nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: encode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English code English encode From en- + code. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkoʊd/, /ɪnˈkəʊd/ 1. To convert (plain text) into code. Labels: transitive Example: encode a secret message to be sent 2. To convert source information into another form. Labels: transitive Example: The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes. 3. To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material. Example: Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John and Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”
Word: encode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English code English encode From en- + code. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkoʊd/, /ɪnˈkəʊd/ 1. An encoding operation. Example: When each encode is finished a notification will appear on your screen to let you know it's completed […]
Word: encodes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of encode Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encoded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a meaning that is different from a simple straightforward interpretation; acting as code for another meaning. Example: Curiously, background sound can be quite complex without becoming confusing, because it comprises elements that vary from very encoded to highly embodied. Example: The data discussed above have considerable implications for the Liberman et al. (1967) theory of encodednes—consonants being very encoded and vowels being less encoded and therefore perceived continuously whereas consonants are perceived categorically.
Word: encoded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of encode Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: casing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ 1. That which encloses or encases. Example: Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn’t burst. Example: And, by your leave, for all the marvellous rich and sumptuous coat a weareth, he is very like a false jewel in a rich casing. 2. The decorative trim around a door or window. 3. A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well. 4. The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters. Labels: uncountable Example: The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text. 5. A tire. Labels: Appalachia, dated
Word: casing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of case Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coffee bean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coffee + bean. First attested in c. 1688. 1. The seed of a tropical plant of the genus Coffea, that is prepared by drying, roasting and grinding for making the beverage coffee.
Word: codification Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkoʊ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkəʊ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The task force spent months on the codification of their mandate. 2. The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The link between language norms and the codification of a language – in dictionaries, grammars and usage guides – is well accepted.
Word: sausage casing Part of Speech: noun 1. The membrane into which the filling of a sausage is stuffed.
Word: botulism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Botulismus, from Latin botulus (“sausage”), the first identified source of the disease, + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒt.jʊl.ɪz.əm/, /ˈbɑ.t͡ʃəˌlɪz.əm/ 1. Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: botulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Botulin, from Latin botulus (“sausage”). 1. An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: postcardware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English post English card English postcard Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English postcardware From postcard + -ware. 1. A software product whose author requests as payment a postcard from the user's hometown. Labels: uncountable
Word: canning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”) Labels: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present
Word: canning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: canning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪŋ/ 1. The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although aluminium can replace tin in most dry cannings, it is not satisfactory for the canning of acid fruits […] 2. The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Canners know when they hear the clink of a bottle going into a garbage bin.[…] CORNISH: Now, there's also this sense of loss in hearing people in the movie describe what they had been doing before canning became a way of life for them. Example: “In canning, you go where you want and do what you want,” Gadsden says. “You’re your own boss.”
Word: hunted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntɪd/ 1. Being the subject of a hunt. Example: While there is no difference between encounter rates in the two unhunted sites, the macaques are significantly less common in the hunted areas […] 2. Nervous and agitated, as if pursued. Labels: figuratively Example: He looked up with a hunted expression.
Word: hunted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hunt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deposited Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɑzɪtɪd/, /dɪˈpɒzɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of deposit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hunts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hʌnts/ 1. plural of hunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hunts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hʌnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hunt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deposits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɑzɪts/, /dɪˈpɒzɪts/ 1. plural of deposit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deposits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɑzɪts/, /dɪˈpɒzɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deposit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aficionado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish aficionado (“fan, amateur”), past participle of aficionar (“to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something”). Doublet of affectionate. Pronunciation: /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /æˌfɪʃ.jɒˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /æ.fiː.θjəʊˈnɑːðəʊ/ 1. An amateur bullfighter. Labels: obsolete 2. A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee. Example: To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion. Example: A journey along the Conwy Valley line is one to savour for aficionados of scenic railways.
