nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: for instance Part of Speech: adv 1. As an example. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: Not everything in the economy is getting worse. For instance, inflation has recently fallen. Example: At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.
Word: for instance Part of Speech: noun 1. An example. Labels: informal Example: Here's a for instance.
Word: all over again Part of Speech: adv 1. Once again; one further time. Labels: not-comparable Example: I spent five hours finding a suitable present for my sister, but then I lost it and had to look all over again.
Word: catch fire Part of Speech: verb 1. To become engulfed in flames, to combust. Labels: idiomatic Example: Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. Several telegraph operators received electric shocks and some telegraph stations even caught fire. 2. To become very popular or widespread; to take off. Labels: figuratively Example: The news caught fire through the school, and Layla found herself — a mere first-year student at the secondary school — the center of attention and admiration. 3. To be inspired by passion or zeal. Labels: figuratively
Word: do the honors Part of Speech: verb 1. To act as a host to guests. Labels: idiomatic 2. To perform a duty. Labels: idiomatic
Word: do the honours Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of do the honors. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: look like Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English loken like, equivalent to look + like (conjunction and preposition). 1. To resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be. Labels: transitive Example: It looks like rain later today. Example: It looks like it will rain later today.
Word: for example Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: First attested in the second half of the 16th century. Pronunciation: /fəɹ ɪɡˈzɑːm.p(ə)l/, /ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/, /fəɹ-/, /ˌfoːɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/, /fə-/ 1. As an example. Labels: conjunctive Example: The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town. Example: The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot
Word: for example Part of Speech: prep Labels: no-gloss
Word: spit-ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spit + ball. 1. Alternative spelling of spitball (“balled-up piece of paper”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: necessity is the mother of invention Part of Speech: proverb 1. The primary driving force for most new inventions is a need.
Word: Christianise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Christianize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: One of them talks about how, an hour ago, a Christian man insulted the Prophet Muhammad in the market, and how all true Muslims must arise now before Kontagora is over-Christianised.
Word: de-Christianise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of de-Christianize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: fit-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fit out. 1. Alternative form of fitout. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Well, thought her parents and the neighbors, the old coger is going to do the handsome thing for little Sally, perhaps when she gets married, in the shape of a nice fit-out; he may give her a snug little cottage, who knows […] Example: In a project update released on October 21, Crossrail also said that by the end of 2019 the final fit-out, testing and commissioning is due to be completed at many of the new stations.
Word: Nipponophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Nippono- Latin -philalbor. English -phile English Nipponophile From Nippono- + -phile. 1. One who loves Japan or Japanese culture. Example: […] Strauss had become something of a Nipponophile and had returned to Japan for a sabbatical in 1958. Example: CALL ME A NIPPONOPHILE—a secret admirer of Japan, a worshiper from afar. 2. An advocate of Japanese thought or culture.
Word: houseleek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English houslek, probably from Old English *hūslēac, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsalauk. Cognate with Dutch huislook, German Hauslauch, Danish husløg, Swedish huslök. By surface analysis, house + leek. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsliːk/ 1. Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves. Example: Equal parts of the juice of house-leek, brandy and sweet-oil in a phial, to be hung up and exposed to the sun for a month or more.
Word: stand in someone's shoes Part of Speech: verb 1. To see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels. Labels: idiomatic Example: How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes? Example: “So it took an eight-year-old child to bring ‘em to their senses, didn’t it?” said Atticus. “That proves something—that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they’re still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children… you children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. That was enough.”
