flat bowl shape, shield”). Pronunciation: /ˈæspɪs/ 1. A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers. Labels: historical Example: "shield both large and tough" has never said that aspides are small and weak […] 2. An asp or generic venomous snake Labels: archaic Example: Flesh dipped in the sea Ægeum will never be sweet; the herb Trigion being once bit with an aspis never groweth, and conscience once stained with innocent blood is always tied to a guilty remorse. 3. A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain Example: As might be expected, characters of the aspides themselves are not of much value in pollen identification, but they are easily recognized and many three-pored, aspidate grains are broadly categorized as "betuloid" in studies of airborne pollen.
Word: carcinogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English carcino- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English carcinogen From carcino- + -gen. Pronunciation: /kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən/ 1. A substance or agent that can cause cancer. Example: We know there are substances in our environment that are proven carcinogens—ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields, organochlorines, pesticides and herbicides. Example: This isn’t the first benzene-related recall of 2021. In July, Johnson & Johnson recalled some spray-on Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreens after it detected low levels of the carcinogen in the products.
Word: Prince Albert Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name for the genital piercing derives from an urban myth, published by Doug Malloy, associating it with Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. 1. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2. A city in Saskatchewan, Canada. 3. A rural municipality in north-central Saskatchewan, which includes the city; in full, Rural Municipality of Prince Albert No. 461.
Word: Prince Albert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name for the genital piercing derives from an urban myth, published by Doug Malloy, associating it with Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. 1. A piercing through the glans penis. Labels: slang Example: Urine will run directly over certain piercings, including the Prince Albert and foreskin. To soothe stinging, follow the suggestions under “Genital Piercing: Urinating,” page 136. 2. Ellipsis of Prince Albert coat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: and, by the way it fitted him, someone had loaned him a Prince Albert for the occasion, so old that it was green, instead of black, and frayed along the bottom.
Word: recreational drug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recreational + drug. 1. A psychoactive drug taken deliberately for the effect it has on the mind rather than for its medicinal effects.
Word: ka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ. Pronunciation: /kɑː/ 1. The aspect of a person’s soul or being that sustains their existence, roughly the life-force, sometimes pictured as a double of the person. Labels: Egyptian Example: Then, I wondered how long I must wait before seeing my Double, but if I recalled, the Ka was not supposed to appear before the seventy days of embalming were done. Example: Hence Dorian's portrait is like the ka or double of the deceased in Egyptian tombs, heaped with toys and furniture.
Word: ka Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain. Pronunciation: /kɑː/ 1. To serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Now nature stood ever on this point, Kæ mee Ile kæ thee, and ever ready to bee even alwaies on recompences and vicissitude of things, and to give as good as one brings. Example: Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world.
Word: ka Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɑː/ 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter К / к.
Word: paragraphs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːfs/, /ˈpæɹəɡɹæfs/, /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæfs/ 1. plural of paragraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paragraphs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːfs/, /ˈpæɹəɡɹæfs/, /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæfs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paragraph Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preter- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin praeter. 1. Beyond. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: Zurich is the capital of the preter-modern, preter-futurist movement called Dadaism, the home of its organ, of the literary and artistic group of Dadaists.
Word: clerical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”). Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to clerks or their work. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘The groans of this sick person,’ he said, ‘distract my attention. And without that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this climate.’ Example: "Yes," agreed Carrados, "naturally—where they make the Bank of England note paper. And how extraordinarily interesting his work there must be. Has he to do directly with the paper when it's made or is his department purely clerical?" 2. Of or relating to the clergy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clerical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”). Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪkəl/ 1. A member of the clergy. Labels: uncommon 2. Clerical garments. Labels: in-plural, informal
Word: Nawin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Navin or Naveen, from a Sanskrit word meaning "new". Nawin is also a common name in Indonesia. Compare Persian نوین (navin, “new, modern”). 1. A male given name from India.
Word: confusable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English confuse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English confusable From confuse + -able. 1. Able to be confused.