Word: ensemble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ensemble. Pronunciation: /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/, /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/, /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/ 1. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole. Example: Near-synonyms: suit, costume, getup 2. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole. Labels: collective Example: On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable. 3. A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists. 4. A probability distribution for the state of the system. 5. A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
Word: ensemble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French ensemble. Pronunciation: /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/, /ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə/, /ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl/, /ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl/ 1. To put together in a coordinated whole. Example: Landscape gardening or landscape architecture is the art that seeks the production of the most beautiful landscape effects, ensembling the various objects of interest into a grand whole and harmonious unit. 2. To perform in a musical ensemble. 3. To employ a supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
Word: sequesters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sequester Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sequestering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sequester Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cup size Part of Speech: noun 1. The size of that part of a bra that holds the breasts. Example: The difference, always in inches, between the girth just under the breasts and around the fullest part of the breasts, coded by a letter - less than 1 = AA, 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C etc.
Word: delusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English delude Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English delusive From delude + -ive. 1. Producing delusions. 2. Delusional. 3. Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion. Example: The poor thing was finally got off, with several delusive assurances that his absence should be short: that Mr. Edgar and Cathy would visit him, and other promises, equally ill-founded, which I invented and reiterated at intervals throughout the way. Example: [I]t seemed calculated to suggest ideas she had no intention to suggest: ideas delusive and disturbing.
Word: ferocious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Taken from Latin ferōx (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹəʊʃəs/, /fəˈɹoʊʃəs/ 1. Marked by extreme and violent energy. Example: But it seemed to me that there were few faces like his, with the ferocious profile that brought to mind the Latin word rapax or one of Rouault's crazed death-dealing arbitrary kings. Example: Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off. 2. Extreme or intense.
Word: partie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of party. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: So that if a man be excōmunicate in any of their Courts for a thing which apperteyneth to the Royal Maiest. that is to say (sayeth that booke) in a matter of the common lawe, the partie excommunicate shall haue a premunire facias, and so was it adjudged. Example: The diuell take the one partie, / And his dam the other, / And theyle be both beſtovved.
Word: vb Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of verb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: matin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”). Pronunciation: /ˈmætɪn/ 1. of or relating to matins Labels: not-comparable
Word: matin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French matin, from Latin mātūtīnum (“the morning”). Pronunciation: /ˈmætɪn/ 1. morning Labels: obsolete Example: The Glow-worme ſhowes the Matine to be neere, / And gins to pale his vneffectuall Fire : / Adue, adue, Hamlet : remember me.
Word: comte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of comes, conte, and count. 1. A French count.
Word: femmes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German doyt, cognate with Middle Dutch duit. Doublet of thwaite. Pronunciation: /dɔɪt/ 1. A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver. Labels: historical Example: '"You got a lot of gold off Mr. Beauclerc," says Glascock. '"Not a doit more than I wanted," says he, laughing again. "And who, pray, had a better right—did not I murder him?" Example: Soon after I arrived here the Dutch Government introduced a new copper coinage of cents instead of doits (the 100th instead of the 120th part of a guilder), and all the old coins were ordered to be sent to Ternate to be changed. I sent a bag containing 6,000 doits, and duly received the new money by return of the boat. 2. A small amount; a bit, a jot. Labels: archaic Example: […] when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to ſee a dead Indian: […] Example: “Speak out, ye Saxon dogs — what bid ye for your worthless lives? — How say you, you of Rotherwood?” “Not a doit I,” answered poor Wamba. 3. In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards. Example: Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.
Word: doit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Scots doit, apparently a Scots cognate of dote. Pronunciation: /dɔɪt/ 1. To stumble; to blunder. Labels: Scotland, rare Example: I trembled with astonishment; and on my return from the small window went doiting in amongst the weaver's looms, tillI entangled myself, and could not get out again without working great deray amongst the coarse linen threads that stood in warp from one end of the apartment unto the other.
Word: ging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), from Old Norse gengi, from Proto-Germanic *gangiją (“pace, walk”). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (“a going, turn, way”), Old Norse gengi (“accompaniment, entourage, help”), Icelandic gengi (“rate”). Related to Old English gengan (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (“to go”). More at gang. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪŋ/ 1. A company; troop; a gang. Labels: obsolete Example: There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy againſt me. Example: Proceeding further, I am met vvith a vvhole ging of vvords and phraſes not mine, for he hath maim'd them, and like a ſlye depraver mangl'd them in this his vvicked Limbo, vvorſe then the ghoſt of Deiphobus appear'd to his friend Æneas.