Word: thymosin Part of Speech: noun 1. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the thymus, that stimulates the development of T cells as part of the immune system
Word: thyrocalcitonin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English thyro- Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English calcium English calci- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English calcitonin English thyrocalcitonin From thyro- + calcitonin. Pronunciation: /ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˌkæl.sɪˈtoʊ.nɪn/ 1. Alternative form of calcitonin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: calcitonin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English calcium English calci- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English calcitonin From calci- + tonic + -in. Pronunciation: /ˌkæl.sɪˈtəʊ.nɪn/, /ˌkæl.sɪˈtoʊ.nɪn/ 1. A polypeptide hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that has the effect of lowering blood calcium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Intriguingly, the rat C1b isoform of the calcitonin receptor (CTR) (see Section VI-B) has very little interaction with the thyroidally derived form of calcitonin. 2. A synthetic or recombinant form of calcitonin used to treat Paget disease of bone and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thyroxine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English thyr- English ox- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English thyroxine From thyr- (“thyroid”) + ox- (“oxygen”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /θaɪˈrɒk.siːn/, /-sɪn/, /θaɪˈrɒk.sin/ 1. A thyroid hormone, with the chemical formula C₁₅H₁₁I₄NO₄, that regulates cell metabolism and growth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tidal bore Part of Speech: noun 1. A wave, in the form of a wall of water, formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary.
Word: tidalite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tidal Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English tidalite From tidal + -ite. 1. A sediment deposited by tidal activity.
Word: tie rod Part of Speech: noun 1. A slender metal rod used to support or reinforce part of a structure by connecting two pieces. 2. Either of a pair of rods that link the steering mechanism to the front wheel or axle of some vehicles.
Word: time constant Part of Speech: noun 1. A characteristic of an exponential function, represented by τ in the function Example: y(t)=y_oe. 2. The time in which a physical system's response to a step-wise change in an external variable reaches approximately 63% of its final (asymptotic) value. 3. For radioactivity: the decay constant.
Word: countryseat Part of Speech: noun 1. an estate in the country; gentleman's country residence
Word: tissue typing Part of Speech: noun 1. A procedure in which the tissues of a prospective donor and recipient are tested for compatibility prior to transplantation. Labels: uncountable
Word: titanite Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, CaTiSiO₅, once known as sphene. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sphene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sphène, coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”). Pronunciation: /sfiːn/ 1. titanite Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: todorokite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 轟 (todoroki, “boom, rumble; sound of thunder”) + -ite, after Todoroki Mine (轟鉱山) in Shiribeshi, Hokkaido where it was discovered. 1. A manganese oxide mineral, also containing calcium, barium, potassium, sodium, and sometimes magnesium that is a major constituent of manganese nodules
Word: torbanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Torbane + -ite, after Torbane Hill near Bathgate in Scotland, its main location of occurrence. 1. A variety of coal, derived from colonial algae, that resembles carbonaceous shale. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transform fault Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of strike-slip fault occurring at the border between two tectonic plates which are sliding horizontally in directions parallel with the fault line.
Word: suer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sue + -er. 1. Someone who sues; a suitor. Example: He was the most interesting of all the suers for her hand.
Word: doucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From douche + -er. 1. A douchebag; a contemptible person. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: tige Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia. 1. A steel pin in early rifles. Labels: historical 2. A stem. Labels: archaic Example: The tige is either simple, as in the White Lily, or branching, as in the Geranium; the branching is the most common form; […]
Word: pression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin pressiō, pressiōnislbor. English pression Learned borrowing from Latin pressiō, pressiōnis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛʃən/ 1. Pressure or an act of applying pressure. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: employé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French employé. Pronunciation: /ɒmˈplɔɪeɪ/, /ˌɒmplɔɪˈeɪ/, /(ˌ)ɒ̃-/, /ˌɑmˈplɔɪeɪ/, /ˌɑmplɔɪˈeɪ/ 1. Dated spelling of employee. Example: A very respectable employé assured me that as many as 1000 families had in the past ten years emigrated to the Chinese side of the Amnok, which is about five miles from the town, but the neighbourhood bore a flourishing appearance, and the population was said to be still increasing. Example: Lake Le Barge was named after Mike Le Barge, an employé of the Western Union Telegraph Company, who was employed in constructing the overland telegraph line from America to Europe (via Bering Straits) in 1867. The completion of the Atlantic Cable in 1866 put an-end to this project.
Word: employable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English employ Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English employable From employ + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪəbəl/, /ɛmˈplɔɪəbəl/ 1. Able to be employed. Labels: especially Example: ‘We can give you the skills you’re missing to make you highly employable,’ Julian smiled.
