nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: carny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. 1. Flattery. Labels: dialectal
Word: bullock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlək/ 1. A young bull. Labels: archaic Example: And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. 2. A castrated bull; an ox.
Word: bullock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlək/ 1. To bully. Example: Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me with bullocking you into owning the truth. Example: So you never knew when you were gonna fall foul of a furious bullocking. So it became a case of bullocking management, basically. You know, how can I stave off the stress and the bullying for another few days.
Word: Friesian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːʒən/ 1. A breed of black and white dairy cattle; any individual cow of that breed. Example: [...] the more expensive and creamier Jersey or South Devon milk, for example, is kept apart from Friesian milk, with its low butter content. 2. A black breed of horse.
Word: Friesian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːʒən/ 1. Of or relating to the work of Swedish mycologist and botanist Elias Magnus Fries, who described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and lichen species. Example: For a hundred years, treatment of the basidiomycetes, which include so many of the larger fungi, has been dominated by the Friesian approach which had—and still has—the attraction of differentiating fungi into groups mainly on field characters. 2. Alternative form of Frisian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bonbons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bonbon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Baileys Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Bailey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Baileys Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Bailey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Baileys Part of Speech: name Etymology: Brand name, originally adopted from the name of a restaurant. 1. A brand of Irish cream liqueur.
Word: Baileys Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Brand name, originally adopted from the name of a restaurant. 1. A cream liqueur, any Irish cream. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: armada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma. Doublet of army. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈmɑːdə/, /ɑɹˈmɑdə/, /ɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪdə/ 1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada. 2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels. 3. A large flock of anything. Example: An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.
Word: windbreaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + breaker, from a trademark of the John Rissman company. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/ 1. A thin jacket designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
Word: illustrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of illustrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tumbrel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʌmbɹəl/ 1. Alternative form of tumbril. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tumbril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French tumberel (modern French tombereau, in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber, tumber (“to fall”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʌmbɹɪl/ 1. A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool. Labels: historical 2. A cart well suited to dumping its load easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard. Example: They then confined the Dean, while they rifled the house of every valuable article, as well as plate and money; all that was portable they loaded on Mr. Carleton’s own tumbril, to which they harnessed his horse […] Example: They’d rigged a makeshift tent of sheeting over the little tumbril of a cart and they’d put up a sign at the front that gave her history and the number of people she was known to have eaten. 3. A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Labels: historical Example: It is now ascertained that the tumbrel and the torches which figured in the massacre-scene of the 23d of February were prepared beforehand […] Example: Out go Thomas Gainsborough and George Romney with all their 18th century frills and fripperies, like aristocrats deported on the tumbril. 4. A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: gross weight Part of Speech: noun 1. The total weight of a vehicle and its freight, fuel, passengers, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The total weight of a product and its packaging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronyms: net weight, tare
Word: misrepresentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + representation or misrepresent + -ation. Pronunciation: /mɪsˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/ 1. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: mischaracterization, misportrayal Example: […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, […] 2. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bloodshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood + shed, past participle of shed. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/ 1. The shedding or spilling of blood. Labels: literally, uncountable, usually Example: avoid bloodshed Example: The revolution resulted in heavy bloodshed. 2. A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: political bloodshed Example: widespread bloodshed 3. The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 4. A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: tump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Welsh twmp, twm; also Sicilian timpa. Pronunciation: /tʌmp/ 1. A mound or hillock. Labels: UK, rare Example: The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce. Example: […] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles.
Word: tump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Welsh twmp, twm; also Sicilian timpa. Pronunciation: /tʌmp/ 1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock around. Labels: transitive Example: to tump teasel
Word: tump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from tumpoke. Pronunciation: /tʌmp/ 1. to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump") Labels: Southern-US, transitive Example: Don't tump that bucket over! 2. To fall over. Labels: Southern-US, intransitive 3. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed. Labels: US, dialectal Example: To reach our sleeping quarters under the roof we were obliged to climb seven flights of stairs and after tumping a blanket roll and a ruck-sack up these, both our breath and enthusiasm had suffered abatement.