Word: ging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps onomatopoeic. 1. A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult. Labels: Australia Example: I put a stone in the ging and let fly.
Word: ging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ginger. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A redhead, a ginger-haired person Labels: informal
Word: when in Rome, do as the Romans do Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: The first attestation is Medieval Latin si fueris Rōmae, Rōmānō vīvitō mōre; si fueris alibī, vīvitō sīcut ibī (“if you should be in Rome, live in the Roman manner; if you should be elsewhere, live as they do there”), which is attributed to St Ambrose (c. 339–397). Robert Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) uses the phrase “When they are at Rome, they doe there as they ſee done.” 1. When situated in a foreign place, it is wise to follow the local customs. Example: […] but, as I seated myself at table, I thought how my friends in Scotland would stare to see stewed monkey, roasted mermaid, and a pepper-pot of macaws, set down on table for their repast. But my plan always has been when in Rome to do as Rome does; and we found our food both delicate and cooked in such a manner, with every savoury spice, that it would have tickled the palate of the most fastidious gastronome. Example: It will be observed that the document is written in the ordinary style of English correspondence, for Mehemet Ali endeavours to adopt European habits as far as he possibly can, and, as when in Rome he would do as Rome does, so his son, being in this country, is addressed as an Englishman. 2. It is wise to adapt to the circumstances; it is wise to follow common custom. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: But my friend says, ‘when in Rome, we must do as Rome does,’ Ah! this is the very principle of an ungodly world; and Christians have caught the spirit, and are acting up to it. Peter and Paul were in Rome.—If they had done as Rome did, they would not have suffered death there. If we were in Rome, and must do as Rome does, we must become idolaters, and papists, or lose Rome's favor, and suffer her displeasure. But we must separate ourselves from Rome, and from the world, and their wicked and God-robbing practices. We must not be conformed to the world. We must be Christians in deed and in truth. Example: I know of many instances where such persons have been under the necessity of buying or hiring slaves, just to preserve their reputation and keep up appearances; and even among a class of people who profess to be opposed to Slavery, have I known instances of the same kind, and have heard them apologize for their conduct by saying that “when in Rome, we must do as the Romans do.”
Word: Alfonso Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse. Pronunciation: /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. 2. A surname. 3. A municipality of Cavite, Philippines.
Word: glop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variation of glope. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒp/ 1. To stare in amazement. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: glop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒp/ 1. Any gooey substance. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He inserted the needle, and in about thirty seconds the most disgusting greenish glop started to drop into the bowl. 2. A gooey blob of some substance. Labels: countable, informal Example: 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Got out a jack knife & scraped glops of wax off the floor. Example: Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.
Word: glop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare goop, gulp. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒp/ 1. To apply (a liquid) thickly and messily. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: slap, slop Example: He unscrewed the top from the pot, dipped the stick in, and clumsily glopped the white mess onto the handbill Minnie was holding. “You are an untidy paster.” 2. To swallow greedily. Labels: archaic, slang, transitive Example: […] drinking something. Probably that nasty spinach concoction she glopped down every morning.
Word: eggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English eggy From egg + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡi/ 1. Covered with or dipped in egg. Example: eggy bread 2. Resembling eggs in some way. Example: an eggy smell/taste 3. Of or relating to an egg or eggs. Example: Skeletal similarities are only part of the story Dr. Shubin wants to tell. He also looks at genetics, because our genes provide a historical record, just as fossils do. For instance, we have yolk-making genes, though they’re no longer active, because some of our ancestors laid eggs. “We carry the genetic signature of our eggy past,” this accessible scientist says.
Word: eggy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡi/ 1. Slightly annoyed. Labels: UK, slang 2. Awkward or uncomfortable. Labels: UK, slang
Word: Peggy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alteration of Maggie, from Margaret. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɡi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, also used as a formal given name. Example: "Peggy Fitzgerald," he had said, laughing in what he later remebered as his one and only attempt at humor with her. "Peggy Fitzgerald," he had said, in his easily remembered brogue. "Puts me in mind of me mither, an Irish lass from County Galway." Margaret Bunker Fitzgerald had not been amused. "You'll never get over it, will you?" she had spat at him furiously. "You'll never get over being an Irishman, a black Irish Catholic from a Boston slum. Don't you ever dare to call me Peggy again. My name is Margaret, and don't you forget it!" Example: When Caroline gave birth to another daughter, they named her Margaret Ann, after me and then Oscar's mother. They didn't realize that Peggy was my given name. Now they call her Ann, because I do. 2. Placeholder name for the party that supplies a proof.