Word: employable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English employ Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English employable From employ + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪəbəl/, /ɛmˈplɔɪəbəl/ 1. A person who is fit for employment.
Word: blow away Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away. 2. To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. Labels: transitive Example: He blew away the dust which had collected on the book. Example: Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property. 3. To disperse or to depart on currents of air. Labels: intransitive Example: I didn't have to rake. The leaves just blew away. 4. To leave, depart. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: She was like / Jazz on a summer's day / Music, high and sweet / Then she just blew away 5. To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The kid just blew the clerk away. 6. To utterly destroy, especially with overwhelming force. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, transitive Example: In the end, the question proved to be academic. When SCP-3125 arrived, whether it knew ω-0 was there or not, it took no special action against it, and had no need to. Most of ω-0's members' anchors were Foundationers, or Foundation-adjacent. With those people's minds blown away in the first strike, the dense web of mutual memory which had held the Task Force together since its formation tore loose. More than half of the Task Force was cast into the void and died; the final, real death they had evaded for years. 7. To flabbergast; to impress greatly. Labels: US, idiomatic, transitive Example: The critics were blown away by their latest album. 8. To overwhelm. Labels: transitive Example: Newcastle were completely blown away during the opening half of the match but worked up a head of steam after the interval that saw them score four goals in 19 minutes against a bruised and beleaguered Arsenal. 9. To cause to go away; to get rid of. Labels: transitive Example: And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering. 10. To delete (data, files, etc.). Labels: informal, transitive
Word: co-mingle Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of commingle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: co-mingles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of co-mingle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sacrificially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sacrificial Middle English -ly English -ly English sacrificially From sacrificial + -ly. 1. In a sacrificial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fasciola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fasciola. Pronunciation: /fəˈsiː.əl.ə/, /fəˈsaɪ.əl.ə/ 1. A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Example: The last-named portion is shaded with lines to indicate that it retreats; it embraces parts of the fasciola and lyra
Word: sailboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sailboard Middle English -ynge English -ing English sailboarding From sailboard + -ing. 1. The sport of recreational activity of using a sailboard. windsurfing. Labels: uncountable
Word: chest pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pass played with the ball at chest-height.
Word: sanitaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sanitarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandlotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sandlot + -er. Kearney regularly spoke at an outdoor gathering place known as the Sandlot. 1. One who plays in a sandlot. Labels: US 2. A supporter of the working-class, anti-Chinese political views of Denis Kearney in 19th-century California. Labels: US
Word: sardonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sardonic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sardonically From sardonic + -ally. 1. In a sardonic manner. Example: Her floppy hat came down to the tip of her nose, revealing only a long chin and a wide tight mouth, twitched up at the corners by a nervous contraction of her cheek muscles, which gave her an unexpected air of smiling sardonically in the recesses of her hat.
Word: satisfyingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English satisfying Middle English -ly English -ly English satisfyingly From satisfying + -ly. 1. In a satisfying manner. Example: [T]he book, constructed in short, lucid episodes, can be satisfyingly read as a sequence of provocative talks, at once well informed and vatic.
Word: saucily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English saucy Middle English -ly English -ly English saucily From saucy + -ly. 1. In a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently. Example: She walked off saucily and I watched, entranced, until she turned the corner; then I ran after her to ask her for a date. Example: The Clown put his hands in his pockets, and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily he said, “My lady fair, / Why do you stare / At poor old Mr. Joker? / You’re quite as stiff / And prim as if / You’d eaten up a poker!”
Word: sawed-off Part of Speech: adj 1. Shortened by sawing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal. 2. Short, as though truncated. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: He was a sawed-off runt, just a little guy, but he packed so much attitude into that little package that no one was going to make anything about it.
Word: sawed-off Part of Speech: noun 1. A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun. Labels: US, slang Example: When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off
Word: saxifrage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras. Pronunciation: /ˈsæk.sɪ.frɛɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsæk.sɪ.frɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Any plant in the genus Saxifraga. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vulgus Part of Speech: noun 1. A school exercise in which pupils are tasked with writing a short piece of Greek or Latin verse on a given subject. Labels: UK, historical Example: So the table was cleared, the cloth restored, and the three fell to work with Gradus and dictionary upon the morning's vulgus.