Word: tump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheresis of mattump, metump, possibly from a Penobscot descendant of Proto-Algonquian *wetempi (“head”). Pronunciation: /tʌmp/ 1. A tumpline. Labels: uncommon
Word: hurdy-gurdy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic in imitation of the sound produced by the stringed instrument. Compare obsolete hirdy-girdy (“an uproar; noise”). Attested from the 1740s. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.di/, /ˌhɜː.diˈɡɜː.di/, /ˈhɝː.diˌɡɝː.di/, /ˌhɝː.diˈɡɝː.di/ 1. A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string. 2. Synonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer. Example: He flung open the door, and found there only a ragged boy with a hurdy-gurdy on his back. 3. A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. Labels: California, US 4. A winch, a windlass. Example: A pair of oars, a small mast and sail, pen boards to contain the fish, a bailer, a water jar, a bait knife, a compass, a small wooden winch called a hurdy gurdy, a fish gaff, and the tubs, trawls, floats, and anchors used to set gear was all that was required to equip it.
Word: hurdy-gurdy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic in imitation of the sound produced by the stringed instrument. Compare obsolete hirdy-girdy (“an uproar; noise”). Attested from the 1740s. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.di/, /ˌhɜː.diˈɡɜː.di/, /ˈhɝː.diˌɡɝː.di/, /ˌhɝː.diˈɡɝː.di/ 1. Sounding like the Swedish language. Labels: humorous, not-comparable Example: “You mean when she read that God-awful poem in her hurdy-gurdy Swedish chef accent? Example: Swedes are often said to sing while they speak. (Listen to Floyd, the Muppet’s Swedish chef, singing “Hurdy Gurdy” and you’ll understand this.)
Word: hippocampi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hippocampus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tunicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica (“tunic”). Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnɪkəl/ 1. A small tunic. Labels: obsolete 2. A vestment worn by an archdeacon. Example: 1845, In illustrating his views on the Popish tendency of these rubrics, the rev. gentleman particularly referred to the use of the alb, and cope, and tunicle, by the clergy in the discharge of their official duties. — The Times, 11 Jan 1845, p.5 col. D 3. A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin.
Word: bollen Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of boln (“swollen”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Becher Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. Example: These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
Word: cathode-ray tube Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cathode ray tube. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hippocampal Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the hippocampus. Labels: not-comparable Example: An article on hippocampal association that Diana Hartrick co-authored grabbed my imagination.
Word: cephaloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cephalo- + -oid. 1. Shaped like the head or the brain.
Word: ceroplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cērabor. English cero- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English ceroplastic From cero- + plastic. 1. Modelled in wax. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to such an art or process. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ceroplastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cērabor. English cero- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English ceroplastic From cero- + plastic. 1. The art of modelling in wax. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: ceroplastics Part of Speech: noun 1. The art of modelling in wax. Labels: uncountable
Word: combinatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From combine + -atory. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.bɪ.nə.tɹi/, /ˈkɑm.bə.nəˌtɔɹ.i/, /kəmˈbaɪ.nəˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial. 2. Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial. 3. Having the ability to combine; combinable, combinational or combining.
Word: benet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net English benet From be- + net. Pronunciation: /bɪˈnɛt/ 1. To catch in a net; ensnare. Labels: transitive 2. To surround as by a net. Labels: transitive Example: Being thus benetted round with villains
Word: benet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French [Term?], from Latin benedictus (“blessed”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnət/ 1. An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.
Word: boken Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of boke. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deliquesence Part of Speech: noun 1. the formation of a solution by the absorption of moisture from the air
Word: ubicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ubi (“where”) + -icity. Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪsɪti/ 1. whereabouts, location Example: And as no man knows the ubicity of his tumulus nor to what processes we shall thereby be ushered nor whether to Tophet or to Edenville in the like way is all hidden when we would backward see from what region of remoteness the whatness of our whoness hath fetched his whenceness.
Word: Diwali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दिवाली (divālī), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali, literally “row of lights”), from दीप (dīpa, “light”) + आवलि (āvali, “series, line, row”). Doublet of Deepavali. Pronunciation: /d̪ɪˈʋɑː.liː/, /ˈd̪iː.ʋɑː.liː/, /dɪˈwɑːli/, /dɪˈvɑːli/, /dɪˈwɑli/ 1. An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November. Labels: Hinduism Example: Around one billion people worldwide and across the U.S. will celebrate Diwali this week. Example: While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.