Word: provo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Provo (“member of Dutch counterculture movement”). Labels: alt-of Example: In this respect, they lag behind Amsterdam's provos, Western Europe's hippies, who once tried to prove a point about communal property: […]
Word: cama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of camel + llama. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːmə/ 1. A hybrid animal produced by breeding a camel and a llama.
Word: stick insect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of stick + insect. 1. Any of various insects of the order Phasmida that mimic sticks or twigs.
Word: zony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of zebra + pony. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊni/, /ˈzoʊni/ 1. The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony. Example: > Please tell us how you are doing. What do you have, zony or zorse? Example: the old man with the beard decided to lay his hands upon this poor lonely pony, and descended upon her a bounty, a bounty so exceedingly large, that she was blessed with a zony or a pebra, and this doth maketh lots of dosh for the zony’s owner, so that he too can be bountious ^([sic]) with the hay from the tv rights, and dost ensure the continuing success of the little darling who shall dwell in the house of hay for evermore.
Word: turducken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥)der. Classical Persian ترکbor. Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Byzantine Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā)bor. Medieval Latin Turcia Anglo-Norman Turkyebor. Middle English Turkye English Turkey English turkey Proto-Germanic *dūkaną Proto-West Germanic *dūkan Old English *dūcan Middle English ducken English duck Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn? Proto-Germanic *kukkīną? Old English ċicen Middle English chiken English chicken blend English turducken Blend of tur(key) + duck + (chick)en. Pronunciation: /tɜːˈdʌk(ə)n/, /ˌtɝˈdʌk(ə)n/ 1. A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The main attraction at dinner this week is called "turducken." To make it, [Paul] Prudhomme stuffs a boneless chicken with a reddish sausage stuffing; the stuffed chicken is then stuffed into a boneless duck with cornbread stuffing; finally, the chicken and the duck are stuffed into boneless turkey with greenish oyster stuffing. When sliced, you have three birds and a rainbow of stuffings. Example: Turducken is a true niche item; a product that has its roots firmly established in Cajun country and is growing in popularity [...] Skip Shensky, managing partner of the All Cajun Food Co., says his company sold 1,500 turduckens this year. […] Broussard’s experience with the product is a little different. He and his brother grew up eating turducken.
Word: chuckey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ch(icken) + (d)uck + (turk)ey. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌki/ 1. Synonym of turducken.
Word: damselfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From damsel + fly, where damsel ultimately from Vulgar Latin *domnicella (whence also French demoiselle, Portuguese donzelinha). Compare Danish vandnymfe, Dutch juffer, Swedish jungfruslända, Welsh mursen. Also compare ladybird, ladybug, nymph. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmzəlflaɪ/ 1. Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.
Word: macher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish מאַכער (makher, “influential person”, literally “one who makes”) from מאַכן (makhn, “to make”). Cognate, naturally, to English maker and German Macher. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑxəɹ/ 1. An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig. Labels: US, informal Example: An ordinary man doesn’t jump the Snake River Canyon / with nothing underneath his ass / but a two-wheeled, fin-stabilised X-1 Skycycle / and a seven-figure guarantee from some macher in LA. Example: Finally, Mr. Wall Street macher, there's our own Abe Silverfish, a man who has editing awards from prestige film festivals in Tanganyika and Bali.
Word: self-important Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English important English self-important From self- + important. 1. Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance. Example: Near-synonym: self-entitled Example: The assistant manager was a self-important fellow who strutted about the office barking instructions.