Word: sauciness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saucy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sauciness From saucy + -ness. 1. The property of being saucy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An instance of saucy behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: comming Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: When ſhe knew this galley a farre of, ſhe lift vp a ſigne in the poope of her ſhippe, and ſo Antonius comming to it, was pluckt vp where Cleopatra was, howbeit he ſaw her not at his firſt comming, nor ſhe him, but went and ſate down alone in the prowe of his ſhippe, and ſaid neuer a word, clapping his head betwene both his hands.
Word: ricocheted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ricochet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Warringtonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Warrington Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Warringtonian From Warrington + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌwɑɹɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌwɔɹɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌwɑɹ-/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Warrington.
Word: spooney Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of spoony. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spooney Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spoony. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Word: scentless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scent Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English scentless From scent + -less. 1. Not having a scent, odorless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Maura Part of Speech: name Etymology: Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira. 1. A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary. Example: Fentanyl represents the latest wave of a rolling drug epidemic that has been fueled by prescription painkillers, as addicts continue to seek higher highs and cheaper fixes. “It started out as an opioid epidemic, then heroin, but now it’s a fentanyl epidemic,” Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, said in an interview. 2. A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.
Word: Maura Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan, French, and Italian Maura. 1. A surname.
Word: coseismic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English seismic English coseismic From co- + seismic. 1. During an earthquake Labels: not-comparable 2. coseismal Labels: not-comparable
Word: coseismal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English seismal English coseismal From co- + seismal. 1. Of or pertaining to a line on a map connecting places simultaneously affected by a seismic event.
Word: coseismal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English seismal English coseismal From co- + seismal. 1. A line on a map connecting places simultaneously affected by a seismic event. Example: As illustrative of what would occur under the supposed conditions Dr. Schmidt gives a diagram like fig. 32, in which coseismals have been drawn on the assumption that the velocity has increased proportionately with the depth. In this case the earthquake rays, which are perpendicular to successive coseismals, are by refraction turned upwards, and no longer radiate in straight lines. Example: The Central Meteorological Observatory has tentatively placed the epicentre at 144.°6 E, 39.°2 N — a result worked out from the coseismals, which were deduced from the times of beginning of the shock at the different meteorological stations.
Word: epicentral Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to an epicentre Labels: not-comparable
Word: epicentral Part of Speech: noun 1. An epicentral bone
Word: e-waste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- (electric) + or e- (digital) + waste. Pronunciation: /ˈiːweɪst/ 1. Discarded electrical and electronic equipment. Labels: uncountable Example: Following up news articles and e-mails from mainland China, BAN was directed to an e-waste processing area known as Guiyu on the Longdong River near the city of Shantou in the northeast [of] Guangdong Province, four hours by car from Hong Kong. In the course of three intensive days in and around Guiyu's four villages, the small investigative team witnessed firsthand what passes for recycling of e-waste in Asia. Example: In June of last year, the Thai Ministry of Industry announced with great fanfare the ban on foreign e-waste. The police made a series of high-profile raids on at least 10 factories, including New Sky Metal. […] Since the e-waste ban, 28 new recycling factories, most dealing with electronic refuse, began operations in one province east of Bangkok, Chachoengsao, where Koh Khanun is located, according to provincial statistics. 2. Electrical and electronic equipment of poor quality. Labels: derogatory, uncountable
Word: saw-toothed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a jagged edge like a saw. Labels: not-comparable Example: But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh. Example: […] everywhere between the poplar stems the saw-toothed outline of the western forts cuts the blue sky.
Word: savoriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English savory Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English savoriness From savory + -ness. 1. The property of being savory, one of the five basic tastes. Labels: uncountable
Word: barrel roof Part of Speech: noun 1. A roof having a semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations etc
Word: saver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save 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 saver From save + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvə/, /ˈseɪvəɹ/ 1. One who saves. Example: a saver of souls Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. 2. One who keeps savings more than usual. Example: He’s a saver and she’s a spender; you’d think the marriage would be doomed, but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun. 3. A ticket or coupon that offers a discount. Example: Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent.