Word: deliquescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“to melt”): compare French déliquescent. By surface analysis, deliquesce + -ent Pronunciation: /diˈlɪkwəsənt/ 1. Seeming to melt away. Example: “Any one who stands outside, who hides himself in a deliquescent aloofness, is a sneak and a spy—” Example: Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous black beast of sound, lifts up deliquescent hands and prepares to plunge into the cadenza. 2. Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution. Labels: physical Example: deliquescent salts Example: […] dew fell in sufficient quantity to make the streets muddy, and it would certainly have washed so deliquescent a substance as salt into the soil. 3. Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Example: 1850, Asa Gray, The Botanical Text-Book, New York: Putnam, 3rd edition, rewritten and enlarged, Chapter 4, p. 102, In other cases, the main stem is arrested, sooner or later, either by flowering, by the failure of the terminal bud, or the more vigorous development of some of the lateral buds, and thus the trunk is lost in the branches, or is deliquescent, as in most of our deciduous-leaved trees. 4. Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle. Example: The spores, so soon as they are ripe, either drop out of the sporiferous membrane (hymenium), or, as more frequently happens, are projected from it with an elastic jerk, or else, as is the case of Agarics of a deliquescent kind, return to the earth mixed up with the black liquid into which these ultimately resolve themselves.
Word: seahorse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sea horse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: similarities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of similarity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delomorphic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɛləˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. delomorphous
Word: delomorphous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a precise and well-formed limit or boundary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monoatomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English atomic English monoatomic From mono- + atomic. 1. Alternative form of monatomic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Mustique Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from French moustique (“mosquito, Culicidae sp.”). Pronunciation: /mʌˈstiːk/ 1. An island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Example: Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
Word: monoclinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English monoclinic From mono- + clinic. 1. Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections. Labels: not-comparable
Word: triclinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English -clinic English triclinic From tri- + -clinic. 1. Having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phase separation Part of Speech: noun 1. The conversion of a single-phase system into a multiphase system; especially the separation of a solution into two immiscible liquids.
Word: photic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phot- + -ic. 1. Of, related to, or irradiated by light. 2. Of, related to, or irradiated by light. Labels: especially
Word: photic zone Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the near-surface body of an ocean or lake that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible.
Word: aphotic zone Part of Speech: noun 1. That part of the deep body of an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible.
Word: aphotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic. Pronunciation: /eɪˈfəʊtɪk/, /eɪˈfoʊtɪk/ 1. Having no light, especially no sunlight. 2. Describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible. Example: As experiment has shown that light waves capable of effecting chemical changes do not penetrate the water deeper than 400 meters and as the other conditions of assimilation are met above this line, it is proposed to distinguish a diaphanic region including the land and the water to a depth of 400 m. and inhabited by assimilating organisms and an aphotic region including the ocean and lakes below the assimilation-line and the dark caves of the crust, where plant life is impossible. Example: We have bacteria classified as aërobic and anaërobic, according as they thrive with or without access of air. We need to classify bacteria as photic and aphotic.
Word: cutlass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtləs/ 1. A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship. Example: She could feel Tern’s stare fixed right between her shoulder blades, and knew he was aching to plunge his cutlass there. Example: In vain the captain threatened to throw him overboard; suspended a cutlass over his naked wrists; Queequeg was the son of a King, and Queequeg budged not. 2. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Word: cutlass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtləs/ 1. To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass. Labels: transitive
Word: nonentity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumbf. Latin ēns Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin entitāsbor. English entity English nonentity From non- + entity. 1. An unimportant or insignificant person or thing. Labels: countable Example: The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a nonentity—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris. Example: Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity! I've known men who've whispered to me between the pulls at confidential pipes that they've come to hate the streets and the houses and the same old everlasting silly faces that they met day after day until they began to think very queer thoughts of how they might get away from it all. 2. The state of not existing; nonexistence. Labels: uncountable Example: New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own nonentity. Example: Gay men have no identity. They appropriate badly that of straight men who are all fucked up in the first place over thir ^([sic]) mythic masculinity stereotype. So, twice removed, the gay man flounders through life doubly fucked up dancing the dance of non-entity around the bright, burning flame of sex, power and upward mobility.
Word: bombycine Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to silkworms; bombic.
Word: bookmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkmɑːk/, /ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/, /ˈbɵkmɑːk/, /ˈbuːkmɑːk/, /ˈbʉkmaɾk/ 1. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book. Example: He placed a bookmark on page 234, which had an interesting footnote from the author. 2. A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it. 3. A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
Word: bookmark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkmɑːk/, /ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/, /ˈbɵkmɑːk/, /ˈbuːkmɑːk/, /ˈbʉkmaɾk/ 1. To create a bookmark. Labels: transitive
Word: Semapedia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Semacode + Wikipedia. 1. A former project using Semacode nodes to connect Wikipedia articles to their relevant places in physical space.