Word: confusable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English confuse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English confusable From confuse + -able. 1. A word or phrase that is easily confused with another. 2. A single character that is easily confused with another, used in phishing attacks. Example: Near-synonym: homoglyph
Word: BAe Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Aerospace. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASPCA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ANA Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Anaheim. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Afghan National Army. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of All Nippon Airways. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Australian National Airways. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 5. Initialism of American Nurses Association. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ANA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of anti-nuclear antibody. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of animal nursing assistant. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: knee-jerk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From knee + jerk, First attested c. 1876, and derived from a figurative sense of the patellar reflex. 1. Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable. Example: He gave a knee-jerk response. Example: There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.
Word: knee-jerk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knee + jerk, First attested c. 1876, and derived from a figurative sense of the patellar reflex. 1. A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).
Word: azalai Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt caravan route through the Sahara.
Word: built-in Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɪltɪn/ 1. Constructed as a nondetachable part of a larger structure. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being an essential and permanent part of something. Labels: not-comparable 3. Being an included feature that normally comes as an extra. Labels: not-comparable
Word: built-in Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪltɪn/ 1. Anything (such as a piece of furniture, or a software feature) that is built in, not added as an extra. Example: Still, some commenters were quick to criticize the trend, arguing that bookshelf wealth simply indicates you have the financial means (and the space for a built-in) and that it can lean inauthentic. 2. A function that is built into a system. Example: „If FUNCTION is a string starting with CORE::, the rest is taken as a name for a Perl builtin. If the builtin's arguments cannot be adequately expressed by a prototype (such as system), prototype() returns undef, because the builtin does not really behave like a Perl function. Otherwise, the string describing the equivalent prototype is returned.“
Word: caco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latinized form of Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”). Pronunciation: /ˌkækəʊ- ~ ˌkækə-/, /kəˈkɒ-/ 1. bad, defective Labels: morpheme
Word: COOL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of CLIPS Object-Oriented Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dead week Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from the propensity during this period for students to cram for final exams and complete term papers, often resulting in sleep deprivation, increased irritability, and stress. Also possibly from the lack of classes or activities scheduled during this period, in order to allow more study time. 1. In a college or university, the week immediately preceding finals week.
Word: deadline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling. Slightly later American usage refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot. In 1904, in a report from the US Department of Commerce and Labor, the term is used for "minimum work goals" (and in contrast to bonus line): for example, as a typographer the line could be 18,000 ems per day; should one not cross this line, then that could have negative consequences. In 1917, the term is attested as a printing term for a guideline on the bed of a printing press beyond which text will not print. Three years later, the term is found in print in the sense of "time limit" in the closely connected publishing industry, indicating the time after which material would not make it into a newspaper or periodical. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ 1. A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed. Example: I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me! Example: TfW's [Transport for Wales] plans to meet the PRM [Persons with Reduced Mobility] deadline and withdraw all Pacers by 1 January have been made more difficult by delays to introduction of Class 769 and 230 units. 2. A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press. Labels: archaic 3. A line that does not move. Labels: archaic 4. A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot. Labels: archaic
Word: deadline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling. Slightly later American usage refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot. In 1904, in a report from the US Department of Commerce and Labor, the term is used for "minimum work goals" (and in contrast to bonus line): for example, as a typographer the line could be 18,000 ems per day; should one not cross this line, then that could have negative consequences. In 1917, the term is attested as a printing term for a guideline on the bed of a printing press beyond which text will not print. Three years later, the term is found in print in the sense of "time limit" in the closely connected publishing industry, indicating the time after which material would not make it into a newspaper or periodical. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ 1. To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
Word: demiurgus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See demiurge. Pronunciation: /diːmɪɜːɡəs/, /dɛ-/ 1. Alternative form of demiurge. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: diakoptics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Greek dia (system) + koptic (tear). 1. The act of breaking a problem down into components which can be solved independently before being joined back together to obtain a solution to the whole problem. Labels: uncountable
Word: federast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of federalist + pederast. 1. A federalist, especially in the EU. Labels: derogatory Example: ... while chuckling over Lady Thatcher's reference to "federast Tory MEPS" and her reluctance to campaign for them last time round, in 1989. Example: I enjoyed the company of Jacques Delors, later to become a demon federast in the eyes of the Tory Right, rather more.