Word: savers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time heals all wounds Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Traditional sentiment, in the form “time is the healer of all necessary evils” used by Greek dramatist Menander (c. 342–290 BCE). 1. Negative feelings eventually fade away. Example: “We quarrelled long ago, did we not, and many years have passed since we met, but Time heals all wounds and—welcome, son of my father. I need not ask if you are well,” and he glanced enviously at the great-framed man who knelt before him.
Word: savable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English savable, from Middle French sauvable, from Old French salvable, sauvable, from Medieval Latin salvābilis; equivalent to save + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvəbəl/ 1. Capable of being saved. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: recoverable, reparable, rescuable, retrievable
Word: ethe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ἤθη (ḗthē), the contracted nominative plural form of ἦθος (êthos). Pronunciation: /ˈiːθiː/ 1. plural of ethos Labels: form-of, plural Example: And it is a further proof of our view, that beginners in poetry attain completeness in expression and ethe [plural of ethos], before they are capable of composing the march of incidents; almost all the earliest poets are instances of this. Example: The relation between social groups and their ethe is rational; they vary in fixed ratios.
Word: ethe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See eath. 1. easy Labels: obsolete Example: Hereto, the hilles bene nigher heaven, / And thence the passage ethe; / As well can proove the piercing levin, / That seldome falles beneath.
Word: sandiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sandy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sandiness From sandy + -ness. 1. The property of containing or resembling sand. Labels: uncountable Example: The sandiness of the soil here causes the water to drain off well.
Word: ethea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤθεα (ḗthea), the uncontracted nominative plural form of ἦθος (êthos). Pronunciation: /ˈiːθɪə/ 1. plural of ethos Labels: form-of, plural Example: From them sprang, all with a sense of dividing and mapping out boundaries, Moira (Destiny) and Nomos (Law), Nemos (Sanctuary) and Nemesis (Avenging Anger or Righteous Indignation), Ethea, the haunts of the country in which one ranges, and so customs, established behaviour, habits. Example: Hartmann means this interpretation of what most would call historical historical relativism to apply also to the contemporaneous diversity of ethea among cultures, sub-cultures, and (evidently) individuals who adopt the viewpoint of one of these.
Word: ethoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethos Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: sackful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sack (“bag”) + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈsæk.fʊl/ 1. The amount a sack will contain. Example: A sackful of sand won't help the soil here much, but a dump truck full would. Example: If I be not so rich, as to sowe almes by sackfulls, euen my Mite, is beyond the superfluity of wealth: and my pen, my tongue, and my life, shal (I hope) helpe some to better treasure, then the earth affoords them. 2. A large number or amount (of something). Labels: figuratively Example: what can the Pope say more for his sackfull of traditions? Example: […] away we went home again fraught with a Sackful of news to tell our Master.
Word: sackful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sack (verb) + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈsæk.fʊl/ 1. Intent on plunder. Labels: obsolete Example: Now will I sing the sackfull troopes, Pelasgian Argos held,
Word: demoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δῆμοι (dêmoi), nominative plural form of δῆμος (dêmos). Pronunciation: /dɛˈmiː/ 1. plural of demos The common populaces of several states. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English savenes; equivalent to safe + -ness. 1. The property of being safe. Labels: uncountable Example: The safeness of the new drug hadn't been proven, so it could only be used experimentally, and you had to sign a waiver accepting the risks.
Word: waivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English waive Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English waivable From waive + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪvəbəl/ 1. Capable of being waived, of being given a waiver. Labels: not-comparable
Word: waiving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of waive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sartorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sartorial Middle English -ly English -ly English sartorially From sartorial + -ly. 1. With regard to good clothing or skilled tailoring. Example: The success rate of the shade varied wildly. Those who qualified for the pale and sartorially interesting included Cotillard, whose dress worked mainly from the back, and Carmen Ejogo, whose sequin slip gown was almost blasé in its simplicity.
