nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ogee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin augeō (“to increase, strengthen”), Italian and Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive. Pronunciation: /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈoʊd͡ʒiː/, /əʊˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈəʊd͡ʒiː/ 1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. Example: At the centre of this façade of one story is a porch of two stories with a tall attic and a gable of ogee outline flanked by finials. Example: There is no pronounced ogee arch anywhere, though there is a suspicion of one where the open trefoils of the gables rest upon the containing arches. The tracery too of all the circles is geometrical, i.e., composed of simple curves; there is no flowing or ogee tracery with compound curves. 2. A pointed arch made from two ogees. 3. An inflection point. 4. The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow. 5. The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot.
Word: armoire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Middle French armoire. Doublet of ambry, armarium, and almirah. Pronunciation: /ɑːmˈwɑː/, /ɑɹmˈwɑɹ/ 1. A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe, originally used for storing weapons. Example: The furnishing of this Blue Room was solid and Victorian, it having been the GHQ of my Uncle Tom's late father, who liked things substantial. There was a four-poster bed, a chunky dressing-table, a massive writing table, divers chairs, pictures on the walls of fellows in cocked hats bending over females in muslin and ringlets and over at the far side a cupboard or armoire in which you could have hidden a dozen corpses. Example: Downing the drink in a single gulp, I move over to the Anatolian white-oak armoire where I keep a brand-new nail gun I bought last week at a hardware store near my office in Wall Street.
Word: ey up Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Possibly from Old Norse; compare Swedish se upp (“watch out”). By surface analysis, ey + up, ay + up or eh + up. Pronunciation: /eɪ ʌp/ 1. Hello. Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire Example: Ey up lad, haa's it diddlin? 2. How are you? Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire 3. Look at that!, take notice of that! Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire Example: Ey up, ther's somedy comin daan t'rooad, Aw'll talk to thee later. 4. Don't do that; a warning. Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire 5. What is that? Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire 6. Expressing joy. Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire Example: Eyup! Am ryte chuffed at yer football team's victory!
Word: baignoire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French baigner French -oire French baignoirebor. English baignoire Borrowed from French baignoire (“bathtub”). Pronunciation: /bɛnˈwɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A box of the lowest tier in a theatre. Labels: dated Example: Then enter Durien the sculptor, who had been presented with a baignoire at the Odéon to see "La Dame aux Camélias," and he invited Trilby and another lady to dine with him "au cabaret" and share his box.
Word: foutre Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of footer (“meddle or waste time”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: couloir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”). Pronunciation: /kulˈwɑɹ/ 1. A steep gorge along a mountainside. Example: Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent. Example: Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs, an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit. 2. A corridor or passage. Labels: rare Example: It was a hole, in the fence, a large irregular hole, caused by numberless winds, numberless rains, or by a boar, or by a bull, flying, pursuing, a wild boar, a wild bull, blind with fear, blind with rage, or who knows perhaps with carnal desire, crashing at this point, through the fence, weakened by numberless winds, numberless rains. Through this hole I passed, without hurt, or damage to my pretty uniform, and found myself looking about me, for I had not yet recovered my aplomb, in the couloir.
Word: devoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English devoir, borrowed from Middle French devoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe; ought, must”). Pronunciation: /dəˈvwɑː/ 1. Duty, business; something that one must do. Labels: archaic, often, plural Example: […] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…]. Example: I should have long ere this paid my devoirs to the inhabitants of Raymond Castle.
Word: devoirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devoir. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eh up Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of ey up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polysynthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English synthetic English polysynthetic From poly- + synthetic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlisɪnˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound. Example: "No doubt, sir," Summerlee answered. "Like all such tribes, I shall expect to find them of polysynthetic speech and of Mongolian type." "Polysynthetic certainly," said Challenger, indulgently. 2. Having layers of twin crystals
Word: demander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English demander From demand + -er. 1. One who demands.