Word: Semacode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Marketing coinage, perhaps from semantic code. 1. A machine-readable two-dimensional barcode used primarily to code website addresses.
Word: referrer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refer + -er. 1. A person who refers another. 2. The URL from which a user agent was referred to another URL. Labels: Internet
Word: legality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English legality From legal + -ity. Pronunciation: /liˈɡælɪti/ 1. Lawfulness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brought from all the recesses of the coast in all the legality of time contracts, lost in uncongenial surroundings, fed on unfamiliar food, they sickened, became inefficient, and were then allowed to crawl away and rest. 2. A dice game; the same as chuck-a-luck. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was one game in particular called “legality,” in which the managers of the establishment played against all comers. It was a game in which six numbers were marked upon a board, the players staked upon a number, the keeper of the bank threw against the players, and according to whether they were successful or not in the number they backed, they won or lost.
Word: fish-knife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fyschknyff. 1. A knife for cutting and serving fish at table. 2. A table knife with spatula-shaped blade designed for eating fish.
Word: fish knife Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fish-knife. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fishplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”). 1. A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track. Example: The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.
Word: fishplate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fish + plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”). 1. To connect (rails) together using a fishplate. Labels: transitive Example: One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].
Word: avowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English avow 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 avowable From avow + -able. 1. Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
Word: avidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin avidusbor. French avide English avid Middle English -ly English -ly English avidly From avid + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈævɪdli/ 1. In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly. Example: I remember going to the pictures at the local flea pit and seeing Riders of Death Valley, a serial in which I avidly #followed the fortunes of my hero Jim . . . Example: In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.
Word: greedily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent to greedy + -ly. 1. In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire. Example: The two dogs greedily devoured the meat. Example: I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.
Word: autoplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English autoplastic From auto- + plastic. 1. Of or pertaining to autoplasty (a type of lesion repair with healthy tissue). 2. Involving a subject changing oneself rather than the environment or situation.
Word: autoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -plasty. 1. The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: autobiographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + biographer. 1. One who writes his or her own life or biography.
Word: schm- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שמ־ (shm-), imitative of many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck. Pronunciation: /ʃm-/ 1. Used to form a reduplicated rhyming compound of any word in order to express disparagement, dismissal, or derision. Labels: US, morpheme Example: Rain, schmain, we've got a game to play. Example: Gather 'round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun / A man whose allegiance / Is ruled by expedience / Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown / "Nazi, Schmazi!" says Wernher von Braun 2. Used to form an intensified word, typically with words starting with m especially for comedic effect. Labels: morpheme Example: Issa big schmood. Example: Look at my big schmeat.
Word: autogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + -genic. 1. Self-produced. Labels: not-comparable 2. Independent of a medium. Labels: not-comparable 3. Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder. Labels: not-comparable, specifically 4. Relating to autogenic training. Labels: not-comparable Example: If patients are familiar with such techniques, they may wish to use them during the preliminary exercises but I advise against using them during an autogenic session.
Word: audibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English audible Middle English -ly English -ly English audibly From audible + -ly. 1. In context of possibility of being heard; in an audible manner. Example: The Argentinian remains a danger to his own team, clumsily conceding the penalty which allowed Gómez to put Wigan ahead, and it was clear that City's audibly frustrated fans do not trust him.
Word: paper scissors stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of rock paper scissors (game) Labels: uncountable
Word: attainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement. Pronunciation: /əˈteɪnmənt/ 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study. 2. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The scholar who had made so many attainments, knows now how small they were compared with what one glance into the spiritual glory has taught him. Example: The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book.
Word: spring in one's step Part of Speech: noun 1. Enthusiasm, energy or a positive outlook or cheerful attitude. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: pep in one's step, pep, peppiness, perkiness, spryness, get-up-and-go Example: After her promotion, she carried out her new position with a spring in her step and a contagious smile.