Word: expedited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of expedite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: expedited Part of Speech: adj 1. Accelerated. Example: Near-synonym: expeditious 2. Arranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently. Example: Near-synonym: expeditious
Word: over and above Part of Speech: adv 1. Supplementarily. Labels: not-comparable 2. More than is necessary or than expected. Labels: not-comparable 3. more than is required e.g. by a contract. Labels: not-comparable
Word: over and above Part of Speech: prep 1. in addition to, supplementary to Example: 'Goodwill' is the value of a business over and above its tangible assets.
Word: eid mubarak Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِيد مُبَارَك (ʕīd mubārak). 1. A customary Muslim greeting on the days of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan.
Word: Lombard Street Part of Speech: name Etymology: A London street, the site of a colony of Lombard Jewish merchants and moneylenders who settled there in the 13th century. 1. A street, and the money and capital market of London. Example: Bankruptcy must inevitably have come of this young pagan in Lombard Street, London Example: Lombard Street is thus a perpetual agent between the two great divisions of England 2. A street in San Francisco, California with eight hairpin bends.
Word: paranormal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- (“beyond”) + normal; compare supernatural. First use appears c. 1905. 1. Of events, experiences, or phenomenona, that cannot be explained by current scientific understanding or natural laws. Example: “We who study the paranormal always hope for strong readings with our equipment,” explains Nancy.
Word: paranormal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- (“beyond”) + normal; compare supernatural. First use appears c. 1905. 1. Paranormal phenomenona collectively: all things paranormal; things with paranormality. Example: Our next guest has spent a 40-year career studying the paranormal, and he has some thoughts he wants to share with our audience tonight. 2. A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed.
Word: misremember Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English remember English misremember From mis- + remember. Pronunciation: /mɪsɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/, /mɪsɹɪˈmɛmbə/ 1. To remember incorrectly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: . . . that he, who twice upon oath, with time of recollection, could not remember anything of such a business, might well, a third time, misremember somewhat. Example: His name, if I do not misremember, was Peter Otsequot.
Word: scatterbrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scatter + brain. 1. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person. Example: Vivian is so VERY late! Where has that scatterbrain been all this time?
Word: djinn Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪn/ 1. Alternative spelling of jinn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn. Example: I would have liked to know whether he thought this was due to the climate, the diet, or simply malefic djinns.
Word: Seppo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From septic tank (rhyming slang for Yank) + -o (colloquialising suffix). 1. An American. Labels: Australia, slang Example: ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’ ‘Your first what?’ ‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’ ‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’ ‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’ ‘No.’
Word: jinni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy) 1. Alternative form of jinn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [W]hen the Jinni narrated to the Jinniyah how the King had caused the wedding contract to be drawn up between the hunchbacked groom and the lovely young lady who was heart-broken for sorrow; and how she was the fairest of created things and even more beautiful than this youth, the Jinniyah cried at him "Thou liest! this youth is handsomer than any one of his day."
Word: summoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From summon + -er. 1. One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts. 2. An apparitor; an officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese. Labels: historical 3. A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service. Example: And as they change, they set into bright relief not only outmoded honorifics and hunting horns, but silver summoners and mother-of-pearl opera glasses and all manner of carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness.
Word: fractional crystallization Part of Speech: noun 1. the separation of two solutes from the same solution by using either a solvent or a crystallization temperature such that only one solute is supersaturated and crystallizes out Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: supersaturated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English saturated English supersaturated From super- + saturated. 1. More concentrated than is normally possible. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a vapor pressure higher than is normally possible. Labels: not-comparable
Word: supersaturated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English saturated English supersaturated From super- + saturated. 1. simple past and past participle of supersaturate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crystallize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crystal + -ize. The double l reflects the classical stem found in its etyma, Latin crystallus and Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos), rather than the simplified spelling of the English base noun. Compare Hellenistic Greek κρυσταλλίζειν (krustallízein, “to shine like crystal”), post‐classical Latin crystallizare (“to change into crystal”), and French cristalliser. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪstəlaɪz/ 1. To make something form into crystals. Labels: transitive Example: I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution. 2. To assume a crystalline form. Labels: intransitive Example: The copper sulphate crystallized from solution. 3. To give a definite or precise form to (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper. Example: Two events from the past week help crystallize this strange, contradictory moment for the U.S. economy. 4. To take a definite form. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: My ideas crystallized overnight. Example: The situation did crystallize, if painfully, under the stars, and by morning each knew what he must confess. 5. To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar. Labels: transitive Example: We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.