Word: pyll Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of peel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet,[…]. When his head is growne out to the full bigneſſe, then he rubbeth of that pyll, and that is called fraying of his head. And afterwards he Burniſheth the ſame, and then his head is ſaid to be full ſommed.
Word: oil field Part of Speech: noun 1. An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells. Example: Too many puppies are being shot in the dark Too many puppies are trained not to bark At the sight of blood that must be spilled so that we may maintain our oil fields
Word: oil painting Part of Speech: noun 1. A painting done with oil paints. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The art of painting with oil paints. Labels: uncountable 3. A physically attractive person. Labels: UK, countable, humorous, uncountable Example: "Very lovely!" he said, staring her straight in the face. "You needn't try and be funny!" she said. "If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!" Example: Wayne Swan: All I can say is that she's a much more attractive person than the Prime Minister. George Brandis: You're not exactly an oil painting yourself, Wayne.
Word: oil paint Part of Speech: noun 1. A paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.
Word: oil stove Part of Speech: noun 1. A stove for heating or cooking, powered by paraffin or kerosene.
Word: oil well Part of Speech: noun 1. A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped.
Word: Joint Academic Network Part of Speech: name 1. A British, private, government-funded computer network dedicated to education and research. Abbreviation: JANET.
Word: Janet Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/, /d͡ʒæˈnɛt/ 1. A female given name. Example: Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet, And there ye'll see ye'r bonny fell, my jo Janet. Example: Alice decided to have lots and lots of children and all of them with lovely names like Amanda-Jane and Arabella and Dominic and Ganymede. "But too many children will be expensive," Flora said. "I'm having two and mine aren't called such silly names as yours. Mine are called Andrew and Janet." "All right," Alice said, who was by nature accommodating. "Those are nice names, Flora." 2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. 3. A highly classified fleet of passenger aircraft used to transport the military and contractors. Labels: US, slang
Word: oil refinery Part of Speech: noun 1. An industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products.
Word: scot-free Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English scotfre, from Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), equivalent to scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free. Pronunciation: /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/, /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/ 1. Without consequences or penalties, free without payment. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: to get off scot-free Example: To ſay the Ieſuites are all ſmattred vvith Atheiſme, I vvill not: and to ſay, that any of them all are abſolutely ſcotfree from it, I cannot: it is ſo repugnant from their ovvne principles.
Word: scot-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English scotfre, from Old English scotfrēo (“scot-free; exempt from royal tax or imposts”), equivalent to scot (“payment; contribution; fine”) + -free. Pronunciation: /ˌskɒtˈfɹi/, /ˌskɑtˈfɹi/ 1. Free of scot, free of tax. Labels: archaic
Word: Old Nick Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally 17th century. Apparently a special use of the forename Nick, perhaps in jocular or contrastive reference to Saint Nicholas. Alternatively, it may be derived from nicker, or some other derivative of Old English nicor (“water demon”). 1. The Devil; Satan. Example: He sat down in the middle of the floor, took his chalk out and marked a large ring around him, and round about this he wrote the Lord's Prayer, and then he did not feel afraid even if Old Nick himself should come.
Word: old age Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)). 1. The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward. Labels: uncountable Example: People often become hard of hearing in old age. Example: A ripe old age. 2. A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age. Labels: uncountable
Word: old age pension Part of Speech: noun 1. A pension paid to people by the state, when they reach a predefined age, to compensate for loss of earnings
Word: old-fashioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails. Pronunciation: /oʊldˈfæʃənd/, /əʊldˈfæʃənd/ 1. Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue. Example: My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around. Example: Miss Menie, we should mention, has a commendable desire to sell her oldest-fashioned articles first; indeed, we believe that something of the sort has always been common among mercers. It is true, that the most conscientious of the trade make a point, in such cases, to say nothing of the fashionableness of the patterns, but in proportion to the care with which they do this, they enlarge on the good qualities of the texture and durability. 2. Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times and the old-style ways. Example: You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned. Example: The people of Marken may almost be regarded as the oldest-fashioned in the world. They adhere to the same picturesque costume as was worn by their ancestors three hundred years ago, and their houses are built in the same primitive style as in those days.