Word: finger-lickin' good Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the advertising slogan It’s finger-lickin’ good adopted by the U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC) in 1956, referring to the fact that something eaten with the hands is so delicious that one cannot help but lick one’s fingers to savor the crumbs of food or juices left behind. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəˌlɪkɪn ˈɡʊd/, /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌlɪkɪn ˈɡʊd/ 1. Of food: very delicious; delectable, scrumptious. Labels: US, colloquial 2. Extremely good; superb. Labels: US, colloquial, figuratively
Word: fretboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fret + board. 1. A fret or plate put over the neck of musical instruments or its fingerboard, to create a different sound of notes.
Word: hold one's fire Part of Speech: phrase 1. Do not discharge a weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder; now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile. 2. Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Hold your fire and let me explain.
Word: hold one's fire Part of Speech: verb 1. To refrain from criticism. Labels: intransitive
Word: jour fixe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French jour fixe (literally “fixed day”). 1. A series of presentations and/or performances, discussions or similar events that happen on a fixed day every month (or similar; for example, every second Sunday of a month). Used mainly by cultural and artistic organizations.
Word: KSLOC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: K + SLOC 1. "1000(K) Source Lines of Code"
Word: nannan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare nan (“grandmother”). 1. grandmother Labels: US, slang
Word: swear word Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /swɛə(ɹ)wɜːd/, /swɛɹ wɝd/ 1. A word considered obscene and vulgar or offensive. Labels: broadly Example: Near-synonyms: epithet, four-letter word; (uncountable) bad language, strong language, French Example: When I heard swear words from the next room, I decided to keep my distance. 2. A word that escapes someone's mind (and therefore often also their mouth) in a nearly automatic way when the person is under duress, mental stress or distress, etc; such words are often obscene and vulgar or offensive. Example: Near-synonyms: dirty word, curse word, naughty word, curse, epithet, four-letter word; (uncountable) bad language, strong language, French
Word: nuclear-free zone Part of Speech: noun 1. An area in which the local or regional authorities have banned nuclear weapons and nuclear power stations.
Word: Ordnung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ordnung (“order, discipline”), in part through Pennsylvania German. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdnʊŋ/ 1. A set of rules for Amish and Mennonite living. Labels: US Example: Rather than a packet of rules to memorize, the Ordnung is the “understood” set of expectations for behavior. In the same way that the rules of grammar are learned by children, so the Ordnung, the grammar of order, is absorbed by Amish youth. Example: According to Beiler, adherence or nonadherence to the ordnung became a full-blown subject of discussion and controversy during the American Civil War, when changes in fashionable clothing and inventions of new farming technologies made it imperative for the Amish to address such issues directly, in the hope, as Beiler puts it, of preserving intact “their old-time religion.”
Word: Parisian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Parisien, perisien, from Middle French parisien, from Medieval Latin parisiānus. By surface analysis, Paris + -ian. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪʒ.ən/, /pəˈɹɪz.ɪ.ən/, /pəˈɹi.ʒən/ 1. A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France Example: Not all of France was inundated by the nationalist wave – it was predominantly young, intelligent Parisians who embraced the new bellicism […]. Example: Australian and American expats, along with well-traveled French entrepreneurs, opened the doors of the first coffee shops, building on-site roasteries and introducing Parisians to milky flat whites, cortados and other beverages made with expertly extracted espresso.
Word: Parisian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Parisien, perisien, from Middle French parisien, from Medieval Latin parisiānus. By surface analysis, Paris + -ian. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪʒ.ən/, /pəˈɹɪz.ɪ.ən/, /pəˈɹi.ʒən/ 1. Of, relating, or pertaining to Paris, France. Example: He lived in Paris for ten years, and became more Parisian than the natives. Example: Over time, the concern is that the cafe’s role as the heart of Parisian society will become obsolete, Mr. Fontaine said, as the younger generation turns to the coffee shop.