Word: zone refining Part of Speech: noun 1. zone melting Labels: uncountable
Word: zone melting Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique used to purify a metal, semiconductor or other solid in which a heating system slowly causes a series of molten zones to traverse the solid, leaving purer material behind it. Labels: uncountable
Word: purer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. comparative form of pure: more pure Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: purest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊɹəst/, /ˈpjɝəst/, /ˈpjʊəɹəst/, /ˈpjɔːɹəst/ 1. superlative form of pure: most pure Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: cyanocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English cyanocarbon From cyano- + carbon. 1. a class of organic compounds formally derived from hydrocarbons by replacing every hydrogen atom with a cyanide radical; e.g. - tetracyanomethane - C(CN)₄
Word: eulogize Part of Speech: verb 1. To praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy. Labels: transitive Example: Brill's brother Michael also eulogized David's battle for justice in "defending the rights of men, women and children." Example: Both did say a few words, both informally eulogizing my father, though neither admitted that was what they were doing.
Word: blessing in disguise Part of Speech: noun 1. A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best.
Word: leva Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lev Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leva Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lev (“Bulgarian currency”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] must be furnished with a supplementary Government revenue tax stamp of 1 leva for each box. Example: The planned PSO support for 2000 is 40 million levas, and for 2001, 30 million levas.
Word: nut case Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nutcase. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: North Sea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north + sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór. 1. A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south). Example: Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres.
Word: metra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μήτρα (mḗtra, “womb”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtrə/ 1. The uterus.
Word: metra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέτρα (métra), plural of μέτρον (métron, “measure”). 1. A pocket instrument combining a thermometer, level, plummet, and lens. Labels: historical
Word: adoption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˈdɑp.ʃən/, /əˈdɒp.ʃən/ 1. The act of adopting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The project also included seeking the adoption of homosexuals as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, which would mean simply adding 'sexual orientation' to Article 1A of the Amnesty International mandate. 2. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption. Example: Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption. 3. An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries 4. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the adoption of opinions Example: the adoption of words from another language 5. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week. 6. The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Ten consecutive wins against an opponent. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard. Example: Can Rensch break the string of adoptions and finally find vindication by thwarting Nepomniachtchi with the pressure on?
Word: antiterrorist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anti- Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English terrorist English antiterrorist From anti- + terrorist. 1. Preventing or counteracting terrorism, or reducing the threat from terrorism.
Word: antiterrorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anti- Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English terrorist English antiterrorist From anti- + terrorist. 1. One who opposes terrorism.
Word: cocoa bean Part of Speech: noun 1. A seed of the cocoa plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter.
Word: fountainhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fountain + head. 1. A spring that is the source of a river. Labels: literally 2. An abundant source of knowledge, etc. Labels: figuratively
Word: infuriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infuriate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English infuriation From infuriate + -ion. 1. Extreme anger. Labels: uncountable Example: He had several long arguments with Annie, but to no purpose; and after his last interview with her, he returned to the saloon in a state little short of infuriation. Example: Any compassion I felt for my middle school friend had evaporated, leaving little hard nuggets of infuriation. 2. Something that causes extreme anger; an expression or instance of extreme anger. Labels: countable Example: 1923, T. E. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett dated 16 December, 1923, in David Garnett (ed.), Letters of T. E. Lawrence, London: Jonathan Cape, 1938, p. 444, He likes the chapters in which I ramble round among the cobwebs of my own mind—those you wanted cut! Quaint, isn’t it? He also likes others, which you praised. That’s one infuriation of letters, of all artistic effort… their lack of an absolute. Example: […] spring’s infuriations over and a long way To the first autumnal inhalations,
Word: flagship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + ship. Pronunciation: /ˈflæɡʃɪp/ 1. The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag. Example: After Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea, the Moskva, sank last week, the authorities said that the entire crew of more than 500 had been rescued. 2. The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet. 3. The most important one out of a related group. Labels: attributive, broadly, often Example: The retail company's store in London is their flagship. Example: Ars Technica’s Ron Amadeo considered the two smartphones together, and claimed them worthy flagships for Android: […]
Word: flagship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flag + ship. Pronunciation: /ˈflæɡʃɪp/ 1. To act as a flagship for. Labels: transitive
Word: mantlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mauntelet, from Old French mantelet, diminutive of mantel (“mantle”). Doublet of mantelletta. Pronunciation: /ˈmæntlət/ 1. A short sleeveless cloak or cape. 2. A portable screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege. Labels: historical Example: Already their archers were stealing forward, pushing their rolling mantlets. 3. A mantelletta.