Word: old-fashioned Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails. Pronunciation: /oʊldˈfæʃənd/, /əʊldˈfæʃənd/ 1. A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind. Example: Old John was mixing Old Fashioneds and every now and then he would turn and stare at the record case with an expression of great loathing. Example: Bond took a shower and changed and walked down the road and had two Bourbon old-fashioneds and the Chicken Dinner at $2.80 in the air-conditioned eating house on the corner that was as typical of ‘the American way of life’ as the motel. 2. A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.
Word: old-world Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to the ancient world or former times
Word: Old World Part of Speech: name 1. The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia. 2. The known world before the discovery of the Americas. Example: Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps! Example: When our Founding Fathers broke with the old world, America indeed was an experiment, and history has shown that such experiments were tried on few occasions but previously failed.
Word: prefer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan. Doublet of prelate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others. Pronunciation: [pɹɪˈfɝ], [pɹɪˈfɜː], [pɹɪˈfəː], [pɹɪˈfɚ(ɹ)], [pɹɪˈfəɹ] 1. To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. Labels: transitive Example: I prefer tea to coffee. Example: I'd prefer it if you didn't do it. 2. To advance, promote (someone or something). Labels: dated, transitive Example: So ſhall you haue a ſhorter iourney to your deſires, by the meanes I ſhall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment moſt profitably remoued, without the which there were no expectation of our proſperitie. Example: And the maiden pleaſed him, and ſhe obtained kindneſſe of him,[…], and hee preferred her and her maids, vnto the beſt place of the houſe of the women. 3. To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). Labels: transitive Example: […], let him go, And preſently preferre his ſuite to Cæſar. Example: At length the Maroons, who were delighted to have him with them, became diſ­con­tent­ed with his abſence, and for ſeveral years, during the ſeſſions of the Houſe of Aſſembly, preferred repeated complaints againſt him. 4. To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King Iames. Example: Such were the arguments which my will boldly preferred to my conscience, as coin which ought to be current; and which conscience, like a grumbling shopkeeper, was contented to accept,[…].
Word: precursor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English precursour, from Middle French precurseur or its etymon Latin praecursor (“forerunner”). By surface analysis, precurse + -or. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə/, /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə/, /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/, /ˈpɹiˌkɜɹ.səɹ/, /pɹəˈkøː.sɐ/ 1. That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events. Example: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. 2. One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Word: precursor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cursor English precursor From pre- + cursor. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə/, /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə/, /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/, /ˈpɹiˌkɜɹ.səɹ/, /pɹəˈkøː.sɐ/ 1. Caused by the following symbol. Labels: not-comparable
Word: precurses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of precurse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Olympic Games Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques. 1. An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games. Example: Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf. 2. A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus; these games were the inspiration for the modern version, which began in the 1890s as a revival of the Ancient Greek ones. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. Example: In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried.
Word: olive oil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives. 1. A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forerunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er. 1. A runner at the front or ahead. 2. By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way. 3. A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead. Example: How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […]. Example: Acute infections of the female urethra, which are the forerunners of chronic infections, may be initiated by a number of conditions: Traumatism due to difficult labor, presence of foreign bodies such as calculi, […] 4. A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor. Example: Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics. Example: The cathedral is part of the Episcopal Church, the American branch of Anglicanism. Considered the "church of the establishment" for much of American history -- 11 US presidents have been Episcopalian -- the church of late has been known as a forerunner of progressive theology. 5. A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
Word: precurse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈkɜɹs/ 1. To forerun or precede. Labels: transitive Example: It is true that competition in capitalism precurses new economic order. Example: As one example, precursing a strain of S. ambofaciens with an aglycone of tylosin while blocking production of spiramycin with cerulenin yielded hybrid macrolides named chimeramycins, which combined structural elements of both tylosin and spiramycin [152].