Word: Polander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *poľaninъder. German Polebor. English Pole Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English Poland English -er English Polander From Poland + -er. 1. An inhabitant of Poland, a person native to Poland, or a person of Polish origin. Labels: dated
Word: slaveowner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slave + owner. 1. Someone who has control or ownership over another human being; the owner of a slave. Example: It was natural for the Roman slaveowners to employ these captives in activities that would benefit from their knowledge and skills. These activities were harder to monitor than simple physical labor, and carrots worked better than sticks. Example: From the frequency with which slaveowners and enslaved Africans mention and discuss sickness, injury and disease, we know that concern for medical conditions was a signal feature of the slaveocracy. Slaveowners worried about the expense[…]
Word: sunga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese sunga. 1. A narrow, rectangular men's swimsuit to cover the genitals and posterior, popular in Brazil. Example: I suspiciously open one eye and there's Edson, kneeling next to me and flashing a smile as white as his sunga.
Word: frass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Fraß. Pronunciation: /fɹæs/ 1. The droppings or excrement of insect larvae. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Examine the stalk, especially behind the sheaths, for holes and sawdustlike frass where the larvae have entered to tunnel in the stalk.
Word: frass Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: [fræs(t)], [fras(t)] 1. Under the influence of marijuana, stoned. Labels: Multicultural-London-English
Word: frass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fake + grass. Pronunciation: /fɹæs/, /fɹɑːs/ 1. artificial turf Labels: Multicultural-London-English, informal, uncountable Example: Although purists object to artificial turf or ‘frass’, it finds purchase as way to save water in parched Golden State
Word: frass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ferash. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative
Word: castrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin castrum. Doublet of Caister, Chester, ksar, and qasr. 1. Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position. Labels: historical
Word: armament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin armāmentum, from armō (“to arm”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)məmənt/ 1. A body of forces equipped for war. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Premier Raymond Poincaré, ever an arch militarist, took full advantage of last week’s war scare in the Belgian Parliament to trumpet through the inspired Parisian press that France must drastically increase her armaments. While this propaganda was at its height, he announced to the Chamber that the first important measure to be presented by the Cabinet during the present session (TIME, Nov. 22 et seq.) will be a bill appropriating several billion francs for armaments and fortification of the Franco-German and Franco-Italian frontiers. 2. All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any equipment for resistance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of building up military capacity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: indomitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin indomitābilis, from in- (“not”) + domitō, frequentative of domō (“to tame”). By surface analysis, in- + domitable. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩/, /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/ 1. Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished. Example: Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham. Example: But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
Word: panache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French panache, from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinnacle. Pronunciation: /pəˈnæʃ/, /pəˈnɑːʃ/ 1. An ornamental plume on a helmet. Labels: countable Example: I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me. 2. Flamboyance, energetic style or action. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had. Example: Cyberpunk caters to the wish-fulfillment requirements of male teen-agers, but this is a job that can be done with varying degrees of panache, and there is currently no more accomplished caterer than William Gibson.
Word: to boot Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English to bote (“something added to, addition”), from Old English tō bōte (“to boot, besides, moreover”). See boot (“profit, gain, remedy”). 1. In addition, besides, also. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: My boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot. Example: Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.
Word: on the plus side Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Positively; from a favorable view or perspective. Labels: idiomatic Example: My boss spilled water all over my keyboard today. On the plus side, it's much cleaner now.
Word: inveigle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enveugler, alteration of aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from Old French avogle (“without eyes”), from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”). The in- might be by analogy to variation between a- and en- in other French words, which was then latinised into in-. For the pronunciation with /iː/, compare the development of people; that with /eɪ/ is presumably a spelling pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪɡl̩/, /-ˈviː-/, /ɪnˈveɪɡəl/, /-ˈvi-/ 1. To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles. Labels: transitive Example: And he that could with giftes and promiſes, / Inueigle him that lead a thouſand horſe, / And make him falſe his faith vnto his King, / Will quickly win ſuch as be like himſelfe. Example: And therefore hereto he inveigleth, not only the Sadduces and ſuch as retaine unto the Church of God, but is alſo content that Epicurus Democritus or any of the heathen ſhould hold the ſame. 2. To obtain through guile or cunning. Labels: transitive Example: He inveigled an introduction to my sister from me. Example: As Louisa had no desire to receive the attentions of the Prince, and Lady Penrhyn was well-practised in the art of inveigling, she would have soon carried her point, if she had not met with one who disputed the prize almost as adroitly as herself;... 3. To fool, to delude, to blind in judgement. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To ensnare, to entangle. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: aerial photography Part of Speech: noun 1. The activity or technique of photographing the surface of the Earth from an aircraft, rocket, etc. Labels: uncountable 2. Photographs taken by this means, collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: up in arms Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a now-obsolete sense of up (“in revolt”). 1. Angry; incensed; preparing for a fight. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: in the streets Example: The union members are up in arms over threats of pay cuts. 2. Vigourously protesting against something. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Is file-sharing, which has the recording industry so up in arms, the “dark side” of open-source attitudes? Example: Many artists are up in arms about the new AI programs — and with good reason. Some are furious that their works have been used as training data without their permission. 3. Armed for battle; prepared for or engaged in warfare. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: March on, march on, ſince we are vp in Armes, If not to fight with forraine Enemies, Yet to beat downe theſe Rebels here at home. Example: News was brought him, that the Scythians, and barbarous nations of the North, were again up in arms, and invading the empire with furious impetuosity.