Word: mol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Mol (1897). Pronunciation: /məʊl/, /mol/, /moʊl/ 1. Alternative spelling of mole. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: armored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma 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 armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English armored From armor + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːməd/, /ˈɑɹmɚd/ 1. Clad or equipped with arms or armor. 2. Covered with armor, as a ship or the face of a fortification; armor-plated. Example: They came with horses and armored vehicles, carrying rifles and in tactical gear in the middle of what is the heart of immigrant Los Angeles. But there were few of their supposed targets to be found Monday — immigrants without documentation.
Word: armored Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma 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 armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English armored From armor + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːməd/, /ˈɑɹmɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of armor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from mechanical, mechanic, perhaps via mecha. Pronunciation: /mɛk/ 1. A large piloted combat robot. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A robot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But I reprogrammed the recognition codes, and they won't treat him as Roubor Transic, nor will they obey any order he gives them. He's Mr. X to the mechs, a casual human to be taken care of just as well as possible, but never, never released. Example: He particularly liked the box full of "companions," small, hand-held mechs with advanced AI functions, programmed as individual advice and information systems. 3. Clipping of mechanic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: Yes, Switchitis. It's a highly contagious disease which can affect all propeller mechs. This disease can be costly, but usually not to the mechs. They're just the carriers. The people most affected by this disease are the flightcrews – those fearless adventurers who go flying around in machines that you mechs have worked on. 4. Clipping of mechanics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 5. Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: front/rear mech Example: To fit a braze-on front mech without breaking the chain, remove the nut and bolt from the chain cage, as shown.
Word: mech Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from mechanical, mechanic, perhaps via mecha. Pronunciation: /mɛk/ 1. Abbreviation of mechanical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of mechanized. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: surface runoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surface + runoff. 1. Overland flow of excess water (with or without accumulated contaminants) that cannot be absorbed by the ground as infiltration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When there is very heavy rainfall on California hillsides over a prolonged period, there is almost always ensuing surface runoff.
Word: csárdás Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of csardas. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: armaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gestor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin gestus Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin gestorbor. English gestor Borrowed from Latin gestor. 1. A manager of another's affairs. Example: STANDARD BANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD v TAYLAM (PTY) LTD 1979 (2) SA 383 (C) @p388. his quasi- contractual relationship was brought about where the gestor, acting without a mandate, rendered a service to the dominus - in this instance the debtor - and in doing so acted reasonably and in the interest of the dominus with the intention not only of administering the affairs of the dominus but also of being compensated for such administration.
Word: Kolar Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Karnataka, southern India. 2. A district of Karnataka, India.
Word: Kolar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kolařь (“wheelwright”), via various languages, including: * Czech Kolář, from kolář. * Slovak Kolár, from kolár. * Serbo-Croatian Kolar, from kolar. * Slovene Kolar, from kolar. 1. A surname.
Word: unimaginative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English imaginative English unimaginative From un- + imaginative. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪˈmad͡ʒɪnətɪv/ 1. Not imaginative. Example: For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied. Example: Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
Word: twosome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”). Pronunciation: /ˈtuːsəm/ 1. Being or constituting a pair; two. Labels: not-comparable 2. Twofold; double. Labels: not-comparable 3. Performed by two individuals. Labels: not-comparable Example: a twosome dance
Word: twosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Old English twā Middle English two English two English -some English twosome From two + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːsəm/ 1. A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components. Example: And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade. 2. A dance for two people.
Word: trove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally in the phrase treasure trove, from Anglo-Norman tresor trouvé (“found treasure”), where the past participle trouvé (“found”) was interpreted in English as a noun. Doublet of trope. Pronunciation: /tɹəʊv/, /tɹoʊv/ 1. A treasure trove; a collection of treasure. 2. A collection of things.
Word: mala fide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin malā fidē (“in bad faith”). 1. In bad faith. Labels: not-comparable Example: Having regard to this dictum it is clear to me that the plaintiff cannot rely on negotiorum gestorum to recover damages. The gestor, ie the plaintiff, did not intend to serve the dominus, ie the defendants. The gestor did not act bona fide in the mistaken belief that he was serving the dominus. It was the plaintiff's evidence that in an attempt to preserve its good name and reputation it was decided to accept the cancellation of the agreement. It is thus clear that the gestor, the plaintiff acted mala fide in its own interest. In my view, the plaintiff cannot succeed on this principle of negotiorum gestorum.
Word: archrival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-bor. Old English arċe- Middle English arch- English arch- English rival English archrival From arch- + rival. Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈɹaɪvəl/ 1. A chief rival. Example: The New York Yankees are playing their archrival the Boston Red Sox tonight.