Word: precurse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈkɜɹs/ 1. A prediction, a prognostication. Labels: archaic Example: And even the like precurse of fierce events, As harbingers preceding still the fates And prologue to the omen coming on, Have heaven and earth together demonstrated Unto our climatures and countrymen. (Shakespeare)
Word: repeatability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English repeat Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English repeatability From repeat + -ability. 1. The property or quality of being repeatable. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The property or quality of being repeatable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seminiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin sēminifer (“carrying semen”). 1. producing seed 2. conveying, containing, bearing, or producing semen or seminal fluid
Word: Pawsner Part of Speech: name Etymology: A rare variant of the common name "Posner". Other variants are "Pozner" and "Posener". They all imply a resident of Posen in old Prussia, now Poznań in Poland. 1. A surname.
Word: per contra Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per contra. 1. in contrast, on the contrary Labels: not-comparable
Word: crony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined between 1655 and 1665 from Ancient Greek χρόνιος (khrónios, “perennial, long-lasting”); see also chrono- (“time”). Initially Cambridge University slang, in sense of “chum”, as “friend of long standing”, with illegal connotation later. Early spellings included chrony, as in 1665 diary by Samuel Pepys, supporting the Greek origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊni/, /ˈkɹəʊni/ 1. A close friend. Labels: informal Example: Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time; and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favour. 2. A trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization. Labels: informal
Word: crony Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊni/, /ˈkɹəʊni/ 1. An old woman; a crone. Labels: obsolete Example: Marry not an old crony.
Word: cronies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triumphalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English triumphal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English triumphalism From triumphal + -ism. 1. The attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others. Example: But not only did Soviet triumphalism eventually provoke the Reaganite reaction in the United States, but, Kissinger suggests, it produced the overextension of Soviet resources that led directly to economic and ultimately political collapse. Example: A better understanding of science should lead not to triumphalism but to the kind of humility recently expressed by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Francois Jacob in Of Flies, Mice and Men: "Science cannot answer all questions. . . . It can, however, give some indications, exclude certain hypotheses. Engaging in the pursuit of science may help us make fewer mistakes.”
Word: omnipotence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia. Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪpətəns/ 1. Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.
Word: omnipotent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem. Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/, /ɑmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/, /ˈɔːm.nɪ.po.ʈenʈ/ 1. Having unlimited power, force or authority. Example: , omnivalent Example: Near-synonyms: plenipotent, plenipotentiary, omnicompetent 2. Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell). 3. Arrant. Labels: archaic
Word: omnipotent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem. Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/, /ɑmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/, /ˈɔːm.nɪ.po.ʈenʈ/ 1. An omnipotent being.
Word: fawce Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɔːs/ 1. cunning, sly Labels: UK, slang
Word: omnipresence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English presence English omnipresence From omni- + presence. Pronunciation: /ɑmniˈprɛz(ə)ns/ 1. The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Notwithstanding these precise statements concerning the omnipresence of the flesh of Christ, there still was no uniform and, in all its features, settled doctrinal statement concerning it […] Example: So the Lord's omnipresence as well as the omnipresence of the Self of the soul is rather an internal omnipresence, a subjective omnipresence, […]
Word: omnipresent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin omnipraesēns, equivalent to omni- + present. Pronunciation: [ˌɒmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t], /ˌɔmnɪjˈpɹɛz(ə)nt/, [ˌɑmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t], [ˌɔmnɪˈpɹezn̩t] 1. Being everywhere simultaneously. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers, and sought to stamp out any evidence of China’s ancient history. Example: Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.
Word: omniscience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin omniscientia (“all-knowledge”), from Latin omni- (“all”), and scient from the Latin scientia (“knowledge”). Pronunciation: /ɑmˈnɪʃəns/, /ɒmˈnɪsiəns/ 1. The capacity to know everything. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: all-seeingness, omnividence Example: Many people believe in God's omniscience.