Word: philosophical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩/, /ˌfɪl.əˈsɑ.fɪ.kl̩/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy. Example: “For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Howard Chen, study author and Ph.D candidate at Northwestern University. 2. Rational; analytic or critically minded; thoughtful. Example: His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities. 3. Detached, calm, stoic. Example: She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.
Word: hardship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/, /ˈhɑːdˌʃɪp/ 1. Difficulty or trouble; hard times. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He has survived periods of financial hardship before. Example: If train services of this kind were to be cut off, without any provision of alternative services, there would, of course, be hardship in some cases. 2. A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When you visit the museum, we invite you to make a donation of $10 if this will not be a hardship.
Word: hardship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/, /ˈhɑːdˌʃɪp/ 1. To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships. Labels: transitive Example: […] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […] Example: Although we lost the election by the narrowest of margins, the people of Oregon heard a great deal about education, and particularly about how "look-say" reading instruction was hardshipping Oregon school children.
Word: data set Part of Speech: noun 1. A file of related records on a computer-readable medium such as a disk, especially one on a mainframe computer. 2. A modem that connects a device such as a teletype to an ordinary telephone. Labels: dated 3. A set of data to be analyzed.
Word: search engine Part of Speech: noun 1. An application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words. Example: The MEMEX search engine with Textract software has been proved able to search the 1,251,521 records of the Pre-1920 Catalogue in four minutes. Example: It is clear that a search engine which was taking money for showing cellular phone ads would have difficulty justifying the page that our system returned to its paying advertisers. For this type of reason and historical experience with other media [Bagdikian 83], we expect that advertising funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers and away from the needs of the consumers.
Word: search engine Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of search-engine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot. Pronunciation: /dɪt/ 1. To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit). Labels: Northern-England, UK, dialectal 2. To close up. Labels: obsolete Example: that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus
Word: dit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of dite. Pronunciation: /dɪt/ 1. A ditty, a little melody. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...]. 2. A word; a decree. Labels: obsolete
Word: dit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /dɪt/ 1. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
Word: dit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /dɪt/ 1. decimal digit
Word: dit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto. Pronunciation: /dɪt/ 1. Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French. Labels: Canada, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: hypochlorous acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + chlorous acid. 1. A weak, unstable acid, HOCl, known only in solution; it is made by the action of chlorine on water and, along with its salts, the hypochlorites, occurs naturally in biology and has various practical uses in disinfection. Labels: uncountable Example: Hypochlorous acid isn't new. It's listed as one of the World Health Organization's essential medicines and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use on food products and in certain clinical applications. It's increasingly used in industrial and commercial settings, such as water-treatment plants, hospitals and nursing homes. It doesn't irritate the skin, eyes or lungs. In fact, optometrists use it to clean eyes before procedures, and people have been treating wounds with it for more than a century. It breaks down quickly, doesn't produce toxic waste, and isn't harmful to animals or the environment. […] Hypochlorous acid is a well-studied disinfectant that appears to be extremely effective and safe—so why isn't it a household name? ¶ Scientists have known about the powers of hypochlorous acid for nearly 200 years. […] Before the advent of antibiotics, hypochlorous acid was a go-to disinfectant. It was used as a wound sanitizer during World War I. […] For all its benefits, hypochlorous acid solution has one major weakness: it's highly unstable. […] Within minutes of exposure to light or air hypochlorous acid starts to deteriorate back into salt water, making it useless as a disinfectant. […] This lack of shelf stability is the biggest reason hypochlorous acid sprays never became a staple of the cleaning-products aisle. […] For decades hypochlorous acid lingered in the background, used as a disinfectant in specific industrial and commercial contexts that could justify a pricey, on-site manufacturing process to create products on demand. But COVID accelerated the need for different methods of disinfection that would be safe, effective and easy to use in a wide range of environments.