Word: hooah Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈhu.ɑː/ 1. The official yell of the US Army. Labels: US Example: Platoon Leader: Listen up, gentlemen - tomorrow's a rest and refit day, hooah? Soldiers: Hooah!
Word: saprophytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English saprophyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English saprophytic From saprophyte + -ic. 1. Relating to saprophytes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sappiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sapines, equivalent to sappy + -ness. 1. The property of being sappy. Example: It was an old love song playing on the radio, full of sentiment and sappinesss. It made me feel alone and sad.
Word: saintlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English saint Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English saintlike From saint + -like. 1. resembling a saint in behavior, such as benevolence, compassion, humility and or piety; exceptionally good
Word: safe-deposit Part of Speech: adj 1. Safe enough to store valuables securely. Labels: not-comparable
Word: safe-deposit Part of Speech: noun 1. A safe-deposit box.
Word: satori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 悟り (satori, “understanding; (Buddhism) enlightenment, satori”), from 悟る (satoru, “to perceive; to comprehend, understand; to come to enlightenment”), from Middle Chinese 悟 (nguH, “to become aware, apprehend, realize; to awaken”) (modern Mandarin 悟 (wù)), used to translate Pali bodhi (“supreme knowledge”) or its etymon Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi, “perfect knowledge or wisdom by which a person becomes a buddha or jina; enlightened or illuminated intellect of a Buddha or jina”). Etymology 1 sense 3 (“mutant gene of Drosophila that causes homosexual behaviour in males”) was coined by the Japanese scientist Daisuke Yamamoto in a 1991 paper, based on the Japanese term. Pronunciation: /səˈtɔːɹi/, /sæ-/, /səˈtɔɹi/ 1. A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [B]y his ſublime underſtanding and reputed great knovvledge in divine myſteries he obtain'd, and ſtill keeps, the name and repute of a Godo, that is, a perſon bleſs'd vvith a divine and moſt accute underſtanding, vvhom they ſuppoſe to be able to find out by his Satori, or Enthuſiaſtic Speculations, ſuch miſterious truths, as are far beyond the reach of common knovvledge. Example: He [Darma or Bodhidharma] lived only upon vegetables, and thought this to be the higheſt degree of Holineſs, to paſs days and nights in an uninterrupted Satori, that is, a contemplation of the Divine Being. 2. Enlightenment, epiphany. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: What happened to the Merry Band on its trip during the summer of 1964 ranged from the cosmically sublime to the ridiculous, from peak ecstasy to full-tilt satori. To say that they were merely high would do a disservice to how stoned they really were, […] 3. A mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males). Labels: countable, usually Example: We have isolated a new Drosophila mutant, satori (sat), the males of which do not court or copulate with female flies. […] We have screened about 2000 fly lines with single P-element insertions for altered sexual behavior, yielding a mutant named satori (sat; nirvana in Japanese), the males of which do not court or copulate with females. Instead, sat males exhibit homosexual courtship. Example: [T]he primary site of action of the fru gene should be in the neural cells. satori,^([sic]) one of the P-insertion alleles of fru which we isolated, carried the lacZ gene of E. coli as a reporter, and β-galactosidase expression was found in a subset of brain cells including those in the antennal lobe in the satori mutant.
Word: satori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 覚 (satori), from Middle Chinese 覺 (kaewk, “to become aware, awaken to, dawn on”) (modern Mandarin 覺 /觉 (jué); referring to the creature’s mind-reading ability). Pronunciation: /səˈtɔːɹi/, /sæ-/, /səˈtɔɹi/ 1. A yokai (“supernatural monster”) having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture). Labels: Japanese Example: The Satori appears in [Toriyama] Sekien's Konjyaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki as a hairy, ape-like, mountain-dwelling creature that can read people's minds[…]. Example: Satori is a ghost that can read people's thoughts and haunts the mountains. The hairy Satori appears in an Edo-period book titled Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki. According to the book, Satori can read people's minds, but will not harm them. Even if a frightened person plans to kill him or her, Satori reads his or her mind and simply runs away before he or she can do any harm.
Word: sanguinely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sanguine Middle English -ly English -ly English sanguinely From sanguine + -ly. 1. In a sanguine manner.