Word: sheller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skolH-yeh₂ Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English -er English sheller From shell + -er. 1. One who, or that which, shells. Example: a corn sheller Example: an oyster sheller
Word: Prophets Part of Speech: name 1. A division of the Old Testament, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve. Labels: Judaism 2. The 21st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Word: barricade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/, /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/, /ˈbaɹɪkɛjd/, /ˌbaɹɪˈkɛjd/, /ˈbɛɹɪkeɪd/ 1. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 2. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. Example: Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. Example: Her future friend from grade six, Millie Mirarch, was often caught in various parts of the school being told that she was extremely pretty —for a girl with teeth held together by a metal wire that protruded well beyond the barricade of her lips. 3. A place of confrontation. Labels: figuratively, in-plural Example: I have a friend who finds the whole idea of a gay marching band distasteful on the grounds that it replicates straight culture. I'm not ready to follow her to the barricades on that because I think that to some extent the sight of women banging bass drums and men prancing around in pink spandex has to undermine a patriarchal and heterosexist assumption or two. 4. Line of people standing behind or closest to the barricade in the pit section of a live music concert. Labels: figuratively
Word: barricade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/, /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/, /ˈbaɹɪkɛjd/, /ˌbaɹɪˈkɛjd/, /ˈbɛɹɪkeɪd/ 1. To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade. Example: I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, which take their rise in a glacier, that with slow pace is advancing down from the summit of the hills, to barricade the valley. 2. To keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port.
Word: chavish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chav Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English chavish From chav + -ish. 1. in the manner of or typical of a chav. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang
Word: chavvish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of chavish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heste, alteration of Middle English hes, from Old English hǣs (“command”). Akin to Old English hātan "to command". More at hight. Pronunciation: /hɛst/ 1. Command, injunction. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]hou [Ariel] vvaſt a Spirit too delicate / To act her [the witch Sycorax's] earthy, and abhord commands, / Refuſing her grand heſts, ſhe did confine thee / By helpe of her more potent Miniſters, / And in her moſt vnmittigable rage, / Into a cloven Pyne, […] Example: Fer[dinand]. […] VVhat is your name? / Mir[anda]. Miranda, O my Father, / I haue broke your heſt to ſay ſo.
Word: prins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sted Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”). 1. Obsolete form of stead. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd. Example: And false Duessa in her sted had borne
Word: sted Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”). 1. short for instead of Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang Example: (This version CORRECTS Corrects title of movie to ‘Echoes of the Rainbow’ sted ‘Echoes of a Rainbow.’) Example: Eds: CORRECTS name of city to 'Pass Christian' sted 'Port'. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Video.
Word: po' Part of Speech: adj 1. Poor. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: brain farm Part of Speech: noun 1. Any mass educational system of improving or providing conditions to increase the intellectual quality and yield of a population of (human) brains, e.g. a university or school. Example: [a. 1928] 1960, “Brains,” in Life and Works of Woodbridge N. Ferris, Roy Newton ed. http://www.ferris.edu/library/SpecCollections/WNF/Brains.html Confidentially, most people have brains, but they are not using them. They have left their own brain farms and gone out into the highways and byways, slaves to the intelligence of those who they call bosses, the few owners of the earth. Example: 1995, Sailor Moon, Episode 5, “Computer School Blues” https://web.archive.org/web/20021118193404/http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5976/transcripts/smcc005.txt — I heard some new girl has transferred here, and she's a total brainiac. — Yeah, she's from Brighton Academy. — The brain farm?