Word: hypochlorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English chlorite English hypochlorite From hypo- + chlorite. 1. any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a household bleach. Example: Hypochlorous acid is a weak acid with a pH slightly below neutral. It should not be confused with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), the main active ingredient in household bleach products, even though they both involve chlorine.
Word: hypophosphorous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale yellow liquid, H₃PO₂, used as a reducing agent.
Word: hypophosphite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English phosphite English hypophosphite From hypo- + phosphite. 1. Any salt of hypophosphorous acid. Example: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
Word: indoleacetic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. an auxin plant hormone, synthesized in leaves, that stimulates growth, especially in the presence of ethylene Labels: uncountable
Word: off with the fairies Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of away with the fairies. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: lauric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₀COOH, occurring in coconut, palm and laurel oil; mostly used in making cosmetics and soaps Labels: uncountable
Word: lysergic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid, derived from an alkaloid found in ergot; its amide derivatives are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as hallucinogenic drugs (LSD). Labels: uncountable Example: However, a new substance was obtained in good yield on gentle acidification, which possessed both acid and basic properties and which we have named lysergic acid.
Word: hallucinogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hallucination Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English hallucinogen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hallucinogenic From hallucinogen + -ic. Pronunciation: /həˌluːsɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /həˌlusɪnəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/, /həˌlusənəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ 1. producing hallucinations Example: After eating some hallucinogenic mushrooms, he said he saw a lot of pretty colors.
Word: hallucinogenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hallucination Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English hallucinogen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hallucinogenic From hallucinogen + -ic. Pronunciation: /həˌluːsɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /həˌlusɪnəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/, /həˌlusənəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ 1. a substance that is a hallucinogen. Example: hallucinogenics are sometimes used in indigenous people's religious rites.
Word: malic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples, and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation. Labels: uncountable Example: Malic acid is a crystalline white solid (m.p. 100°C) and is highly soluble in water.[…] Malic acid finds use in a variety of products, mostly in fruit-flavoured carbonates. It is the preferred acidulant in low-calorie drinks and in cider and apple drinks, enhancing flavour and stabilising colour in carbonated and non-carbonated fruit-flavoured drinks.
Word: malonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, CH₂(COOH)₂, used in making barbiturates Labels: uncountable
Word: mucic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish mjölk-socker-syra (milk-sugar-acid). 1. A dicarboxylic acid, HOOC-(CHOH)₄-COOH, produced by the oxidation of the milk sugar galactose, used as a test for the presence of galactose or lactose. Labels: uncountable
Word: guppy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a name mistakenly assigned, Girardinus guppii, after biologist Robert J. L. Guppy, to previously assigned Poecilia reticulata. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌpi/ 1. A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”). Example: Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill. 2. Any tiny fish. Labels: broadly Example: Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy! 3. A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun. Example: I reached into my pack and grabbed a guppy to reload. Pouring in the contents, I kept my eyes ahead as I was supposed to do. 4. A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips. 5. Acanthocephalus guppii 6. Acanthocephalus reticulatus 7. Girardinus guppii 8. Girardinus petersi 9. Girardinus poeciloides 10. Girardinus reticulatus 11. Haridichthys reticulatus 12. Heterandria guppyi 13. Lebistes poecilioides 14. Lebistes reticulatus 15. Poecilia poeciloides 16. Poecilioides reticulatus
Word: facilitator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From facilitate + -or. 1. Something that facilitates 2. A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.
Word: shorts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English shorts From short + -s. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/ 1. plural of short Labels: form-of, plural