Word: omniscient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient). Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/, /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/ 1. Having total knowledge. Labels: not-comparable Example: The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view. Example: The Abrahamic God is omniscient.
Word: omniscient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient). Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/, /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/ 1. One who has total knowledge. Example: Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God
Word: on all fours Part of Speech: phrase 1. On one's hands and knees. Labels: idiomatic Example: A bulky form was seen rising aft, and began marching on all fours with the movements of some big cautious beast. Example: He was on all fours, with three children on his back, riding him for a horse. 2. In a manner which is similar in nature or effect to something else; consistent. Labels: idiomatic, often Example: The paternal longing ran on all fours with her own desire. Example: While he brought the ink to the bedside, I read the form and found it on all fours with what he had said.
Word: on average Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean). Example: On average, students spend about 20 hours a week studying. Example: The journey takes, on average, two hours. 2. Usually, typically; as a rule; as often as not. Labels: idiomatic Example: People these days live longer on average
Word: on behalf of Part of Speech: prep 1. Speaking or acting for. Example: On behalf of all those present, may I thank you for a well-executed presentation. Example: Hillary Clinton hasn’t hit the campaign trail yet on behalf of Democrats running in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from using the former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee as a reliable campaign boogeyman.
Word: on top Part of Speech: adv 1. On the highest point or surface. Labels: not-comparable Example: Stand on top and look down. Example: A cake with cream on top. 2. In a dominant position. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: At the end of the season, Manchester United came out on top. Example: For the second match in a row, Arsenal went into the break completely on top and untroubled.
Word: on top of Part of Speech: prep 1. Atop. Example: There's a house on top of the mountain. 2. Very close to, in any orientation or in time. Example: Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful. Example: At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next. 3. In addition to something else. Labels: idiomatic Example: […] and on top of all that, I got a puncture! Example: No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever. Those nations didn’t treat you with hospitality on your travels out of Egypt, and on top of that they also hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you. 4. Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with. Labels: idiomatic Example: I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation. Example: You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs.
Word: ultraconservative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + conservative. 1. Extremely conservative, especially in politics. Example: The John Birch Society is an ultraconservative political group in the USA. Example: Since his reelection in November, Trump has successfully talked ultraconservative House Republicans into backing a number of difficult votes on spending.
Word: ultraconservative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + conservative. 1. A person or group with extremely conservative views. Example: For example, as pope, Francis challenges the ultraconservatives in the Church to be ultrainclusive of people whom other popes never bothered to embrace: […] Example: House GOP leaders believe the plan is on track to pass the chamber, arguing that Trump’s backing will help them win robust support among House Republicans on the floor this week, even as many ultraconservatives typically loathe such stopgap measures.
Word: ultrasonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic English ultrasonic From ultra- + sonic. Pronunciation: /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/ 1. Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher. Example: The wheel shop also has equipment for ultrasonic testing of axles for flaws; and systematic checking of locomotive axles and crank pins is carried out as they pass through the shops. Example: When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
Word: ultraviolet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Latin viola Old French -ette Old French violettebor. Middle English violet English violet English ultraviolet From ultra- (“beyond”) + violet (“violet”). Pronunciation: /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪələt/, /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪlət/ 1. Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres. Example: Micron said in a statement that it would bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to Japan, becoming the first semiconductor company to do so, and expected to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) with support from the Japanese government. 2. Relating to very high energies or very small distances or time spans. Labels: figuratively Example: A one-loop Feynman graph that represents a virtual process. In the limit in which the virtual process involves short distances or high momenta, one may find an ultraviolet divergence in the corresponding amplitude. Example: Some have advocated the search for a new theory of quantum gravity, a theory which does not suffer from ultraviolet infinity problems.