Word: scribbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scribble + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/, /ˈskɹɪblə(ɹ)/ 1. One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist. Example: The scribbler, pinch'd with hunger, writes to dine. Example: "That's what I have been talking to you, sir - scientific gibberish! Did you think you could match cunning with me - you with your walnut of a brain? You think you are omnipotent, you infernal scribblers, don't you? That your praise can make a man and your blame can break him?" 2. A machine for coarse carding or teasing of wool. Labels: dated 3. A ruled notebook or exercise book, especially in grade school. Labels: Canada, dated
Word: scribal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scribe Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English scribal From scribe + -al. 1. Relating to scribes and their work. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scrapheap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrap + heap. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæpˌhip/ 1. A pile in which junk is discarded. Example: By Easter, "Princess Royal" Pacifics Nos. 46211/2 were in the scrap line at Crewe works and Nos. 46204/5/7/10 were gathered at Crewe South shed, no doubt to follow to the scrapheap. 2. A junkyard. 3. A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas. Labels: figuratively
Word: scribbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scribble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scribbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scribble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scripted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of script Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scripted Part of Speech: adj 1. Planned; something written or prepared before it is read or performed. Example: It was a carefully scripted meeting, just to allow Tom to meet Jane. 2. Trite, banal, hackneyed, predictable.
Word: scrambler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scramble + -er. 1. Someone or something that scrambles (in various senses). Example: May it comfort us latter-day scramblers up that fine old mountain to know that Le Conte found it "difficult and fatiguing in the extreme." Example: Want an egg sunny-side up? Just crack one into a container, nuke it for 30 seconds, extract it with the handy-dandy Egg Remover, and enjoy a soft yolk breakfast. If you want it scrambled, insert the gridded Egg Scrambler […] 2. A vine that does not attach itself to its supports. Example: Scramblers and palms that climb with the aid of hook-bearing leaves or modified inflorescences (i.e. Desmoncus and the lepidocaryoid rattans) climbed most successfully in dense clusters of small diameter supports, such as occur on the edge of treefall gaps. 3. A device that makes messages intentionally, but reversibly, unintelligible for reasons of privacy or security. Example: In the movies spies are always talking over cell phones with built-in scramblers. 4. A motorcycle used for motocross.
Word: reversibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English reversible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English reversibly From reversible + -ly. 1. In a way that can be undone. 2. Relating to something that is reversible. Example: In order to accommodate the new platform 4 and the reversibly signalled slow line, a deep cutting had to be cut back and held up in places with a concrete retaining wall.
Word: scrambles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scramble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scrambles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scramble Labels: form-of, plural 2. motocross (racing game) Labels: UK, dated
Word: PIB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polyisobutylene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hematopoietic cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hematopoietic cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seniority Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”). Pronunciation: /siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/, /sinˈjɔɹɪti/, /sinˈjɑɹɪti/ 1. A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority.
Word: sensationalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sensation English -al English sensational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sensationalize From sensational + -ize. 1. To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US
Word: sensationalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sensation English -al English sensational 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 sensationalist From sensational + -ist. 1. Sensationalistic; tending to sensationalize; characterized by sensationalism (the use of exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention). Example: Near-synonym: clickbait Example: It was a sensationalist newspaper, even by tabloid standards.
Word: sensationalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sensation English -al English sensational 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 sensationalist From sensational + -ist. 1. One who indulges in sensational behavior or action. 2. One who believes or espouses the philosophy of sensationalism.
Word: sensitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sensitive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sensitize From sensitive + -ize. 1. To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli. Example: Anaphylaxis is the syndrome elicited in a hypersensitive subject upon subsequent exposure to the sensitizing antigen. Example: Great emphasis should be placed on sensitizing the hands to the feel of the water, and the hands should remain sensitized throughout the workout.[…]Swimmers should sensitize the hands at the beginning of every workout by swimming the first 200 meters with their fists tightly clenched. 2. To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way. Example: Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues. Example: At least two stations have been sensitized towards the position gay media professionals […] have to take to protect their job security. 3. To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light. Labels: transitive