Word: aptly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apt Middle English -ly English -ly English aptly From apt + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæp(t).li/ 1. In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably Example: an aptly named hotel Example: My friend, aptly nicknamed “Shorty”, was small but strong.
Word: apologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apology + -ist, from French apologiste. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ 1. One who makes an apology. Labels: broadly, usually Example: […] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist. Example: A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide. […] Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists. 2. One who makes an apology. Labels: broadly, uncommon
Word: apologetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apologetic 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 apologetically From apologetic + -ally. 1. In an apologetic manner; by way of defense, apology or excuse. Example: “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
Word: apathetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apathetic 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 apathetically From apathetic + -ally. 1. In an apathetic manner. Example: Anatole and Dennis settled the question by throwing aside their upper garments; stripping, in fact, to their under drawers without troubling to ask permission from the ladies, who looked on apathetically as they crouched down on the sand close together and shivered under their skirt mantles. At a time like this the civilised and the savage approach one another very nearly. Example: The fire-provider had failed. As he looked apathetically about him, his eyes chanced on the dog, sitting across the ruins of the fire from him, in the snow, making restless, hunching movements, slightly lifting one forefoot and then the other, shifting its weight back and forth on them with wistful eagerness.
Word: overillumination 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 illumination English overillumination From over- + illumination. 1. Excess light supplied beyond the amount required for a given task. Labels: uncountable 2. Wasted light through illumination of an unoccupied space, creating energy wastage. Labels: uncountable 3. Excessive or annoying light producing glare, annoyance and adverse health effects. Labels: uncountable Example: The building's architect failed to account for natural light availability and specified more lighting fixtures than needed, resulting in over-illumination and leading to increased headache incidence for some building occupants.
Word: Gowda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kannada ಗೌಡ (gauḍa); this surname is predominantly found in Karnataka. 1. A surname from Kannada.
Word: antidiarrheal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + diarrheal. 1. Preventing or treating diarrhea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antidiarrheal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + diarrheal. 1. A substance or drug having such capabilities.
Word: Andhra Pradesh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi आंध्र प्रदेश (āndhra pradeś). Pronunciation: /ˌæn.dɹə pɹəˈdɛʃ/ 1. A state in southeastern India, where Telugu is the primary language. Capital: Amaravati. Largest city: Visakhapatnam. 2. A former state in India, existing between 1956 and 2014, later split into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Capital and largest city: Hyderabad. Labels: historical
Word: batching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbæt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of batch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interrogated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interrogate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retreating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retreat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retreating Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of moving back from something; a retreat. Example: But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!
Word: deregistrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deregistration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fly in the face of Part of Speech: verb 1. To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict. Labels: idiomatic Example: The new design is very edgy and certainly flies in the face of tradition. Example: DB Cargo is clearly upset by the Royal Mail decision. Not only will it lose a valuable customer, but this flies in the face of its own high-profile campaign, called Freight Belongs on Rail.
Word: have it coming Part of Speech: verb 1. To deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions. Labels: idiomatic Example: You had that coming (to you). Example: He was on his first vacation in ten years and he figured he had it coming to him.
Word: decrescendo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian decrescendo. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːkɹɪˈʃɛndəʊ/, /ˌdiːkɹəˈʃɛndəʊ/ 1. An instruction to play gradually more softly. 2. A gradual decrease in volume or loudness of a piece of music. Example: The peace was ended by the sound of an approaching train, the steady exhaust beat that has its own appeal, and amid a cloud of steam a rebuilt "Scot" burst from under the bridge at the south end of the station, and roared past at high speed. A long line of lighted windows flashed past, and then, in decrescendo, the sound and fury passed northwards.
Word: decrescendo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian decrescendo. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːkɹɪˈʃɛndəʊ/, /ˌdiːkɹəˈʃɛndəʊ/ 1. To gradually become quieter
Word: decrescendo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian decrescendo. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːkɹɪˈʃɛndəʊ/, /ˌdiːkɹəˈʃɛndəʊ/ 1. becoming quieter gradually.
Word: mezzo forte Part of Speech: adj 1. Louder than mezzo piano, but softer than forte. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mezzo forte Part of Speech: adv 1. Louder then mezzo piano, but softer than forte. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lotus position Part of Speech: noun 1. A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse. 2. a cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting below the lower leg of the opposite leg Labels: colloquial