Word: ultraviolet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Latin viola Old French -ette Old French violettebor. Middle English violet English violet English ultraviolet From ultra- (“beyond”) + violet (“violet”). Pronunciation: /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪələt/, /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪlət/ 1. Ultraviolet colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἁπτικός (haptikós, “able to come in contact with”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to touch”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈhæptɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the sense of touch. Labels: not-comparable Example: So there may be sciences of touch, taste, and smell; which will be Haptic, Geustic and Osphrantic. Example: Although the five basic senses are often studied as individual systems covering visual, auditory, taste, smell, orientation and the haptic sensations, there is an interplay between the senses. 2. Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”). Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he new standard should encompass other media, such as video, audio (both captured and synthetic), and in principle be extensible to new modalities such as haptic output and speech or gestural input, which have become increasingly integrated within graphics applications; […] Example: We might think, for example, about tele- (or remote) surgery, a technique that, now more than ever before, is enabling surgeons around the world to operate using haptic interfaces that control robotic systems located at different locations.
Word: flocculent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɒk.jə.lənt/, /ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/ 1. Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly. Example: As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature [the morepork] sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; [...] 2. Covered in a woolly substance; downy. 3. Flaky.
Word: flocculent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɒk.jə.lənt/, /ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/ 1. diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy Labels: diminutive, form-of
Word: Conlon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Ó Connalláin, which could be from con (“hound”) + leon (“lion”), though the second element could instead be from gal (“valor”), similar to O'Connell. 1. A surname from Irish. Example: Capt. Paul Conlon confirmed a report in the Star Ledger last night that three Maplewood police officers would be laid off effective June 30, after federal stimulus funding for the township appeared less certain.
Word: barnstorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From barn + storm (due to performances commonly delivered in barns). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnstɔːm/, /ˈbɑɹnstɔɹm/ 1. To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc. Example: A pair of red boxing gloves dangles in the cabin of John N. Turner's plane as he barnstorms across Canada campaigning for the general election Nov. 21. Example: A day after the end of an often contentious Republican State Convention, the party's endorsed candidates for governor and lieutenant governor barnstormed across the state today, talking with reporters, meeting supporters and chanting their campaign mantra: "It's Mario Cuomo's fault." 2. To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater. Labels: US 3. To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds. Labels: US Example: He also noted that “we’re in the business of promoting the game” in the United States, which is a task surely helped by the national team’s barnstorming persona.
Word: barnstorm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barn + storm (due to performances commonly delivered in barns). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnstɔːm/, /ˈbɑɹnstɔɹm/ 1. A series of appearances in small country towns, as by a politician or a travelling theatre group.
Word: multithreaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English thread Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English threaded English multithreaded From multi- + threaded. 1. Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together. Labels: not-comparable Example: a multithreaded narrative Example: The term conflates these two aspects of social identity into an inseparable state of being, suggesting that if we are to understand white trash and the condition it names, we must confront the multithreaded nature of social inequality. 2. Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a programming language, able to produce such programs Labels: not-comparable
Word: greeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English -y English greeny From green + -y. 1. Alternative form of greenie Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: greeny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English -y English greeny From green + -y. 1. greenish; somewhat green Example: When we get them off their guard we have got to paint that red 'T' the greeniest green that ever came out of a greenhouse. Example: Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.
Word: heh Part of Speech: noun 1. The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician 𐤄, Aramaic 𐡄, Hebrew ה, Syriac ܗ, Arabic ه, and others).
Word: heh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeia of a weak laugh. 1. Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom or slight embrassment. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud. Example: Friend 2: Heh.
Word: heh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of eh (“tag question”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”
Word: enclose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudō, *inclaudere, from Latin inclūdō (doublet of include), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Equivalent to en- + close. Pronunciation: /ənˈkloʊz/, /ɪnˈkləʊz/, /ɪnˈkloʊz/ 1. To surround with a wall, fence, etc. Labels: transitive Example: to enclose lands Example: The creative commons of the internet has been gradually and inexorably enclosed, much as agricultural land was by parliamentary acts from 1600 onwards in England. 2. To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package. Labels: transitive Example: Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you require a reply.
