nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ahold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a + hold. Pronunciation: /əˈhoʊld/ 1. A hold, grip, grasp. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF! Example: Uh-oh... I guess I shouldn't have given my last babysitter such a hard time. Somehow she got ahold of the video Mom took of me running around without my diaper ... and posted it on YouTube.
Word: sell-through Part of Speech: noun 1. The proportion of wholesale items that are eventually sold at retail. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The practice of retailing items (such as DVDs) that are normally, or were previously, rented. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. An item that is sold at retail (as opposed, for example, to being rented out). Labels: countable, usually
Word: body of work Part of Speech: noun 1. All the creative or academic works produced by someone.
Word: bodies of work Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of body of work Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Madelyn Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from French, variant of Madeline.
Word: Maddison Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Madde (a medieval diminutive of Maud and Magdalene) + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈmædɪsən/, /ˈmædəsən/ 1. A surname originating as a matronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly British usage, variant of Madison. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A male given name transferred from the surname, less common than the female name today. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: McKenzie Part of Speech: name 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Mac Kenzie. Example: Mr. McKenzie said he pitched Josh Schwartz, the “O.C.” creator, on a reboot in which a cryptocurrency billionaire, maybe the son of Luke Ward, whose series arc traces an evolution from villain to beloved himbo, moves to Newport Beach and takes control of the local real estate market. 2. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of MacKenzie.
Word: McKenzie Part of Speech: noun 1. A large Bordeaux wine bottle with the capacity of about 5 liters, equivalent to 6⅔ standard bottles.
Word: Mariah Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /məˈɹaɪə/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria used since the nineteenth century. Popularized by singer Mariah Carey in the 1990s
Word: Mariah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Meriah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Khonds […] were of the view that unless Mariahs were sacrificed from time to time the Earth would become barren […]
Word: Marisa Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Spanish, variant of Marissa.
Word: Macy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Norman baronial surname from places named Massy in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪsi/ 1. A surname from Old French. 2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
Word: Makenzie Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage, variant of MacKenzie.
Word: deme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”). Doublet of demos. Pronunciation: /diːm/ 1. A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica. Example: If two persons bore the same name[…] ambiguity was avoided […] by indicating their place of origin, the name of the tribe or deme being added for persons of the same town […], and the name of the country or town for foreigners […]. Example: They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes. 2. A distinct local population of plants or animals.
Word: McKenna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McKinney. Pronunciation: /məˈkɛnə/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Makenna Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of McKenna invented in the 1980s. 1. A female given name transferred from the surname.
Word: denominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal English denominal From de- + nominal. 1. Denominative (deriving from a noun). Labels: not-comparable
Word: denominal 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-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal English denominal From de- + nominal. 1. A denominative: a word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
Word: Maxine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century. Piecewise doublet of Maxina. Pronunciation: /mækˈsiːn/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Her real name suggested a second runner-up for a Junior Miss pageant, or maybe a budding actress whose real name is Wanda Maxine Smith. Example: State and local leaders, including US Sen. Jeff Merkley, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, US Rep. Maxine Dexter and City Council members, urged the community to stay peaceful at a news conference on Friday night, according to CNN affiliate KPTV, after the city saw an increase in activity by federal agents.
Word: Mayme Part of Speech: name 1. A 19th-century alternative spelling of Mamie, diminutive of the female given name Mary.
Word: Mayme Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Mayme. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Mya Part of Speech: name Etymology: A modern phonetic spelling of Maia or Maya. 1. A female given name from Latin.
Word: Mya Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Mya Part of Speech: symbol 1. million years ago: megayears ago. Example: Both tabulates and rugosans evolved independently as part of the Ordovician Radiation; the tabulates appeared first in the Early Ordovician (~488 Mya), followed by rugosans about 20 My later.
Word: Millicent Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old French Melisende, from Old High German Amalasuntha, Amalaswintha, from the Proto-Germanic roots *amalą (“hard work”) + *swinþaz (“strong”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlɪsənt/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages used since the Middle Ages.
Word: Misty Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa. 1. A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
Word: Myra Part of Speech: name Etymology: First used by the poet Fulke Greville, possibly as an anagram of Mary. 1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Example: My Saint is dear to me, / Myra herself is she, / She fair and true. / Myra that knows to move / Passions of love with love: / Fortune, Adieu.
Word: Muriel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Muireall, from muir (“sea”), from Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri; + geal (“white, bright”), from Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos (“yellow, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjʊəɹɪ.əl/, /ˈmjʉɹi.əl/ 1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly British usage. Example: She was named Muriel — after the rather peculiar name of John's mother. Her own mother would have it so; only wishing out of her full heart, happy one! that there should be a slight alteration made in the second name. Therefore the baby was called Muriel Joy — Muriel Joy Halifax. Example: Funny sort of name. Who would think of calling a little newborn baby Muriel?
Word: Monique Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /moʊ̯ˈnik/ 1. A female given name from French equivalent to Monica.
Word: Natalia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latin natale (“birthday (of the Lord)”), referring to birth on Christmas Day, name of an early martyr. 1. A female given name from Latin, today more common in the French style form Natalie.
Word: Nadine Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /neɪ̯ˈdiːn/, /nəˈdiːn/ 1. A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia.
Word: Nadia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning. See also Ἐλπίς (Elpís, “Elpis”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɑ.di.ə/ 1. A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.
Word: Nadia Part of Speech: name Etymology: A shortened version of the West Bengali heritage city of Nabadwip. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑ.di.ə/ 1. A district of West Bengal, India.
Word: Nichola Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Nicola.
Word: Nikita Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Russian Ники́та (Nikíta), a male given name, from Ancient Greek Νικήτας (Nikḗtas, “conqueror”) also a male given name (and name of various saints). The Greek word derives from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). Made known in the West by Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union leader in 1953–1964. It was reanalyzed as a form of Nicholas and taken up as a girls' name first in French and then in English. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. 2. A male given name from Russian, from Russian Ники́та (Nikíta). 3. A settlement in Crimea, Ukraine. 4. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ники́та (Nikíta). 5. A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Нікі́та (Nikíta)
Word: Ollie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh. 1. A unisex given name. 2. A unisex given name. Example: To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series. 3. A unisex given name. 4. A unisex given name. 5. A male orphan. Labels: derogatory
Word: disillude Part of Speech: verb 1. To free from illusion. Labels: transitive
Word: illude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin illūdō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈluːd/, /ɪˈljuːd/ 1. To give a false impression to. Labels: literary Example: The fleshly children of Adam bee so politicke, subtil, craftie, and wise, in theyre kynde, that the electe should be illuded if it were possible: Example: Tis now but wicked vanity to thinke, To color vitious deeds with good pretence, Or with bought colors to illude mens sense.
Word: interclude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin interclūdō; inter (“between”) + claudō (“to shut”). See close. Pronunciation: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/ 1. To cut off or shut off (something) from a course or place, by something intervening; to intercept, to interrupt. Labels: transitive Example: [W]hen the receiver FF is emptied of air, the ſtop-cock B is to be ſhut, that ſo all paſſage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded, […] Example: Next morning the combined forces appeared again in order of battle, in front of the Athenian works, and by their position intercluded the communication of the Athenian general with his fort of Labdalum, and with his northern lines.
Word: Patti Part of Speech: name 1. A mid-20th-century spelling of Patty, a diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
Word: cockteaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + teaser. 1. Synonym of cock tease (“one who teases with a promise of sexual intercourse”). Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: The other girls were as willing, but played games. They liked to tease. And giggle. Tralala didn't fuckaround^([sic]). Nobody likes a cockteaser. Either you put out or you dont.^([sic])
Word: occluse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin occlusus. See occlude. 1. shut; closed Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [it] gives their Speech [German] a different Tang from ours: to soften the Occluse Gingival Consonants, by a kind of Mixture or ſoft addition of a Spirital in the ſame Articulation, to a Vocal producing the Vowel
Word: Rylee Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Riley. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, also a modern spelling of Riley.
Word: Rosalie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”). Doublet of Rosalia. 1. A female given name from French [in turn from Latin]. Example: "I'm crazy about things that sound French - I guess you can tell from we naming my daughter Rosalie," she said.
Word: eunuchoidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eunuchoid 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 eunuchoidism From eunuchoid + -ism. 1. A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Prizren Part of Speech: name 1. The second largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of Prizren District and Prizren Municipality, Kosovo; the historical capital of Kosovo. 2. A district of Kosovo. 3. A municipality of Kosovo.
Word: denounces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of denounce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Hesse-Kassel Part of Speech: name 1. A former German principality
Word: deverbative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English verb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English deverbative From de- + verb + -ative. Pronunciation: /diːˈvɜː.bə.tɪv/, /diˈvɜɹ.bə.tɪv/, /diːˈvøː.bə.təv/, /diˈvɛɹ.bə.tɪv/, /ɖiːˈvɜːʳ.ba.ʈiv/ 1. Derived from a verb. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: deverbative 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-der. English de- English verb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English deverbative From de- + verb + -ative. Pronunciation: /diːˈvɜː.bə.tɪv/, /diˈvɜɹ.bə.tɪv/, /diːˈvøː.bə.təv/, /diˈvɛɹ.bə.tɪv/, /ɖiːˈvɜːʳ.ba.ʈiv/ 1. A word or a component of a word that is derived from a verb. Labels: rare
Word: deverbal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From de- + verb + -al. Pronunciation: /diːˈvɜː.bəl/, /diˈvɜɹ.bəl/, /diːˈvøː.bəl/, /diˈvɛɹ.bəl/ 1. Derived from a verb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: deverbal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + verb + -al. Pronunciation: /diːˈvɜː.bəl/, /diˈvɜɹ.bəl/, /diːˈvøː.bəl/, /diˈvɛɹ.bəl/ 1. A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb.
Word: mythopoeia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mytho- + -poeia, dated 1846 CE, based on Ancient Greek μυθοποιία (muthopoiía, “myth-making”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪθəˈpiːə/ 1. Creation of any myth.
Word: mythopoesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1882; mytho- + Latin poesis, based after Ancient Greek μυθοποίησις (muthopoíēsis). 1. Creation of myth.
Word: mythopoet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mytho- + poet; since 1876. 1. a writer of mythic poetry; a mythopoeic writer. 2. A member of the mythopoetic men's movement.
Word: go west Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to death, originally Scottish, reaching broader usage among the soldiers of World War I. In reference to Manifest Destiny in the United States, a paraphrase of Horace Greeley's 25 Aug. 1838 advice in The New Yorker that young men should "Go to the West" if free to do so. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west. Example: Go west until you hit the ocean, then turn left. 2. Synonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down. Example: For hit was nyght, the sonne goth west Example: I see the rocks set in the sky, and maybe the sun going west, and the trees getting dark. 3. Synonym of die. Labels: dated, figuratively Example: Women and mony wilsome wy, Example: The Irish, and the Scottish Highlanders, always describe persons lately dead as having gone west. 4. To be lost, destroyed, or otherwise ruined. Labels: dated, figuratively Example: The glare of a burning house shone red in the sky over the roof tops. 'Somebody's 'appy 'ome gone west', remarked one man. Example: Their parcels... went persistently ‘west’. 5. To move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era. Labels: US Example: It reminds me of the advice that Mr. Secretary Corwin gave to a young man that was applying for a clerkship. He said, ‘Young man, go West’. Example: Go West, young man! Buy a good, stout farming outfit... and then go out to the far West upon Government-land.
Word: mythopoetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myth + -o- + poetical, since 1900. 1. Pertaining to the creation of myths; pertaining to mythopoiesis.
Word: mythopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mytho- + -poiesis, since 1936. 1. the creation of myth. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: piscatory ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring worn by popes, representing the first pope and Christian apostle Peter, who had been a fisherman.
Word: hammertoe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hammer toe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The large toes are also painfully jammed into the end of the shoe, and the front of the foot is crammed into the narrow tip, producing hammertoes and claw toes.
Word: hammertoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hammertoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haunter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hawntare, equivalent to haunt + -er. 1. One who haunts. Example: As an angst-ridden teenager, I was a haunter of smoke-filled coffee shops and dingy second-hand bookstores. Example: It has been computed, that by intrusting a well-concocted and tolerably interesting lie, in strictest confidence, to two fashionable Galens, in full practice, and four determined morning visitors or levee haunters, the story will reach 7,963 individuals in the course of four-and-twenty hours,—[…] 2. A ghost; a spirit that haunts.
Word: haunters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haunter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hearing-impaired Part of Speech: adj 1. Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing. Example: As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid.
Word: heathendom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hæthendom, from Old English hǣþendōm; equivalent to heathen + -dom. OED records a single attestation in the period between 1230 and 1840, a (nonce?) occurrence in J. Law, Proposals and reasons for constituting a council of trade in Scotland (1701, p. 233). Otherwise replaced by Middle English hethenesse in the later Middle English period and heathenism in the 17th and 18th centuries. Cognate with Dutch heidendom, Old High German heidentuom (German Heidentum), Old Norse heiðindómr (Swedish hedendom). Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.ðn̩.dəm/ 1. The state of being heathen. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The priest argued to the king that unless clerics accompanied the colony ship, the colony would soon descend into heathendom and barbarity. 2. From one religion's or creed's perspective, the rest of the world that does not follow that creed or religion. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: My aunt considered all of Europe to be heathendom, and refused to visit us in Amsterdam on religious grounds. 3. Specifically, the non-Christian world; territories where Christianity is not the dominant religion. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: The Crusaders meant to wrest Jerusalem from heathendom, but they managed to pillage a number of lands in Christendom along the way. 4. The collection of people who follow Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples. Labels: Germanic, capitalized, sometimes, uncountable, usually Example: Ziegenbalg mentioned some major forms of heathendom (African, American, old European)[…]
Word: tidings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪdɪŋz/ 1. plural of tiding; news Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hokkien 𤺪 (siān). Pronunciation: /sjɛn˨/ 1. Bored, weary or fed up; tired (of something). Labels: Singapore, Singlish, colloquial Example: [Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian. Example: “In a country where aspiration drives so much of who we are and what we want, it’s particularly sian to feel stuck,” he suggested. 2. Repetitive and boring, wearisome. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, colloquial Example: — Sian. Fucking sian. — Complain less. You bite that pencil anymore next time got termites inside you.
Word: miniseries Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio 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 Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin seriēsbor. English series English miniseries From mini- + series. 1. A radio or television series with a small number of episodes not intended to last a complete season. Example: My favorite miniseries of all time is the old BBC adaptation of "I, Claudius". 2. A relatively short comic book series with a predetermined number of instalments.
Word: vati Part of Speech: noun 1. A pill
Word: ajon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ateso [Term?]. 1. A type of beer brewed from finger millet in northern and eastern Uganda. Labels: uncountable Example: But how can I give up my malwa or ajon where drinkers must sit close together round a beer pot, often sharing the same drinking straws, thus exchanging salivary fluids?
Word: backsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kalu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कालू (kālū, “a dark-skinned person”). 1. a dark-skinned person. Labels: India, offensive, uncountable Example: When dark skin carries such a heavy burden of discrimination — one that is alive and kicking even today — calling a person kalu, regardless of how much affection it’s said with, cannot be harmless. - Rajvi Desai
Word: pola Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of polarizing. 1. Polarizing. Labels: not-comparable Example: a pola filter
Word: pola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of polaroid. 1. Alternative form of Pola. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tom Sawyer Part of Speech: name Etymology: The verb is a reference to the title character of the novel. 1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a popular 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River.
Word: Tom Sawyer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is a reference to the title character of the novel. 1. To convince someone to volunteer, especially to do something which one should do oneself.
Word: barbotage Part of Speech: noun 1. Repeated injection and aspiration of fluid, used in such instances as the injection of spinal anesthetic, to break up and remove calcification (e.g., in a joint), and for obtaining fluid cytology (e.g., from the bladder or urethra).
Word: syke Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of psych. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: syke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sike (“gutter, ditch; stream, boggy place”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A roundel barry wavy argent and azure; a fountain.
Word: tule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”). Pronunciation: /ˈtuːli/ 1. Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus Labels: US Example: This consisted of a two-room house built of chittim poles, with no floor, a thatched roof of tules, and a windbreak of buffalo and cowhides to the north of it. 2. A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin
Word: koot Part of Speech: noun 1. The costus plant. Labels: India
Word: urut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay urut (“massage”). Pronunciation: /uɹʊt̚ / 1. A traditional Malay massage which involves soft-tissue manipulation of the whole body to alleviate different types of conditions and ailments. Example: And if anyone in the Malay community has a sprain, a fractured or dislocated limb, or is plain tired, he or she immediately arranges for an urut. Example: Me, I’m off for an urut session medicinal therapy for a bad back problem.
Word: sopi Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic drink of Indonesia made with sugar palm. Labels: uncountable
Word: hoki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori hoki (“blue grenadier”). 1. The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake. Example: Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
Word: puki Part of Speech: noun 1. A bowl or other dish used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a mold when making pots. Example: First, I made a puki, a tool used by Native Americans to form a pinch pot. Typically, a puki is a shallow, fired bowl used to keep the bottom of the pinch pot round while holding the entire pot in shape. Example: She began a pot by forming a pancake of clay between her palms and laying it in a bowl-like vessel which was the bottom of a broken pot, called a puki. 2. Any form or mold used for making clay pots by hand. Example: Like I showed you, the clay goes into the puki, coil by coil. Example: I begin by pinching a base or rolling out a slab that I place in a plaster form, or puki, for support..
Word: Oscar the Grouch Part of Speech: name 1. A cranky, antisocial puppet character who lives in a garbage can, from the children's television show Sesame Street. Example: If I'd had a trash can I'd have looked a lot like Oscar the Grouch. Example: The room was equipped with a drum and drumsticks, two large balls, three large building blocks, a stuffed cloth horse, a train large enough to sit on, and a pop-up “Oscar the Grouch” toy. The procedure lasted ten minutes.
Word: nolo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ellipsis of no alcohol/low alcohol. 1. Having no or low alcohol content; being low-alcohol or alcohol-free Labels: UK Example: NoLo (no alcohol, low alcohol) is one of the hottest trends in the drinks industry. Example: The UK drinks industry has embarked on a detox that extends beyond January with companies racing to bring out “nolo” (no- or low-alcohol) beers, spirits and cocktails to satisfy a thirst for hangover-free drinking.
Word: pavonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /pəˈvəʊ.ni.ən/, /pəˈvoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the peacock Labels: not-comparable
Word: hand puppet Part of Speech: noun 1. A puppet operated by the hand, especially one in which the puppeteer's hand occupies and controls the head.
Word: KPP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of key performance parameter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of key position player. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: one can run but one can't hide Part of Speech: proverb 1. There is nothing someone can do to evade something.
Word: short commons Part of Speech: noun 1. Meagre rations. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only, sometimes Example: The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. Example: Kitty, the cook, who took life 'aisy', kept him on short commons.
Word: N.O. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of New Orleans. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: compositional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From composition + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.pəˈzɪ.ʃən.əl/ 1. Of or relating to composition. Example: The compositional aspects of this work are less than ideal. 2. Being the sum of its parts. Example: The phrase "sum of its parts" is entirely compositional. Example: A wet súit meaning a suit that is wet is a compositional phrase; a wét suit meaning a garment worn by skin divers is a compound.
Word: overexposure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English exposure English overexposure From over- + exposure. 1. Excessive exposure. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: political scientist Part of Speech: noun 1. An expert in political science.
Word: social science Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]
Word: disaffect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English affect English disaffect From dis- + affect. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈfɛkt/ 1. To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange. Labels: transitive
Word: diurnally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English diurnal Middle English -ly English -ly English diurnally From diurnal + -ly. 1. By daylight; in the daytime. Labels: not-comparable 2. Habitually during the day; every daytime. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sparrows are most active diurnally. 3. On a 24-hour period, a frequency of once per 24 hours; daily. Labels: not-comparable Example: These flowers open and close diurnally. Example: Although the 1-D RCM can predict only horizontally, diurnally, and seasonally averaged conditions, it is capable of estimating the first-order climate responses of the atmosphere, which is our intention in this study.
Word: diversionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English diversion Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English diversionary From diversion + -ary. Pronunciation: /d(a)ɪˈvɝʒəˌnɛɹi/ 1. That serves as a diversion. Example: I can assure him and others that I am more than willing to let feminist-separatists, male and/or female go their own gay way. Along with other extraneous and self-indulgent factions, they have been a diversionary and devisive ^([sic]) element. Example: There is, of course, a diversionary route available via Lincoln (the GN/GE Joint line).
Word: dividable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidōder. Middle English dividen English divide Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dividable From divide + -able. 1. Capable of being divided (into fractions or parts). Example: a dividable plant; a dividable lot; dividable property Example: 1674, Seth Ward, “An Apology for the Mysteries of the Gospel” in Seven Sermons, London: James Collins, p. 14, The whole Gospel is generally dividable into 1. Historical Narrations. 2. Moral Institutions and Motives. 3. Dogmatical Mysteries. 2. Capable of being separated (from something). Labels: obsolete Example: Some sorts of hot Baths are as naturally Sulphureous, as the Sea-water is Salt: but, all those Effects of Minerals, Sulphurs, and the like, are dividable from, and also may be joyn’d to, the Body of water, without any disturbance to the nature of water; 3. Divided; separated; parted. Labels: obsolete Example: Peaceful commerce from dividable shores,
Word: divisional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From division + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a division. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some criticism of the NHL centers on the fact the league's focus on divisional matchups can lead to two of the best squads facing off in the opening round, or earlier than expected in general. 2. Of or pertaining to the process of division. Labels: not-comparable
Word: divisional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From division + -al. 1. A playoff determining the winning team from a particular division. Labels: US
Word: divorcement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English divorce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English divorcement From divorce + -ment. 1. Divorce; dissolution of a marriage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [W]hen a man seduces a woman, […] the man should be legally obliged to maintain the woman and her children, unless adultery, a natural divorcement, abrogated the law. 2. Complete detachment or disunion. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: stush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Thought to be from ostentatious. 1. posh; classy or stylish 2. snobbish or stuck-up
Word: surimi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”). Pronunciation: /sʊəˈɹiːmi/, /ˈsʊəɹɪmi/ 1. A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products. Labels: uncountable Example: In Singapore, the most popular surimi-based product is the fish ball, which is used in a local application, Yong Tau Foo.
Word: mirate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from miration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from Latin mīror (“to marvel at”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.ɹeɪt/, /maɪˈɹeɪt/ 1. To marvel at. Labels: Southern-US, uncommon Example: With Bud in her arms and Babe at her heels, she rushed from one part of the court to another, laughing boisterously at Paulo's monkey pranks, and "mirating" over Francesca's tawdry finery. Example: I should have sensed the waves of embarrassment she was radiating. But I didn't. I went right on “mirating” till I finally got around to saying they were “lovely.” Well, that was all my wife could take. “You've said enough,” she remarked, drily.
Word: typewrites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of typewrite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: confirmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English confirm 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 confirmer From confirm + -er. 1. One who confirms something
Word: mene Part of Speech: noun 1. The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto. Example: He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave. Example: The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.
Word: reen Part of Speech: noun 1. A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
Word: reet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eye dialectal spelling of right. Pronunciation: /ɹiːt/, /ɹeːt/ 1. right Labels: Geordie, Yorkshire
Word: reet Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From eye dialectal spelling of right. Pronunciation: /ɹiːt/, /ɹeːt/ 1. right Labels: Geordie, Yorkshire, not-comparable Example: Now I've only bin once wi a scarf round mi neck, And I moan't go agin, no not me will I eck. Now it doesn't seem reet if mi memory jogs, Goin down for a pint in thi bowtie and clogs.
Word: noteable Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of notable. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: lignocellulose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ligno- + cellulose. 1. The combination of lignin and cellulose in the structural cells of woody plants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lignocellulosic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lignocellulose Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lignocellulosic From lignocellulose + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lignocellulosic materials represent the most significant fraction of the terrestrial phytobiomass, the largest source of organic compounds in the biosphere.
Word: lignocellulosic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lignocellulose Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lignocellulosic From lignocellulose + -ic. 1. Any material composed of lignocellulose
Word: biobutanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English butanol English biobutanol From bio- + butanol. 1. Butanol, obtained via the pyrolysis of biomass, for use as a biofuel Labels: uncountable
Word: mechanochemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English mechanochemical From mechano- + chemical. 1. Of or pertaining to mechanochemistry Labels: not-comparable
Word: tom yam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thai ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, literally “boil mixture”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɒm ˈjæm/, /ˌtɒm ˈjam/, /ˌtɒm ˈjʌm/, /ˌtɑm ˈjɑm/ 1. A Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: underlit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English lit English underlit From under- + lit. 1. illuminated from beneath Labels: not-comparable 2. poorly, or insufficiently illuminated Labels: not-comparable
Word: dumb ass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dumbass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumb ass Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dumbass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumb-ass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dumbass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dumb-ass Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dumbass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: masu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Inupiaq masu. Pronunciation: /ˈmasuː/ 1. A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.
Word: masu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 枡. 1. A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
Word: masu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 鱒 (masu, “trout, sea trout, salmon”). 1. masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
Word: aerosols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerosol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerosols Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aerosol Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: saco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos. 1. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L. Labels: historical
Word: aerosolise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin se- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin luō Latin solvō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin solūtiō Latin solūtiōnembor. Old French solucionbor. Middle English solucioun English solution English sol English aerosol English -ise English aerosolise From aerosol + -ise. 1. To disperse a material, usually a solid or liquid, as an aerosol. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: spray, spritz
Word: aerosolises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aerosolise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aerosolising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aerosolise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aerosolised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aerosolise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aerosolisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aerosol + -isation. 1. The process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form. Labels: uncountable
Word: door closer Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical device, containing a spring and a cylinder of fluid, that automatically closes an open door.
Word: slot-loading disc drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A feed drive
Word: feed drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A drive mechanism for CD-ROMs etc in which no tray is used; the medium is inserted in a slot and is pulled in
Word: bioremediation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English remediate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English remediation English bioremediation From bio- + remediation. 1. The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: CONCLUSION. Aspergillus sp. have tremendous potential as bioremediation tool. Different studies indicate that they possess some evolutionary mechanisms to combat toxic situation. Additionally, the existence of hypertolerant strains makes them an automatic choice in the environmental cleaning process. The broad spectrum of organic acids produced by Aspergillus strains is believed to play a key role in minimizing the toxicity of hazardous environmental contaminants. Recent research trends focus on introduction of hypertolerance by means of genetic mutation for better bioremediation capability. As this fungus is naturally occurring in contaminated sites, it automatically helps in minimizing toxic substances of its habitat. Hence Aspergillus strains may be considered as natural cleaners employed by the environment itself for the purpose of bioremediation.
Word: habitue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of habitué. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: learning content management system Part of Speech: noun 1. A software system for the creation, management and transfer of learning content.
Word: headhunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from headhunter. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌhʌnt/ 1. To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies. Labels: transitive 2. To actively recruit executive personnel. Labels: intransitive 3. To pitch at a batter's head. Labels: intransitive Example: There's a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game. 4. To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head. Labels: transitive
Word: headhunting Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one's enemy. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: headhunting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of headhunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hide-and-go-seek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hide and go seek (“hide and seek”) Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hoggish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hog Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English hoggish From hog + -ish. 1. Having the characteristics of a pig. 2. Having a gluttonous appetite.
Word: controlled explosion Part of Speech: noun 1. The explosion of a small explosive charge, either to destroy a suspect package or unexploded ordinance, or to gain access to a locked enclosure that may be booby-trapped.
Word: quantum theory Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory developed in the early 20th century, according to which nuclear and radiation phenomena can be explained by assuming that energy only occurs in discrete amounts called quanta. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Modern quantum mechanics. Labels: countable, uncountable