Word: frivolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably confusion of frivolous with words ending in -ent. 1. frivolous, trifling, silly Labels: nonstandard Example: "This was an unnecessary and frivolent post that did not contain any reason or logic." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.ultima.series/msg/4dd74e0205254b64 Example: "You're beginning to annoy me with frivolent and useless theoretical arguments. " — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips/msg/e4d760b0a4bf5722
Word: mobile speed bump Part of Speech: noun 1. A car that travels at the speed limit to prevent the cars behind from exceeding it.
Word: panphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan- + -phobia. 1. The fear of everything. Labels: uncountable 2. Panophobia, a condition of groundless fears. Labels: uncountable 3. Fear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people and/or pansexuality. Labels: neologism, uncountable Example: I would say that I’ve probably encountered more disbelief/disrespect/panphobia from the queer community than from my straight friends, which I think is really interesting. Example: Panphobia has arisen via accusations they're trying to 'one up' bisexuals, […]
Word: panophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pan (“god who inspired fears”) + -phobia or from pano- (“all”) + -phobia. 1. A condition of groundless fears. Labels: uncountable 2. Panphobia, pantophobia: fear of everything. Labels: uncountable
Word: pantophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panto- + -phobia. 1. The fear of everything; panphobia. Labels: uncountable 2. Panophobia, a condition of groundless fears. Labels: uncountable
Word: pantaphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panta- + -phobia. 1. Alternative form of pantophobia (“the fear of everything”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: There is a manifestation of morbid fear which is not uncommon, and to which we might perhaps give the term pantaphobia, or fear of everything; all responsibility, every attempt to make a change of movement being the result of dread and alarm. Example: Not only the intercurrent episodes, but even sleeplessness, pantaphobia, vanity, a strange mingling of the somatic symptoms of the psycho-neuroses, with the psychical phenomena of paranoia, color this picture with such liveliness that the opinion expressed by this celebrated ethnographer, that “savages resemble the melancholic and nervous types,” appears most appropriate.
Word: murse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of man + purse. Pronunciation: /mɝs/, /mɜːs/ 1. A man's purse. Labels: US, slang Example: But I could use it as a murse for the show if you're parting with that ole thing.
Word: murse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of male + nurse. Pronunciation: /mɝs/, /mɜːs/ 1. A male nurse. Labels: US, slang Example: Scrubs used this one recently, where Elliot couldn't cope with the idea of dating a male nurse ("murse") and Carla was having trouble accepting Turk's marriage proposal:
Word: automaticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English automaticity From automatic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/ 1. The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of one thing automatically following another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No, donations and loans absolutely are not a means, with any automaticity, of getting a peerage, but they are not a bar to getting a peerage, and to some extent that is what we exist for. Example: The Committee's proposal for automatic registration would represent a significant shift away from the present system of elector-led application and voluntary registration, to a system of automaticity with an opt out.
Word: rising action Part of Speech: noun 1. A part of a book or play in which more things start to happen. The rising action leads to the climax.
Word: risk capital Part of Speech: noun 1. Money explicitly available for investment into a high-risk business or security. Labels: uncountable
Word: spottle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spot + bottle. 1. A funnel-shaped container, usually made from a glass or plastic bottle with the bottom removed, that is used to inhale marijuana smoke or to cool the smoke if filled with ice. Labels: slang
Word: spottle Part of Speech: verb 1. To spot or speckle; to mottle.
Word: silent treatment Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of communication refusal where one person deliberately ignores or withholds interaction from another, often in order to express anger, disapproval, or to exert control. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: to give someone the silent treatment Example: Finally we gave him the silent treatment, and for weeks before he died we neither spoke to him nor did he speak to us.
Word: WAF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of wife acceptance factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Web application firewall. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Archery Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Women Against Fundamentalism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Women in the Air Force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism